Belleville Township West High School - Bellevinois Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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MARCHERS t 1 Marching Band members were not the only students to march in the annual Hobo Day Parade. The tradition contin¬ ued this year as students representing each class journeyed down West Main Street toward downtown Belleville. The pompon girls cheer while marching. Heather Knox and Jennifer Stammer (above) take the easy way out by riding bikes. The Marching Maroons (right) lead the parade. Matt Johnson and Craig Schwalb carry the banner in front of the sophomore float. Sandy Carril and Kara Tiren show their Maroon pride by carrying Missy Ferguson, Melissa Beck. Ann Blaes, Kelli Nickel and Todd Walther demonstrate their class banner. their class enthusiasm. 20 Parade

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BLASTS FROM THE PAST Spirit Week gave students a chance to dress as people did in the past. Some students came to school dressed as greasers.” Clad in t-shirts, blue jeans, bandanas, leather jackets and boots, they looked as if they had stepped right out of the 1950 ' s. Other students dressed as hippies of the 1960’s. Slogans such as “Peace,” “Make Love, Not War, Get Out of Vietnam and Flower Power” were prevalent around campus. Still other students dressed in clothes suggested by the film The Blues Brothers. In this 1980 movie set in Chicago, stars John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd were out to reunite their band and raise enough money to keep their old parochial school open. West students dressing for this theme wore a variety of outfits. Some dressed in the title characters ' well known black suits, hats and dark glasses. Others dressed as nuns from the paro¬ chial school. Still others recreated members of the National Guard or Nazi Party, who appeared in the film as antagonists of Jake and Elwood Blues. No matter what students wore, though, they enjoyed the change from their usual routine. Eddie Caumiant plays his guitar for fellow flower children Amy Adams and Laura DM. Angie Clayton makes a statement with her sign. Seniors Susan Baum and Missy Theis are the Blues Brothers for Class Distinction Day. Shawn Koch (right) voices his opinions about the Vietnam War. Freshman Jana Schwalb and Becky Theis (far right) en¬ joy being flower children for a day. Flower Child Day. Octo¬ ber 13. was a part of the Spirit Week festivities. 22 Dress-Up