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

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Tigerottes Elvis' mansion proved To be a popu- lar backdrop Tor souvenir picTure Taking dgring The TigereTTes sighT- seeing Tour of Graceland. The Sherafon l'loTel In The lobby that served as a place To sleep. change and meef before pracfices, sophomores Denise Dubois, Dani Leach and KrisTin SmiTh share e brief momenf of laughTer while sen- ior Carolyn Hannon chooses To recuperaTe on The floor from The hecfic Memphis schedule. 48 Tigereve T c': Memphs lusTered around The easT bus ramp abouT noon on December 20, TigereTTes in Their sIiT black Friday dresses sTruggled wiTh overloaded suifcases. bulging ToTes and packed purses. Roll was checked and double checked while The luggage was packed inTo The school busses by bus drivers and willing TaThers Tor The Trip To lnTerconTinenTal AirporT where They would hop a DelTa 2: l 5 TlighT To Memphis, Tennessee. Upon arrival aT The trkt Memphis airporT aT 4 pm charTered busses TransporTed The drill Team To The SheraTon ConvenTion CenTer where They were allowed To quickly check in and change beTore hurrying OTT To 0verTon Square Tor a dinner oT old Tashioned souThern barbeque ribs aT The Public Eye ResTauranT. ATTer dinner The girls shopped The hidden nooks and crannies oT The open mall, ice skaTed, dressed up and had anTique phoTos Taken, and visiTed wiTh The Tulane and Penn STaTe UniversiTy TooTbaII Teams ThaT were also guesTs oT The Freedoms FoundaTion LiberTy Bowl. Five am came all Too soon and aT 8 am The TigereTTes were expecTed aT The Fairgrounds pracTice Tield Tor a brieT run-Through oT The pre-game and halTTime dancing perTormances. ATTer a couple oT leisurely hours browsing, The girls progressed sTraighT inTo an Elvis Memorial Tour viewing Trom Their busses signiTicanT homes OT Elvis' relaTives near his esTaTe. The group laTer walked Elvis' driveway and curiously examined his expansive lawn decoraTed wiTh a seasonal naTiviTy scene, colonial house, Terrace and swimming pool and well groomed mediTaTion gardens Taking ample Time To read The lengThy inScripTions on The graves. ATTer enjoying a hoT buTTeT meal wiTh as many seconds as They liked. The TigereTTes saT down To a comedy play enTiTled My DaughTer ls RaTed X. IT was neaT because we were . real close To The sTage . . . We saT aT a corner Table a The acTors would walk righT by us To geT To The sTage, sophomore Gayle Boney said. The weaTher during The Tennessee Trip had been conTinually overcasT and drizzly. The day OT Their perTormance in The naTionaIIy Televised LiberTy Bowl The drizzle gained momenTum and grew inTo a boThersome rain ThaT noT only dampened The grass Tield and muddied Their whiTened Tennis shoes, buT iniTially dampened Their high spiriTs as well. However, The dancing group's pre-game halTTime, and pageanTry parTicipaTion ran smooThly. The Tield was muddy, slippery, and hard To keep your balance on.l didn'T even Teel The rain -l was Too nervous. . sophomore Phyllis l'laThorn said. I ThoughT wiTh Them lhalTTime coordinaTorsl changing everyThing The day beTore ThaT we did good. Of course There were misTakes - buT whaT can you expecT? senior Cheryl Adams said.

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ln a leisure suil accenled with a car- nalion boulonniere supplied by his girlfriend, sophomore Tracey Shel- lon dances in his cowboy bools al The Chrislmas dance. The iunior class sponsored The successlul even? To earn money lor 'Their spring prom. J Complefe wilh a horned helmel and animal slcin vesl, barechesled senior Duane Lyons slow dances wi+h sen- ior Susie Mandi-ell af The Howdy Dance which was held shorlly aller The beginning of classes 'ro welcome sludenls To The new school year. Discoing down 'lo The beal of Dance, dance. dance, freshman Farhan Shamsi lesls oul his spe- cially move, The Dog, al his Tirsl Free Dance. Ahlired in one of his many Texas shirls, iunior Jim Spiers displays his pride in his slale al 'rhe Memorial Viclory dance. The No Where Else buf Texas f-shirl was a layorile among sluclenls. Dances

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, Q To proTecT her already chapped lips Trom The soggy weaTher, junior Lori Sponheimer applies an exTra coaT of chap sficlr before Traveling by charTerecl bus To The GaslighT Dinner TheaTre Tor a buTTeT dinner and a play. ATTer waking unusually early aT 5 a.m.. senior Cheryl Adams, dressed warmly Tor The cold, weT weaTher. Tinds sTreTch- ing Tor a pre-game pracTice uncomTorT- able. GaThered in The circular mediTaTion gar- den, TigereTTes and chaperones read The inscripTions on The graves of Elvis Presley, his TaTher and his moTher. TiqereTTe Trip To Memphis