GRYPHON
April 8, 1976
Rocky Mount Senior High Rocl«y Mount, N.C. 27801
Vol. 2, No. 7
^^This Is My Country
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’76 Celebration Held
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THIS IS MY COUNTRY” — On stage for the choral finale, actual stage participants join together in song.
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Photos By
T. Bulluck & F. Woodley
More than tears welled up
inside some 2,500 plus students,
teachers, and community par
ticipants in the bicentennial
production “This Is My
Country” on March 18. On
stage for the final time, actors,
directors, singers, dancers, and
stage and light crew members
experienced the climax to
months of preparation.
“There is nothing which
persevering effort and un
ceasing and diligent care
cannot overcome.” Seneca,
“Epistulae ad Lucilium”
THE FONZ returns — Mark Smith and Amelia White
appear as a fifties couple in the culture segment of the
production.
Although what each person
felt was unique, the emotion
transmitted to and assumed by
the standing audience was
pride, not only in the
young people, but in the nation.
The production lifted the united
spirits of the citizens of Rocky
Mount for the next few days.
While words have now died
down, feelings remain constant
within the participants and
viewers of the program.
“This Is My Country” meant
different things to various
people. To the folks
backstage it was a matter of
timing. To the actors it was a
matter of performance. To its
leaders it was a emotional thing,
the point at which a balloon can
hold no more air before it will
burst. March 18 represented the
end of what should be labeled
the beginning of Rocky Mount’s
salute to America.
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A PICTURE PAINTS 1000 WORDS — Mrs. Barbara Taylor is
caught wiping her tears after the final production.
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WORKING IN THE COTTON FIELDS
relncact slavery in America.
Jackie Rowland, Tony Barnes, Alton Edwards
THE SHOW GOES ON — Steve Livesay works in the cage
during the program making sure the lights are right.