Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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190 Freshman It's true — Melanie and Amanda Lawrence are not the same age; Melanie is older by three minutes. This technical- ity aside, the problems these girls face are for the most part inherent to all twins; namely, sharing the same birthday and coping with the sterotype that all twins are genetically, men- tally, and physically identical. And even though they are fra- ternal twins, not identical ones, several coincidences in interests and activities cause other people at school to do, if one will pardon the pun, a dou- ble-take. For example, both girls are SCA homeroom representa- tives and members of the French Club. Both play piano (though Melanie has been in- terested longer than Amanda) and both have received supe- rior ratings at the biannual pi- ano competition at the Univer- sity of Richmond. Outside of school, both girls are active in A Double-Take the youth choir and youth group of their church. Addi- tionally, Amanda is a member of church’s youth council. For the future, the twins both plan to attend four year colleges. Lest a reader think that Me- lanie and Amanda are, in fact, identical, the girls do have enough differences betwixt them so as to convince an im- partial observer that the fam- ilies not just trick done with mirrors. Amanda likes science and history, while Melanie en- joys math and working with computers. In fact, she plans on attending the Virginia Tech Computer Camp this summer. While Melanie cross-stitches and enjoys reading and col- lege basketball (especially the University of North Caroli- na Tarheels), Amanda is not ‘in’ to books and is not, in her words, a ‘basketball fanatic.”’ Instead, Amanda participates actively in cheerleading, and was selected this Spring to be ‘| » Par — a member of next year’s J.V. cheerleading squad. Though their interests and activities are obviously quite varied, the Lawrences cope with the previously mentioned problems of ‘‘twinship”’ rather well, perfering not to think of themselves as twins but as sisters and best friends. They confide in each other and when one has a problem with schoolwork, the other is usu- ally ready and willing to help. And so Melanie and Amanda Lawrence are able to overlook the occasional eccentricity of being twins, and can make the experience one of chance happiness of having a close friend and relative who just happens to have the same birthday. Ss Twinship. Although Melanie and Amanda are twins they have different interests.

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Sharen Scott Donna Seldon Teresa Sellers Tracy Selph Evan Settle David Sharry Matthew Sheahan Steven Sheldon Stacy Sherron Susanne Shim Heider Shiner Elaine Shirah Jennifer Shives Beth Short Robert Skora Allison Slack Kellie Slack Tracy Slater Michael Smeltzer Christophe Smith Jennifer Smith Michelle Smith Ronald Smith Rudolph Smith Dania Smoak Larry Smoke Laurie Smoke Lori Smoak Philip Snead Larry Snellings Donna Soles Charles Sommardahl A Band of the future The Police, the Doors, and the Beatles are all big name rOGKSOLrOuDS. 1.0 this Jist, Freshman Dru Adams would someday like to add the Edi- cats, the name of the band for which he is the bass guitarist. Dru and his fellow band mem- bers have already made something of a name for them- selves among Monacan stu- dents. They have become a popular group, often heard at parties and community cen- ters in the area. Dru’s talents are not limited to the guitar. He also plays the saxophone, which he has been doing for three years. But that has been the extent of his formal musical training. The rest has come naturally, since Dru is gifted with the ability to play by ear. Pos- sessing this gift, though, has not exempted Dru from the strenuous routine of practice. The Edicats get together to practice several times a week. In addition, Dru devotes several more hours a day to practicing at home. While Dru’s desire to pursue a musi- cal career consumes most of his time, he did manage to play J.V. basketball last sea- son. Asked about his favorite style of music, Dru names rockabilly, which he says he likes because of its strong beat and an association with the early roots of rock and roll. Mostly, though, he likes play- ing the kind of music he knows his audience would enjoy. And someday, just maybe, he hopes that the audience will like the Edicats well enough to want to hear them at a major coliseum. The Edicats. Posing with the rest of his band members, Dru hope’s that one day they will hit the big time. Freshmen 189

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Kimberly Southall Sherrie Spath Carolyn Spicer Patricia Spurlock Christine Stafford Christophe Stevens Michelle Summerlin Michael Tan Heather Tanner William Terrell Charles Thomas Peter Thorborg Kelly Thornburg Julie Thorson John Tierney Brian Tiller Meghan Tilley Nicole Titone Bonnie Toenniessen Karen Tomlin Carol Torkington Eric Townes Daniel Townsend Amy Tremer Daryl! Trent Douglas Trent Steven Triano Troy Trimble Amy Turner Lisa Valentine Karen Waddill Alison Walek Susannah Wallace Michael Walls Dawn Walton Michael Waroblak Heather Wasiuk April Watson Amy Weaver Rodney Wells Robert Whaley Kathleen Wheran Stephanie Whetstone Steven White Shannon Whitley David Whitt Carry Williams Brent Williamson Rachel Williamson Richard Willis Christopher Wilson David Wilson Jennifer Windom Theresa Wirt Nathan Wise Marc Witorsch Janet Woo Denise Wood Shean Woodard Paul Woodlief James Wright David Wyatt Beth Yates Beth Yates Andrea Youngblood Lora Yowell Mike Zacharias Mark Zipperer Freshman 191