Lebanon High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Lebanon, VA)

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Everybody is having a good time at the Sadie Hawkins. dance. Kim. Tuggle, a freshman, showed Jake Mullins, also a freshman, some of her moves during the dance. He seemed in- terested to learn her techniques. It’s a boy’s night out Dances at the old high school were exciting, but there was something even more special about a dance in the new school. The Sadie Hawkins dance was the first one held in the new high school. The students not only looked forward to pulling out bibbed overalls and straw hats, but doing the flat foot on the new dance floor. The dance was held in the lobby, and all students had a free view through the skylight. The. National. Honor. Society sponsored the Sadie Hawkins dance and took upon themselves all the work and planning. Math teachers and co-sponsors, Mr. Morley. Jones and Mrs. Mina Jones, had the job of seeing that everything was done correctly and on time. The main event of the night was the announcement of Mr. and Ms. Dogpatch. The lucky couple with the best outfits were senior, Doug. Lark..and junior, Cindy Warner. Many students dressed up for the occasion and danced to the top-forty music provided by Sound Factory. Another event that provided entertainment for the students was the dance shared by Mrs. Mina Jones and junior, Jason Barney. The Sadie Hawkins dance was well-known for the fact that the girls asked the boys out. For once, the guys did not worry about the price of tickets. The first dance in the new high school provided ex- citement and new memories for students. junior, definitely showed the others how to “shake a leg’ at the Sadie Hawkins dance. Sometimes a group dance is the best. Junior, may have sounded out of place ata Sadie Shane Asbury, enjoyed the company of sen- | Hawkins dance, but no one complained. iors, Lynn Chafin and Cathy Rhea. Rock music

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Who says teachers can’t cut a rug? Mrs. Mina Jones, a math teacher, and Jason Barne With a careful touch Anita Cordle (senior) fixes Neil Smith’s (junior) hat. They were also a couple that dressed for the occasion. They Mr. and Ms. Dogpatch are unaware of the a senior, and Cindy Warner, a junior, were danced and laughed the night away at the award they will receive that night. Doug Lark, dressed for the occasion. Sadie Hawkins dance.

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give seniors Melanie Hart and Pam tion for the debate tournaments. aS Reading, writing and speech-making Hendrickson plenty to do in prepara- Tension mounted. Sweaty palms sought firm purchase on the podi- um. Nerves began a steady twitching in the corner of the right eye. All noise in the room ceased; every eye riveted the speaker. ‘Ladies and gentlemen ...” Thus began the annual forensics competition — competition that was just as strenuous and exhausting as any competitive sport. School titles were swept up by a variety of talent- ed students. Lisa Salyers claimed the title in spelling; Michelle Cozzolino took the school title in poetry read- ing. Salyers and Cozzolino traveled to Abingdon, VA, in November to represent the school in district com- petition. The Great Smokey Mountain De- bate Tournament was held in Gatlin- burg, TN, in February. Melanie Hart and Pam Hendrickson were awarded second and third place speaker, re- spectively. The debate team, under the guidance of Mrs. Helen Gilmer, English teacher, and Mr. Billy Rhea, government teacher, took second place overall. The one-act play took second place in district competition in Ab- ingdon, VA, and qualified for region- als. Mrs. Loretta Cox, English teach- er, directed the Japanese Kabuki comedy entitled Undercover Lover. Ten students gave an admirable per- formance which centered on the theme of distrust and deception ina marriage. Undercover Lover pre- 4 sturdy stance helps Michelle Cozzolino (ju- Being a German doesn’t keep Frederic Ulferts sented the opportunity to engage in nior) to assume a winning attitude in poetry- (junior) from acting the part of a Japanese in competition while bringing out dra- reading. the one-act play, Undercover Lover. Sopho- matic talents and abilities. 20 Forensics