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

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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

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eacUf an K 44 ■ m h my gosh! Mom! F Do I look olright? How obour my hoir? Is if foiling yet ' Oh greot! Look, o rear in my dress! Whot am 1 going to do? she soys desperately while turning to her mom These feelings of onticipotion. ner- vousness and yet mony butterflies fluttering in stomochs were o few emotions e xperienced by many in the preporotion for rhe April 19th Junior Prom My dress hod o teor In It and we hod to sew it up reolly quick, before he come, Louro Sylvia soid Although o class vote hod been token to find out where the junior doss wonted to hove their prom. 300 voted in favor of holding it ot the Holiday Inn Crowne Plozo while only 30 voted for the cofeterio Of those who voted, 206 were at the Prom, counting their dotes. Becouse mony couples wanted to consen e money, they fixed dinner ot home Becouse the tickets were so much ($13 95 o piece), we didn ' t wont them to hove to pay for dinner too, Koylo Smith sold. Smith ond Jorge Alvorez went with three other couples On the other hond. mony of Houston ' s finest restouronts found numerous SW students dispersed throughout on Fridoy. April 19 From Portobello ' s to the F oinbow Lodge to Cormelo ' s. thot dinner would be one olwoys to remember I got sick the next doy from the fertucine olfredo I hod, John Queen sold. Queen and his Love Smells Nice. It wos admiring the Alioge perfume she hod put on just before we wolked into the prom, Rey Garcia sold of his Hostlngs dote Britto Schmidt D. Wlllioms. dote Kristi Adams doubled with Bruce Vorney and his dote from Northbrook While the 15 teacher sponsors were required to stoy two hour shifts each, some couples remoined less than that We only stoyed 45 minutes becouse we didn ' t get storted on time for din- ner, Kothey Whitcomb sold Afterwords mony found it difficult to ottoin oil their plons because of the bond contest the next doy at Klein Forest or other reasons, Because we had to be up ot school at 7:35 in the morning the next day, we didn ' t go anywhere big after- words, Sylvio sold Others drove oround. went to o friend ' s house or • went to the Spindletop Still others went out to breakfast or even went to their old elementary and swung on swings for o while. Because of roin the next day the trodition of going to the beach was washed out, but even though some plons didn ' t work out, we hod fun just being together, Smith sold. By G rVA VICKREY Con Do Itl ' I wonted to be brove this time and put it on. I wos ofrold I was going to poke me or Jorge, Koylo Smith said obout tier putting Jorge ' s light blue roses on him D. Williams. 6. Q. Sfud. If wos Q speaoculorly cop- fivoting evening, John Queen sold. The next day offer the prom. Queen wos sick with the after affects of their dinner the night before ot Cormelo ' s, D. Williams. Ready ot Noti? We were really rushed to get oil the food cooked and get ready, but it turned out they (Bobby Ponder ond Perry Wionf) were X minutes lote. Perry rhought we were ot Jonno ' s house, but we were ot Jonno ' s (Smith) moms house, Kothy Whit- comb soid D. Wlllioms. than we bargained for