Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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“Summer Time Blues” The band Access stole the show when they sang the song “Summer Time Blues”. Chris KorKalo plays the keyboard, talks about why he thinks his band is so successful. “People comment about our stage show. We take our stage show from an Aero Smith song and let the music do the talk¬ ing.” “The spot light is on you!” Don Busick seems to be able to handle stage fright! His charismic personality brought many applause. “Just having a good time!” Toby Ramsey, bass guitarist for the band Fair Warning shows the audience a good time with his stunts with the guitar. Battle of the Bands 15

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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

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Dance the night away! The night of the homecoming dance was filled with fun and excite¬ ment. All the couples had fun dancing especially dancing to the slow songs. Do you want to dance? John Baradino and March Bowdin take a break from dancing. It was not often that couples got a few seconds to themselves. 16 Nightlife