Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Munching on cookies, Doug Blemen and Jeanen Williams Lake a break form the action. Dancing the evening away, Kelly Holcomb and her classmates enjoy the music. Cheerfully collecting the money, Mrs. lsco chats with Kim Ketchum and Craig Reese as they enter the dance. For Twirp, the girl asks the boy rather than the traditional boy-ask-girl dance. Moving to the beat, these students have some fun. A variety of fast and slow songs were played by disc jockey, Chris Music.

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The one event that all students look forward to every year is class touma- ments. It breaks the monotony of school and adds a lot of excitement to class days. This year, both the junior boys and the junior girls won the basketball games. The girls, game was especially exciting. It went into overtime and was won by a foul shot by junior Robin Richards. Some of the other awards included best decorations, the freshments lone award, Paradise City was the senior theme this year and thc cheerleaders showed their spirit by dressing as hula dancers during class tournaments. Toby Min- ick leads them in rallying their team. J uniorDennis Ford tries for a layup during the jun- tors game with the seniors. The juniors upset the seniors when they came back from a 7 point deficit at half time to beat the seniors by a big margin. most spirit, won by the junior class, and best cheerleaders presented to the senior class. Unfortunately, the sophomore class won no awards. When all was said and done, everyone agreed that a lot of fun was had by all. Plans of decorations and strategies for next year were abundant as the students filed out of the gym, back to the old rou- tine of school. Class Tournamentsn3

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ii- l-r - Girl's Take htWhat exactly is a Twirp dance? asked a freshman as he stared up at the poster that advertised the event. A Twirp Dance was another word for a Sadie Hawkins dance. It was sponsored by the sophomore class on April 15. Twirp stands for The Woman is Re- quired To Pay? It was a formal dance where the girl asks the boy to go and in some cases she must pay for dinner and most of the other expenses that go along with Twirp. uThe Twirp was small but we had fun Taking a break from dancing, Kevin Palowski. Louis Matriciano, and Laura Massaor sit and watch the other students dance the night away. A lot offun was had by all who attended the dance. Horsing around again3Keith Radkowski puts Bill Vencil in the headlock as a joke while Julie Pave- lino looks on. Charge with our dates? said junior Marcia Rob- inson. Although most of those attending had dates, some people still had fun going with a group of friends. This years Twirp was held in the school cafeteria. Former Harbor student Chris Music provided the music and par- ents volunteered as chaperones. The best description of Twirp came from someone who remarkedfTwirp is a mini-prom where everyone can attend because no sophomore of freshman is at- tending prom.