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

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AT THE talent show, an enthusiastic, standing- THE SHOW takes a turn to “New York, New room-only crowd sings “We are the World” for York.” the grand finale. A BREAKING MOVE — the windmill. APRIL SESSIONS is in her own world with only TYREE WHITE'S emotions play on her face as her music. she sings “Candy Man”. Talent Show 9

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Talent Show A Show of Shows AN EXCELLENT example of ‘The Wave” performed by Gaye Robinson, Peggy Camp, Tranida Keyes, and Yvonne Lucas. RHONDA JACKSON sings “Babe”. She won second place 8 Student Life FELICIA KOTY and Michelle Moran ask for the man of their dreams. It began merely as an idea, a dream. Mrs. White and her various strings classes made the dream a reality. On April 26, 1985, the combinea orchestra under the direction and organization of Mrs. White sponsored the first annual Talent Variety Show at James Monroe: a show that proved to be very enter- taining and successful. It was a collective effort of many teachers and of members of the Fredericksburg community: WFLS deejay Brian Strobel emceeing, Mrs. Fran Meyer’s choreography, Mr. Turner’s “New York”, Keith Armstead’s direction of “We are the World,” and many more. The winners, chosen by the guest judges, were as follows: Enric Armstead (first); Rhonda Jackson and The Rappers, Fernando Owens and Juno Pitchford, (tied for second); and Heather Govenides tied the break dancers- “Dr. Drag” (third). It was a night of entertainment and a night that was very profitable to the Orchestra. Such success will un- doubtedly lead to the Second Annual Talent Variety Show. ERIC ARMSTEAD, the show's big winner, mystifies the audience.

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Pm Cal Genius My science project displayed the short term effects of acid rain on plants. | used six different plants, each of twelve diverse varieties. Each plant of each variety was treated with one of my solutions of different levels of acidity, One neutral solution, and one basic solution. | used the seeds of the plants and watered them for one month with the various solutions. | observed their germination and growth and recorded the data. At the end of this experiment the basic, neutral, and lowest acidic plants were The other three acidic “normal.’ solutions produced mutations and deformities of different degrees depending on the plant and the solu- tion. Some of the plants grew “normally” and some had discolored foliage, while others just grew for a short time and died. Others had retarded growth levels and still others never even germinated. | attribute these un- favorable characteristics of these plants to the acid. The acid destroys hormones and chemicals that are essential to the plant’s well-being. When these “‘ingredients’’ are destroyed, the plant dies, or be- comes deformed, or both. Acid rain must be minimized in order to preserve our woodlands, the usefulness of Our agricultural products, and topsoil. Grand prize winner, Eric L. West. STEVE WASEM views Neil Burton's ecology project ERIC WEST — The Winner'!! 10 Student Life