Southwest High School - Spirit Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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S26e62e28 488 The talent show this year was held during the week of the Sopho- mores’ CRT testing. The show was put on twice, once for the Jun- iors and again for the Seniors. Talent being exemplified ranged from dancing and singing to gymnastic and musical performances. The favorites were Calvin Hill, singing “One In A Million — You,” Melissa Averett, singing and playing “I Honestly Love You,” and Charlotte McMullins and Larry Cotton’s duet of “The Closer | Get To You.” All three performances received standing ovations. Mel- issa and Calvin were later asked to participate in the City’s Talent Showcase

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Talent Show Assemblies

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Free Fare and Freefare took Southwest by storm. The five-man band included a cocky black bassist, a bubbly brunette lead guitarist, a strawberry-blonde keyboard player, a powerhouse of a drummer, and a lead singer with a voice that could stroke your ears with gentle fingers or assault them with gusty, gravelly notes The band began their concert by pounding out the popular pop tunes Another One Bites the Dust’’ followed by futuristic funk “Pop Music.” After a few other tunes, Freefare wrapped up their set with the rock-n-roll classic Freebird After the music, Freefare put on their rendition of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Darth Vader, Princess Lea, R2D2, and C3PO were picked from the audience Another great assembly that appeared at Southwest this year was the Brewton-Parker College Baron Singers and Stage Band. They literally blew everyone away with top songs performed by the Baron Singers as Ladies Night Morning Train, and Celebration. While the stage band astonished the audience by jamming to hits such as | Will Survive, Heaven Knows and Play That Funky Music