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

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Dressed for a night of dancing, Chip Booker shows his own special style out on the dance floor. A moments rest is just what these tired students need to regain their energy for more dancing. Socializing is one big reason students attend the dances. Melissa Owens, Anita Vipperman, and others are seen taking a break from dancing to talk. Senior, Jackie Biggs and Marc Bowman thoroughly enjoy themselves as they dance to music by Astro Disco. Dances 13

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School Dances Provide Relaxing Break From Routine And Chance at Self-Expression People all over the world use dancing as a form of self-expression. School dances provide students with a chance to relax and show their real personalities out on the dance floor. These dances held each year also give teenagers a break from their routine weekends. The success of the dances grew from the Back-To-School dance to the Spring dance at the end of the year. For sub¬ freshmen all the way up to seniors, they are an opportunity to socialize with friends and possibly even start a new ro¬ mance. Entertainment varied from dance to dance. D. J.’s seemed to be the favorite of the students. One big reason for this choice was that it allowed a greater vari¬ ety of music whereas a live band is not able to provide the variety. What makes our dances the successes they are ? There are two major factors: the faculty and students. Many members of the faculty show their support by acting as chaperones at each dance. They pro¬ vide adult supervision while enjoying themselves at the same time. The stu¬ dents determine the quality of the dances. Dances are made possible by the amount of money raised for them. Funds for entertainment, refreshments, and chaperones are taken from the profits of the one that preceeds it. The money col¬ lected from ticket sales is a big portion of what goes into these dances. With no sell of tickets, there are no future dances. The twins, Karen and Sharon Martin, dance the night away with their dates, Robert Montgomery and Kevin Mitchell. 12 Dances

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Comedy Plus Drama Equals A Successful Play For All Drama is a literary composition that tells a story, usually of human conflict, by means of dialogue and action. Comedy is any of various types of plays or motion pictures with more or less humorous treatment of characters and situations. What happens when you put the two to¬ gether? Success seems an unavoidable re¬ sult as seen in the two plays, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” and “Just For Kicks.” Long practice and hard work made •these two plays instant successes with al¬ most all students who viewed them. The actors and actresses put a lot of effort into their work. “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum,” last years Spring play, brought much recognition and ad¬ miration for the participating actors and actresses. David Baum, James Houchins, Janet Ore, and Tobe Lane were some of the very good actors in this play. As the play opened, Hero (David Baum) had fallen in love with a slave girl (Janet Ore). However, the conflict was the fact that she belonged to someone else. Pseudilus (James Houchins), Hero’s servant, was given the task of getting the girl for Hero. As expected, through much scheming and working he succeeded. This comedy proved to be a big hit. The audiences’ almost non-stop laughter showed that. “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” had to be one of the funnier spring plays in PCHS history. “Just For Kicks,” this year’s Senior play, enjoyed great response as well. This play was a unique one. It told the story of a school’s unwinning football team. The principal (Brian Akers) wanted someone to place the blame on for their losses, so he made one of the English teachers (Anita Hawks) coach the team. (A wom¬ an coach would be the perfect excuse.) This was not the case. The teacher and her new star-girl kicker (Shannon Sealey) made the team a winner in the end. The talent shown in both of these plays reflects positively on PCHS. There are many good actors and actresses presently participating in the area of drama at our school. The plays performed during the school year are always a welcome break from the long days. Hopefully, with the help of Mr. Larson, the director, PCHS will continue to produce as good or even better plays than we have seen in the past. Very glad to be free and excited to be free, Anita and Yolanda Biggs dance enthusiasticly across the stage. mm In “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” Janet Ore breaks away from the script to laugh at a funny comment by David Baum. 14 Plays