Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Shannon Snapp puts in extra rehearsal for the next performance. For Claire Cunningham, Joyce and Jeannie Meador-practice makes perfect. In some orchestral works accompaniment for soloists is given by section leaders. rr srqsit ij, e in if erst T Recognition At Last! For the tirst time in Pl'l's illustrious history, the string ensemble was represented by a page in the Patriot. This was due largely to the tact that a member ot the orchestra had tinally been ap- pointed to the statt. l-lowever, now that the initial step has been carried out, there is every assurance that this glaring error will not happen again. Roanoke can consider itselt tortunate in that it has one ot the handtul ot string orchestras in the state. Since Patrick l-lenry has the only high school string ensemble in the city, the bulwarlc ot the strings in the Roanoke Youth Symphonytis provided each year by this school, Orchestra provides a springboard to the Youth Symphony. Roanoke Symphony, a career in music, or simply the enjoyment ot pertorming. Students very otten learn the basics on one stringed instru- ment and then tincl they lilce another better, so they begin to specialize in another. A sour note gets undesired attention from Mr. Kinzie.

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76 Comprenez-vous? Or would you raTher say Tu scis ? Do you Take French or l.aTin? Are you willing To worlc hard? If so, we can use you. The Language DeparTmenT has Two unique Toreign language publicaTions. one wriTTen in French and one in LaTin. The French magazine, La Liberia, published Three Times a year in cooperaTion wiTh The Modern Lan- guage Clulo, recognizes and provides a medium oT expression in French. The sTaTT consisTs oT guali- Tied sTudenTs wiTh creaTive and original ideas. The LaTin DeparTmenT has as iTs publication The LaTin newspaper. OraTor. IT is disTribuTed Twice yearly wiTh'conTril:JuTions Trom Third and TourTh year sTudenTs. Some OT The arTicles are wriTTen in English. buT The maioriTy oT The worlc is done in LaTin. Advisor Miss Shank inspects the Orator with Diane Spicer, editor. La Liberte' editors David Dull, Ginny Kurshan, 'Find an office outside. 1 1 ,. .T , ' ah Nr Eng, .. -L ' Y yt ff. gg, 'V' A L V Tl J gi: 'J was-A -,, , sw M 5, Orator co-editors David Mullen and John Thornton ask Russ Merritt about finances La Liberte' drawing gets the eye from art editor Leah Hanger and advisor Mrs. Spencer. and Carole Thurston X..

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Bigger and Better As anoTher year wenT by and Mr. Gene Ferguson developed anoTher gray hair. one hundred members oT The Advanced Choir improved one hundred per- cenT and reTained The repuTaTion ThaT They worked so hard To achieve. NOT only was This year's choir The largesT ThaT has ever been aT PaTriclc l-lenry. buT also This was The TirsT Time There has been an A Capella Choir, a group oT excepTionally TalenTed sTudenTs singing in a small choir wiThouT accom- panimenT. They meT every oTher school morning aT 8:00 Tor rehearsal and were TeaTurecl in a ChrisT- mas show sponsored by The Grandin CourT P.T.A. ArlingTon was The cenTer of The choir Tour This year. PerTormances were also given in Alexandria, aT Ferrum Junior College, Longwood College, and E. C. Glass l-ligh School. The freshman choir gave evidence of Their achieve- menT when They parTicipaTed in The Tinal concerT. AlThough They had Tew perTormances, They received sound Training Tor advanced choir. 78 wk ' ' Q, 'Q nf e , 4 Q 's 'u 7 . H Q, -, , n . .Hi -4 1 ', n,' sq.- 1 1 .,.L..afi:!, .0 Q I , 3 I.. n I ll .Qffffif..Q! av , f. s li V , v is 1 v , I 1 s , 0 1 1 ' ' 4 , i y Q ' ' Q . D ' . ' o ' 1' v , gf' n 1 ' ' 1 ss an , , Q N Q , 0 4 ,, . ' ' . s Q , ' v Q ,. Q V 'Q -T - - ' ' - 4 , 'fig --P Q 4 1 1, , , n , , ' , o ' ' ' ' o Q ,- - . . o . . fm.-, fm' 'I Q s -is -.3155 1 ' f 4 4 1 ' v . . ' 41'-v . , 5 I U . . u . . , Q , . i v u G ' lf nv 9 U f Q 1 . , Q, K, we , , rife., .U Q f -- ' ' ,ai Q. 1 e s ' Q.i' Q Q ,g 1 ' o n , , , , ' ' ' ' ' 9 A 4 a . vva+ fsnnvu. Jil K Ui!! Di wave Ci!l040 fuvvwan- Oli 1 wx anna if ov f' , nc , v er 'N + we G- T5 TQ' sm s we wk m s Q xy TS Qhiiw hifi nu.. .sf A.. va. no. on ii! my a o ,va EASY :Kas