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

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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

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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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Behind the extravaganza § The whistle blows. Feet covered by saddle socks, go-go boots, and white buckskins trample onto the football field. There's the signal and they are off. Band members find that on the field football players aren' t the only stars. Under the glaring lights, they perform to both past and recent selections. They enter their stage as the rest of the fans sit cozy and warm in the frost bite weather. Even with the mud holes, water puddles, and freezing temperatures, the show goes on. ‘| look forward to Fridays not only because it's the end of the week, but because it’s football night. We get to perform,” remarked Angie Boxley, a pon-pom girl. Early moming practice brings puzzled expressions and chilly feelings to pom-pon girl Tracey Musselman. 10 Student Life Stardom sparkles from each face from the entrance onto the field until the exit from it. Much effort is put into the premiere performances. Practice begins during the hottest week of August and trails onto the coldest mornings of November. Their ten week run ends almost as quickly as it begins. The homecoming show is the grand finale of the season. Senior Frances Williamson sighs as the thought runs through her mind. “After we receive our recognition at the homecoming game, there'll be no more games. But there will always be memories.” Thursday night practice finds Frances Williamson at- tempting a new dance-kick routine for the pom-pon squad. New marching routines bring confusion as well as amusement as band members Pam Blocke, Kim- berly Meade, and Mary Stofko discuss their next posi- tion. Concentration evident on her face, Cassie Woodward stretches to the next movement in her new routine.