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VOLUME XLV
District Drama
Festivat Entered
Playmasters and dramatic stu-
ients at Grimsley will again this
year enter the District Drama
Festival to be held in Charlotte,
N.C. February 27-28.
They will present two one act
plays in the competition. These
plays will be done by student di
rectors, stage help and actors.
Miss Causey will serve as advisor
to the two plays.
The first one act play will be
the “Ugly Duckling” by Milne.
It will have Ted Tally as the
student director. Jo Tuck will
serve as stage manager and will
be assisted by Denny Belk. The
cast includes King, Bill Wilkins;
Queen, Pam Murphy; Princess,
Judy LeDuc; Chancellor, Chuck
Steacy; Dulcibella, Allison Al
bright; Prince, Jeff Clark, and
Carlo, Niles Whitaker.
“A Sunny Morning” will also
be presented. The director duties
have gone to Chuck Steacy. Ap
pearing in “A Sunny Morning”
will be Cndy Ruffling, Ted Tally,
Marion Thorpe and Niles Whita-
k6i*.
Also planned for the future is
a full length play to be presented
at Grimsley. It is being prepared
by the Dramatic Class and is to
be. presented in our auditorium
around the first of April.
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO,
Concert Presented
The mid-winter concert of
Wmsley’s Concert, Stage and
ymphony bands was presented
hursday night, February 5th m
ur auditorium.
The Concert Band, under the
irection of Edgar Rooker, pre-
jnted three numbers. They were
The Invincible Eagle,” by
hillip Sousa, “Chant and Jubilo”
y W. Francis McBeth and se-
;ctions from “Can-Can,” by Cole
’orter.
The Stage Band under the di-
ection of Kenneth Sampson
layed “Goin Out of My Head”,
Borodin - Bongos - Brass” and
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
y Tschaikowsky.
The Symphony Band had the
onor of presenting the first per-
armance of “Prelude and Fugue,”
y Peter Michalove. Peter grad
ated from Grimsley last year. He
5 a freshman at UNC-CH where
,e is majoring in music.
Also presented was “Donna Di
na Overture,” by Rezicnek, “Cuer-
lauaca,” by Joseph Wilcox Jen-
lings, highlights from “Mission
mpossible,” by Lalo Schifrin and
Alla Barocca,” by Ceasar Gio-
iannini. The Symphony Band is
inder the direction of Mr. Herbert
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Trip To Europe Being
Planned By Choir
We Hate
To Say It, But...
We hate to say it but ... we
told you so. Remember way back
in issue number six which is
dated November 25, 1969, we pre
dicted the Kansas City Chiefs
would upset the Minnesota Vik
ings in the Super Bowl. Oh, no!
The Rams are really going to take
it! No, the Raiders! Dallas all the
way! Watch the Browns! Namath
and the Jets again!
But we were right!
Our basketball predictions will
follow shortly!
The Grimsley High School Choir
is now planning a student tour
of Europe. The group will depart
July 14 from New York and will
return August 4. The »cities that
the students plan to see are Lon
don. Amsterdam, Brussels, Rhude-
sheim. Salzburg, Venice, Assisi.
Rome; Florence, Milan, Lucerne,
and Paris.
The cost of the tour is $699
which includes planning, handling
airfare, and operational charges.
Students will stay in Grade A
hotels, and will be served a con
tinental breakfast and either lunch
or dinner. Also included in the
price are entrance tickets to two
performances such as the Cara-
calla open air opera in Rome and
a musical performance in Salz
burg. The tour will see a syllabus
containing art, music, and history
lectures which will provide the
student with information on each
cultural period and country in
Europe. A deluxe motor coach
will carry the tour group to their
destinations after they arrive.
English speaking guides will show
the students many interesting and
exciting sights. In London, some
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of the staff provided the article
is bona-fide and in good taste.
We do reserve the right to edit.
Signed articles in this news
paper are the author’s opinion
and not necessarily that of the
newspaper.
Thank you and we look for
ward to a second semester of an
even better HIGH LIFE.
of the places which will be visited
are Buckingham Palace, Westmin
ister Abbey, Houses of Parliament,
Big Ben, and Piccadilly Circus.
There will also be a day in Lon
don free for shopping and ex
ploring the many museums and
historic sights. From London the
motorcoach wiil take the group to
■ Amsterdam. In Amsterdam a boat
will take the students through the
canals to see remarkable quarters
and many picturesque bridges.
Also in Amsterdam the famous
“Night Watch” and the Stedeljjk
Museum which is known for its
collections of Van Goghs will be
seen. Brussels is the next city on
the itenerary. The Grand Palace,
the Gothic City Hall and the old
city square are some of the places
to be seen in Brussels. Next is
Rhudesheim, the famous resort
city on the Rhine. The next morn
ing the tour leaves for Salzburg,
the city of Mozart. Then next is
Venice, the city of canals. Sights
that will be visited in Venice are
the Dodges Palace, Lead Dun
geons, Bridge of Sights, and many
other exciting spots.
After Venice is Assisi, a small
Italian City famous for the Giotto
frescoes, depicting the life of St.
Francis. Next is Rome, “the eter
nal city”. The two days spent in
Rome, the students will see such
places as the- Roman forum, the
Basillica of St. Peter, the Vatican,
the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain,
many other interesting spots, and
one night an opera at the baths
of Caracalla. The next five days
will be spent in Florence, the
capital of Renaissance Art, Milan,
a predominantly modern city and
the chief industrial and commer
cial city of Italy, and Lucerne,
famous for its Wooden Chapel
Bridge built in 1333. One of the
highlights of the trip is Paris
which the group will go to next.
Morning sightseeing of Paris will
include the Opera, Madeleine
Church, Concord Square, Champs
Elysees, Eiffel Towel, and the
Arch of Triumph. The afternoon
is free for shopping or sightsee
ing the town. The next day the
students have leisure time in
Paris or a side trip to the Palace
of Versailles or the famous ca
thedral at Versailles.
So far 17 students have signed
up for the choir tour. Anyone
who is interested in the tour
should contact Mr. Hill in the
music department.
Traditional (lass ^
Day To Return
Announced on January 27, 1970,
was the return to the traditional
Class Day. Woody Edwards, chair
man of Ciass Day, stated that
this year’s Class Day will not be
an attack on certain teachers or
ideas at Grimsley. Class Day 1970
will exhibit the talents of the
Senior Class in a well-written
script reminiscing life at Grims
ley. Woody reiterated that Class
Day would not be a talent show.
Try-outs will probably be in
March,
Also discussed at the meeting
of the senior class was the class
project, other than ribbons, which
is the sale of parkas. These blue
jackets will be available with or
without GHS emblems at a price
of $7.00.
Mr. Glenn discussed graduation
with the members of the senior
class. Rent of caps and gowns and
buying of cards were discussed
and will occur in February. The
invitations will be new this year
(the editor of this publication
has seen them and they are fan
tastic!) and will be here sometime
in March. The place for gradua
tion was discussed and will be
decided upon later. The stadium
and the boys’ gym are the two
prerogatives.
Salute to Jack Knight and Don
Vaughn for calling this meeting
which will help to end the con
fusion, a senior class usually faces.
ORCHESTRA TO PRESENT
LIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Little has been heard about
Grimsley’s orchestra so far this
year, but the group has not been
silent.
There was a concert here in
November and on November 22,
try-outs were held at GHS for
the All State Orchestra—made up
of 59 strings—and Workshop— 45
strings—Try-outs were held also
in Raleigh and Charlotte, using
the same judges as at Grimsley.
In all, 24 students were chosen
from Grimsley to attend the or
chestra and workshop.
Friday, January 30, the students
in the workshop and orchestra
went to Chapel Hill where the
program was taking place. They
rehearsed Friday night, Saturday,
and Sunday morning. The con
cept was Sunday afternoon. There
was a banquet Saturday night.
In April, our orchestra will
compete as a group in the State
Orchestra Contest which will be
held in Greensboro.
There is a special group in the
orchestra known as the Singing
Strings. They play background
music for weddings, banquets,
and club meetings.
The group is made up of first
stand people and usually includes
Margaret Proctor and Barbara
Websster as first violinists, Julia
Barta and Shirley Lawrence as
second violinists, Tom Wilson
playing the viola, Gwen Safrit,
cello; Mark Dowda, piano; and
Mr. Jones, orchestra director,
bass.
Three concerts a year are us
ually given by the orchestra.
There has been one concert al
ready—in November. On Febru
ary 17, there will be a concert
of light music, such as Henry
Mancini. The last concert, in May,
traditionally features the seniors
of the orchestra.
All orchestra members are quite
talented. The people in orchestra
staifted music in the fourth or
fifth grade and worked up through
the Junior High orchestras. Sev
eral will go on with their music
in college.
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Who Started It!
There are conflicting ideas
about the origin of Saint Valen
tine’s Day. Some sources say that
it goes back to the third century
when there were hordes of hungry
wolves outside Rome. The god,
Lupercqs, was said to watch over
the shepherds , and their, flocks.
Therefore, in February, Romans
celebrated a feast called Lupex-
calia, in his honor. Another
source states that a valentine
served as a priest at a temple
during the reign of the cruel em
peror Claudius. And still another
idea was that the first person seen
on this day vnll be one’s Valen
tine. These were just some ver
sions of the beginning of Saint
Valentine’s Day. Gradually, as
time passed, this holiday became
a time for exchanging love mes
sages, and Saint Valentine emerg
ed as the patron saint of lovers.
The first practice of celebrating
this holiday was to write a verse,
or a motto. Later it became popu
lar to send gifts such as flowers,
candy, or store-bought valentines.
It appears that these ma
terial things are irrelevant. Should
we not return to the older ideas
of writing personal feelings on a
card, or expressing our love just
by saying it. This is simpler, yet
more meaningful.