Manchester High School - Memoir Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

Page 26 text:

A SLOWER BEAT gives all Daisy Maes a chance to dance close to their favorite ‘‘beaus.”” PROVIDING MUSIC FOR the dance was ‘White Horse,” playing both popular tunes along with the golden oldies. Lancers Experience Down Home Feeling As MHS Celebrates Annual Sadie Hawkins Dance wane pereerranss CHOSEN tIL’ Abner and B; Ginger Argenbr, t es. 22 Sadie Hawkins

Page 25 text:

A PLAY OF many questions and answers, in ‘The GREAT Nebula in Orion’, Susan Shumaker wonders over the problems of life. LOUISE, AS PLAYED by Erica Pash, ponders over memories of times past in ‘The Great Nebula in Orion.’ a Path And Shumaker Debut In Starring Roles In the spring, Manchester’s Tryptich Players tried something new and different for the student body. Four one-acts were performed instead of one major play. The plays, “Opening Night,” “The Flattering Word,” “The Great Nebulai in Orion’ and “Triffles’ were done in repetoire—the de- partment gave two each night, alternating plays each evening. The stage was arranged different than usual for these performances. The drama department experimented with “thrust production’ —the audience sat in a semi- circle around the stage—a “theatre in the round.” In this way, the audience fel t a part of the play and was able to become involved in the emotions of the actors. The purpose of the plays was to introduce the students to American drama, each of the plays being written by an American author. STARS OF ‘THE Flattering Word,’ Kelly Shea and Lee Smilek perfom to perfection after many long hours of practice. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LIBRARY VIRGINIA One Acts 21

Page 27 text:

TAKING A BREAK from dancing, Terri Farley and her date for the evening, John Gerenscer, relax for a moment. The annual Sadie Hawkins dance was held in February. Memior sponsored the dance, and put a lot of work into it. The cafeteria was decorated with outhouses on the wall, along with an old log cabin complete with rocking chairs on the front porch. Everyone arrived dressed in country styles: hitched up overalls and ragged skirts. Daisy Mae and Little Abner were chosen, and Ginger Argenbright and Billy Allsbrook took their “thrones”in front of their “Home, Sweet Home”. The band, “White Horse,” played top 40 hits, as well as a couple of good ole blue- grass tunes. Everybody had a fine time at the hoe-down. Sadie Hawkin 23