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

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Afier being chosen by choir direcior Lou Leonard. senior Lisa Schoggin and iunior Lisa Bochicchio perform 'll Neyer Will Marry while dressed as rheir recording industry counrerparrs Linda Ronsiadr and Dolly Parron. A Sfar Wars version oi rhe sragehand was exhibired by ihe Roadeyes , who enreriained crowds befween acfs wirh lheir hooded robes and glowing eyes, X Dressed in grass skirl, mop and fennies, senior Pele Willems holds his coconufs while lislening fo iunior Paige York sings a song from Soufh Pacific, Honey Buns Wifh only a piano as accompaniment seniors Liz Freeman and Billy Jenkins make eye conlacf wilh 'rheir audience while singing Too Much, Too Lifrle, Too Laleu. The duo helped each ofher memorize lyrics by alrernafing lines while rehearsing. The song was Enough is Enough and if conrained no menlion of baseball which added io ihe comedy of seniors Gary Goodlands and Vicfor Holiiields par- ody oi 'rhe Donna Summer-Barbra Sfrei- sand hir. Talenr Show

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nighttime grooves rom foofball fo food, fheafer fo shopping, sfudenfs found an enficing, affracfive mixfure of acfivifies fo fill fheir leisure fime. For many, fhis meanf an excifing, fasf-paced. l'lousfon Oiler game, while for ofhers, dinner in a mellow afmosphere sef fhe mood for an enjoyable evening. Selecfing from fhe wide variefy of available choices was perhaps fhe only difficulf parf of Upainfing fhe fown. Fans flocked fo fhe ,ff -me -4 French fries and chicken-fried sfeak are enioyed by senior Kelly Mofe af fhe Long Branch Cafe. Frequenfed by many upperclassmen, fhe Long Branch Cafe combines delicious food wifh a unique afmosphere. Asfrodome fo parficipafe in fhe Oiler mania craze which swepf fhe enfire cify as fhe Oilers reached fhe AFC championship playoff. Blue and whife pompoms adorned fhe hands of many sfudenfs, including senior Lynne Young. When you're in fhe Dome wafching an Oiler game everyone has fhe same feeling of being one big family. I fhink mosf Spring Woods sfudenfs shared fhaf feeling, especially in fhe game againsf Piffsburghf' Whefher on a dafe or ouf wifh friends or family, sfudenfs of all ages gafhered af Spoons resfauranf. locafed in fhe new Deauville Wesf shopping cenfer. Siffing around one of fhe Mexican file-fopped fables. cusfomers could enioy a delicious menu consisfing of Spoon burgers , a house specialfy, delicafely crisp facos, a generous baskef of piping hof french fries, and ofher enficing edibles, all af a reasonable cosf. Anofher all new favorife ha ngouf was fhe Long Branch Cafe. A fempfing menu and classic clecorafions which could be described as a Hconglomerafion of everyfhing from fhe Old Wesf drew many upperclassmen, especially seniors on weekends as well as week nighfs. Meefing friends af Mr. Gafffs soon became a favorife pasfime for numerous underclassmen on an ofherwise boring weekend. l'lampered by fhe lack of any convenienf forms of fransporfafion, many freshmen and sophomores congregafed in large masses in fhe easy afmosphere of fhe pizza parlor fo falk wifh friends or wafch TV on fhe gianf felevision screen. Sfudenfs could always be found af Gaffi's af IO:3O p.m. on Safurdays fo wafch a popular show, NBC's Safurday Nighf Live. Spring Woods Park, or The Park as if was commonly called, by some of ifs longfime affenders was fhe mosf crowded spof on Friday and Safurday nighfs. The Park served as a meefing ground for sfudenfs who drove carloads of fheir friends info fhe large parking lof fo falk and laugh while sfanding around or siffing afop a Camaro. Sfudenfs wenf fo fhe park for various reasons. No money and Hnofhing else fo do were fwo of fhe mosf common answers from ifs regulars. However, some ofher sfudenfs felf fhaf people who wenf fo fhe park were sfafus seekers . going simply fo gain popularify or fo be seen wifh fhe in crowd. Cafching a movie was easy with fhe variefy of fheafres in fhe Spring Branch-Memorial area. Memorial Theafre and fhe Town and Counfry Theafres sporfed fhe newesf flicks af a sfeep S4 per person charge. Popular movies included The Jerk. Sfar Trek, The Rose, When a Sfranger Calls, and fhe Oscar award winner Kramer vs. Kramer, l liked Kramer vs. Kramer because of fhe acfing and fhe excellenf plof. Dusfin Hoffman played a greaf role, sophomore Karen Mafranga said. Shopping was an easy parf of a sfudenfs life wifh fhe convenienf locafion of Memorial Cify and Town and Counfry Village. These large shopping cenfers affracfed sfudenfs as frequenf shoppers and employees alike. Foley's, Joske's and Palais Royal were fhree of fhe mosf popular sfops in fhe malls. In fhe cenfer of fhe communify, Memorial Cify shopping cenfer became fhe focal poinf of exfracur- ricular acfivifies. Wirh many sfu- denfs working, shopping, or meefs ing socially, fhe mall affracfed many each day, Communify