Natural Bridge High School - Span Yearbook (Natural Bridge Station, VA)

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A radiant smile can be seen on the face of Angie Foster as she is crowned Homecoming queen by Mr. Fleshman during halftime of the football game. She was escorted by Jamie Talbott. With a look of determination on her face, junior Jackie Lewis takes advantage of having the way clear of opponents and gains ample yardage in the powder puff football game. Despite her effort, however, the juniors lost to the seniors 14-0. J, “Are we still poised?” Entertaining the student body at the powder puff football game are these senior boys, who were enthusiastic cheerleaders for their team. Wy U7; yy Ui. Lp LY i fe i Ly ag YL y ESOP

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LIVING It seemed that the trend was for things previously thought impossible to become possible. The year was full of unusual surprises. Even the simplest things in life were interrupted for days at a time by the dreadful winter weather. The usual rush of assignments and athletic events diminished because, for weeks, students were out of school more than in school and many days started with a one- or two-hour delay. Then, the unbe- lievable decision of cancelling the first semester exams stunned yet pleased the student body. Another extraordinary aspect of the year came in the line of sports. To have a girls’ basketball team advance as far as winning the title of State runner-up was cer- tainly an honor that does not come about every year. The change in the cheerleading program also had its advantage. More girls were given the chance to become a cheerleder because there were two tryouts in one year, resulting in four different squads. Everyday living seemed affected, too. It wasn’t just that the student body as a whole experienced feelings of triumph or self-defeat, disbelief or acceptance, but each individual seemed affected in just going about his sim- ple tasks of everyday living. Nearly everything seemed to be positive for the sen- Sponsored by the Student Council, “Freedom Jam” presented a terrific concert to the student body on a November Thursday and to the entire Community on Friday night. iors except the deletion of senior teach day. Taking a senior trip to Knoxville, Tennessee to the World’s Fair was an extraordinary event of the spring. It certainly went against the grain of the underclassmen for the seniors to get out of school a week early and graduate on time while everyone else stayed on a week longer to make up time lost because of snow. On top of that, they had to take final exams during this week. It was a long cold winter and, even thought everyone broke out their spring wardrobes after Easter, the begin- ning of May still found many wearing sweaters on chilly mornings. The gray days of winter and the twelve days missed because of snow seemed to disorient and unset- tle everyone. There was even an assembly in March to discuss disciplinary problems that were a result of this disorientation and frustration. Athletic events, clubs, and dating all seemed to relieve some of the pressure and gave students something to look forward to after the frantic rush of completing assignments. Perhaps one of the most important things that stu- dents learned, in addition to their academic subjectgs, was how to deal with situations that go AGAINST THE GRAIN. Living - 5

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A Night To Remember As the sky grew darker, the tempera- ture dropped steadily until game time ar- rived. It looked as though the weather for the eagerly anticipated football game wouldn’t match up to the jovial atmo- sphere of the week. Still, everyone was determined to “hold on tight to their dreams” and make the night as perfect as planned. It was Homecoming week, and Friday had finally arrived. Walking into the gym, at the beginning of the tradi- tional pep rally held on Friday afternoon, students could feel the excitement around them. The band began to play the school fight song, and everyone joined in to set the mood for the pep rally. Like always, it was a big success and got ev- eryone psyched up for the big game that night. Of course, Friday wasn’t the only day that students were able to show their spirit. The entire week was filled with strange sights, and everyone found if dif- ficult to keep their minds on their “books.” Among the events of the week were 50’s Day, Jeans, Jersey, and Stuffed Animal Day, Punk Day, Wacky Day, and School Colors Day. On Thursday the senior and junior girls battled against one another in the annual powder puff football game. The senior girls’ expertise proved to be too much for the juniors to handle, and they came out with a victorious 13-0 win. The seniors then went on to trample the lady faculty members. The winner of the spirit week compe - tion was the junior class, and the seniors also proved their united enthusiasm by winning the spirit yell competition at the pep rally. The football game that night was highlighted by the halftime parade of floats, and the appearance of the Home- coming court. Each class had previously elected their representatives. The enviable senior attendents were Laveeta Branche, Cindy Moore, Kathy Wines, and Angie Foster. The crowning of the Homecom- ing Queen was a moment everyone looked forward to. With a smile on her face, Angie Foster, escorted by Jamie Talbott, was crowned. Floats winning prizes were the Yearbook Staff (first place), the Freshman Class (second place), the Photography Club (third place), and the Band (people’s choice). Even though the football game was lost to James River 33-0; students still had a chance to make their dreams come true. The dance held on Saturday night was sponsored by the Student Council, and music was provided by WFIR radio 96. Todd Dudley was crowned Home- coming King, and the court danced to a slower song. In some way or other, all were able to “hold on tight to their dreams” during Homecoming. Displaying her own style of ‘“‘punk’’, senior Patty Alford smiles to one of her friends as she takes part in the Homecoming festivities on Punk Day. The SPAN is a perfect way to “hold on tight to your dreams” as shown here by these Yearbook Staff members. Not only was winning Grand Prize for the second consecutive year lots of fun for the staff but also gave them prize money which would help to finance the 1982 SPAN.