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

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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

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Dance fever reguently tound doing homework at lightning tast speeds. browsing bookcases in the LRC or studying with a sandwich in hand during lunch introverted students. on the whole. went unnoticed. But once dressed in selected showy clothing along with gold iewelry and a substantial amount ot hair spray. they become the centerpieces ot social gatherings. While this situation may not become a reality too otten students who attended school sponsored dances trequently tound it a good place tor then- to loosen up and become it nothing else a slightly treer spirit. Organizations who sponsored 'rese ex ents 'ours 'rerr to be guite an :raeau VN ter' a group sponsors a dance ex hase a o' 3' rescorsc 'ies to ser:'E1ec,f'.e S'sae C:,'o' pfesioef' -ea 'naffisoefgef 3. Those 'ack ea 'oe :fa enge . ,:,.,.,:: ,:4,.y:..DQ',,.- i--N -Y-. ...--.N-,-A. w -to fi supervised the Valentines Dance. and the entire student council who labored towards success at the Free Dance which admitted all students with l.D.is without charge. The students who tloclced to such gatherings delighted in a wide variety ot taped music. I like disco and rock n roll most ol allfi iunior Michelle Luschen said. while sophomore Tricia Draper preterred a ditterent mix ot disco and lcikkerf' However. iunior Kim Royal relished music you can tast dance to that did not tall into the disco category 'because I can tstand it, Those who boogied to the beat on the gym s sawdusty tioor dio it in assorted styles. Soul train dancing was one of Luscnen s tavorites while senior Linda Sample enioyed Nkikker dancing but no disco. A new trend was started by those dancers who became dissatistied with disco. such as Sample. who reterred to it as monotonous music. Junior John Middleton disagreed preterring disco because it is music you can dance to. Others. such as junior Sheri l lyatt. experimented with 'the newest trends like The Dog. The Egg. and The Rock. 'il think The Rock was the most popular dance to do this year, Middleton said. l-lowever. the vast majority continued to impulsively invent their own personal style when out on the tloor such as Sample whose rule tor dancing was whatever comes to me. depending on the song. After many private practice ses- sions. Adrian Poe and partner Susana Argilagos pertorm their pol- ished version ot The Tunnel at the Free Dance. Kicking out of step as usual, stu- dents ioined together to kick the 'Cotton Eyed Joe at the Howdy Dance. Momentarily facing the wrong direction. senior Debbie Hol- lywood tries to ioin the string. Stu- dent Council sponsored the Howdy Dance tor people to get back into the swing ot things atter the sum- mer vacation.