Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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Dead or Alive rose to fame in July, 1985, with their hit sin- gle, “You Spin Me Round. Performing “Big Daddy of Rhythm off Dead or Alive’s second album. Youthquake, Blaine Alexander portrays androgic lead singer Pete Burns. After impressing the judges at auditions, Alex- ander and his back-ups won first place for their perfor- mance. by Carrie McLaren W here else would any- one have been on October 13 than in the school audito- rium hearing all their favorite bands perform for one third the price of a regular concert ticket? Okay, so there was a tch. The performers were actually students retending to be the original artists. The first act to take he stage was from kewood High School, he producers of local ip syncs, performing e Eurythmics, “Would Lie to You?” They were ollowed by perfor- nces by the Mary Jane Girls, the Blues Brothers, and Klymaxx. Ready For the World hit the stage with “Oh Shei- la, ” an act that won them third place. The fourth place winners, the B-52’s, drew the crowd to their feet to dance to their whimsi- cal “Private Idaho.” Wham, David Bowie, and Mick Jagger were also popular with the crowds. Even faculty members got in on the act with their Beach Boys tune, “Be True to Your School.” The largest group to take the stage walked away with second place. Introduced by the moth- er of syncers Bill and David Glass, the Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band performed “Volcano, ” complete with a smoking volcano backdrop. “It’s a crowd pleaser,” said John Hoopes, “even for peo- ple who don’t like Buf- fet.” However, even Buffet fans weren’t surprised when, at the end of the evening, the first place winners were an- nounced. Dead or Alive’s “Big Daddy of Rhythm,” performed by Jennie Cristadol, Lucy Barongeur, and Blaine Alexander. Alexander appeared nearly identi- cal to lead singer Pete Burns and captivated the crowd with his gym- nastic dancing. “I devel- oped the dance during the summer, and thought lip sync would be a good place to use it,” said Alexander. Clearlight staffers Martha Galloway and time we had enough groups to select the very best acts by audition- ing,” commented Gallo- way. “Preparations were M aking Impressions p Svncer .ip Syncers present a show to please all tastes Tuyet Oberle planned the event, including au- ditions, rehearsals, and set up. “Over 40 acts au- ditioned this year,” said Oberle. “It was the first L. Eaddy chaotic at first but the show went extremely well, and I ' ve learned a lot about dealing with people along the way. Lip Sync 21

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Clearlight staff members, in- cluding lip sync emcee Twyette Oberle, organized the entire event. Greg Man- gus, a local musician, and Oberle announce the win- ners at the end of the show. Known for their absurd lyr- ics, outlandish hairstyles, and off-the-wall antics, the B-52’s won fourth place. Car- rie McLaren sings and dances to “Private Idaho,” a song off the B-52’s Wild Planet album. I tr. Wt ! IV Wham’s song, “Wham Rap” originally appeared on the band’s first album, Wham U.K. Portraying vocalist An- drew Ridgedly, Andy Malis- soras sings the re-released “Wham Rap” single. Ready For the World, a band with all of it’s members un- der the age of twenty-one, made it’s debut in 1985. Wil- liam Row sings their top ten hit, “Oh Sheila.” The second place act por- trayed Jimmy Buffet, an artist particularly noted in Florida for his effort to save the man- atee. Lex Long, an actual gui- tarist for six years, sings back-up during the song “Volcano.” 20 Lip Sync

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22 Exchange Students Originally stay ing with a host family in Virginia, Nik- las Thorn, from Sweden, movod to a host family in Clearwater toward the end of the first semester. While pre- paring to order at the Old World Cheese Shop, Niklas and Him ( Habbitt take in the novel-sized” menu which the restaurant is known for. In relation to restaurants, Niklas said, There are many more ' fast food’ restaurants in America. At home we only have McDonalds.” Though unable to swim on the Clearwater High swimming team, exchange student Gido Kuijpers from the Netherlands did practice with the team and Coach David Paul almost daily. Gido was declared ineligible to swim with the team during meets because he had already graduated from his home school in Holland. 4 I chose to come to America because 1 didn’t know much about it and I wanted to learn the culture, said Hauda Maghraoui, exchange stu- dent from Tunisia. During breaks between exams, Hauda and Wendy Norman exchange a few words. L. Gaddy