Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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26 BROADWAY COMES TO MHS To pull off the major musical, “Hello Dolly’, students and directors had to spend over 120 rehersal hours away from family and other school activities. The hours of hard work were forgotten when the actors went on stage bringing their characters alive against a colorful set de- signed by Jerry Dagenhart. “... Dolly” was the first musical pro- duced at Meadowbrook requiring a chor- eographer — Mr. Sterling Hawkins drew upon his experience at Swift Mill Creek Playhouse to work all chorus numbers and the difficult Waiters Gallop which got quite a reaction from th e audience each night. What’s out there? Dolly (Dawn Barney) sings to Horace (Jerry Dagenhart) as he looks out the win- dow of the hat shop in curiosity. Open Wide Dolly Levi (Dawn Barney) works on a solution to Felecia Woolard and Mr. Kemper (Tim Jones) romantic problems.. The fast paced costume changes which had to be executed without smearing ma- keup became quite a challenge for all the actors. As the curtain closed on April the 26th, it was realized that this was closing night, the culmination of all the hard work, and tears flowed, many from the eyes of Seniors such as Mark Lawhorne who expressed this feeling, “After the show I cried my heart out because I knew that I could never work with such won- derful people again.” The Seniors had all realized that this would be their last high school production. “It only takes...’ Mike Harrah, Anne Dickerson, Jeff Brown and Sherry Balser sing the finale in the last moments of “Hello Dolly”. . @ BS - s) . r ‘id : ‘ eg OES = ; say + an st ame 4) . . = - erect Sa?

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WHERE THERE’S A BILLTHERE’S How often have you heard someone say - well that’s a great idea, but where do we get the money? This was heard often by organizations at Meadowbrook and before the echos of that question had died away someone always yelled - have a fund raiser! It was the fund raisers that provided much of the most anticipated entertain- | 5 aa els ' S ment during the year. iio a. Early in the year the Dribblethon “en brought dollars to the basketball teams, followed closely by the mini-olympics which added more revenue to the faculty scholarship fund. The scholarship was enlarged to $1,200.00 by a raffle held in May. The Ist prize a stereo was won by Thelma Wyatt’s son and the second prize a 10 speed bike was won by senior Bren- da Barnes During the year one had a choice of other activities and edible and non-ed- ible goodie’s such as the Wednesday night Bingo games sponsored by the Athletic Association who also sponsored Azalea sales in the spring, a fashion show put on by Fashion Merchandising in May and bake sales by various groups. There were numerous dances, the Lift-a-thon, the Mess Meadowbrook show in late May, a concert by the Heights of Grass to give a boost to the Muse which had earlier sponsored a book fair. be If the fund raisers were brought to a ipa Grice Cardia uta oa screeching halt there would have been Rewspaper. little entertainment, and lots of empty stomachs around Meadowbrook. » Volu “athe g¥m@ with Ruth Joh brool ) the fundraiser e Clogging music The Heights of Grass plays the bar eat Ae at) P the faculty raffle stud theme song from the “Beverly Hillbillies’ at the k ’ el BF ual hack BO ez 4 te, of al winnerlia. .. At fundraiser for the Muse, which raised over $700.00. ner‘ really was. 2

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ye RE, oar ee We've got Elegance Carol Kiger, Bo Wilson, Rob Culbertson and Leslie Driver practice their ele- gance on their way to the Harmonia Gardens Res- taurant. Well Hello Dolly The waiters give a big hello to Dolly Levi in the opening scene of Act II. “Look I’m dancing!” After being taught to dance, Corneilous Hackle (Rob Culbertson) asks everyone to stand aside while he dances. Statue of Liberty Junior Kim Johnson portrays the Statue of Liberty in one scene of the show.