Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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After a tiring day of marching, these pepleaders paused for a the entire length of the seven mile parade were western-garbed refreshing lift with some warm foot baths. Smiling and singing gongleaders, cheerleaders, band and assorted cleaner-uppers. Rodeo Week Had Wild West Dress, Dance, Parade Last yeafs Rodeo Queen, Connie Gillespie surprises her successor, Lauren Studin with a bouquet of carnations. Moccasins, spurs and girls in squaw dresses and jeans could be seen as Rodeo Week fFebruary 17-242 dawned at Catalina. - The colorful season lasted for three days and ended with a flourish at Wednesday,s at school Rodeo Dance. Here couples could obtain uhitching licensesl' fgood until the dance ended at l2:00j from the mar- riage bureauf, an old-fashioned buggy in the center of the floor. A live hanging was staged during the band intermission. School recessed Thursday as the Trojan band, pep- leaders and other assorted characters portrayed the famed Cartwright family, marching to the music of i'Bonanza in the Rodeo Parade. String 'em up! roared the crowd as the band stage doubled as a gallows for Rick Barrett to help with the Rodeo Dance hanging.

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New Crowns Inspired an lee Palace Torch Ball sph -1: 4-Ni g si. ' PV' si' i Following a suspenseful wait, Mike Cartwright was crowned Torch King by last year's lovely Torch Queen, Sandi Smith Williams. rx , 3 - VV fb! 1 ? v N: Ns he sv, n . lv. Silver crowns studded with blue jewels first crowned TORCH Queen Connie Graham and King Mike Cart- wright at Ice Palacef' the seventh annual TORCH Ball. Held on December 22, the Ball was regally com- plete with castle turrets, thrones and two small crown bearers, Glittering snow flakes and blue Christmas tree lights illuminated dancing couples as CHS,s camera club photographed other couples in a booth. Regal in their blue velvet capes, 1963 Torch Queen Connie Graham and King Mike Cartwright lead off a dance. grit? .1 New 5-iluer crowns studded with blue jewels were the main aftrac- candidates in a procession the length of the dance floor, were tions of this year's Torch Ball. Preceding the four Torch royalty crown bearers Viki Cuqua and Ricky Johnston.

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Bucks and Does Romped Through Dear Season Roaming 'rbucksv no longer, Catalina boys lost their freedom to red-clad Khuntressesv during Dear Week, March 4-8. Girls showed boys a fun filled week. Tuesday was Dopey Derby Day with a late after- noon stomp held in the gym. Whoosh,, cards were worn Wednesday as Trojans saved their voices for the box social, Haunt Iauntf, that night. 'Tough Bizotsf, commonly called stale bagels, were required to be strung around necks Thursday while contests for Dear King votes were held at the Fawn Festival in the afternoon. 'Catalina Foothillersf dressed as hillbillies, in- habited classrooms Friday. Friday evening, couples donned evening wear and humorous corsages for the Does' Drag Follow the Boysf' What a charming celery and carrot curl corsageln judge Miss Lois Weber ten-9 Darrell Kel-IY of the Creation Ann Wiuiams has made' Senior candidate Ric Grenell became Dear of the Year with the help of 100 votes from the Fawn Festival limbo contest. gxtricw' Ric Grenell sprouts horns as Pat Derrick crowns him Dear of the We donit take centavos, senoritaf' the lunch line cashier tells Mexican dressed hillbilly Year at the Does, Drag- Ianet Wazenegger. She saw an endless stream of hungry hillbillies on Catalina Foothillers' Day. r P