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

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. . . And We Danced Suddenly the halls look very strange. There are chairs strewn out in the halls; no order at all. Yes! It must be time for a school dance! Whether it’s the Dog, the Funky Chicken, or just rockin’ to the music, almost ev¬ eryone likes the opportunity to strut their stuff on the dance floor. As the time rolls around, committees get together and plan, and transform the school cafeteria into a magnificent ball room. The start of the school year was made official by the Back- to-School dance. Besides that, PCHS followed football games, especially Homecoming, with a dance or two. Before the Christmas Dance, couples col¬ lected coins for the SCA to con¬ tribute to community charities. The couple who collected the most money was crowned Snowball King and Snowball Queen. The couple that won this honor was Wendy Law and Jason Keith. February brought the Sweet¬ heart Dance, annually spon¬ sored by the Senior class. Fol¬ lowing the Sadie Hawkins tradi¬ tion, girls asked their guys to come and dance the night away. Beyond the Sweetheart Dance, the End-of-School Dance finished off the year with a positive watusi! Students not only spent their time in the dance floor, but they also spent time on and on front of the stage. Under the direc¬ tion of Mike Larson, several se¬ niors took part in the senior play presented in mid-February and appropriately titled Spirits of Love.” The play, a story of a man’s tumultous married life when his former wife returns as a ghost, ran for several school and public performances. Earli¬ er in February, a professional group of actors, Theatre IV, as¬ sociated with the Virginia Mu¬ seum of Fine Arts and brought to the high school by the Reyn¬ olds Homestead, presented a docudrama of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life called “I Have A Dream.” Later in the year, the Spring Production was put on by stu¬ dents. As a dinner theater, the play “Tartuffe” was an off- Broadway smash. For the stu¬ dents who put in long hou rs cueing each other’s lines, the year’s plays were definitely a challenge. One actor said, The hard work that we put into mak¬ ing our movements and lines just right was worth it all when I heard the audience applaud.” Danny Smith, Tammy Greer, Kevin George, and Teresa Hall take a break from the excitement and converse about dancing techniques. Mr. and Ms. Senior, Ricky Hall and Kristi Akers, wit with Senior sponsor Lisa Martin and husband during a lull in the dance. 22 Dances Plays

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Kelly Handy was one of many that took the familiar route to Myrtle Beach to see the boys of summer. Washington, D.C. was the site of sev- tional Beta Convention and visited eral students as they attended Na- Washington’s Monument. Summer 21

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Dances Plays 23