Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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Remember. 1 ' Sheri Stanley and Brendan Sheeban sing I Remember it Well,” which was one of the many favorites from the show. Sheri and Brendan both had major parts in many of the school productions. Goodbye, My Baby. Mike Wilson, as Ali Hakim bids farewell to his friends in the scene A Time For Remember¬ ing,” from the production of Oklahoma. The scenes are taken from that year’s musical and performed again in the Fiesta. A litle song and dance, Lisa Wennesheimer sings the song Friendship. This number was done by the Woodbridge Women ' s Choir. What a trio! Russ Jones, Chuck Roe, and David Covert, of the Woodbridge Singers, perform a rendition of Old Mother Hubbard.” It was a comic takeoff on Handelian music. 20 Student Life

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Wc want some figgy pudding! Students who participated in the music department displayed a certain type of spirit as well as talent. Woodbridge singer David Cornuet, a member for three years, recites his lines at the Madrigal Dinner Feast held at St. Paul’s Methodist Church. Fa la la la la . . . Spirit can easily be displayed on the ever popular jersey day” during Spirit Week. Here, Jan Garner and Bev Hughes show two kinds of spirit — the well-known and the not-so-well-known — as they prepare for the Fall choral concert. Ahh — performance time. Every day, beginning in August and ending in November, the marching band could be seen and heard rehearsing for the show that was to be performed. This was Mr. Nelson’s first year with us and everyone felt that he did an exceptional job with the group. And the winner is . . . Senior Lynda Kraxberger is one of those people that love to participate. Lynda played the flute in the Jr. Miss pageant last fall and turned in a very fine per¬ formance. Student Life

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A Little Bit of Everything What’s a May Fiesta? Well — it’s an assort¬ ment of song, dance, and fun. It’s a spectrum of choral sounds and styles,” said director Mr. John Hayward. One major theme is given to the Fiesta each year. The themes differ from year to year, thus giving the Fiesta an added sparkle of variety. Traditions are fast becoming an important part of each show. Among these traditions are the one scene done by children of the elementary and middle school age, and the Grande Finale, in which The Old Routine” and Bye Neighbor” are done by the entire choral department and fea¬ A little imagination. Russ Jones, Bev Hughes, Wade Peed, and John Manderfield play imaginary instruments to the song, 1 am a Fine Musician.” Small numbers such as this one were used as interludes between the larger choral produc¬ tions. tures a men’s kickline. Practices began in March. Since the Fiesta is not a play, but a show presented by the members of the choral department, there is no real casting to be done except for the choosing of who will sing the solos. This spotlight is usually reserved for the seniors. Practices were held after school and no later than nine o’clock p.m., and never, never on weekends. This was made possible because much of the work could be done while school was in session. Often times practices were frustrating and bewildering,” commented Mr. Hayward, until you saw that it all fell together.” The complete show, from start to finish, is just a shaky possibility and an attractive dream until about two weeks before opening night. It is then that the whole thing comes together and is first seen by anyone. In previous practices all that was done was to work on bits and pieces of the show. At any time, if you had walked into a reh earsal, you would have found many things going on at once. Highlights were hard to pinpoint since there was such a vast array of them. The favorites seemed to be the number A Salute to the Armed Services,” a duet sung by Brendan Sheehan and Sheri Stanley called I Remember it Well,” and the Grande Finale! The May Fiesta” is for everyone; it leaves you with a great feeling of happiness. When it all came to a close, instead of just being members of the choral department, the participants became one big family. What started as just an idea on paper, became a reality and a tradition within the choral department and the school. Student Life