Southwest High School - Yee Haw Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Along with the Fall excitement came . . THE PARADE s The firsT ddy of school opprooched, sTu- denTs onxiously begdn pldnning Their cldss ond club homecoming flodf meefings in hopes of winning dwdrds. The rebels fldunf- ed Their creoTiviTy ds The porode followed d course olong Alfdmeso. SpiriT wos , everywhere, ond iT become obvi- ous ThoT 'l987's homecoming po- rode wos perhops one of The besT in The hisTory of The school. Sopho- yeor's porode definiTely wenf o loT U9 Remo, 40 smooTher Thdn Idsf yedr's! NoT only did The porode go very smooThly ds plonned, compeTiTion dmong clubs wos dlso o key To The po- rode's success. HCIOSS uniTy wos of iTs obsolufe ze- niTh, sold Senior Supersfdr Cliff Leo. Alfhough The porode wos o mojor porT of The homecoming ocTiviTies, iT wos only The beginning of The exciTemenT! The long-owoifed pep rdlly soon ll This yeor's porode olefinifely werrf C7 lof smoother S more Julie Romo ogreed, This Then TGST V9Of'S!-'JU' , , followed! Affer The bond opened wiTh The fighf song, The cheerleders sprong on sfoge ond performed Their show of cheers ond chonTs which They hod been plonning for weeks. Then, The lighTs dimmed, ond The slideshow begon. IT rekindled memories of some of The mojor foil evenfs ThoT hod Token pldce ond some new friendships ThoT hod been mode. Senior Brion SmiTh excloimed, I loved The cheerleoders' slide show! Finolly, The oudiforium grew quieT, buf iT wosn'T The end yeT. ThoT mdgic momenT hod dr- rived oT losT-The dnnouncemenf of The homecom- ing queen! Affer dll of The princesses proceeded To The sfoge in Their gorgeous gowns, The onnounce- menf wos mode! Hoppiness, sodness, smiles, ond Teors filled The dudiforium dll dT once. Amy Gordon, senior, commenfed. The emofionol inTensiTy wos ol- mosT overbeoringf' -Tomro ldng .iii is ,.....-X. ' . i T - ,--.115 T .xi .f - - f '.. . T AS THE HOMECOMING COURT TAKE THEIR PLACES, The pd- rode is oImosT officiolly underwoyl 20 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES

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QQ' s g L t Tir. ,fff AFTER MANY WEEKS of hibernafion, The Russian cluio bears iT sfuff. PYCCK MM LET'S KICK IT around a liffie oiT, say The juniors while Trying To decide on a Theme for Their floaf, a nine foof boof. School spirit grows as Southwest . . . FLCATS INTO HOMECDMINGY omecoming-The parade, The game, The dance, and The ever-popular floaf meeT- ings. As in The pasf, homecoming celebrafions began wiTh The annual parade of floafs, creafed and consfrucfed by dedicafed sfudenfs who worked hours on end. Each class sfudenf council delegafion Took charge of The meeTings, which were held as early as Augusf. -Luis Weinstein, 12 Trioufe To class spiriT. Confrioufing To class spirif in- cluded gafhering maferials-a Truck, a Trailer, chick- en wire, wood and Tissue paper-Then puffing iT all ll The floaf meefings show who really has class spirif- 77 'lIT's a chance To socialize wiTh all your friends, Roberfs commenTed freshman Tanya James, Ubuf sfill con- Togefher To creafe a winning, spirifed floaf. l'AfTer Three years of pracfice, I feel The seniors' floaf will be The besf ever! exclaimed senior Amy Gordon. As senior Luis Wainsfein puf iT, 'lThe floaf meefings show who really has class spiriTs. -Sfacy FLOAT MEETINGS

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I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT! Thinks Amy SmiTh, junior, as she if -A flaunTs her decoraTive mum 2200: 2:45 4:00 s f X QE E ' if 3 IQQ QT 'z --.'. . uri. 2:45: 2130: 3:00: 3:15. 3:30: 3:45: ij QS' HOMECOMING Dismissai bell rings, and sTudenTs anx- iously scurry ouT To The parking loT for IasT-minuTes preparaTions on The floafs. The procession begins-The parade is underway!!! The specToTors of The communiTy are in awe aT The creaTiviTy and spiriT of The school. Underclassmen drool as The Senior Supersiars finish up The parade wiTh The Wave! The parade ends, and everyone proceeds on inTo The pep rally. Tension builds as The cheerleaders bring Their cheers To an end, and The big momenT draws near! The announcers begin The commen- Tary on The CourT, as each girl ap- proaches The sTage dressed in gIiTTer and glamour. Finally, The Queen is announced, and emoTions fill The audiiorium. STudenTs head home and anxiously wonder abouT whaT nexT year's homecoming will bring! WHILE AWAITING THE SIGNAL FOR THE PARADE TO BEGIN, Junior Kim DeYoung and Senior Lisa Lanningham geT in some idle gossip abouT The weekend's coming evenTs. HOMECOMING PEP RALLYf PARADE