Midlothian High School - Trojan Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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5 f I-Q 5 Q0 m .Q M ., L 'x' Q s r u Y' 5, s 'X X 'S x .P ifiivx . i .rjwiie :Qt New 'Siam JACK 'O' LANTERNS COME TO LIFE, as Chuck Bunge, Jennifer Burnette and Matt Green sculpt their own creations. Pumpkins around school added to the Halloween spirit. BILL BUELLE QJERRY GARCIAQ AND ROB STAPLES QTHE 5HERPHERDj take a break from Tim Jock- son's costume party. Hallow- een parties were a time to take on a different personality. M4 HoIloweenfSTudenT Life ,I 5

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All Hallow's Day Halloween spiriTs invad- ed The halls as PeTer Pan, The Headless Horseman, SanTa Claus, and Van Gogh mingled among The regular sTudenTs. Even lvlr. CarTer paTrolled The halls dressed in black: The epiTome of everyThing evil in The world. On Friday, The 3OTh, The cheerleaders sponsored a oonTesT To judge The besT Halloween geT-up. FirsT place wenT To Adam Sadler in his provooaTive oaT cosTume. His sTron- gesT compeTiTion came from a Jolly Green GianT, Julie FlaherTy, who won second place. STudenTs in family living also caughT The spiriT of Halloween when They learned To use every parT of The TradiTional pump- kin. The ouTside was used for a pumpkin carving conTesT, and The inside was made inTo TasTy cookies and pies. The Key Club gave up Their week- end To be spooks in The HaunTed ForesT aT Rock- wood Park. UnforTunaTe- ly, said one ghosT who wished To remain anony- mous, 'lmosT people laughed aT us! MR. THORNTON CARTER, BACK IN BLACK, discusses devilish activi- ties with Mr. Francis Poates. Mr. Poates normally read his news- paper while he ate his lunch. ,IA STudenT LifefHalloween BLOOD DRIPPING FROM MOUTH, Kathy Shermans in- tensely glares at an un- known subiect. Many evil forces patrolled the halls on Halloween. . , -Mana HORROR AT THE HAUNTED FOR- EST. Key club members Alison Anderson, Jenny Tindall, Eddie Cho and Caroline Lamberth help with the testivities.

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,YK The halls scream for more Rock 'N' Roll Could we have found a Threat To such musical idols as The Beatles or Bob Dylan? Well, maybe noT, buf aT least The bands who performed aT posT- foofball game dances and aT parfies sfirred up some musical excife- menT. Affer years of pracfic- ing for audiences of friends, family, and pefs, several local bands found accepfance and appre- ciafion. These musicians were able To Turn Their hobby into a profifable pasfime. Bolh Sessions and Sfeel Toad Banana earned ex- Tra money by enferfaining fellow sTudenTs. ironically, These bands Tied for first place aT The BaTTle of The Bands aT ST. Edwards. Bofh played classical rock 'n' rolli The Grafeful Dead, The Who, Led Zepplin: in addifion, Sessions also played a few originals. Talenf was nof restrict- ed To seniors only. Fresh- man bands Red Shadows and Sadisfic PeT Lovers also aTTracTed a large fol- lowing. Junior Bill Buell pre- ferred To perform alone raTher Than wiTh a band. His solo accousfic versions of The Grateful Dead and James Taylor amazed au- diences wiTh his TalenT. These performers may noT become renowned rock legends, but aT leasf They had Their momenf in The spoTlighT. DUSTY SMITH OF STEEL TOAD BA- NANA strums on his guitar while he concentrates intently during a post-football game dance. 46 Sfudenf LlfefBands SESSIONS, consisting of Mike Cox, Hunter Boxley, Tom Mc- Cormack, Mike Gallini and Rob Staples, had a very successful year rocking students with sounds ot Led Zepplin, the Who and many of their own pieces. BASS PLAYER MIKE GALLINI fin- gers out a tune while practicing for an upcoming dance. Ses- sions helped attract many fans and make the post-football game dances a big success.