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

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I-I3 HUGH always remember 'rhe Hawaiian Theme wifh all fhe decoraiions and beauiiiul flowers. As for rhe locafion of The following yea r's fesriviriess We are checking our all 'rhe possibili'ries, Chan said. A wa+er founfain, admired by iunior Karin Siismers and her senior daie. Berf Motherwell, was creafed by sfudenf council members 'ro add a fouch of +rop- ical realism fo The decorafed environ- menf. A kiddie pool was covered in black vinyl and foil and fhen surrounded by lava rocks made by The arf club and lush planrs borrowed from Wolfe's gar- denland, I ln 2 ,J- .N V r An embroidered pineapple accenfs the casual ouffiffing oi Sfrafiord graduate Carl Moore as he becomes foially involved in Born To be Alive wifh his dare, iunior Cafhy Coffee. Corresponding wifh +he Hawaiian fheme by wearing a prini iumpsuif. Teresa Carrer shares a quier momerif wifh dare Richard Morrison away from fhe indoor iropical environment 1 H -we-W....,,,M ,.' as ,- Junior Prom

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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

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A Change of see ery n The days oi 'iGone WiTh The Windiit oT hoop skirTs, sTaTely planTaTions, Johnny Rebsii. magnolia scenTed breezes. ivoryskin and sun bonneTs and The Civil War, Times were explosive and TighT sTrung: however, The Trilly young ladies and chivalrous genTlemen oT The era Tound Time away from The war To socialize. AT one much more recenT social held aT Lakeside CounTry Club complele wiTh whiTe columns and souThern belles in Tlowing gowns, men shouTed noT oi The war and yankees and women gossiped noT oi who had The smalhasT waisT buT oi I2 years worTh oT friends and Tond memories. The scenery was ThaT oi Tara and Twelve Qaks PlanTaTions. only minus The horses, carriages and coachmen. Couples arrived and were meT by valeT parking aTTendanTs, escorTed down a long mirrored hallway and info a chandeliered ballroom, The counTry club locaTed on nearby XNfilcresT Drive was a change QT sceneri, Tor prom-goers. In pasT years borh 'l'e iunior and senior aTTer spending Two years in sTudenT council selling carnaTions and valagrams To raise money, senior Sylvia Howells said. As was The cusTom daTes were arranged in advance along wiTh dinner reservaTions, Tlower orders and Tux renTals. Since The Theme was Gone WiTh The Windi', numerous promegoers expanded on The SouThern idea and made Their aTTire sTand ouT in The crowd wiTh an original Touch. l wanTed To wear a hoop dress like ScarleTT Qihlarais Trom The beginning buT They were iusT Too expensive - fBl8O- ZOO. 'leddyis moTher leT me borrow her senior prom dress ThaT she wore in I957 and iT was in perTecT condiTion senior Shelley STarnes said. The nighT c-T The prom iTselT was a mere TleeTing momenT To graduaTion seniors who Turned ouT aT The evenT 579 sTrong. Many anTicipaTed This and arranged Tor The enTire weekend To be a celebraTed special occasion. 'il loved camping ouT aT New BraunTels and Taking The river Trip. IT was The besT parT oT The whole weekend. D'ACPWSN'-:?V'9lW9l1l aT The l'lQi,s'Qn Club bu' This T.-.as , , X f , i T - Embracing in The s'.ie :T Scade' 're Sass Tra' broke ai,-.ax 5-3 QQ.. gf 3, pang 5 5,33 T 'jji'iQ'N hi i'3gTing 5 f.-. ' 3 e-te' xr ceazh 3 A ,. 'U,.t,. l,,,x,,s. ,ua : 're if iS5 ,'S-'13, a . sirq ' ' a 'W 5' 'er da'e :. 1+X' Lakes Je-'ne' my 2, Q., F gifixge i '55,-, H-,5 5-U -- ' re' rigzf :',,g frgrr Pe'- . 31- he cw, .- 1 l.-.as e ' 'Ju ' l.,x Liu: 52 ., .fs . KA -: PN? s7f E 1 Y Q