Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Alief on Parade Everyone loves a parade and Elsik students are no exception ! The Band, Revellicrs and Cheerleaders participated in the Alief Autumn Festival parade. The Alief Autumn Festival isan annual celebration held every October to announce the coming of Fall to Alief. It begins with the parade starting at Chancellor Elementary and ends at the Alief Athletic Complex. Participants in the parade arc various drill teams, bands, cheerleaders, dance companies, area merchants, congress- men, radio station DJ's. and area police and fire department personnel. The Festival itself takes place at Amity Park, the permanent location of the previous eight festivals. At Amity Park you can enjoy the many sights and sounds that go on all weekend, such as a variety of foods, merchants selling their wares and the country-western dance on Saturday night. The Festival proves to be a big success every year. The Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade is also an annual parade that the Revics and Band perform in. The parade was televised on Channel 11 this year. This is an Honor for Elsik, because in order to perform in the parade one must be asked by invitation only. by Christy Mata Cheerleaders chant before the parade. C. DuPlain photo Camera Shy? Revies before the parade. C. Bell photo Fighting.against the wind to do her best in the Foley s Thanksgiving Day Parade is Karen Bauer. P. Kufile photo Parades 121

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Who's the best in the land, Alief Elsik Marching Band. P. Kuflle photo Revelliers in top formation at Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade. P. Ruffle photo Dodge Trucks are Ram Tough ! C. DuPlain photo 120 Student Life

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Fast Times at Elsik High apathy: Senior feeling Hair-rendous styles Warmin’ up A new awareness of physical fitness boomed through the halls of Elsik. People began jogging, exercising and working out in their spare time. Of course, people had to dress for the occasion - legwarmers, leotards, tights, and sweats became everyday apparel. Of these fads only legwarmers were worn to school because of our AISD dress code, but off campus, exercise clothes were the rage. 18: the age of legality later days: later on A favorite fad was buttons as shown by Justus Taylor as he modeled some of the more popular ones. A popular style. infamous: badly famous B.F.E.: far away (boonies) Hair. The variety was there - wavy, curly, straight, blonde, brun- ette. red. Punker’s hair ranged from pink to purple to bright yellow and always stuck up at least 2 inches. Preppic hair was a bit more The newest thing in hair. conservative - neat short, basic colors. These were the extremes, and most people fit somewhere in between. Girl’s hair usually ranged from short to shoulder length and was worn permed, curled, naturally curly or sometimes just plain straight. For guys, it was just below the cars, but ranged from the burr to shoulder length hair neatly groomed. The rule for hair is: almost anything goes. Hair-rendous! 122 Student Life