Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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Picking Up We'd seen it all before. The same old familiar faces. The drizzling, icy rain. The unex- pected, and unpleasant, finale. Many people left the homecom- ing game early, certain that Yorktown would win. On Satur- day morning, however, they were rudely awakened. So what happened? In the last two min- utes of the Yorktown vs. Lang- ley game, Langley scored a series of goals which made the score not 14-0 but 14-15. There seems to be a tradition in the air; clouds like to rain on our pa- rade. However, even after three years, our spirit refuses to die. The marching band played up a storm, and the drill team and Where We cheerleaders did their best to keep the stands alive. At half time the homecoming atten- dants and Senior Court were presented. In contrast, the pre-game fes- tivities held no surprises, just fun and food. Oktoberfest attracted many pre-game enthu- siasts ready to launch the even- ing off with a little sauerkraut and knockwurst. The Oom-pah band gave a great German per- formance and there was enough food to feed an army, even a German army. The dancing and merry-making lasted right up until the game, and the Oom- pahers used their energy to cheer the rest of Yorktown on. The Oompa Band plays another German drinking song. Milling around, the usual Yorktown crowd watches each other more than the game. Straining that extra inch John decorates for Oktooerfest. Waiting anxiously, Charles Quinnette hopes the game ends before Langley scores again. Left Off 8 Homecoming: Friday

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It's down to the last few hours before the homecoming dance. You run down the checklist of things to remember. Do 1 have enough money? Am I wearing the right shade of stockings? Do I put the corsage on her or do 1 let her put it on herself? Should 1 put my arm around her when her parents take pictures? Dinner could be served romantically at home or at a res- taurant suitable for formal attire. Either way, manners are careful- ly minded, but after a half hour or so the rigid manners lose priority, and everyone relaxes. Champagne bottles abound. Then, off to Yorktown for the main event, the homecoming dance. Once there, you carefully eye everybody and the different dresses girls are wearing, hop- ing that nobody has yours on. Hey, I tried that dress on at 'The Limited' Sure glad I didn't get it though: three other people are wearing it too! You talk to all your friends excitedly as you compliment each others' dress and find out where everybody 10 Homecoming Dance went to eat. The music inside the dark- ened cafeteria sounds inviting so you and your date venture in. The decorations are great; many people reached for the 'stars' that hung from the ceiling and took them home as souvenirs of the night. The music stops; it's time for the presentation of the Home- coming court. First the frosh. attendants: Mark Brown and Jenny Reid. Then the sopho- mores Ray McQuillan and Meagan McColgan, followed by juniors Steve Nicholakos and Dede Simmons. Then the Senior attendants were announced: Beth Bickley, Steve Herrlein, Deeann Klassen, Mike O'Dea, Kathryn Scott and Mark Knight. And the 1982 Homecoming King and Queen are .. Steve Herrlein and Kathryn Scott. All too soon, the dance is over and everybody leaves but, of course, the night was not over yet. The 1982 Homecoming Dance is something that every- body present will always re- member.