Potomac High School - Prowler Yearbook (Dumfries, VA)

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A Hot Performance aB xasBg ■HM Despite the blazing heat. Drum Major Peggy Pasek leads the band in a great performance, the band helps to raise the school ' s spirit. Heating up The Varsity Cheerleaders peform for the school and show their spirit in spite of the crippling heat. The girls cheered for the school in every kind of weather. Blazing Spirit Giving it all he ' s got. Senior Gary Mar¬ tin incites an outpouring of school spirit. The football players often helped lead pep rallies to boost the students ' spirit. 12 Pep-Rally

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Surrounded be helpful girls trying to ad¬ just his cap, Frankie Lasch enjoys the attention lavished upon him. The Future Is Now A hush fell over the crowd. Every¬ one waited for that moment. The final moment of being a high school stu¬ dent. The caps flew into the air, the graduates cheered, laughed, and cried. Tears welled up in the eyes of many parents; an era had ended. The class of 1986 had graduated. The Graduation ceremonies, which were held on June 6, were led by Mr. Robert Ferrebee, principal. The guest speaker was Mr. Tim McCarthy of Dumfries, the Secret Service agent who had saved Presidesnt Ronald Reagan from an assassin in March, 1981. School board members Mrs. Maureen Caddigan, Mr. Gerald Cleary, and Mr. Thomas Thorpe were also platform guests. The invocation was given by Paul Pasek; the salutatory address was giv¬ en by Laura Best. Brian Singstock de¬ livered the valedictory speech. The actual ceremonies were just the beginning of the graduation expe¬ rience. Parties went on all night. Then many of the new alumni piled into cars for a week at Virginia Beach befor they had to enter the real world. Making Memories Recording sthe events, a proud father watches the graduates while his younger son shows signs of tiring of the ceremony. Graduation 11

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77?e Show Must Go On With sunglasses and T-shirt ready, Ann Ingrim plays her best in the sweat-inducing heat. De¬ spite the tempertures, the band and bandfront members had to perform their best. The Silent Dance Pantherettes Kelly Phoenix, Kim Little, and Chris Crossiey give it their best, even without the music. The girls practiced their routines everyday to make them perfect. Mascot Sharon Zeets claps and cheers along with the cheerleaders although the heat inside the panther costume is stifling. This is Sharon ' s fourth year as the mascot. fHHf Iff r- 3 M: M -,, -stesJU ClfeS It was Friday, the 19th of Septem¬ ber. A perfect day for a Pep Rally out¬ side, right? With nice, cool weather and maybe a light breeze blowing over the stadium. Wrong! The sun was shining like a mid-summer ' s day, with temperatures reaching the upper 90 ' s. Students were doing their best to beat the heat and show the spirit they had for their school and for the class they represented. As for perfor¬ mances by the marching band, cheer¬ leaders, and Pantherettes-they were unstoppable. The Pantherettes had to perform with no music after a failure in the P.A. system. All in all, the Poto¬ mac Panthers were able to give their best, whatever the situation. Sweating It Out Seniors led the Pep Rally with plenty of spirit, despite the agonizing heat. The Seniors usually tried to be the most spirited at the pep rallies to beat the other classes. Pep Rally 13