Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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Bret Gurowitz. Ed Gaffeney. Janie McClure. Kathy Morgan. Anne Dyche. Kristin Daigard. and Karen Bagley enjoy a few laughs during Drama I. Walking through the Music. Drama, and Art departments, prov- ed to be an audio-visual ex- perience. After many long hours of practice, the music department played for us during assemblies, pep rallies, sporting events, and many other activities. The drama department performed their plays, musical productions, and skits. The art department displayed their unique works of art throughout the school. The sights and sounds of our audio-visual departments brought color and excitement to every corner of our school. Music. Orama. and An 261

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Practicing a new song in Guitar I is Con- stantine Kotseias. Enjoying a spare minute from Choir are Lety Pena and Roxanne Walker- Working on his pinch pot, Rahimi Rahman is up to elbows in clay. Francme Apistoles takes a break from mai chmg band practice. Working on a clay fruit sculpture m her Ai class is Susan Wallis. 260 Audio-Visual

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Performing their show for the judges, the Marching Band works in- tently at the Mount Vernon competition. oeeeeeeeeeeecoeeeeeooeeeeeeeeeeo “Right, Left, Right...Double Time!” These commands were very familiar to the 108 members of the Marching Band. According to director Carl Bly, When people are in a program, the talent ac- cumulates over the years. We’ve hit a peak.” And peak they did! They captured six first place awards, out scored all other Fair- fax County and Virginia Bands in all Marching Band Festivals at- tended during the first half of the year, were named Grand Cham- pion at the Mt. Vernon Invitational Classic, and competed in cham- pionship, open, and AAA classes. Under the student direction of Margo Snyder and Tracey Thomas, the band went far. The Color Guard was excellent under the direction of co-captains Jackie Leshko and Kim Miller. “Seniors definitely add- ed a lot to the show, too, said Mr. Bly. All this talent was brought together in early August with prac- tices from 8 AM to 4 PM, five days a week. Band camp came at the end of August, and then practice began everyday after school. After performing the halftime show for Friday night football games, members of the band would wake up early Saturday morning and head for a competition. Said flutist Wendy Adams, “Everyone TRIED to do homework on the bus, but not much of it got done. The whole band is like a family. The trips were tiring, but fun. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” ing a pep-rally. 262 Audio-Visual A rifleman. Josh Yamamoto, proudly ends the show during halftime of the Homecoming game.