Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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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

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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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