Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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AVORITE PASTIMES' Tofffmfmff Get up, go to school, come home, do homework, go to bed .. . ROUTINE! Routine filled many stu- dents' lives, making them boring. One way to break out of routines was to find a hobby. Sophomore Shannon Pruitt had a very interest- ing hobby that took up his spare time - he played the banjo with his dad. Being able to play the banjo makes me very hap- py. I got a lot of satisfac- tion out of myself, said Pruitt. Pruitt got started at the age of seven. His family was the reason he took up music. l have always been in- terested in playing the banjo because my grandfa- ther played one. My whole family is musically in- clined, explained Pruitt. After working on his playing for many years, Shannon began to look for ways to keep his hobby from becoming boring. A lot of times it does get boring, but if once a week or once a month you get together with a some- one else who plays, you can learn a lot of variations to your songs. It makes it interesting, he added. Shannon agreed that hobbies could be very beneficial. My dad plays guitar, so Boredom we go around playing at places and make about sso an hour. I also teach on Tuesday nights, he ex- plained. A hobby provided chal- lenge and reward, it kept the students busy, and eliminated ROUTINE from everyone's clay. DURING HER SPARE time, fresh man Tammy Carwood selects an in teresting book to read in her den iPhoto by I. Crygielj HOBBIES t 19

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FRESHMAN turns on her music while g work. iPhoto by 1. Grygielj BECKY WRIGHT stereo to listen to doin her home- ---Candidly Speaking -- I I ' ' Cooking can be fun except for clean- ing up the mess! Linda Marsh u x S I - , EIGHT BALL IN the right pocket. junior john Grygiel perfects his shots while practicing pool. iPhoto by I. Crygielj HOBBIES TWO POINTS! PLAYING bas- ketball every night is Senior Marc Kennedy's hobby. QPhoto by I. Crygielj MS ff-- . . H . . ,, . .,,, 1 ' f If f ' . f .- f. ,. , ,V .. , My ,,,.k, ,,.., , 11 A K , , , , I K 1 V V rg: '

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'LIFE I THE USA' Afhangf Uf Culture How many people would go away by themselves to a foreign country for an en- tire year? Well, four girls from distant countries came to Danville in 1985: Nadja Bornschuer from West Germany, Hilde Ia- cobs from Belgium, Moni- ca Lucio from Columbia, and Cecile Royneau from France. I was influenced a lot by my friends to come to America. l'm glad I came because I like it very much here, said Senior Hilde Ja- cobs. All of the exchange stu- dents agreed that life in the U.S.A. was much different than life in their home- land. Everything, the culture, the food, the language, the people, and even the high school, are all so different. It was hard to get used to, said Nadja Bornschuer, Senior. Although being far away from home has never been easy, these four young la- dies kept active in A.F.S. and other clubs. They also wrote long letters to family and friends describing their individual cases of culture shock. In my school in Colum- bia, you cannot select your own classes. Also I went to school from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., explained Monica Lucio. Although traveling to and living in a foreign country may seem scary, it proved to be an unforgetta- ble experience for Borns- chuer, Jacobs, Lucio, and Royneau. CATCHINC UP ON COSSIP, Seniors Hilde Jacobs, Cecile Royneau, Nadja Bornscheur, and sophomore Monica Lu- cio chat after the AFS meeting. iPhoto by Matt Longj 20 EXCHANGES LET YOUR FINGERES do the typing! Senior Cecile Royneau types away in her typing class during second hour. Royneau was one of our four foreign exchange students. iPhoto by Matt Longj