Putnam City West High School - Patriot Profile Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Dancing obviously played a large parT in The school com- munity. -?s Dancing OIIS kick high while ' I Cl fl CI fl ThroughouT hisTory, movemeni wiTh rhyThm has fascinaTed The human naTure. From The early reli- gious riTual dances To Today's jaz- zercise, boys and girls of all races and ages have sTreTched Their bodies for eiTher exercise or amusemeni. For Those who liked To use Their imaginaTion in dancing, many sTudenTs goT inTo Punk and New Wave. Some of These dances in- cluded The slam and The shake . Even disco survived for some loyal fans of Donna Sum- mer and Michael Jackson. For The more conservaTive dancers There was always The former craze of counTry and wesTern dancing and square dancing. Anoiher way To go was The Tine arT dancing, such as bal- leT, Tap and jazz. Besides The more modern dances There were Those who sTill learned The old folk dances from Jazzerclse, a popular form of dancing, is dem- onsTraTed by seniors Kar- rie Trousdale and Dianna Moore aT The lnTernaTion- al FiTness Cenier aT NorTh- wesT Highway and May Avenue. -Phofo by Laura Buckles JJ, Their family's homeland. These ih- cluded The Czechoslovakian Pol- ka and The ScoTTish, Irish and The orienTal dances as well as many oThers. Many sTudenTs were deeply involved in The dancing scene. A large group of sTudenTs parTicipaTed in The school-spon- sored dances, which included The Shubop SepTember 211 and The lllailhouse Rock OcTober l afTer The PC game. Gina PickeTT, sophomore, TaughT Three balleT classes a week aT MaT TroTTers and Took classes in balleT, Tap and jazz aT Dave Anderson Dance STudio To- geTher wiTh her friend, sopho- more Jan Lyon. I really like To dance, and especially balleT be- cause iT is beauiiful and iT chal- lenges me. said Jan. Dancing obviously played a large parT in The school communi- Ty. -Copy by Merefe Sandoy

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Iam Wilkins and David Hofchel, seniors, wolf. - Phofo by Eric Caudell Siudents congregate ln from of school. -Phofo by Jeff Shilling -l- 9 These chonges bushes put in The beds ond The hya- ond Tulips plonled These flowers d fumlshedby Kersey's horlicullure building Those who did some fomilior is u Each year it had to be viewed from a new angle, be- cause, like ii or noi, the building and grounds changed. Physical Building 4 45

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