Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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A Different Kind of Sound Makes the Hall Come to Llfe Laura Miller staff INCILE BELLS, IINGLE BELLS, IINGLE ALL THE WAY! These were the words that could be heard coming from the halls on December 18th. This year the choir chose a slightly different approach to traditional yuletide caroling. The choir went not from house to house, but instead from door to door inside the school. They traveled throughout the entire school during seventh pe- riod, stopping at each classroom's door to give everyone a brief taste of their Christmas spirit. We wanted to go caro- ling this year because a lot of people can't come to the night time concerts and therefore never get to hear us sing, Joann Weav- er said. Choir offers itself to the students in many different forms. Each suited to the individuals own needs. Students can choose from a vast range of musical forms. I like choir because it is one of the few classes of- fered that you can adjust to suit yourself, Steve Miller said. Music Theory is another of the classes offered to the students with an inter- est in music. This class teaches not only how to vocalize music but the un- derlying basic structures one needs to know in or- der to compose it. sy, K E. '71, 'U 1 Before going to the gym to perform their Christmas concert, the choir prac- tices a few of the songs they will sing in the choir room. 58 Academics By taking music theory, I have learned to understand what I sing, Marcia Henderson said. There are several com- petitions that the choir competes in throughout the year. Some competi- tions are geared for scho- larships that are given for choral excellence. l am working on a choir scholarship for myself, Kristy Henson said. Even though choir is a fun class, a lot of work and practice must be put into a good performance. It's a lot more than do- r e-m i-f a-s o l-l a-t i-d o, Pam Clements said. Sophomore Albert Thomas, along with some of his fellow classmates, sing the festive yuletide songs of Christmas at the assembly this year. 5 V E fi . . 'f

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With less than nothing, this staff produced a book ut of the Chao L Berry Editor o ladder, no rep- theme, no resentative, and no money. This was the status of the Com- et staff in August. But a handful of slightly crazed young people and their high-spirited advisor agreed to tackle the chal- lenge of piecing together this yearbook. Most of the staff was new, and we didn't even know who the staff or the advisor was until the first day of school! Holly Bra- mel said. A debt from the 1987 Comet hung over the new staff like a lead balloon, but Business Manager Harold Shray immediately took charge of bringing the staff back into the black. Meanwhile, the editori- al staff focused on teach- ing a crash course in year- Deadlines are never confined to room 1108. Nita Simmons discusses her lead with Lisa Berry during a few spare mo- ments in TAG Seminar. book techniques. Out- wardly the editors tried to adopt Mrs. Lowery's It's not time to panic atti- tude, but inwardly every- one worried over plans. I was really eager to get started at first, but when the work piled on it was a load, Colette Miller said. If the best way to learn is by doing, then the first deadline wastrulythe ulti- mate learning experience. Since this was my first year on Staff, I wasn't really sure about the way things were supposed to be done. Things kind of got tough but with the help of the staff members I learned a lot, Felicia Bun- ting said. The first shipment of pages exceeded the re- quirement, and the staff felt good about their ac- complishments. But there were four deadlines left and they were not always as pleasurable as the first. Yearbook deadline is four four-letter words! Nita Simmons exclaimed. Because the staff was small, each person had to shoulder a great deal of the load. It took lots of pa- tience and dedication on everyone's part, but the staff worked together to pull through some tight squeezes - like the month of February, for instance. I was eating, breathing, and sleeping Annual Staff because the deadlines were so close together, Erik Swafford said. It was hard to muddle through a 60 page dead- line and remain optimistic about the outcome, but somehow the staff sur- vived withput any major conflicts, deaths, or sui- cides! And years from now - possibly many years from now - the staff will look back and be glad they hung around to see this book through 50 Academig B L