William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Saxophone soloist renders MacArthur Park as the Tach band from Langley Air Force Base per- forms. The band's songs ranged from I've Been Searching for So Long to Love Rollercoaster. r ' s 35 as .wmmsw 7 A 5 'Qs 'se .gn ...I J , Vg :ff lr 1 N. E' ,W What Child ls This? question the shepherds as Renee Watson portrays the Madonna at the Christmas Assembly. . . A . 5 . sg --.L as sxtqgg St AN L , i - ts ,. S Wxw ., 1 Xe' R' A Stargazing, Debra Wood looks into the eyes of Freefare's lead singer after he serenaded her with Feelings at a spring assembly. Assemblies 29

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ia . . - P8500 Crea m, confetti, and concerts give the typical day a jar Sure-shot contestant creams Mr. T, J. Ross as he gets the bad end of the deal at the Price a Deal pep assembly, Roslyn Burnette, the big winner of the day, won the grand prize of throwing a cream pie at Mr. Ross. Not even the mountains knew the meaning of the word peace when rou- tine did a topsy-turvy and the sound of assemblies filled the air. Crammed onto every square inch of the color-coded bleachers, the juniors and seniors watched for the sophomores' shock at the first pep assembly. Most sophomores said that they had never heard so much noise in their whole life. J.V. cheer- leader Karen Cook agreed that an initiation into the Spirit of '76 left her a little numb at first, and for a few minutes, she was so overwhelmed that she forgot she was supposed to be cheering. For Head Cheerleader Robin Roach. pep assemblies meant hours of practice and planning and keeping fingers crossed that the pep assembly would live up to its name. With Shining Star and Takin' Care of Business as back-up music, the cheerleaders kept the agenda rolling with stunts and skits. Two skits that brought the most laughs were the chorus line of guys competing for the Ugly Man on Campus Contest and the take-off of a quiz show called Price a Deal. Cheerleaders weren't the only ones who wound up center stage on the gym floor during the school year. Senior Renee Watson. selected as Christmas Madonna, remembers waking up the morning of the Christmas Assembly with butterflies in her stomach. But when she reflected on the reason for what she was doing, the moment became very real for her. Butterflies squeezed their way into the lives of SCA candidates who answered impromptu questions about school life. Performances by a rock group, Freefare, and the United States Army Military Tach Band rounded out the schedule of typical days that man- aged. by hook or by crook, to turn out not-so-typical. Change of command finds SCA President Barry Simmons transferring his gavel to Darrell Davis at the SCA Installation Assembly. 28 Assemblies l J

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006' 9 ' ' D Club chow -downs change the fare from turnip greens and chili beans. Cindy Beta-field, portrayed by Cindy Brumfield, receives a make-up lesson as Amy Martin and Rhonda Calhoun look on in a skit for the Beta Club at the Oasis Restaurant. Most meetings began pretty much the same way . . . with the thud of a gavel or the ping of a yellow pencil or the pounding of a doubled-up fist. And most ended a little less dramatically some half-hour later. Go on back to class, the sponsor said. What happened in be- tween sometimes added up to practically nothing, but it often subtracted from the monotony of the routine school day. divided 'the doers from those who didn't, and multiplied the feeling of be- longing, of being about something other than yourself. It didn't really matter that the clubs that made a name for themselves could have been counted on your fingers and two big toes. What mattered was that what these clubs did really counted. DECA, the most bviously active club. met for monthly lu cheon meetings, but spent much of its time readying to com- pete for the Virginia Chapter of the Year Contest, which it won hands down for the second consecutive year. The FCA's monthly breakfasts meant food for thought as well as for the stomach. As athletes, FCA members sponsored the Relay Race against Patrick Henry and scored 4,044 points to win the forty-eight hour Basketball Marathon. Athletes in the Varsity Club sponsored a field-house dance and an outing to Smith Mountain Lake in the spring. An ancient roast to Mr. Ron Campbell comes from Kathy Meador as she recalls Latin class while Wanda Lester. Lisa Leonard, Velma Campbell. and Mr. Campbell watch. 30 Clubs 2 L 1 , , ,f