Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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WATCHING OTHERS PERFORM, pepsters Jeannie Smith, Kathleen Martin, and Nile! Rhone take a brealc dur- ing the pep rally. Although several pepsters dressed as football players, only one football player came as a cheer- ▼ MAKEUP ADDS the finishing touch to junior Derek Jeffus ' costume. Derek was the only football player to come as a cheerleader. ARMED WITH HER WAND. Glenda, the Good Witch of the North (Marc Bloomenstein), prepares to face the difficult job of managing the student store. His counterpart, Dorothy (Joanne Gratz), assisted him In this task. ► WINNER IN THE most original category, junior Tina Pettersen displays her costume to the students. I was going to be a garbage bag, but I wanted to use my crab hat, explained Tina about how she decided to be a crab on a rock. Gala Events Halloween

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AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD lends their support towards the happenings on the gym floor. The student support jften led to victories for both sporting events and class competitions. W VARSITY AND JUNIOR VARSITY cheerleaders perform one of many early stunts — a double pyramid in front 3f an anxious crowd. Many students were surprised at how quickly and smoothly the pepsters executed the setup, jthers expected it. o h my God! How can I get through that lunch line, eat, and get to the gym by noon? I ' m sure! Hundreds of stu- dents rush through their meals in order to get to pep rallies every Friday, usually held at noon. Look at that crowd! How will I get a good seat! Oh! There ' s Edgar. He ' ll let me sit next to him! Now if I can only make it to him without getting killed in the process. Underclassmen were divided into different sections of the bleachers, each doing their best to root on their class, and the football team. Here we go! I wonder what they ' re going to do this time. Each Friday classes would try to accumulate points for class of the year by class competitions. In these competitions, students would be chosen to represent their class in such escapades as a Whopper Woof Down, piggyback races, and sorting gum out of flour by using only their faces, then at- tempting to blow bubbles. Okay, time for the yelling contest! My voice should be in good shape since I haven ' t eream And Shout J yelled at my little brother all week. I hope ev eryone else can show a little spirit! We just can ' t seem to beat those darn freshmen. Why wasn ' t my freshman class like that? Points would accumulate for each class team after winning an event. These would go towards class of the year competition. Fina- lists in contests would try extra hard to win by stomping feet, clapping until their hands be- came sore and booing the other team when it became their turn. Oh well, at least we were a little louder this time. I wish the entire Freshman Class would get larangitis. After the competitions, the pepsters would usually perform a routine or a team would be introduced to the studentbody. By recognizing the minor sports, more support was gener- ated for them at their games. Well, that ' s the end of another pep rally. I hope it does the football team some good. I doubt it, nothing can help that team but at least it was fun for us kids. fsk • AS CHEERLEADERS GATHER AROUND chanting eat, eat, Amy Kuhnert quickly stuff a large section of a ding-dong into her mouth. Amy was one of four students involved in the pep rally which helped to earn points for the freshmen. IN ORDER TO GIVE her full attention on the floor, junior Susan Rosendale pauses from the normal school day hassels. Many students looked forward to the pep rallies, especially if they interrupted a regular class schedule. • SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE, lunior Richard Montgomery introduces himself to the cheering crowd. Many groups, including PEP, faculty, football, volleyball, and cross country introduced themselves in early pep rallies. Pep Rallies Gala Events 17

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|7 III Ontario! Kill Ontario! chanted Im the hooded, robed figures who I steadily marched into the dark- ened gym carrying their expressionless vic- tim. Slowly, they hoisted him to the ceiling, but the humiliated dummy emitted not a cry as he crumbled to his death. This somewhat brutal act of violence oc- curred Friday, October 29, when the stu- dents dressed up for Halloween. Although the age of dressing up as Casper, the Fhendly Ghost, trick-or-treating around the neighborhood, and coming home with ex- cited, large, and shining eyes has passed for most Diamond Bar High students, this different of fun day the memory lived on. Such creatures devils, witches, flashers, and punkers could be seen mingling with fairies, farmers, elves, and pigs. Some students dressed up as couples. Sophomores Marc Bloomenstein and Joanne Gratz came as Glenda, the Good Witch of the North, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. There were also those who preferred to be twins like junior Michelle Kilburn and her sister, freshman Dee Dee Kilburn, who came as tigers. It took me a couple of hours to get all the paint out of my hair, related Michelle. At the noon pep rally a contest was held in which the class advisors chose the best costumes in three categories. Miss Piggy, alias junior Linda Bundy, was chosen the most realistic, junior Ken Payne, a devil, was voted the scariest, and junior Tina Pet- tersen, dressed as a crab on a rock, was picked as the most original. The fun didn ' t end with the school day. Instead of trick-or-treating, some students went to Halloween parties. Growing up just means a different kind of fun, ex- plained junior Kelly Ford. DRESSED AS A TULIP, sophomore Denise Galbraith cheers at the pep rally. Sophomores Michelle Brown, Lesli Ellsworth, Carolyn Long, and Leslie Smith also wore a similiar costume. Halloween Gala Events K