Osbourne High School - Eyrie / Hi Jacket Yearbook (Manassas, VA)

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|B § § J A .slL olidays — they’re the days students wait for all year long and the ones they dream and fantasize about. Holidays are the days when no one wakes up early; everyone sleeps until about 12:00 in the afternoon and then they keep wondering where the day has gone. About two or three days before the holi¬ days, everyone preplans what they are going to do; the students do this during classes, which gives the teachers a big headache. Natu¬ rally, the teachers are ready for this and they all have the same answer — “You’re not off yet, we have one more section to cover.” Teachers can be so persuasive dur¬ ing the days right before vacation. The whole week before vacation seems to drag on forever, and by this time students are thoroughly convinced that the time will never come; this teaches them never to underestimate the teacher’s power to keep on task. When vacation day comes, what do they do? Go out to a party, watch all the soap operas, go to grandparents which they want to avoid if at all possible, unless of course they live in Flor¬ ida, or near a beach, or like a major¬ ity of people end up going shop¬ ping at the mall, which is hard for to do, since they’re broke. Soon the holidays are over and you have gained at least 20 pounds. Before you know it; you hear the alarm going off, and soon you are on the bus and everyone is asking you, “So, how was your vacation?” And the answer is, “Well, it was kind of . . . Alpa Vanghani Cub Scouts march in the Christmas parade holding up a “Merry Christmas” sign. Student Life 29

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Miss Ward dresses up as Raggedy Ann for Halloween. wm Mrs. Hypes dresses up as a Japanese woman on Halloween. Osbourn students are never too old to sit on Santa’s lap, as Kim Pendleton does here. - Mrs. Hall and Mrs. McDanial dress up as Laurel and Hardy. 28 Student Life

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Miracle Worker I he Miracle Worker was an in- I credible experience that I I will never forget. A lot of things happened on the set which were very different than other plays I have dealt with in the past. Auditions started in September in a professional manner. About a week later, the whole cast was se¬ lected; rehearsals started immedi¬ ately. It was a challenge for every¬ one. It was the most important and difficult play to produce in Os¬ bourn history so it was not some¬ Tracy Mason and Amy Cole share a moment together in ‘‘The Miracle Worker.” thing that we were used to. The publicity was very high around school. Then it came to the time that we were two weeks behind schedule. We were up to two choices — either work hard or stop it. We were left alone to make our decision and we decided to work very hard. Then it came to pass that we were ready. It was the best play that Osbourn ever put on. 1 am very honored to be a mem¬ ber of this terrific play. Roy Boyd Christy Badgly watches as Helen Keller, played by Amy Cole, is in distress. Roy Boyd and Christy Badgly discuss a serious matter in ‘‘The Miracle Worker.” 30 Student Life