Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Disneyland site of inter Formal The Embassy Room of the Disneyland Hotel was the setting for this year's Winter Formal. The dance had been held at the Garden Grove Community Center for the past two years and the Student Council decided that the 1983 Winter Formal needed a change of scenery. Precious Dreams was the theme for the dance and shades of blue and silver were decided upon for the theme colors. The dance was held on january 15, a particularly warm winter night. The week prior to the dance Santana wind conditions drove temperatures into the mid 80's. The band f'Keeper,' performed for the more than 240 couples attend- ing. The Student Council, who sponsors this dance, was purported to have earned more than 8500, an amount that exceeded earnings from past dances. The 1980 January Winter Formal was held in the Grand Ballroom at the Disneyland Hotel, but that room was already booked, said ASB Secretary Libby Herron, the slightly smaller, not so centrally located Embassy Room was settled on. Past complaints about the length of time spent waiting in lines for photographs prompted Spencer Pendergrass from Pacific Studios to set up two photograph areas and comments indicated that the lines still were long, but that they moved quickly. Photo packages ranged from S6 to 521. This is the only formal dance an underclassman can attend not as the date of an u erclassman. This encoura es freshmen and so homores PP 8 P to attend, usually double dating with older friends who are able to provide transportation. This is also the only girl-ask-boy formal. It was switched from a boy- ask-girl dance several years ago when attendance dropped. It was hoped that if the asking was left to the female of the species atten- dance would rise. It did. This was the best attended formal in several years. 1. Senior Laura Osterling and her date Steve Kawalski take a break from dancing by window shopping at the Disneyland gift shops. The Winter Formal is sponsored by the Student Council. 2. Dance team member Lisa Dale Anderson enjoyed a night of non-synchronized dancing at the Winter Formal. She and her date, Randy Pisca- relli, left the crowded dance floor during a band break. 182 - winter formal

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Seniors turn profit at Homecoming Dance Although the turnout for the IQ82 Homecoming Dance was not as high as it had been in years past, the Senior Class did show a profit of 5500. Some blamed the relatively low turnout for this dance on the high turnout for the NHS sponsored Halloween Dance that was held two weeks prior to Homecoming. Who wants to go to two dances that close together? asked one student. The band 88 performed and many students complained that the band did not show enough variety in their selections. The dance was good overall, but the band left a stale sound in my ears, said senior Brian O'Malley. Many felt that 88', played far too much New Wave music. Cthers complained that the band took too many breaks and that those breaks were too long. It was very boringf' said senior Ron Taylor. While the band took numerous breaks recorded music was played. Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, said Activities Director Frank Manzo. 1. Junior Tim Healy dances at the November 6th Homecoming Dance. Healy, attired in the popular rock-a-billy fashion caused no little commo- tion at the dance. 2. Homecoming King Pat Wren and Homecoming Queen Michelle Crisanti dance together. They were crowned at Home- coming ceremonies the previous night. 3. John McNeal, Dena Mendez and John Thomas wrestle over cups of punch. The Senior Class spona sored the Homecoming Dance. homecoming dance 8

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1. Tamber Gaynes and Kevin Allmendinger dance to the sounds of Keepery'. The VUin- ter Formal was held in Disneyland Hotells Embassy Room. 2. Wendy' Schmitz and Dar- ryl Sheets dance a slow dance. This formal is the only formal that both upper and lower classmen can come to. 3. Jeff Wood, Karen Grewar, Randy Piscatelli, Lisa Dale Ander- son, John Matusak, Dee Lamond, Scott Jan- etsky, Jeanine Zimmerman, Steve Kawalski and Laura Osterling leave the Embassy Room. This was the first year since 1980 that the formal wasnlt held at the Garden Grove Community Center. winter formal - 183