Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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ssssseseseeeene SPECIAL EVENTS Click! As each event in the year passed by it soon became just a memory. There were many special events to choose from ranging from the Broadway musical “Hel- | lo Dolly’ to the Miss Meadow- brook pageant. Almost unnoticed were the clicks of the cameras capturing each event to make a special re- cord fo r you to look back on. Blastoff! The Varsity cheerleaders try to get the crowd pepped up at the Home- coming Pep Rally. 1, 2, 3, turn . . . Beth Grinnell gets to waltz with Randy Hall at the Miss Mea- dowbrook Pageant. They are members of the Drama I class who provided enter- tainment. Blow your horn Blowing on trombone at the Spring Concert is Jay Smith.

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Hard facts Senior boys in Mr. Brian Kane’s class were not spared the cold hard facts concerning President Carter’s plan to reinstate the draft. Hard Work! Anyone involved in sports, like Donna Sammons, can tell you how much effort goes into training for meets. One can well imagine the dismay of the athletes who were to have gone to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. As we began our school year in the normal ways and had our brief moments of silliness, we found ourselves con- fronted by some pretty sobering reality. Americans were still being held cap- tive in the American embassy in Tehran, even.after a rescue attempt in which eight American soldiers died: President Carter spoke of re-instating the draft, something which would affect our Sen- iors — all too soon. Russia boldly invad- ed Afghanistan, and our Olympic ath- letes were asked to boycott the Moscow games in protest of the aggression, caus- ing much controversy. The cost of food, clothing, and fuel (up to $1.20 per gallon) continued to climb — making some necessities fall suddenly into the luxury class. The days went by and tensions contin- ued to grow as we wondered how all of this would eventually affect us, the builders of tomorrow. FACING ’80

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Chorus crowd Paul Haynes, Karen Black . and Beth Grinnell give it all they've got at the dress rehersal of ‘Hello Dolly!” Funkytown Everybody boogies down to the music of “Avatar”, the band at the Homecoming dance. Future victims Anxious elementary stu- dents wait to get in the auditorium so they can be part of the audience to see the “Emperors New Clothes”. j