Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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»»4 PARDON MY MANNERS. An embarassed Terri Carney (right) attempts to recover her dignity at the NHS-sponsored Halloween dance. ODD COUPLE. Cleverly disguised as Frankenstein and his father. Alan Nugent and Mindy Smith (below) relax at the costume dance. ROUND YOUR PARTNER. With a do-si-do. Jim Dickinson and Angie Coalc (above) do a modern-day version of the All-American square dance at Morp. HOME ON THE RANGE. Cowgirl and cowboy Anita Moore and Mark Pallissard (right) find togetherness in the student center during the Halloween costume dance. 22 Dances

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DEEP IN THOUGHT. Choir Instructor Claudia Irwin ponders over what the choir will sing at the Christmas program on Dec. 11, which was their last performance before the play. NIMBLE FINGERS. Choir accompanist Biff Stearn concentrates on his music before he begins to play for the Christmas concert. A SITTIN’ AND A SINGIN’. Choir members relax during a practice before the day-long state music contest, which was held at Estes Park High School. Choir 21

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GET DOWN. Exuberant dancers Heidi Bigler and Rich Slizeski (left) boogie to the beat at the Christmas Morp. sponsored by StuCo. BLISSFUL MOMENT A slow dance offers Rodney Rudel and Karen Dcrmody (below) a respite from the feverish disco pace at Morp. Dances assist in fund-raising Ever-popular as fund-raisers, dances were again numerous. As clubs and classes ran low on cold cash, a dance was usually scheduled. National Honor Society opened the year with a Halloween costume disco dance on Nov. 3. Sedate students paid a regular entrance fee. while the more enterprising wore costumes to get in at half price. Costumes ranged from monster masks to hula skirts and togas. First and second prizes went to Doug Smith as General Douglas MacArth-ur. and to Liz Stanley as Betsy Ross. Another disco dance. Morp was sponsored by Student Council on Dec. 1. Music and lights were provided by Q-2, a Denver-based computerized light show. Morp. an annual event, is prom spelled backwards, and allows girls to treat their dates to dinner and a semi-formal dance. Student Council again sponsored a dance on Feb. 12. Following ski day, a dance was held in the student center. Once again. Q-2 provided music and lights. Two dances held in March rounded out the pre-prom slate. Spanish Club hosted a dance on March 1 to raise funds for its summer trip to Mexico. The Senior Class’ March 29 dance, to raise money for color portraits in the yearbook, was the final minor dance. Dances 23 DANCE CLASS. History Teacher Dave Martin instructs Carolyn Backstrum in the nroper technique of couples dancing at Morp.