Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Homecoming Week Provides Unity Homecoming week is rarely surprising, for, it brings with it the height of enthusiastic school spirit. Each day holds something new in store for the students as they are provided with endless opportunities to unite as a student body in sup¬ port of their school football team. Aside from the traditional green and gold day and pre¬ game pep rally, the week was further filled with a “Wear- What-You-Dare” day. Many stu¬ dents dressed most outland- ishly to display their coopera¬ tion with the theme. There was also a “Fifties” day which prompted students to turn back the hands of time and ramble through parents’ clos¬ ets for attire. The night prior to game day was reserved for the bonfire. Students gathered in moments of silence to watch embers blaze before they were again united with spirit cheers. Jay Eckenrod, Patty Lewis, and Penny Keith turn heads on “Wear-What-You-Dare” day, and exhibit a bit of the punk rock style. Mac Watkins and Danny Thomas, attired in conservative subtlety, also demon¬ strate their school spirit of participation. Homecoming 11

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Bands and Disc Jockeys Provide Musical Variety At School Dances (Left) Students find it easy to “groove” to the sounds of D.J.s Lee and Grant. While Kent Amos tries to decide whether or not to dance, Tracy DeBruhl has already spotted a new partner. Darren Diggs, Terry Martin, and Randy Wyatt keep a sharp watch for all members of the opposite sex. With only 7 days of school gone, the first dance of the year took place in the courtyard of PCHS. The danceble tunes of the Commodores, AC DC, and Sugerhill filled the autumn air, and caused more movement from students than they had seen all summer. Lee and Grant, two D.J.s from Bassett spun the tracks for the senior sponsored dance. Said senior Beth Bingman, “The different atmosphere in the courtyard provided a change of pace for all students.” Couples, as well as those who came stag, en¬ joyed themselves and danced their beginning-school troubles away. Football season brings Homecoming which, in turn, brings the Homecoming Dance, but what does the Homecoming Dance bring? This year the occasion pro¬ vided the Top 40 sounds of ZAK, a rock and roll band whose mellow rock was just as good as their hard-driving sounds. True to form, a Home¬ coming queen, Lori Banks, was chosen. The football team had a successful night by defeating Floyd 33-0. Thoughts of standing under the mistletoe provoked cou¬ ples to come to the December 19th Christmas Dance. David Lee Michaels of radio station, K-92, played the recordings as students celebrated their annu¬ al Christmas break with rock and roll music. The dance, the second one held in the cafete¬ ria, was a big success and ev¬ eryone was satisfied with it’s turnout. Starry-eyed sweethearts strolled down the corridors of PCHS and into the cafeteria for the annual Sweetheart Dance held February 13. Couples danced to popular music sup¬ plied by Vince the Prince of Roanoke’s own K-92. Music ranged from Van Halen and the J. Geils Band, to Barry Mani- low, with most people prefer¬ ring the slow-down tunes to the faster ones. A capacity crowd caused several to walk around the halls rather than fight the multitude in the cafeteria. Ev¬ eryone seemed to have a good time and requests for songs were almost always respected. Overall, the dances were successful and all Patrick Countians seem to benefit from the break in routine school life by “getting down” to some danceble music. Dances 13