Daviess County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

Page 27 text:

Catherine Combs raises money during the festival by sell- ing flowers, Catherine and Carla Epperson made the flowers that were sold. Mrs. Rue's Spanish students perform a traditional Spanish dance during the festival. Students are allowed to miss their English classes to watch. R' ,spif Bill Farris breaks a piiata during the festival while stu' dents watch, The students wait to dive on the floor for candy when the pinata is broken. Students gather around the mats to watch Sophomore Sherri Rowland do a back flip during the festival. Sherri and 3 other students put together a gymnastic show for the other students to see. Foreign Language FestrvaIf23

Page 26 text:

Cookies, Clowns, ond Customs Highlight Foreign Longuotge Festivotl The annual Foreign Language Festival took place in the DC lobby on February 26. French, German and Spanish stu- dents pooled their talents and efforts to make the festival an astounding success. Gymnasts, Mary Kelly Edwards, Sherri Rowland, and Terri Rowland performed daring acrobatic feats before captivated audiences as one of the many activities which were held during the festival. There were a number of contests which took place such as poster and t- shirt designing contests, and a model construction contest, Before the actual festival began, food-judging took place fconsisting of French, Spanish, German and Latin dishesj. Only foreign language students could enter these contests. One of the major tasks involved in the production of the festival was that of decorating dividers. The dividers pre- sented different activities customary to French, Spanish, or German life. There were many events held during the festival which acted as a source of entertainment as well as a learning ex- perience, Many of the events, such as the breaking of the pinata and fortune- telling tprovided by Karen McKayj, ex- emplified aspects of the cultures repre- sented. Although the festival was character- ized by many improvisations, the circus theme was still well presented. Dancers 22!Foreign Language Festival wore animal costumes as they per- formed to Olivia Newton lohn's hit, 'Physical . Food salespersons dressed as clowns, and Bill Fariss acted as ringmas- ter. Real and paper flowers were sold to pay for transportation to the Regional Foreign Language Festival at WKU in Bowling Green and to the State Festival at UK in Lexington. Only those partici- pants who placed first or second in the contests went to the district competition. Upper-level participants in that competi- tion advanced to state. The success of the festival was due largely to the tremendous amount of time and effort put forth by foreign lan- guage students. After the pinata is broken, the students scramble for all of the candy that was in- side. Mr. Grimsley, the art project judge for the festival, critiques a Spanish student's pinata, The students received ribbons for ist, 2nd, and 3rd place.

Page 28 text:

Homecoming Queen, lahn Oldham, is escorted to the Stadium as she awaits the beginning of the Homecom- ing festivities. The Student body elected lahn Oldham as 1981-82 Homecoming Queen. Miss Oldham was escorted by Mike Waltrip. The Senior class chose Angie Medley as senior atten- dant. Senior Tommy Tapp granted the use of a Cor- vette to escort the Queen and her Court to the Stadi- um. lunior Attendant Margaret Howard is escorted to the Stadium in a Corvette. Margaret was escorted by lohn Hamilton. 24! Football Homecoming i as .id .al