Tabb High School - Bengal Yearbook (Tabb, VA)

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Night of Performing Arts Successful On November 15 the Tabb High Drama Department was proud to present the first of many Arts Festivals of the upcoming school year. Under the direction of Mrs. Marian Smith, and student teacher, Miss Sara Williams, the program was given new dimensions. The show started with a bevy of short interludes by the Mime troupe. This year the troupe had new uniforms” of an assortment of old hats, ties, suspenders and trousers. The second part of the show opened with the introduction of the Tabb High Dance Troupe, a movement with no music. The finale was a production of PFIEFFER’S PEOPLE, a one act play by Jules Pfieffer. This year, the drama department of Tabb High was further enhanced by the addition of a Dance Arts Company under the direction of Mrs. Eve Nettles. Enthusiastically supported, the troupe got off to a good start for their first performance December 5 at the Festival of the Arts. 26 ART FESTIVAL

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Fire Kindled for Tabb-York Football Game There was a game, there was, I swear It caused much trouble everywhere. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Oh good Lord I think we goofed. Our brave strong team of orange and white Steamed, as we cheered them on to fight When it was all over I’m sorry to say We did not win it, no, not that day. But next year we know that we will win We will see who’s the best in the end. I Tigers heckle in vain, for Coach Mitchell calmly boogies on by A droll procession meets with student body approval • Amenl The Tabb-York game created some excitment and anticipation — in everyone. Pep Rallies — Mixed Participation Pep rallies this year at Tabb have been few and weakly supported Some say that this shows cancerous apathy, but it may mean something entirely different. Football, basketball, and all other athletic events continued to host overwhelming crowds and student interest in the teams continued to show. Maybe students have grown wear ' of the traditional rah-rah” pep rally and are ready to adopt something new. Whatever the case, support for the athletic teams is as high as it has ever been and the competitive drive is still there. PEPRALLIE.S” 25 J

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m 44 . 1 1 ' ' Thespians MEMBERS: M. Carter, A. Bradshaw, J. Petty, B. Brooks, P. Tyeryar, B. Bigelow, T. Rowe, L. Fricke, S. Stokes, M. Adkins, J. Luke, C. Masser, G. Derby. Troupe 1585 of the International Thespian Society honored ten new members this past fall, and eight this spring, entering their names into the school vault. This society is attained through participation in the theater ans, and after a set number of hours of hard, sometimes grueling work, the names of those people are put up for consideration of acceptance. Only a few are finally chosen from the many qualified, though. Their major accomplishment this year has been a successful and informative trip to New York City, arranged by Mrs. Marian Smith and Miss Barbara Zalumas, and featuring audiences with such well-known personalities as Rex Harrison and Julie Harris. Mime MEMBERS:;. Luke, S. Stanton, H. Bullis, P. McCoy, S. Luke, D. Mulkey, S. Stokes, D. Young, B. Watts, P. Tyeryar, M Meservey, P. Skievaski, J. Rowell, K. Cuddihy. The Tabb High Mime Troupe, with practically all the old faces with last year’s experience and quite a few new ones, too, rehearsed their way to a winter performance on Dec. 5. Mime is based on a principle of communicating without speaking or using props, and this year’s players prided themselves in the emulation of Marcel Marceau, the celebrated pantomine anist. On Dec. 17 the group paraded to the Hampton School for the Deaf and Blind and entertained its inhabitants, and they plan to compete for the opportunity to entertain the underprivileged on a state-wide basis May 2. This marked the second consecutive year the Mime Troupe, headed by Mrs. Marian Smith, has completed a successful program. MEMBERS; C. Lassiter, D. Mulkey, S. Stokes, C. Samuels, M. Carter, T. Rowe, T. Cooper, V. Joye, K. Turlington, P. Neeger, E. Sandefur, B. Miller, G. Derby, A. Veach, C. Luke, A. Bradshaw, C. Bateman, J. Luke, D. Taylor, S, Lawrence, P. Quartermen, P. Tyeryar, M. Meservey, D. Rowe, A. Girl, J. Banks, S. Luke, K. Cuddihy, J. Petty, B. Brooks, K. Redhair, L, Fricke, C, Hoyt, B. Bigelow, J. Adams, T. Hamilton, R. Hoyt. Drama The Drama Club at THS has mushroomed to an outstanding proportion, and students from all faaions of the school are represented in a club with a variation of interests. They heartily supported the Dramatic performance of Mime and a one-act play on Dec. 5, and this carried over to the musical, Annie Get Your Gun”. They also sponsored a Christmas parry featuring Mr. Swope, a professional ventriloquist from Langley. The club sent representatives with the Thespian congregation going to New York on April 3 and 4, and looks forward to more productive and hard-working groups in years to come. DRAMA 27