El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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El Dorado participants in the Olympic Ceremonie; their official participant tee- hirti feM shin made for participant only. Standi|[ proudly in hi uniform, Dave Stow modd vave practiced 5 day a week beginning July Being called the new Nadia, IMary Lou Rciton captivated gymnastic audience with her dazzling performance . Her perfect K on the vault brought her a gold medal. The spectacular card trick in the Opening ceremonies wiH never be forgotten. A record number, 144 nations, partici? pated in the game . 7 Tlie excited Olympic athletes march proudly into the Coli- sc HTi a they are introduc ed. 615 Americans represented the U.S. in the games. A U.S. Ol ic athlete, Steve Lundquist, eagerly awaits the Opening Ceremonies. Lundquist won 3 medaU in swimming Olympic Tall Flag members taloj i-bria(e fore performing before 2 V2 billion people. The girls met at idfyeoX e iety morning to car pool to El Segundo High or the Coliseum. ' OlympicMxer, Henry Tilman, wears hi well earned gold medal. The mysterious torch lighter Rafer Johnson, displays the torch to the anxious Coliseum crowd. Johnson won a gold medal in I960 in the decathlon. The elaborate Opening Ceremonies sparked the beginning of the Xllird Ofympiad. Olympics 9

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Ufe Ui t LA 1984 OLYMPICS - WE LOVE L.A. What do thirteen Hawks have to do with Bar- on Pierre de Theodosuis? How were the Gold- en Hawks called by the Olympic Organizing Committee? The Olympic Games thread their way through more than 33 centuries. The games came to serve as a temporary truce between warring factions of Greece, with participants enjoying safe passage through enemy territories and back. Originally, prizes were simple olive wreaths. But as rewards increased in value, the Games became corrupted. Finally, in 393 A.D., the Emperior Theodosuis declared the end of the Olympic Games. The rebirth of the Olympic Games were held in Athens on April 6.1896. Since then, the games have been held every four years with the exception of 1916, 1940, and 1944. In 1984, Los Angeles was selected as the site of the XXIII rd Olympiad Celebration, where American ' s goose pimples and old-fa- shioned patriotism blossomed. Los Angeles was festooned with flags, flowers on lamp posts, banners on the buses, singing in the streets, and music in the heart, a city awash with the costumes and customs of every cul- ture on the planet and the envy of every capi- tol on It. The 1984 Modern Olympic Games not only oc- cured in our own backyard, but many of our own hawks participated. These participants included twelve students from the classes of 1985 and 1986 which arei Kristen Dodd. Beth- Ann Driscoll, Carol Facione, Susan Janicki, Linda LaBorde, Tracy Lester. LeeAnn Miner. Michelle Morey. Anne Pateman. Jennifer Shecter, David Stow, and Donna Snyder. John Mykkanen. a 1984 El Dorado graduate and member of the U.S. Swim Team, won a silver metal in the 800 meter freestyle. David Stow participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Games. By using his gymnastic skills, Dave played a part in history as a fiddler. ISO people tryed out while only 48 lucky people made it. Dodd. Driscoll, Facione. Janicki. La- Borde. Lester. Miner, Morey, Pateman. Shecter. and Snyder were volunteers in both the Open- ing and Closing Ceremonies. These eleven ere part of the Tall Flag Squad that num- o : J 388. Try-outs were held for high schools j:k over California in March. Practices began m May and continued up to the ceremonies. .i !CPk a ot of time and dedication, but I le.t;;: »jverv ' lirsute of it — meeting people froi -■; ; ' ■■- world was an experience I woulu u ajs.. i will always have an over- whelming : ' about The ceremonies, stat- ed Michelle jgisnik-r Shecter comment- ed, I was reaiK ivhen tv was over, but the memories will laci ver. 8 Olympics

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A frog jumping contest, the Newlywed game, Sweet talking Gal contest, and a semi-formal dance all had one thing in common. They were Homecoming activities that took place during the traditional spirit week. As expected, the seniors won 4 out of 6 events. Scott Fairfield and Gene Tjoa were in charge of preparation for the week of activi- ties and created many of the new ideas, such as the Newlywed game and the Ugly Foot contest. New traditions have been started and in future years others will be able to build on them, replied Scott. An exciting end to the festivities of Home- coming week was the semi-formal dance. Festive atmosphere with lights, balloons, and good music to dance to, said Jana Flor- entine about the dance. The music was pro- vided by Surge. That night will hold many memories for all the students who attended. The overall im- pression of the evening was extremely posi- tive from the many people who went to the dance. Almost Paradise dance was the work of the Senior Class Council. The Homecoming court freshman princess; Kari Probst, senior princess, Jenni White, Queen Colleen O ' HIggins. King, Roger Behle, senior princess, Jennifer Jones, and junior princess, Mika Christy. In the Lake El Dorado races, Mike Tillman pushed Laura Wood- ruff to the finish line to bring the sophomores in third place. •ii- seniors were the overall winners. i fiathered to watch senior, Mike McClosky jump his ' og jumping contest was one of the new ideas for 10 Homecoming