Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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==tine Arts Soothing the savage beast The familiar saying about the soothing effect of music generally proves true when one is referring to the music programs here at school. Where-as the rock concerts that students were used to attending definitely didn’t serve that purpose, the mu- sic presented by the bands and choirs here at school did seem to have a settling effect on audiences. Generally very mellow, traditional music was chosen because it must be kept in mind that our choirs, orches- tra and bands were involved in the learning process. Lessons well learned were evident when one saw and heard the marching band at fall football games and again when the seasons was over 18 Fine Arts and they performed at Christmas and in the spring as the concert band. The Jazz band, once again unique in the county, per- formed to a slightly faster tempo then did the other groups. The choirs, dressed to the teeth, performed under the direction of a student teach- er in the Spring concert. The grand finale of the musical groups was, as al- ways, graduation, where they managed to bring tears to the eyes of many of the Gradu- ates with their selection All That I Can Be. More pep please John Stimis and Chris Hudson don’t seem to display too much pep. They’re concentrat- ing on the next drum entrance. Sing sweetly Mr. Earl Binns conducts the Girl’s Ensemble in a number at The Spring Concert.

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Kneeling: Jimmy Casteel, Beth Grin- ell, Karen Black, Charles Keffer Sec- ond Row: Jenny Blaine, Chayna Black, Kasey Haper, Johnny West, Bryan Tunnell, Third Row: Dane Bragg, Pam Laslie, Conway Harris, Jeff Brown, Barry Cook, Kim John- son, Back Row: Norman Campbell, Jon Stonestreet Abracadabra Sophomore’ Bryan Tunnell, (portraying Merlin) puts a spell on the sword to make it magi- cal. What shall I do next? Senior Kasey Harper, who played Guiniviere, is thinking during a performance for elementary children. Fine Arts

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Learning Mr. Earl Binn’s student teacher led the Mixed Ensemble in this number at the Spring Concert. Pure ham Three of the members ofthe Color Guard, Kelly Cooper, Cheryl Sheltman and Diane Delap strike a pose for the camera. Small but effective The orchestra, led by Miss Laurie Collins, was small but two of its members were part of the Richmond Youth Orchestra. Calm before the storm The march- ing band relaxes before going on to the field for halftime music. Fine Arts 19