Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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To improve The Tone of her vocal cords. senior Julie Cain prac- Tices aT her weekly Wednesday affernoon privafe voice lesson wifh Jan Corbins who provided insfrucfion To 35 sTudenTs seek- ing To enhance Their Technique. Curiously wafched by iuniors Sfeve Paolozzi and Chris Duli- ban, senior Becky Peyfon con- cenTraTes on Typing one of her unique play scripfs. gl- was exfra-curricular and puf in long hours every day were The Tigereffes. During foofball season we pracficed from 3:30 Till 5:30, Direcfor Robin Lawrence said. One could always find The drill Team sTreTching, kicking, spliTTing, and smiling in The snack bar area and The parking loTs around The school which were Their pracfice areas. Because of an inviTaTion To perform in The Liberfy Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee during The Chrisfmas holidays, year-round dedicaTion was demanded from The group. We pracficed a loT for The LiberTy Bowl because we learned some new dances. iunior Elisa Bellows said. Having similar schedules To The cheerleaders, The TigereTTes also performed aT baskeTball games in company divisions and The officers and graduaTing seniors each gave an individual performance, '1 is ,,. , Joining The oThers in riTual pracTice sessions was The choir. We usually pracTiced in The evening, direcfor Lou Leonard said. Sophomore Mike Pipkin, a member of The chorale, said. We pracficed a loT before concerTs. Addifional pracTices were scheduled aT 7:00 in The morning, Leonard said. Some sTudenTs supplemenfed Their mandafory class lessons wifh exfra privafe insTrucTions. l Took privafe lessons from 5:00 To 6:00 every Friday, senior Linda Lewellyn said. Much preparaTion ThaT wenT pasT sixfh period was also required from drama sTudenTs, who in addifion To performing as individuals and small groups in disTricT and ciTy-wide conTesTs, puT in much Time in producing You Can'T Take lT Wifh You. When we were preparing for The play, mosT of The sTudenTs were required To sTay afTer school every affernoon and evening, drama Teacher Sue Poe said. When a sTudenT is pracficing for conTesT l arrange a Time for pracficing affer school. Affer school sTays lasfed laTe info The evening and iunior Benii l-lolifield recalled eaTing aT Taco Bell a whole loT. PracTicing every day caused edginess among The acfors. Senior Tucker Parmlee remembered The players geTTing on each oTher's nerves Toward The end and doing homework laTe aT nighT only added To The weary workoufs. For Truly dedicafed sTudenTs preparaTion occupied The largesf percenTage of Their inadequafe spare Time. IT goT so bad somefimes ThaT my parenfs asked me whefher or noT l was planning To move back inTo The house, Holifield said. ,...-. 's ,.f' 4 T'-5 A Taped recording of music aids flag corps members sophomore Nifa SmiTh. senior lvlary Bendy, and iuniors Tara Porfer and Chrisfy Newman in perfecfing Their Timing, Affer School Pracfices l 7

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F tl QQ i --.., lf as sr-5 l il' T 'ww' l me i lf i , i i i TQ li l b , ,ff made a Touchdown and Then large sign was noT an we goT To sTand up, iunior exclusive eTTorT oT The Vanessa Tinsley said. cheerleading group. The arT Thmuqhouy, me game club Took Tuvrns drawing and izheerleaders promoTed spiriT Colormg ll' Laulla Barrell' oeginning wiTh The TradiTion Cl1eef'eadefS-Sa'd- JT running Through a banner BGTEOVG GGCTT Qame NiTh The TooTball Team. The OVGVTUVGS Ol lVl9VTCl5lWlP Were made by members oT The Good SporTsmanship League. We wenT over and meT The GSL members Trom The oTher school, sophomore GSL member Mike Koehn said. We usually iusT Talked abouT The Grasping a sTuTTed Tiger To display Friday enThusiasm, junior Leslie Les- Ter waiTs Tor iunior KaTy Bell To com- pleTe The Task oT rolling up her ieans To show oTT her crazy socks. Labeled, Tagged and escorTed by cheerleader Chris Dailey. receiver Mike ReiTher's and quarTerback Johnny Corneaux's moThers are broughT inTo The gym where Their sons were blindTolded and oblivious To The secreT kiss They would laTer receive during The Spring Branch pep rally. , ,i 5 M game in general, buT when There was a big rivalry, like The Spring Branch game, we Told Them how bad we were going To beaT Them. Preceding nighTly conTesTs boTh aT Tully STadium and ouT oT Town, morning pep rallies were organized To inspire spiriT and spur The Team on To vicTory. One Type oT organizaTion ThaT added To The goings on was The clubs wiTh memberships consisTing exclusively oT seniors. Une oT The major acTiviTies oT Senior Women was To encourage aThleTic groups. We wrapped The lockers and houses oT TooTball players, PresidenT Karn Bonura said. Adding considerable zesT To The pep rallies was The band. We always sTarTed pep rallies wiTh Three songs, SpiriT ii fi ci