Trenton High School - Tigers Paw Yearbook (Trenton, TX)

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From One Job To Another RADING PLACES Remember that song by Lover Boy that was called “Workin' For The Weekend ? It implied that everyone worked really hard dur- ing the week so they could have fun on the weekends. Most peo- ple live by this belief almost reli- giously. But for some, the thought of the weekend is almost as terri- fying as the week itself. These poor souls have to trade in their pens and pencils for brooms and mops, because they are the people who have jobs outside of school. Not only on the weekends do these people work. Some people leave at noon, after their re- quired classes and go to their jobs. This is one of the good things about having a job - you get to miss school. Even when school is involved there are a lot of times people get out of class but still have to work. Before the Halloween carni- val the Juniors put long, hard hours cleaning and remodeling the old high school. Even though it's still another job to do, everyone in school is al- ways willing to trade places with anyone, just to get out of school. Seniors L'Cena Weems and Sylvia Taylor learn the tricks of the trade in their Typing II class They work on jobs that are simu- lations of business transactions in the real world Mrs Kenealy's Physical Science class shows an experiment at the front of the classroom With their safety equipment on, they're ready for almost any kind of on explosion TRADING PLACES 13

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Senior Jerry Keeton puts his bock into it os he sweeps the floor at Skinner's He pumps the gas. sweeps the floor, and checks ev- eryone out. always with a big grin. David Overstreet. Sophomore, trades his everyday attire m for a more unique look H© normally wears jeans and a shirt, but he certainly looks different in his new clothes IJOtllDs Eighth graders Kristi Moore and Jennifer Trusty give their tired feet a rest after walking around TJC campus They visited the campus during the FHA regional meeting Getting the old high school ready for the haunted house wasn't all work for the Ju- niors as Brent Dancer shows here With his new found hat and his broken off broom handle, he looks ready to rock 12 ACADEMICS

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All The Work Is Worth It IVE ON STAGE Scripts, monologues, makeup, costumes, set pieces, rehearsals, and good old-fashion fun went into the making of the produc- tion, “The Best Christmas Pag- eant Ever. Not only did the tech- nical aspect of theatre appear on stage, so did actors with tal- ent. But not all talent is easy to come by. Rehearsal after re- hearsal was needed to perfect that very important line, or to get the choreography just right. Does rehearsal really prepare you for the moment when the lights come up? “Even though my part was small, “I was still scared. Scared to the point where I thought I was about to forget my line! laughed Sophomore Diane Lake, who played the part of one of the town gossips. Actually getting on stage and performing takes a lot of nerve and confidence in yourself. Get- ting it all together before open- ing night can be a real challenge. Learning how to do makeup. knowing your lines, picking out the costume make for you, and knowing where to go when you get out on stage can get rather hectic. What about opening night? Anyone walking backstage to see the final touches being made can feel and hear the butterflies and the nerves. On the opening night of “The Best Christmas Pag- eant Ever the excitement was in the air. The Christmas play was not the only project for the Theatre Arts class. The main project was to mold and make a confident per- son. Getting to know the feelings, thoughts and anxieties of a would-be actor is the most impor- tant aspect of drama. What many people don't realize is that live on stage is life. Every day there are moments when one is on that stage with the curtain drawing apart and the lights up, when success follows that open- ing, the work is always worth it. 14 ACADEMICS One of the many fun moments of Theatre Arts class was the Second Six Weeks Test Here, the class poses before they put on a five minute scene with no rehearsals!