Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Tune-up Time. In Auto Mechanics, Jeff Patton learns basic car maintenance. Tapping at the Terminal. James Monteria finds computers can be fun and educational. Brick Tricks. Tong Taing levels the beginnings of a wall in Masonry. Tech Center 17

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Today’s Tom Sawyer. Muy Hour Ky paints in carpentry. Adding a Little Style. Angela Griggs and Sandy Terrell put their hairdressing skills to use on models. Tech to or fe) WAGES F hat i is 5 Tech? aie don’t know. Someone just told me to write this oy a auto mehanics for three hours @ day.’’ (Sounds pretty Zen to me.) He con- tinues, “In my first year, | spent 75% of my tech time in the classroom behind a textbook and 25% working on cars. Last year it was a Cheerful Worker. Phalla Sin gleeful- ly dries some pans in Food Services. “You take my breath eway ...” A love of plants drives this Tech stu- dent to study horticulture. 46 Tech Center students work like the dickens — little more even, but class time still predominated.” Well, taking into consid- eration comentary like hat, mathe: Chesterfield High School must have very high standards on matter such as knowledge, © — ing, experience, and™ “the subsequent acauisition of confidence. In order words, theif slogan. “Learn to Earn’’ really means something, — “Learning to Earn” means course offerings in a variety of. fields such as auto mechanics, carpen- try, video production, Complete Inspection. Scott Near- ing and classmate examine a re- frigerator. electronics, and drafting. What a scope! Most of the Tech students felt sure that the time they spent at the ed them for ations. But only a little more than half » said ina survey that they would persue the line of work that deals with their ‘studies | at the Technical Center, Angel Simmons en- lightened me as to when all of this took place. She were bussed to e-cen r where they spent half a=day, every school day, preparing for future jobs. Many of the af- ternoon tech students felt bonds gained at : he ¢ ter as being more imp tants It must have been nice though, because while the students at MBK were sweltering in the big — green ho fternoon — Tech sie were enjoy- — ing air condoned CcOom- fort. It is otvions that the Tech students received marketable backrounds and skills which will prepare them for the work- -place. — Gosh.

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Precision Performance The Drama De- partment gives two more sparkling pro- Quctions. ervous, excited for the kids, proud and a lot of adjectives that just couldn't do justice to the cast, orchestra, and crew. It’s tough because my job is over with and its all up to them,” exclaimed Mis Priscilla Bareford. These words of Mrs. Bar- eford, the drama teacher, expressed the excitement. that existe on ee os Singin’ in the Rain. night during the play he Man Who Came to Dinner and the musical Hello Dolly. The production season be- gan first in September with the play. Twenty-four kids, many of them new com- ers, began to create a play that dated back to the early 1900's. It was tough because some of the humor was hard to un- derstand. “It was a really old play, that made it tough. Even though it was old, it came together and delighted the audience,” commented Neil Desai. Another problem facing ast was the dialogue. 2 ald accompaniment, the Female chorus of Hello Dolly sings ° “Put on your Sunday Clothes.” — Femme Fatale. In Hello Dolly Becky Mitchell may not have got- ten her man, but she sure stole the audience’s heart. Makeup Artist. Actor Paul Poulsen shows his talent on and off stage by helping Jeff Hansen don his new face. 48 Drama Oh Darling! Christina Collins defines her character in The Man Who Came To Dinner. and carried a lot of the show. There were many other characters which had to learn long mono- logues. By opening night however, all lines were learned and went over quite smoothly. One new experience for the cast and Mrs. Bareford was the presence of the Norwegian foreign ex- change student Bente Ol- sen. Not only did Bente have to learn to speak En- glish well, she had to par- ticipate in an embarrassing kissing scene with Paul Poulsen. As the curtain closed. fall play, the drama and the lights dimmed on | music: departments spring musical, Hello Dolly. It had been done about eight years previous, mak- ing this the first time a musi- cal had been repeated. Because Mrs. Bareford knew what she needed for the set, she had her the- atre production class as- sembling it months ahead of time. Upon selection of the cast in February, hard work began. Major dances and songs had to be learned. They had to be extra per- fect since over half the plot is told in songs. As time went on the numbers im- . proved ons the cast. felt