Barbe High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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Dancing The Night Away The hassles, the fusses, the headaches. Shouting was the only way to carry on a conversation with all the pounding music. The mob of people all bunched up together. The lines for pictures that lengthened every minute. All the little minus points about dancing. What made everyone enjoy them so much? The dances had themes ranging from the traditional formality of prom to the semi-formal Homecoming and Twirp to the casual fun of Sadie Hawkins. Dances were the best places to see and be seen whether it was a long-awaited, carefully arranged extravaganza or just an eleven o'clock impulse. Kids could come to dances and just talk without being asked to leave the premises. The battle between the sexes seemed to be evening out. Of the four major dances held each year, two. Twirp and Sadie Hawkins, were centered around the fact that the girl asked the boy. Chorus sponsored Twirp fell near Valentine's Day, on February 11, so the King of Hearts was a natural selection for a theme. The dance's colors were the colors of the playing cards: red, white, and black. Sadie Hawkins, held by the Art Club May 11, was a more casual experience. Couples wore matching clothes as they enjoyed Cajun fun. As in years past, the crowds mobbed the Marriage Booth for pictures and a certificate in Cajunese. Penny Junker attended both dances. People were more sedate at Twirp.” she observed. The people at Sadie were more hyper. I didn't think the d. j. played enough slow songs. Opinions of the dances differed, I don't like dancing. complained Denise Harter. 1 always feel like 1 look stupid. I like the dances, contradicted Chuck Gay. I think they're a lot of fun. — MARSHALL ALMOST PARADISE. Juniors Kim Marlin and Paul Cormier slow dance during Sadie Haw kins. WHAT A MOB! Senior Jim Hutchins and Sophomore Kelley Sullivan arc amazed at (he Sadie crowd. 26 — Dances

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 FLYIN' HIGH. Senior. Jerry Busby. lakes aim and spends his day playing frisbee with a friend. A HAMIC OR A HAMMOCK? Senior Jeff Hamic spends an afternoon just hanging around at Shepherd’s Rest in Choupique. Gettin Away Lazy Days It was a distant but glorious vision, the shining hope that kept the masses from going crazy. It was an incentive to bring encouragement to an otherwise depressing situation. It was the promise of two days of freedom called a weekend.-' Once it had started, the main goal was cramming as much partying into AS hours as was humanly possible. There were dates, parties, and school sporting events to amuse the serious weekenders. The entire weekend is just one big party! proclaimed junior, Doug Felton. In agreement, Cathy McCreedy added, I love the dances on Friday night! Everybody goes to them, so you can always be sure to Find some of your friends there.” Some people also found joy in daytime activities. Shopping, sleeping and playing tennis were at the top of most lists. I like to go to Town and Country Center in Houston, commented Chelccn Shaw, sophomore. They’ve got the best stores around! Not everyone spent the weekend having fun. Some were condemned to hard labor: mowing the grass, weeding, and vacuuming the house. Others were doing time for less-than-wonderful report cards. I hate being punished. complained sophomore. Michelle Pizanie. All week long, I make big plans for the weekend. Friday comes, we get report cards, and there lam... punished again! No matter what happened on the weekend, it was almost always better than the week. As students settled into their desks on Tuesday the distant memories of freedom floated out the window. The weekend had come and gone again. I woke up this morning,” recalled Shawn Corkran 'and I thought it was Friday. Then. I remembered it was only Wednesday. But there's only two days left! CHOZEN JUST A TRIM! Freshman Jennifer Dunn spends her Saturday giving her sister Amy. senior, a haircut on the front lawn. Weekends — 25

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FER SURE. Sophomore Mary McCann and Juniors Becky Rogers. Kitty Stephens, Kathy McMillian. and Angie Logan celebrate the gift of gab during the Camouflage dance. I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW. No one told Mary Ann Davis, freshman, that eyes are supposed to be closed when one sways to mood” music. CHEESE! Seniors Allen Darbonne and Debbie Pruden practice smiling for the camera before taking their Sadie Hawkins pictures. Dances — 27