James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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King’s Dominion’s newest attraction, The Lost World, towers majestically over the familiar amuse- ment park. Evening finds the illuminated Sky Wheel rotating a few last times before the annual Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair closes for the day. 8 Student Life Atti

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Something BIG in Student Life Silver Slipper was likewise a popular place to be seen. Everyday life brings a constant change from small events to big ones and we, as students, saw more and more of this phenomenom. Our lives combined the weird and the wild with the bleak and the boring to keep us going seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year. We constantly were in search of any and all types of diversions to make life livable. Football and basketball games drew as many as 1400 students, parents, faculty, and community members. After-game dances were popular with us since they gave us a chance to find out the latest gossip and mingle with our friends. Formal dances took a little more advanced planning, as we struggled to “catch” the dates we wanted to go with. Many a Friday night has seen Burger King and McDonald's employees cringe as we invaded for a quick bite to eat before continuing to cruise around town. The Pep is what it's all about — sophomore enthusiasts Glynis Wade, Traci Mercer, and Shelia Johnson show their football spirit during class competition. Winter weekends filled with snow sent ski fanatics off to the slopes, particularly Bryce, Wintergreen, and Massanutten. Sometimes the best part of the week came with a party or two. Everything from Hobos to Happy Birthdays was celebrated and commemorated for us. These “events” could be expected to pop up on any night of the week — school or no school — and many of us went to school or work wondering how we would stay awake throughout the whole day. Another time-honored activity some of us indulged in involved escapades with such innocent-sounding things as shaving cream and toilet paper along with an occasional sign or two snatched and planted appropriately. Taking advantage of her five-minute break between classes, senior Lisa Whitmore chats with a friend before moving on to her next class. Student Life Divider 7

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Concentration and a good aim help senior Robbie McMillan and sophomore Charles McDaniel fish for prizes at the fair Carefully eyeing the many goodies available at the fairs concession stand, Angie Harding contemplates her purchase. World of make-believe “The wonderful world of make-believe.” Is this what high school students look for? Obviously so, as King’s Dominion became a mecca for our students. Some went to enjoy themselves for one day at the family fun theme amusement park; others spent the summer working to make the make-believe believable. Several students opted for the second, as it gave them a way to spend their summer and make money along the way. However, as several slaves found out, most of the jobs required hard work in the hot sun. If you worked at all with t he patrons, you had to keep up a happy appearance, and it generally helped if you were crazy. Also there were sometimes car pool problems because different parts of the park opened and closed at different times. With the summer fuel crisis, King’s Dominion had to lay-off several hundred employees temporarily, and most who remained had their hours increased. Through all this, several students lasted the summer, including Troy Westman, Charles Reeves, Kim Crist, Chris Danahy, Scott Pacello, Penny Friend, Victoria Roberts, Melissa Maynard, Scott Crist, Mark Legge, Trent Ware, and Bern Mahon. For the students who couldn't or didn’t want to pay $9.25 for a day full of fun, the annual Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair offered the traditional rides, plus the midway with its arcade games. Out of the darkness and into the light at last, a solitary boat drifts through the Voyage to Atlantis in King’s Dominion’s World. Kings Dominion Fair 9