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

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utcA ' 38 Greeted with o three hour layover in Lon- don, rhe Tigereffes began rheir spring breok rrip with frusfrorion and an- noyance. If was prerty upset- ring, Nicole Lawson said. The Drirish Coledonian flighr rhot wos to rronsporr rhe Tigeretres ro Amsrerdom hod nor woired for rhe arrival of rheir plone, which was on hour lore leaving Housron. Traveling by bus through Europe, rhe Tigerettes spent their firsr three days in West Germany In Cologne, they visited the twin spired Cologne Cathedral, which was con- structed over a period of 600 years. The drill teonn also spent two days in Heidelberg shopp- ing and sight seeing. I liked Heidelberg the best because we got to shop o lot and the castles there were owesomel Lawson said. Snow welcomed the Tigeret- tes to Brussels, Belgium. The guided tour of the city included Q visit to the Royol Poloce and to the Godivo chocolate factory. In Holland the Tigerettes ex- plored seven cities including Amsterdam, Antwerp and The Hague. In Amsterdonr., they visited the house of Anne Frank. In Woudrichem, the drill team ottended a medievol feast complete with minstrel music ond singing. During their tour, rhe Tigerer- tes performed twice. The firsr time was o town square in Deft and the second wos a school in The Hague, Lawson sold. The drill team hod the chonce to meet many types of people in Europe. Dutch men in rural areas wore the troditionol wooden shoes. In Volendom, a small fishing village, the in- habitants dressed in troditionol costumes. They also met peo- ple with different attitudes. The people in Brussels mostly were rude, but in Holland the kids we met were really nice They told us how they look up to Americans, Lowson said. If was a greet trip. Dus Stop. Touring Europe by bus i mosr giomorous woy ro rrovet but i is rhe most procficol ond comfortobie meons of tronsportofion Jonn Colveri ond Kellie Von Horn step oboord tlie bus heeded toward another Europeon city. J. Alsinget The Dig Chill. Doncing in thirty degree ither. Noncy Fritts ond Sherti Drown bear the chilly tennperoture. The Tigerettes perform in the town squore of Delft, origin of Holland ' s famous blue Delft china J. Atsinger. More TRIPS

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dut mateun A he curtains closed, rhe lights came on ond onother perfornnonce of Anything Goes ended. Comments about the performances could be heard throughout the au- dience It was hilarious, Amy Goodell said Dest I ' ve seen yet, Todd Stewmon added. I liked Bruce Moses (who played o bartender) best, Dove Colfee said. Students weren ' t the only ones who enjoyed this musical that took place on a cruise ship Superintendent Henry Wheeler and several members of the school board come to the fourth performance. Also atten- ding were people from the music department of Houston Baptist University. Mr. Wheeler went up to Mrs. Leonard after the show and told her it wos a very pro- fessionol performance. He was impressed, Bobby Linhort, who was cost OS a sailor, said Preparations for the musical began before Christmas, by building tryouts and sets The orchestro, however, did not get their music until three weeks before opening night. It was a lot of work, but we had fun dur- ing the performances, violinist Angela Hodgson said. Although everything seem- ed to go smoothly on stage, there wos occasionol panic backstage. Don Loflin ' s machine gun wos lost and could not be found until five minutes before the show started and Jennifer Belk ' s fur wos stolen. At twenty minutes until 8:00 I discovered I didn ' t hove the fur, I panicked ond we search- ed everywhere, but it didn ' t show up so I used a stole, Belk said. Despite some mishops Belk said that the whole cast hod a lot of fun doing the perfor- BY KAREN HURT 40 Lo-Lq-Lq. Songs from the musicol O - sung to students os cost member- deliver singing Voiogroms Bobby Linhort, Wes Dotier, Jessie Sonders ond Andy Wigginton sing in the mom office Everyone enjoyed the songs. ' Linhort sold F. Teixelro Achieving Perfection. Working to perfect their ports, Rob Jordon (Billy) ond Don Loflin (Moonfoce) reheorse the friendship scene It wos o lot of work, but II reolly poid off, Loflin soid G. Dorone Manhattan. I was thinking obou New York ond how I would like to gCj bock myself, Becky Nilsson soid Kellie Jones, Nilsson ond Liso Derzins donee tc Toke Me Home to Monhotton F Teixeiro More MUSICAL .