Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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Not Just Another Day How many days in the school year could you think of where you could go outside in the sun, sit and relax, talk to your friends and even watch some of them make fools of themselves? One, and possibly the only day, such as this was Viking Day. Viking Day is a school activity devoted to bringing out the most of school spirit, or if you don’t have spirit just a time to kick back and shoot the breeze. Among the many activities in which people could participate were the tricycle race, brownie eating race, an interclass tug-of- war, and the annual powder-puff foot¬ ball game. One of the highlights of these activi¬ ties was the tug-of-war contest. The first round was the juniors versus the seniors and the sophomores versus the fresh¬ men. The juniors emerged victorious over the seniors, and the freshmen man¬ aged to out pull the sophomores. Then in the final round, to everyone’s surprise, the freshmen strutted their stuff and beat the juniors. Another of the major events was the Junior- Senior Powder-Puff game. It was a heated contest with the seniors out for blood, but the juniors pulled it off with a score of fourteen to seven. One chance the real “macho” guys got to strut their stuff was the Mr. Wood- bridge contest. Out came the body oil and the short shorts in preparation for the “Flex-off.” In the end senior Doug Stanton stole the show with the humor¬ ous flexing of his body. In all this was a day of great fun, school spirit and a good way to release the frus¬ trations of school. All the participants came out and gave it their all, students relaxed, enjoyed the show, and everyone had a good time. Watch out! Robyn Schnellenberger pays the price for missing her water balloon in the balloon toss. Hold that thing! Heather Roberts bobbles a water balloon during the balloon toss con¬ test. Viking Day 13

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Pull harder!!! Tami Westover and Ray Long aided by the sophomores struggle against the freshmen. 12 Viking Day

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Live Aid As the night went on, the crowds participa¬ tion increased, until finally they started sing¬ ing “Summer Time Blues” along with singer Don Busick of the band Access. The show Battle of the Bands, was put on by the Junior Civitans Club to raise money for the Special Olympics. Raise money is what they did with tickets at $3.50 and everyone wanting to go. The Battle of the Bands and their fans raised a sum of $1800.00 for the Special Olympics. For lovers of the harder side of rock, bands Mox Nix and Gateway were there with their wild costumes and an introduction by the “Mr. Rogers” theme song. Ken Phelps, drum¬ mer of Gateway, said “I always wanted to play for the school. It was really scary, but a lot of fun.” You could not have said the show was com¬ plete without the eccentric group Industrial Force Feed Back. Their grand show consisted of beating junk with metal sticks. When asked why? band member Shon Marshall replied “Punk is dead! Those who think our industrial mayhem show was ’punk rock’ have no man¬ hood, by the way no two snow flakes are exact¬ ly the same.” The band Access didn’t need any fancy out¬ fits or other gimmicks to get the audience in¬ volved; all they used was their talent. By the time they were finished, they managed to have the audience join along in the singing and an encore requested. With the song the “Summer Time Blues” everyone sang and everyone be¬ came a part of the show. The popular band Fair Warning ended the show. The lead singer, Ricky Pierce’s person¬ ality on stage was responded with great in¬ volvement and laughter. Guitarist, Matt Rissler showed the audience “what he was made of” as Ricky Pierce put it. The band’s bass guitarist Toby Ramsey said, “A bunch of people were there just to try to beat each oth¬ er. I just went to have a good time for a good cause.” Whatever your type of music, it was there and they were all there for one cause. The Special Olympics, was worth it all. 14 Bat tle of the Bands