Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Abiding By the Rules Faith in a Symbol a I felt that this year the Key Club was very successful in accomplishing what it had in- tended to do , commented club member Brian Matz. Key Club was a student form of the Kiwanis Club. This was an active service club. The organization did chores and jobs for charities and organizations of the community such as the Show Choir Extravaganza. The extravaganza profit benifited the fund for the Hunningtons disease. The concert went really well as did ticket sales , replied President William Eversole. I was particularly impressed by the number of students present at the show. The show was said to have raised S 1,000 for the foundation. The group was advised by Norman Maneri. A ban- quet was held each year to have fun. This year the group consisted of twelve members. The officers are; William Eversole — president, Judy Nagy — Vice President, Alison Horwitz — Secretary, and Treasur- er Todd Truax. When asked to comment on what he was feeling during election time, Todd Truax ex- claimed, I walked out the door and was automatically elected. Mr. Maneri has advised the group fro five years. The Club performed various tasks such as the pepsi booth at the Kiwanis Ethnic Festival. Alison Horwitz commented, I joined the club because Judy Nagy inspired me to and I was elected to be Secretary . This club has benefitted the self funded organiza- tions in the community. Other activities the club had The concert went really well as did ticket sales. planned for the 85 year include the annual Richmond Hts. vs. Euclid Key Club football game. This year Euclid Key Club beat the RH Key Clubbers 56 to 2 with Karen Adomaitas scoring the teams ' only safety. Want to have fun with the activity around the school. Key Club is your club! As an Encore. At the conclusion of the show. Show Choir members Work! Work! Work! Senior WiUiam Eversole organizes papers for throw their hands up in glee. A large audience was appreciative of Key club. Eversole served as president during his senior year, the performance. 78 Key Club

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Gonna dance the night away . Dmitry Nepomnyashay dances with other show choir members during a practice session. The show choir practiced every Wednesday until 9:30 p.m. Ebony and Ivory . Barb Sherwood leads the show choir ' s music section with the piano. Barb has been with Show Choir for two years. Abiding By the Rules Keeping in Step A late start! That ' s what could be heard from many show choir members this year. Tak- ing a year off during school year 1983-84, Rich Melodies came alive once more. Under the direction of Mr. William Hertzog, Rich Melodies was back on stage. Using their traditional starter Step out in Front , the singers and dancers opened their first concert at the Kiwanis Lodge. This was a very needed concert, explained senior Robert Skrbis. we took that concert and took all of our mistakes and used that to learn from. Seven of the members from Rich Melodies traveled down to Kent State for a workship. At this workshop, the students learend choreography and techniques for singing from a professional staff Bringing those ideas home. Rich Melodies performed three of the songs they learned from this eventful day. We started at six in the morning for the bus and did not get home until nine at night. commented senior Jennifer Varga, It was a learning experience that helped our group out tremendously this year. The show choir extravaganza, an annual event at Richmond Heights High School, was held once again. Many schools participated in this event to help the Key Club raise money for the Huningtons Disease Foun- dation. Rich Melodies also performed for the Masonic Temples, Senior citizens, and various church groups. I love performing for the elder kinds of groups. I look into some smiling faces and it makes me smile It was a learning ex- perience that helped our group out trennendously this year, and perform all the better, that makes all of the hard work worthwhile, states Junior Laura Baio. We performed for many area functions and had a fantastic audience response, commented Mr. Hert- zog, the choir director. I really enjoyed working with the students — even though it took alot of hard work from all of us. Show Choir

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Step Out in Front. Members of the Show Choir lead off with the most popular song. Key Club sponsored the Show Choir Extravaganza m March. Senior Lance tries to act cool while pointing at the Key club banner. Lance is very active m this service organization and was considered a valued member of the organization. love Key Club be- cause it helps people who ore not as tor- tunote. — Brian Matz Key Club 9