Wayne High School - Sentry Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Can I sleep on it? Zonked during the ten minute breal , junior Chris- tian Roe plants his head in the pil- low to get a quick cat nap. Resting his tired feet, senior Scott Watkins takes a different approach of resting during his break. The dancers rested ten minutes for ev- ery hour of dancing. A DAMCE MARATMOn

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■r Celebrating a tie, the band and un- happ seniors run off the field. The annual powderpuff game ended in a 6-6 tie. A

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Good hearts lead to tired feet !:}ik. For a while, 1 was afraid that things weren ' t going to turn out; but once it got started, I had the best time. It was worth all the hard work! said Key Club Vice- President Susan Turner. The Key Club sponsored the first-ever 26 hour Dance Marathon. It started on a Friday night after the Con- cordia basketball game and ended the following Satur- day night, January 23, at midnight. A profit of ap- proximately $1400 was raised for charity. The top three couples that raised the most in sponsorship money received prizes. Kyle Roe and Stacy Sorg raised $475 to take first place honors. Sounds I provided the music for the Marathon. The D.J. ' s played every- thing from top 40 music to heavy metal to rap. On Sat- urday, for a change of pace, the couples were taught how to Square dance. Many had never even rolled the barrel ' or do si doed ' be- fore. Senior Brian Hansen commented, At first every- one was real hyper and ex- cited, but as the hours pro- gressed, everyone started to fizz out. I think the Square dancing really picked our spirits back up. How I ' m able to Polka! One dancer stated, The Square dancing was fun, but I was sure relieved when those breaks came around! Throughout the Mara- thon, there were many ' spe- 1 t At first everyone was real hyper and excited, but as tlie iiours progressed • • • XX — Brian Hansen cial hours ' in which the dancers got to dress up to a theme. Bill Schwartz and Christy Schmitt agreed that they ' had a blast! Having a Blast! was many dancers response to- wards the dance marathon, but there were many re- sponses as to being very tired, l iki Forbing de- scribed the evening as Fun and very tiring. Oh can we take a break now Please! begged Kris Byer- ley after many hours of dancing. Although the many dancers were tired they found the endurance to dance for the long twen- ty-six hours. Dressing up to the differ- ent themes was also an ex- citing part of the marathon. There were many people who hat into the groove of things during the Fifties hour. Dressing up and dancing to the songs from our parents past was really memorable. I love Fifties music, commented Jo- sette Simerman. The way the dressed and danced was so neat. Sometimes I wish I lived back then. Si- merman won the Fifties dress contest and won five free tanning sessions. Listening to the music, Allison Bullman and Erich Kennerk wait for the next song to play. The stu- dents agreed to dance for twenty- six hours for charity. DAnCE MARATMOM A