McGavock High School - Etc Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Featuring: Steve Martin (Alias Mark Phillips) ESTAS LT ERY 1. Michelle Gossett — Love Medley. 2. Claude Vantrese — Gospel “By and By”. 3. Head- wind — Rock Roll Band. 4. Mark Phillips — Emcee. 5, 6, 7. The Disco Jammers. 8. David Gaines — ‘“‘Show-Stopping Piano Tunes’ — 1st place winner. 9. Darrell Haley of The Uniques. 10. Robin Kimberly Burton — Dance Interpreter — Gymnast — 8rd place winner. 11. Soul Searchers — Gospel Revival — 2nd place winners. 12. Winslo — Folk and Rock Gospel Singers. 13. Miss Wanda Smith — Faculty Sponsor and Coordinator.

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Behind The Scenes: Thursday Night Many people just do not realize the time, effort, and patience that goes into a major production such as this years’ tal- ent show: Thursday Night Live! First, there are try-outs. Only 12 or 13 acts are able to be selected from approxi- mately 50 to 70 contestants. They are rated on a scale of 1 to 10, by both student and adult judges, with the top 12 or 13 acts (varying from year to year) with the highest scores are the chosen contestants. After try-outs are over, and the finalists are posted, there come little, yet major decisions. Who will be the judges? What night will it be? Who will be the emcee? What will be the title or the theme? All of these decision and many others are made by the faculty sponsor, Miss Wanda Smith, and that years’ chosen or appoint- ed Assoc. Prod. (Associate Producer) and Stage Mar. (Stage Manager).

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The next two or three weeks are filled with rehearsals, gathering door prizes, calling and selecting judges, notifying ra- dio and TV stations of the “Big Event,” and various things that tend to “‘slow the mind”’ just a bit. Through selecting the stage crew, listening to acts over and over and over again, grabbing quick lunches, and sometimes not eating at all; somehow, we all seem to make it. It is during this time that one learns to be patient, because, there always seems to be one or two that just ‘“don’t have their act together,” Then the fun begins. Ah! Dress Re- hearsal. The night before the show, there is a final run through of the show itself, for purposes of setting stage lights, po- lishing acts, and always: learning to be fast, quick and quiet behind the stage. Of course, there always seems to be what appears to be a “Major Catastrophe,” but we always manage to “‘work the kinks royUiaime-Vavo lh atte M i @telCoM-Weelieley mer-te-(1¢ce)s)0(m And then ... on that final night when everyone .. . I mean everyone gets nervous (especially Miss Smith), ev- eryone wishes they could do it all over again. si packs SRP a 52