McClellan High School - Lion Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Disco is Here hether you do it at Hthe disco with Gary's Gang or the YMCA with the Village People or at MacArthur Park with Donna Summer, whether you call it the White Boy, the Forestroke, or the Freak, Americans are dancing to the beat of a different drummer whose message is Shake your body, shake your groove thing, and dance. Roll over rock, disco is here to stay. Disco's ticket to respectability was, of course, the smash movie Saturday Night Fever, and the Bee Gee,s all time best selling album of the film's sound track. After that, disco took off and took over. Today, it is a multi-billion dollar business industry. A reason for disco's popularity is that people are tired of music that has lost its cutting edge and become a spectator's sport. Neil Bogard, president of Casa Blanca Records, recalls, A few years ago I went into the clubs and I detected that people needed mood music. They were tired of guitars playing to their amplifiers. They wanted to be STARS! if , is tl Dancing the night away at the Homecoming dance is Senior Kim Burnes. GLENN WAITS: Mu Alpha Theta 33 Science Club 3,4Q Key Club 2,3,43 V. Pres. 43 Football 2,4Q Track 2,3,43 Golf 23 Letterman's Club 43 FCA 43 Treas. 4. ELAINE WALDEN: FBLA 23 NFL 41 Bookstore Worker 3,4. TERRY WALKERZ Media Club 23 Science Club 43 Office Worker 2. VERNITA WARD2 Choir 33 Basketball 2,4Q Track 2,3. LEELLEN WARNER: Choir 2. GARY WASHINGTON: VICA 3,44 Foot- ball 33 Track 3,4. VICKI WATSON: FTA 3, FBLA 2,44 Y-Teens 2,3Q COE 43 Hist. 4g Office Worker 23 Counselor Worker 2. RANDY WATTSI Media Club 3,43 Choir 2,33 Paper Staff 3,4, VIRGINIA WEBB: Mu Alpha Theta 33 For. Lang. Club 2,3,43 Media Club 2,31 NHS 3,41 Science Club 2,33 Girls State 33 English II 8a III Awards 2,33 French I 81. II Awards 2,33 Chemistry Award 3g Annual Staff 3, 43 Honor Banquet 2,3,4. NATALIE WELLS: FHA 2,3,4. DIANE WEST. TANYA WHITE: Y-Teens 23 VICA 3,4. Seniorsfl65

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Even the Lionettes get into disco as Meredith Ferguson, Captain, demonstrates. Getting down to the sound, Brad Smith and partner move to the beat at the Homecoming dance. JOE THOMPSON. JEFF THORNTON: FBLA 4g Key Club 2, 3. DAVID TIDWELL. ROBYN TOWNSEND: FBLA 2,43 Y-Teens 2g NFL 23 Class Officer 33 COE 4. REBECCA TRUAN: FBLA 2,3,4g Band 23 COE 43 Model UN 33 Chess Club 3. BILLY TUCKER: For. Lang. Club 43 Key Club 43 Law Club 33 Sociology Award 23 Choir 2. JUDI TUGGLE: Flag Line 3, 4. ROBIN TULLY: VICA 4. REBECCA VAUGHANZ For. Lang. Club 33 Media Club 23 FBLA 2,33 Y-Teens 2. ERIC VAUGHT: NHS 3,4Q Boys State 33 Band 2,3,43 Annual Staff 3,43 All Region Band 2,4Q Science Club 4. JIMMY VINSON: Choir 2,33 Band 3,41 Youth 8: Govt. 4. RICK VOWELLZ Football 2,33 Tennis 23 Letterman's Club 23 Office Worker 2. 164f Seniors

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JEFF WHITSON: FBLA 3,43 NFL 4: Law Club 45 Soccer Club 43 Youth 8a Govt. 3,45 Parl. 4: Model UN 3,4g Lion Salesman 3. ANDY WI-IITTINGTON: Art Club 3, Soccer Club 4: Media Club 4. CINDY WHITTINGTONZ Advisory Board 23 FBLA 4, Y-Teens 2g Lionettes 2,3,4: COE 49 Pres. 4g Youth Sc Govt. 2,3,4g Office Worker 2. KAREN WHITWORTH: Media Club 35 FBLA 2,3,4g Y-Teens 3, Choir 3: COE 4. LISA WILES. BETSY WILLIAMS: FBLA 29 Flag Line 2,3,4: Co-Capt. 3,4g Choir 2,3,4g Band 2,3,4. CHRISTY WILLIAMS: Media Club 2,3g Choir 2,3,4. HUGH WILLIAMS: FBLA 4, Choir 2,3. JANET WILLIAMS: FBLA 2, VICA 3,4: Sec. 49 Office Worker 2. KERMIT WILLIAMS: IADC 3,4g VICA 3,43 Basketball 3, DECA 3. TIM WILLIAMS. TROY WILLIETT. l 66 f Seniors The End Draws Near reparations for graduation began early to the amazement of most seniors. They had their senior portraits taken the week of July 24-27. The proofs were handed out October 19 and 22, and representatives of Henington Studios were at school a week later to take orders for the portraits. They came back to school December 20 to hand them out and to collect the balance owed for the portraits. On December 12, Mr. Ed Shehane, a representative of Josten's,was at school to take orders for graduation invitations, senior keys, and memory books. Mr. Gary Johnson came to measure seniors for their caps and gowns on January 29. Also that day, seniors paid the graduation fee. It covered the cost of caps and gowns, diploma covers, and programs and decorations for the graduation ceremony. The 494 seniors rehearsed for gradua- tion Friday, May 23 at Barton Coliseum. They were all back at the Coliseum, along with their friends and relatives, by 8:00 for the cermony. As the seniors tossed up their caps at the close of the ceremony, they realized that they were beginning a new phase of life, and it was up to them to decide how they wanted to live it.