North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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THE ANCHORS Taking time to assist others he Anchor Club is a girl's service organi- zation sponsored by the Pilot Club of Salisbury. The club meets once a month after school. Do you remember those hot days at the beginning of the school year? The members helped relieve the heat by sell- ing sno-cones after school. The profit from the sale of sno-cones went to the Christ- mas Angel Tree Program at the,Salisbury Mall and to the Bearthes' family, former graduates of North, after the death of their mother. The club showed they were community service oriented through-out the whole year. They cleaned the trophy case in the lobby, along with doing other things in the school year. The club also helped the elderly clean their yards and members went to a Christmas party for the mentally ill at the First Methodist Church in Salis- bury, where they helped to pass out gifts and serve food. The Anchor Club contrib- uted more time to the commu- nity than most other clubs and considered themselves the number one club. Angela Locklear. 78 i Anchor Club Anchor members - Bottom Row: Amy Beam, Misty Gilbert, Shaundria Gibson, Cassaundra Aldrich, Colleen Bush, Yvette Mitchell, Chevelle Jones, Amy Andrews, Stephanie Michael, Dionne Mitchell.Second How: Tina Safrit, Heather Ervin, Karen Adams, Tracie Marsh, Pam White, Krista Hicks, Cassondra Heilig, Melinda Watkins.Top Row: Audrey Cook, Tara Jackson, Debbie Poole, Amy Hicks, Dana Rusher, Ronnie Fite, Melinda Bailey, Trahey Ludwick, Lisa Koontz, Jane Copley, Kelly Simmerson. Photo by A. Piatt. ..,, gtk, I Applying final touches on a job wel done. Anchor club members Dionne Mitchell, Cassondra Heilig, anc Cassaundra Aldrich finish shining the trophy case, which was one of the club's many projects. Photo by C. Watkins.

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i Making A Musical Whole school involved. hy would anyone want to produce a musical? You have to spend lots of money on sets, props, costumes, and the right to use scripts, musical scores, stage manager and direc- tor's books. David Crews, assis- tant director and actor of Oliver stated, Being a director and actor takes lots of time and pa- tience. That's just the beginning. After selecting a musical whose staging requirements don't ex- ceed the national debt, comes the trauma of auditions. Everyone wants to be a star, but a specific part requires a specific actor or actress. So for everyone who does get a part there are several people who have their hopes crushed. Now things begin to get really complicated. To produce a musi- cal such as Oliver , the director must have assistants who will train dancers, singers, and musi- cians. Then, once the initial scenes have been committed to memory, the actors must re- Q 1 -. -. Q. -Q -Q ,K -1 -an ws 'll un 'W is I .. 51 . at f---Newmgr 'Nm'-Q. 'WS 'ma l 1 A close up look at Victorian archi- tecture. An students Chevelle Jones and Chris Eller work on the scenery for Oliver. Photo by J. Plummer. A Ss.x, .Q s member their lines, their songs, where they are supposed to be and when to be there. Musicals sound impossible to produce. Producers need the courage of a terrorist negotiator, the patience that comes only with experience, and a stomach that can tolerate a lot of aspirin. Practice follows practice. Ac- tors continue to forget lines, miss their cues or hit the wrong notes. It seems that perfection is only a frustrating dream. Suddenly, without warning, it's opening night. The cast pulls together and the show goes on. The curtain finally goes down as the applause pours over the foot- lights. You've done it. You've been part of something so complex and challenging it seemed impossible, and now the applause sweeps away the last of the butterflies that seemed the size of 747's when the cunain first went up. Now you see why people do musicals. David Crews :MA In the leading role. Jason Perdue as Oliver gets help from primary chorus teacher Mrs. Norman and Ashley Cauble, pianist. Photo by A. Kluttz. lMore extensive coverage of the pro- duction of Oliver will be included in the '89 yearbook.J Oliver l 77

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Making angels for the tree. Misty Gilbert works on making angels for the Christmas Angel Program at the Salisbury Mall. Photo by C. Watkins. Anchor officers - iBottom to topl Colleen Bush, Corresponding secre- tary, Amy Beam, Senior director Ronnie Fite, Junior director: Shaun dria Gibson, Recording secretary, Trahey Ludwick, Junior director, Stephanie Michael, Treasurer, Melinda Bailey, Vice-President, Tina Safrit, President. Photo by S. Roof. ss.. Fi Q B ai Rig' Chorus ll members -- Bottom Row: Anthony Cherry, Roger Ran- kin, Charles Stinson, Scott Hawkins, Ronald Jones, Travis Nunn. Top Row: N. Weidner, Ni- cole Kilgore, Tonya Smith, Lori Cranfield, Dionne Mitchell, Joanna Banks, Tajon Corriher, Tereasa Timmerman, Lori Menster, Sharon Carter. Not Pictured: John Cowan, Terry Luther, Jimmy Smith, Marcus Jones, Seana Snook. Photo by A. Kluttz. Anchor Club and Chorus ll I 79