Princess Anne High School - Peerage Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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lraditions Beaut and Tradition First runner-up Sandy Kee Delights the audience with Sailor Song. I Elizabeth Evans tmiddlel and jeanne Modlin tie tor second runner-u 1. Below: Debbie Vklilliams entertains the audience with her talent. The night is clear and starry, and the lights of Princess Anne glowed softly in the early darkness. After weeks of plan- ning, practice, and mounting worries over dance steps and programs, the 21st Miss Princess Anne pageant, sponsored by the Keyettes, is about to begin. Backstage is controlled chaos and nerves. Laura Pendergrass, Elizabeth Evans, and Ieanne Modlin, already clad in their opening number costumes, watch reigning Miss P.A., Karen Wright, rehearse a number from Okla- homa Finally, the moment has come. They are on stage, the lights dimming, the introductions made, and the curtain opens. There's no business like show business. The next hour and a half race by in a blur of impressions. Tiny Sandy Kee stmggling to get the huge piano into just the right position. Laura Pendergrass spotlighted in black sequins crooning And all that jazz. Sybil Pritchard creat- ing tears and tension with a dramatic flair. And Debbie Williams providing comic relief with her version of a beauty pageant contesta nt. 1 s lb' Lx 'L . J Q 4 -thx Q. '

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'lv Yi, E -X 'n- ..7 ' .21 A i san 1- -,., ,, ff. -., fl- f'w. .I i 'pf if 1: Left: Amy Somew is obviously surprised at being named the WSU May Queen. Below: 1979's lNl.ix'QL1een returned with her eacort Chuck jones to crown the new queen, N. X l 'lun-J Left: Yvonne Fentress and Chris Ret-lxling enjoyed dancing to the sounds ot Reirn. Above: The members ofthe 1880 May Court circle the May pole in the traditional dtinre. it .61 Traditions if 21

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dvi J .3 I xvf 4 1' C-.2 'Wm Qi' 5un...,4L,, gb Miss Pricesee Anne, jennifer Truitt with escort Matt Marchall. Iennifer dances her way into the title. From front left: jennifer Truitt, Tina Thompson, Lisa Mitchell, Jeanne Modlin, Sandy Kee, Gabrielle Gerard, Sybile Pritchard, Elizabeth Evans, Debbie Bizub, Laura Pendegrass. Finally, the girls are together on stage again, silhouetted in their evening gowns, awaiting that announcement. Backstage, a flurry of whispers. Where are the envelopes? They're not finished with the tally. Somebody stall. Debbie Williams rises to the challenge with an impromptu strut down the runway. At last, there is something to announce. Miss Congeniality, selected by the girls in the pageant, announces Alan Webb, is . . . Miss jennifer Truitt. Tears and smiles. The tension continues to mount. Someone rushes through the backstage darkness and thrusts envelopes at Alan and Richard Badar, emcees. There is a tie for second runner-up. Elizabeth Evans and Ieanne Modlin share the Howers. Then first runner-up. Sandy Kee. The piano pushing paid off. Finally the last announcement. Miss Princess Anne of 1981, Alan pauses dramatically, is . . . Miss jennifer Truitt. jennifer smiles brightly through her tears. Cameras flash and thus begins the reign of the twenty-first Miss Princess Anne. It's a tradition. Traditions I 23