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

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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

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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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Come on and go pring finally showed iTs encouraging face aTTer winTer's melancholy Trown and sTudenTs grudgingly accepfed assignmems of criTical reviews. chemisTry labs and algebraic Theorems. Anofher characTer TraiT of The new season were brighf casual cloThes ThaT hiT The racks and were eagerly grabbed up by waiTing cusfomers. YeT, anoTher sympTom of The anxiously expecTed 'spring Teveri' monfhs were The proms especially scheduled for upperclassmens enioymenT. The iunior prom gave class members an opporTuniTy To sparkle for one parTicularly memorable evening as They followed in The fooTsTeps oT The innovafive class gone before Them. By choosing To have Their Affer dining on veal scallapirii aT Porfobello s Larry Koen and Susan Beere burn oTf The excess calories gained during dinner by sTreTching Their muscles on The dance Tloor. l SO nighT on The Town on The school grounds. The iuniors were enabled To spend more money on Their upcoming senior prom. The gaTheririg was focused on The cafeTeria raTher Than The gym for Two reasons according To iunior class presidenT Allen Chan, FirsT of all we ThoughT iT would be cooler because of The air condiTioning. and secondly. iT was easier To decoraTe because The walls and The ceiling werenlT so highf' Chan said. Depending on The locale oT dinner preceeding The prom and plans oT early morning dancing and breakTasT afTerwards. couples driffed in and ouT oT The cafeTeria which was decoraTed in a Hawaiian Theme. Junior Andrea Harrell revealed ThaT she and her daTe sTayed iusT over an hourm and laTer 'wenT To Spirois because There were a loT of people Trom our school going Theref Lingering almosT To The endu of The prom, iunior Brad fxckermann and his daTe declined The laTe nighT life. We is X had planned To go somewhere. buT my daTe was Too Tired. Popular places among Those wha dined ouT before aTTending The gala were The GreaT Mining Company. Old San Francisco Sfeak House and PorTobello's as well as several oTher dependable eaTeries. We wenT To The Mason Jar because l heard ThaT The food was good and also because iT was reasonably priced. Ackermann said. We wenT To The Bosfon Sea ParTy because my daTe liked The resTauranT and wanfed To Take me There. iunior Jane LeJune said. Before The prom could acTually maferialize, however, many hours of work had To be volunfeered by The sTudenT council and The arT deparTmenT as well as by The faculTy and adminisTraTion. The food was supervised by Ms. Mays and many Teachers and mofhers of sTudenTs helped. Too. Chan said. The Tull scale decoraTions were accenTed by The music and lighTing arrangemenTs which were Taken care of by senior principal Ray Winburn. The responsibilify oT camouflaging The caTeTeria was in The hands of class member Cindy Guire. ln The back of The cafeferia was a Tour wall mural . . .Scenes of mounTains and a waTerfall. Guire said. Behind The music sysTem was a sunseT Theme. Preserving prom memories in a con- crefe Torm phofographer STeve STorie seT up shop in a nearby alge- bra classroom To shooT Tropical por- TraiTs. Danny Bump and Tanya Milli- gan like all oTher promegoers wreaThed in auThenTic Tlower leis were oTTered picTure packages ranging from S5 To S IO, The Temporary shedding oT shoes Drgyideg Tara pQrTer wiTl'i dancing Qgmfgr' while enigying a song wifh he' daTe iunior Freddie Moore of Ngvhbrggli. Po er rid herself gf ne' 'gh he-es because 'rw 'ee' Neg ,951 ,T begwfq .5 hun' AfTer so much hard work. Time, eTforT and planning. iT was evidenT ThaT The Teamwork paid off. Obviously The sTudenTs would keep a lasTing memory of The TransformaTion of The gym from an every day eaTery inToa Tropical paradise. l ThoughT The decoraTions were really exoTic and The lighTing sysfem was someThing specialfl Ackermann said. I couldn'T believe The way The place looked, Harrell said. IT didn'T even look like The cafeTeria. LeJune TeIT ThaT she Uwould