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

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All Dressed Up. The students did o fon- tostlc Job of ploying the music under the most trying of circumstonces, ' Oob- by Wren soid Dressed in o full tuxedo, Wrfen prepores to ploy o concert on o soccer field of the Officers Club D. Shopley. Dorgolnlng It Down. I wonted to odd It to my limited collection of swords, which I started o yeor or so ago, Don- ny HIgdon sold Jeff Myers and HIgdon borgoln with a Mexican lady over o sword In Son Juon morket In Mexico Ci- ty D. Shopley. 46 ' More BAND TRIP

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4 d ie tA ' K ec T J his wos it. The one weel Finally, if come, after two ond o holf months of waiting, but then suddenly it disappeared like if hod never been there. Spring Dreok come once o year. Usually if come at a time when best friends were getting tired of each other and when spring fever hit I like if then because that is when you are tired of everyone, Heidi Sunder said Even though there was no school, mony school octjvities took ploce thof week of March 9-17 Dond members enjoyed their first night of spring break by attending their annual banquet The bon- quet, held at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, was offended by band members and their dotes, Although the Tigereftes were forced to plon all trips on school holidays, they continued the trodi- fion of o Tigerette trip every two years with a European tour Overlapping on Fridoy morning, the 15fh, the varsity boseboll team left for New Brounfels while the journolism deportment deported for Austin, The boseball team was headed for on annual fournoment sponsored by the town of New Draunfels. to grosp first place again, Last year we got first ond the year I wos a sophomore we got second, Rob Jordan said Dut becouse of roin the fournoment isrs Fifty JEI5 eight o tr, tot th (OS A M Spttng WOS cancelled. The journalism deportment took students up to Austin for the In- terscholostic Leogue Press Con- ference (ILPC) ' There wos only one meeting concelled, Gino Kinslow sold. While sponsoring the ILPC. Austin also sponsored the state swim meet, during the some time All the hotels were pretty crowded, Mike Spears said. Although Joe Im- rie hod progressed into the state meet, he could not go, They (his parents ond doctor) would not let me get out of bed, Imrie said. He started feeling tired on Friday, and then he found himself confined to his room oil week with mono. Although some students stayed involved in school programs, others were given the chance to escape and get away, Elizobeth Armentors family flew to Califor- nia, We went to Disneyland, Loguna ond the Cotolino Islands, Armentor said. While many students par- ticipated in school activities or fami- ly trips or job, others remained rooted in Houston. I didn ' t have much fun ' till Friday when I found out my sister wos pregnant, Shirley Hendricks said. Throughout the week lots of kids occomplished many adventures, while others doydreomed There is olwoys next year, Iris Vmonzor said. BY AUCIA SHAPLEW T Hugfi sold Q. Vu. •v-T ' fFrT i!j On the Boll. Jessie Sanders works at operoting the gomes or Astroworld I sforted this yeor becouse I need the money, Sanders soid Sonders helps in the boll throwing with Emilio Gonzoles quite often. D. Williams. Pig Out. While ot the interscholostlc Leogue Press Conference (ILPO Erich Nurr, Gino Kinslow, Debbie Willioms, Suzonne Longer, ond koren Hurt foke o breok for lunch ot one of the restouronrs in o moll in Austin. F. Teixetlo. than we bargained for 45

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' TH emo M Waiting It Out. After ploying in o shop- ping moll Debbie Riley ond Lindo Hodgson woit for the rest of the bond members to get bock to the buses In the heoi of the shopping moll, the bond performed five selections D. Shopley. trip to remember They hod w oited many motiths ond their expectations were high Their hours of preporofion firiQlly would be reworded, or so they thought After arriving in a foreign coun- try, many eager feces in the bond wondered what encounters they would face Cut before leaving home, everyone had been told to hong on to their purses, stoy in groups, ond not to talk to anyone I thought the trip was very fun and an experience III never forget When I tell people thot I hod fun, the first thing they men- tion is the tour guides ripping us off, bur we didn f reolly know about it until offer the trip If was exciting, especially riding the subway five seconds ro get on and five seconds to get off ond it wasn ' t eosy with oround 85 people trying to get in- to two cars, Juhee Kim said. Although many disappointing things happened, the bond members got along well It was o successful trip for us as o bond We come together as one big family Everyone looked out for everyone else, ' Tommy Knox said Besides coming together as one, many bond students agreed rhof the trip was not a failure, ' I feel that trips ore intended to be a leorning experience and I really feel thot the trip mode people really owore of whor a country like the US means to them individuol- ly ond to appreciate things they take for gronted But most of oil, Mexico gove me on appreciation ond understanding to the woy my mom grew up, ' Robert Borredo said. In the long run, I ' m glad I went because I learned o lot, like what we hove token for gronred, recognizing our luxuries ond learn- ing about their culture. ' Knox said. ■ The most fun I hod was when we listened to the Moriachi Bonds. After oil, it was about the only thing we got to do, ' Koye Morelond soid From April 25 to 29, the bond only performed two concerts One wos performed in o shopping moll and the other one at the Officers Club in front of o group of children. Overall, I thought it was o poor representotion of the country Mex- ico, but It couldn f hove been o finer representation of the Mexican government, Dorredo sold BY AUQ ASHAPLEY Counting Them All. While ot the museum of Anthropology in Mexico Ci- ty the choperones begin to get reody ro leove by gothering up the students The bond hod to take the subwoy to ge, „;, thp I ' -iij-.eum D, Shopley than we bargained for