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

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cc l.' ur fa orit tlning he lanlaslic song ffrilerf' composer duo ol Rodgers and lolammerslein malerialized lheir immorlal musical 'The Sound ol Music, ' in l959. However. lhey had less produclion obslacles lo overcome lhan the drama choir, and orcheslra deparlrnenls who underlook lhe seemingly impossible lask. First ol all, Rodgers and lolarnmerslein had prolessional scenery designers al lheir disposal along wilh broadway experience and ample lime lo produc ev lhe play. l-lowever. sludenls involvocl in the rnusirial were nol so blessed. Aclual rehearsiil lirne was limiled lo maclly live shorl weeks. ln lhis bi-ii-l lime period a qlivf-vr'siliwd Colleclion ol scenery had lo be LiOflSll'l1ClUd, A dozen SOFIQS had lu be learned memoriged and polished coslumes had lo be duq up lrorn relalives alliCS and linals brealhed down everyone s neck. And il lhal siasn l encuqh lhere was also the heai.. respons bilil. ol ii.'nJ up' 'he X-ell lcsed K i . . qnl, reni.-.ned ...M L- ,i . .. PD.:'3' Q . - Di 'Q burial 'FQ so ,oi 5. L,,.x,jyM. -,X -0 . ,ss - .N Q .i Eb co +n,3i',9 '.',5.r,9 me ,l. ,.Wy,.' L give 3. .' I .' lie -.Viv frigi- e ..4, . relained memories ol lheir lirsl musical wilh a new drama leacher, exlremely lale nighl praclices. and produclion experiences. 'The only problem was lhal al lirsl a lol ol people didnil respecl Miss Poe . . . Everyone had been Min lover' wilh Mr. Young lasl year. Il he had been lhere he would ol popped a lol ol people upside lhe head. Towards lhe end lhere was a lol ol good leadership. A lew people iusl gol u and said, 'This is il and lhis is how il goes. Miss Poe had been doing way loo much by hersell 'F senior Bob Ferguson who porlraved Caplain Von Trapp said, My lavorile parl was building lhe sels 'Garrell said. Fame apprecialed 'lhe wav all lhe seven Von Trapp children sang so well lo elher. Junior Joyce Vigar enioyed gellinq lo know ever,bod-, l was working 'wilh while Cain enioyed 'he craziress. Nuqenl rejalled lhe ne-xl lo lhe lasr perlorrnance when evervone i-.enl lc Pizza l-lul taller lhe Sl'Cwl . . , ll go' prell, rox-d,. Hopelul 'hal publicil. would encourage a large avenoarce 'he acfors dedsed a rowel idea. We called bo Chance ll ard Channei l3 and asked lnem 'L rne. .-.anleo lo come ou' and ' 'n 3 rehearsal Dire:':rS,e Poesad. Channe ll 'SJ6'C5 'WS ba' fxl pnanne l3 :awe :J ard ' imed 'C' 3 :Cece 3' ho s. l'l:.-ve-.er flu? 'o 'ne 'cc so' '? lf 'f fl F3 -'Efffff E' er: :ei j'a e l3 Gracelully descending lhe 1 Taking on lhe look ol a middle-aged Auslrian. senior Viclor Holilield sings lor the Baroness. Enlhusiaslic alsoul his homeland. senior Bob Ferguson delivers a rous- ing lribule lo Auslria during a regeplion held al his home. 5 ' 3. ' -',-'g.J EQQf 'f' . if. 'K 5 'T 'W V' ' -..i'.,. ' QP V 11-.F Q 9.5 . .:- 'l',,l,I u

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for Santa rumpled wrapping paper, bows of all colors, and carnafion sfems ribboned fhe halls as sfudenfs suppressed mounfing excifemenf for fhe approaching Chrisfmas holidays. Concenfrafing on sfudies was virfually impossible while fhoughfs of parfies and presenfs slipped info everyones minds. Sending carnafioris. a fradifion fhaf has become as popular as exchanging presenfs and cards. senf sfudenfs fo homerooms before classes fo receive fheir floral bundles from friends. l'Carnafions changed fhe mood of fhe school. They say fhings fhaf somefirnes can'f be said, sophomore Rene Williams confided. Everyone feels closer somehow fo everybody else. A miscalculafion provides much worry for seniors Billy Jenkins, Lau- rie Monfgomery and Twelfth Grade Principal Ray Winburn as fhey dis- cuss Hlosfm bundles of carnafions while senior John Fahy calculafes fhe figures for himself. Fourfeen fhousand carnafions pulled nof only sfudenfs buf fhe senior class! budgef fogefher. Top salespersons John Fahy and Jodie DiBona, along wifh ofher devofed pefal pushers, broughf in 52,500 for senior class expenses. Parfies planned secrefly by sfudenfs for The lasf few minufes of classes leff full frash cans and sfomachs. Hlfveryone ferrorized feachers as if gof closer fo fhe holidays. We dressed up a parfy doll and gave if fo Mr. Jones. iunior Roberf l-looper said, Trips and vacafions planned fo fill fhe holidays fook sfudenfs fo grandparenfs house. slciing in Colorado, hunfing or iusf driving around fown. We iusf wenf fo Qrandmofhens house in Luflqin. sophomore Ashley l-lowell said. l iusf slepf a loff' Felicia l-'loneycuff sophomore. said, Some braved fhe cold wifh fhe call of fhe wild fo hunf during fhe fwo weelc brealr. l shof a Corsican ram wifh 283A1 inch curls, 'lm geffing fhose mounfedf' said l-looper. fx Temporarily dropping her com- mands and whisfle, Tigereffe cap- fain senior Phyllis Moses passes cards ouf fo friends and members of her Corr1pany.CherylAClarns vol' unfeered her house as fhe sighf of fhe drill feams Chrisfmas parfy. Even fhough his name isn'f Rudolph. fhis sfuffed deer dons a red cap as well as a red nose as parf of fhe fra- difional Chrisfrnas adornrnenfs af senior Donna lrelands horne, ln addifion fo decorafing fhe inferior of fheir house. fhe Irelands ioined wifh Springwood Foresf neighbors in producing an elaborafe cul-de- sac display. Sfudenfs fhaf sfayed in fown filled some of fhe Time by faking parf in fhe excifemenf of Oilermania. l wafched every game. The Oilers were greaf. They really gave fheir all, Theylll be in fhe Super Bowl nexf year, freshman Rhonda Bragg said. Ofhers foolc in such movies af l94I The Jerlclf 'Sfar Trelcll, and Kramer vs. Kramer. Various presenfs, small and large, brighfened fhe days of Chrisfmas for many sfudenfs. l gof a bedroom suife. clofhes and a wafchfl l-lowell said. Craig Peffigrew, iunior. received a new elecfric guifar. l drop lciclced fhe old one, he admiffed. Nl gof a lof of real nice fhings and sfuff for my car, sophomore Chip Brown said. Wifh presenfs received. good fimes had. and an appreciafion of exfra hours of sleep. sfudenfs refurned fo school as The yulefide of '79 slipped away. H u ' Y-sr ,,ip.- . 21 W Chrisfmas 29

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