HIGH LIFE
Volume LV, No. 5
Grimsley High School, Greensboro, N.C.- 27408
February 13, 1976
Torchlight
To Sponsor
Talent Show
Torchlight, Grimsley’s chapter
of the National Honor Society, is
sponsoring a talent show at 7:30
p.m. on February 19 in
Grimsley’s Auditorium. Working
around the theme of America’s
Bicentennial, students will be
displaying their talents in four
different categories: group pre
sentations, instrumental select
ions, song and voice demonstra
tions. and theatrical performanc
es. Admission will be one dollar
for adults and seventy-five cents
for students.
Students interested in display
ing their talent were asked to
audition before a panel of
Torchlight members on February
2 and 3. The students chosen by
the panel as most talented will be
those performing Thursday,
February 19.
These students will be judged
by five members of the
community who are familiar with
the talents involved on the basis
of their poise, selection and
presentation of the pieces as well
as their degree of talent. The
judges will each privately rate the
students as excellent, good, or
poor before discussing the
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News Briefs
CEEB-SAT and Achievement
tests will be given on April 3,
deadline date for registration is
Feb. 27.
Congratulations to all the
people who made the All-State
Band. The band performed in
Chapel Hill during the weekend
of Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
Congratulations to Ann Mart-
inelli and Eric Miller who made it
to the semi-finals in competition
for the Morehead Scholarship.
“Good Luck!”
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Enis (Connie Enis-Journ.
teacher), and Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver (Coach Weaver) on the
birth of baby girls born to each of
the proud couples.
The Teen-Age Carnival will be
held in the Greensboro Coliseum
Parking Lot Feb. 21-25. It will be
sponsored by the Greensboro
Youth Council.
The Torchlight Talent Show,
also sponsored by the Greensboro
Youth CounciljWill be held at the
Grimsley Auditorium on Feb. 19
at 7:30.
Baseball Tryouts will be
starting on Feb. 16. All boys
interested in trying out should
report to the Boy’s Gym with a
Physical Exam Certificate and
clothes for a workout.
The Grimsley High School
‘Twirp’Dance will be held in the
Girl’s Gym, from 8:00 until 12:00.
The cost of the dance will be $4.00
per couple. The dance band will
be Creole.
Congratulations to Teri Teer
who placed first in the Betty
Crocker Search for Leadership in
Family Living Contest. She will
be tested on a state-«wide level
next.
Thirty eight Grimsley musicians have been selected for the 1976 Ail-State Band.
Grimsley Tops All-State
The 1976 version of the
All-State Band has been chosen
and Grimsley has placed 38 of its
band members on the honor
band. This number is four times
as many musicians than any other
band in the Central North
Carolina district. This district
includes such cities as Durham,
Raleigh, Chapel Hill and
Asheboro as well as the other
area city schools.
All-State Band is comprised of
two bands: the Wind Ensemble
and the Concert Band. Fifteen
students from Grimsley made the
Ensemble, while 23 more are in
the Concert Band.
Those people who are in the
Wind Ensemble are as follows:
Cindy Morrah, Lisa Prago, Susan
Carter, Scott Haviland, Susan
Task, John Manly, Ed Hendrick
son, Susan Weinstein, Martha
Alspaugh, Joey Steel, Holt
Mebane, Jimmy Symmes, Doug
Baker, Ed Spears, and Philip
Kalden.
The Concert Band is composed
of: Sherry Task, Ruth Katzen-
stein, Karen Goss, Joyce Hager,
Barbara Bartis, Maureen Long,
Nina Heard, Vangie Barlow,
Stephanie Decker,Steve Flynn,
Tony Luper, Jean Powell, Rick
Andrews, Bruce Herard, Bobby
Shankle, David Buster, Bob
Reeves, Alan Gillespie, Alan
Wagoner, Mike Buckovich, David
Irvin, Bryan Guinn and Gene
Sanders.
Auditions were held December
13 at U.N.C.-G., with the students
coming from various cities around
the Central North Carolina area.
Each student who tried out for the
band tested their skills in scales,
a prepared solo piece and their
ability to sight read music.
‘On January 30...’’those people
who made All-State travelled to
Chapel Hill to participate in a
concert on February 1. The
weekend was filled with rehear
sals leading up to the concert at
U.N.C.’s Hill Hall, which was
directed by a guest conductor.
High IQ Team Selected
The High IQ Bowl for 1976 will
soon be underway. Of 15 seniors
trying out, the five students
chosen as team members are:
Bryan Fields, Susan Hauser, Phil
Kaldon, Steve Miller, and Robert
Wiggins.
The first stage of competition
will begin Saturday, Feb. 21 at
Elliot Hall on the UNC-G campus.
Forty competing high school
teams from the WFMY-TV
viewing area will be narrowed toe
eight teams.
Each team will be asked 100
“tossup” questions in isolation
from the other teams, with each
question carrying a value of five
points.
Every correct toss up answer
carries a chance of a bonus
question. The eight highest
High I.O. Team members place themselves for the upcoming
^season. Pictured [I to r] Phil iKaldon, Susan Houser, Bryan
. Fields, and Robert Wiggins. [Not pictured: Steve Miller.]
scoring teams go on TV
competition.
According to Mr. Whisenant,
Grimsley’s team coach, 1975 was
an “off” year. The team made
the eight team cut-off but lost in
the early TV rounds.
However, he observes that “we
have probably fielded the most
consistently strong teams through
the years, having always made it
to the TV rounds, and usually
making it into the top four
teams.” GHS has been runner-up
several times, but they won the
championship in 1971.
High IQ Bowl, an annual event
for the past ten years, is
cordinated by GYC. The games
are sponsored by NCNB, who
pays for TV air time and provides
a $200 scholarship to each of the
winning team members. One
hundred dollars is awarded to
runner-up team members.
Tryouts were open to all
seniors. The team was selected by
Mr. Whisenant after oral and
written questions and a general
review of their academic
background.
A quick recall of scholastic
information is very important in
order to be a team member.
Sam Bounds
Departs to
Mississippi
When the head football
coaching position was vacated at
Grimsley two years ago, a man
with a tremendous deal of
patience and “football know
ledge” was needed. The man
chosen for this task was Sam
Bounds.
Immediately following his
graduation from the University of
North Carolina (where he was a
defense tackle), Coach Bounds
was hired by Grimsley’s former
Athletic Director, Bob Jamieson,
to teach physical education
classes and to assist the staff of
the floundering Whirlie football
team. During his five year career
at Grimsley, Coach strove for his
“ultimate goal” - to have a
winning season.
Although he barely missed
achieving this goal, Bounds
admires and respects every
individual who assisted him in his
efforts. To the administrative
staff at Grimsley, Coach offers a
very special thanks, “They let me
run the program the way I
thought it should be run.” For the
efforts of the cheerleaders. Coach
had this to say, “The
cheerleaders have just been
super; they never let the spirit of
the fans die, and they kept the
team spirit up.” Coach would also
like to thank the fans as, “They
were fantastic all year long.”
Coach Bounds didn’t forget his
players, “They gave all they had
and I appreciate that. They’re a
good group of men, and Tm
proud of the way that they gained
the respect of all their
opponents.” Coach Bounds also
appreciates the understanding
given to him by the parents of the
players.
Coach Bounds has numerous
memories to take with him to his
new job as Athletic Director and
Head Football Coach at Raleigh
Senior High in his hometown of
Raleigh, Mississippi. Coach
Bound’s willingness to push
himself as well as his players was
the reason that Whirlie fans were
given the taste of victory during
his two year reign as head coach.
He will be sorely missed, but his
presence will have a positive
effect on Grimsley football for
years to come.
In other changes in the P.E.
Department, Coach Sewell, a
former Grimsley student and
marine who joined the staff at the
beginning of this year, has taken
a job with the Pilot Life Company
here in Greensboro. Coach Sewell
taught physical education classes
and also coached offensive and
defensive ends on the Whirlie
football team.
Replacing Coach Sewell is
Coach Shelton, a graduate of
Appalachian State University.
Coach Shelton will take over
Sewell’s P.E.classes and will also
help coach track until the end of
this year. Coach Shelton hopes to
get into Highway Patrol School
next year.
Replacing Coach Bounds for
the remainder of the year will be
Coach Norris. Coach Norris, a
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