Rocky Mount High School - Hi Noc Ar Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

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:V lr! I , ,al N 4 e 'BY Having lots of fun while parading around Rocky Mount streets, seniors Stan Hardesty, Cindy Williams, Stephanie Overton, Pam Sewell, and Marti Mucci try to hold on as senior Ioe Fish zips around town in his convertible, A stream of 22 cars proved to be a real traffic stopper, or maybe it was the seniors who helped out by directing traffic themselves. Iuniors, too, had to get in on the act. Michael Walkers' Volkswagen sports the class where his loyalties lie. Lzfpcria sr' N J t. - i ' H Courtesv 'V -we-,Q W , f-:' -km 1 -- -fa A-J if J fp M g 'in i 5 Y Ml , Y .e K li- N ' ysq - W-ef r-A Hicks V ic s S 4 arf? .J 1 y .L gf M, if NURS' 5501+ ' heal Y QlD :l i'0.r,l Q L, Q , V g sm ., .4 1 ww- A ffel r-sfaife 2 , . ,,fffw,-- ....:,.a,Hr'. ., Hicks First day of school - 15

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' xlXllU li Is that a Northern Nash fan with Rocky Mount Senior High ribbons on? No, that is senior Carter Pep rally Edgeworth dressed as a hick on school spirit day U E pm exp o es 0 U I eww? , A XD ri I I . g X fl if 6 6 mash Northern Nash smash Northern Nash! cheered the students, teachers, pep band, and cheerleaders from the tops of their lungs. Enthusiasm and involvement at pep rallies exploded. The student body's enthusiasm and in- volvement was super, said senior Dean Beabout. At the beginning of the pep rally, the sophomores climbed to the top of the bleachers, the juniors stopped in the mid- dle, and the seniors cheered on the floor. Although the classes were separated phy- sically, all classes cheered together as one. The pep rallies this year have really been exciting because each of the three classes finally came together as one group to support our team, said senior Gwen Taylor. We finally pulled together as a school, senior Clay Wagner said. The involvement of everybody made the pep rallies complete. The cheerleaders do an excellent job at keeping the spirit up, said Clay Wagner. lt wasnit just the cheerleaders or the pep band or the crowd, it was everybody's joining together, senior Dean Beabout said. Totally awesome, extraordinary, beau- tiful, is what senior Greg Ezzell thought of the pep rallies. Passing out bags to pop and start the pep rally off with a bang, involving students and players in the skits, presenting the spirit stick to the most enthusiastic home- room, and dressing up before a pep rally kept everyone involved. This school can really throw down at pep rallies, said sophomore David Ess. I think the idea of dressing up on the days of pep rallies is a good idea. It puts you more in the spirit of what's going on, senior Cindy Williams said. lf the whole world were like an RMSH pep rally, it would be a better place in which to live, concluded senior Ron Whitehead. Pep rallies have one explicit purpose- to fire up the crowd and encourage the team. lt's no easy task planning something to please everyone and still accomplishing its purpose. Sometimes it seems impossi- ble and everyones ready to give up, forget it and go home and cry, but somehow it always seems to come together. It's that Gryphon spirit, I guess, pulling everyone together, varsity cheerleader Rainey Astin said. - Alicia johnson -li -.I TEA . 1- Seniors, are they? Being sure that the rest of the Northam Nash or Rocky Mount Senior High? school knows they are seniors, Katherine Wiggins Dressing as hicks for the Northern Nash pep and Michelle White cheer with all their might at rally arouses spirit for the big game against our the Northern Nash pep rally. biggest rival. Pep rallies - 17