Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Hurry! Don ' t be late! — Students no longer run to their lockers to gel their books. Instead they are in a hurry to get a t ape to make it through the next period. Working to the tunes is more fun. You just better not gel caught. Click! — Eric Gordon. I Ith grader just can ' t put his camera down. He needs to be on the look out for any good pictures he can take for the yearbook. Decisions, decisions, decisions. — The variety of vid- eo cameras are so extensive that it makes it very difficult to chose which one you want to buy. Finding places to buy them is no problem. They are sold every- where vou look. It ' s what I ' ve always wanted. — This audio system includes everything you could possible want. It has a CD player, dual cassettes, turntable, tuner, and equalizer. Everything you could possibly dream of to musically entertain for hours. Electronics ' Student Life Z I

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:i j itMfsaB3a r. TUDENT No one can live with nor can they without them, there is no way to avoid them, they are everywhere. Technical difficulty A. -bra cadabra, poof! Just like that this new age of electronics appeared before our eyes. Can you remember a time when there was no such thing as video tape re- corders, video cameras, CD. players, or walkmen? Believe it or not people just one generation before us had to survive with out these wonderful electronic gagets. There was a time where only the very rich owned television sets. After a few years TV ' s where found in the average family ' s houses all across America. Pretty soon this wouldn ' t be enough, people wanted movies at home. So video cassettes came into the picture. Just like TV they started out ex- pensive, but as the price lessened more peo- ple bought them. Now almost every student or family has at least one of these electronic marvels, a TV, a video recorder, a video camera, a CD player or a walkman. Isn ' t it great! — Jeff Fischbach follows every senior event with his video camera so thai the senior film will have every special moment on it. Not missing a single event, this film will keep the senior spirit of ' 89 alive forever. by Heather Bergen We have the full visual and sound exper- ience brought into our living room and the public is still not satisfied. They wanted entertainment for all senses to the point of perfection, so the crystal clear sounds of C.D. ' s arrived. Yet complete satisfaction is not achieved until all of th ese things be- come portable, how ever this does cause some problems. Students sneaking them into school and there also much easier to steal. I can get away with listening to the ra- dio in class any day, any time, any period, with any teacher. Hiding my walkman is no problem an anonymous 1 1th grader said. All this technology has gone to many peoples heads, they no longer can be left with out these luxuries that have invaded their everyday lives, they can not even leave home without them. 26 Electronics Student Life

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s L TUDENT UIFE With the Christmas caroling and the jingles of the bells reverberating vivaciously, it is that time of year again for tranquility and . . . Peace on Earth U sually when one hears about an assembly joyful thoughts of no class and work often dance merrily across one ' s head. The two winter shows, Death By Choco- late and the chorus holiday show were en- joyable as well. It was that time of year when merriment and yuletide were shared by one and all, young and old alike. Besides getting out of class, I was really excited to see some of my friends perform, said Laura Davis, 10th grader. The show opened up with the High School Knightengales marching down the aisle singing, Sing We Noel. Bewildered and awestrucked, the audience sat back to enjoy the rest of the performances put on by the Choraliers and Junior Choraliers. It was a thrilling to see the Knightengales singing on stage. said 10th grader, Kris- tina Bao. Some of the musical scores included Decorate The Christmas Tree, Santa Claus ' s Just a Good ol ' Boy, We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The song that con- veyed the true meaning of Christmas was, I Wanna Be Santa ' s Tree in which the And uh one. uh two, uh one, two . . . under ihe guidance of Mrs Honda, the Junior Choraliers perform the sweet and harmonious rendition of Decorate the Christmas Tree while the audience sat back to enjoy the melodious tune. By Steve Bao message was, it ' s not what you have to offer on the outside but what you have inside that counts, the true spirit of the season. In addition to the seasonal holiday show, the Drama Department headed by Ms. Hiller put on a play. Death By Choco- late, a comedy by Paul Reeder. The play is a scathing satire of todays health crazed fanatics in which the owner of a health re- sort, Henry Meadowbrook is mysteriously murdered. Now under new management, members of the newly renovated Meadow- brook Health Resort are dropping like flies. The mystery thickens until the denouement where it is reviewed that Henry ' s daughter Sweet Pea, is the killer. The holiday excitement continued on with the performance to commemorate the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. The show discussed the importance of what he did to set a precedent for future generations to follow, I enjoyed the show but I couldn ' t really hear it too well, other than that I thought it was interesting. Erica Peters. 6th grader said. 28 Winter Shows Student Life