Jacksonville High School - Red Devil Yearbook (Jacksonville, AR)

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28-Stud ent Life SHOWDOWN fcontinuedl The back-up band for Showdown this year was Brittany lack, which consisted of Eddy Wilkes, bassg Phillip Tirman, lead guitarist and vocalsg Timmy Kemp, drums and vocalsg and Mike O'Sullivan, keyboard. They performed such songs as Dream On and Freebird . Back up brass section was Will Nelson, Lonnie Ellis, Ricky Brim, and Bennie Cato. The M.C.'s were Debbie Ray, Larone Donahue, and A, D. Whitehead. Their part in the show was to introduce each act. Many popular songs were sung, including I-lcat Waven sung by Lorraine Sneedg Gimmee What You Got performed by t 1' ,gg V 'S 2 . X 1 ,dw , is 35 iib f-1. use T A 1 e l l - . 1. Clarence Oliver sings one of the many songs at Showdown. 2. A very touching song is sung by Mary Hawk. 3. Wallace Green watches silently while awaiting his turn for practice. 4. While on stage, Bryan johnson practices singing his song. 5. Freida McFadden and Eugena Carter wait for their cue to begin singing. 6. One of the favorite performances was Hop, Skip, and lump, performed by Robert Ward, james Rayford, and Anthony Steels. 7. lanene Bryant arouses the crowd with her song live Talking'. 8. Brother Louie was one of the older songs and performed nicely by Cheryl Bolin. r ri l 3 I v 4 i i ' all ,,,, l '1. 0000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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'ln it -f litre.. , .a f-vff 1 Q j, 1 Ti 111 .11352 4 .i.lt.tir.r1! nrup-Aa,..,,.v-. A. A l 1.WiIl Nelson and Bennie Catopractice for Showdown. 2. Sitting quietly during practice, Phillip Tirman strums on his guitar. 3. Anthony Steels and Mike Fortson rehearse the song for the closing of Showdown. 4. Emcees Larone Donahue, Debbie Ray, and A. D. Whitehead tell jokes between acts. 5. Outlaw sung by 1. B. Hall was accompanied by B.j. Phillips on the guitar. 6.Mr. Hendrix watches an act during practice. 7. A lot of the students gather around and set up equipment for the show. l 6 SIH MVID DMN Student Life-27

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l ii i s 1 l ll T lf f .. A, f ,, .. in ...........Atg, l , gig, 5, S of-, f -5 I 1 1-L S t vi, fi, Q, 157 if C EUS 8153 Sandra K. Sanders, Hugh jernigan, and Verna Buieg and Rock and Roll All Night by Triad. One of the dance acts was Hop, Skip, and jump, commonly known as Anthony Steels, Robert Ward, and james Rayford. This is their second year to perform in Showdown. Some early hits of the 1970's performed were Killing Me Softly with Sharon Reilly, Brother Louie by Cheryl Bolin, and Ain't No Sunshine with Freida McFadden, joyce Ross, and Eugena Carter. The closing consisted of the whole cast parading around to Get Down Tonight . of Q ,scayt we V. W V 'ken :ml llilliOOQOIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOIOOOOOCOOIOOOOO000000C0000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCOOOI0000000000000C0000 Student Life-29