Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Charged With Excitement Zoe Allen and Allison Butterfield pose as gift (bomb) for Miners. Assemblies ■ 21

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Fieldhouse Assemblies Laughter, cheering and shout- ing filled the fieldhouse during the many assemblies held during the year. The studentbody actively took part in class competitions, learned new cheers, aggrandized their school spirit before games, and watched skits, routines and guest performers and speakers. Assemblies were held at least once a month, and sometimes more. These activities helped relax and unite students, and served as an enjoyable break from classes. During Spirit Week, a class competition assembly was held. Contests included building tall houses out of cards, yelling school cheers, and spinning basketballs. The sophomore class was honored as the most spirited, and senior Brad Sanders was named most spirited Hawk. The assembly gen- erated excitement, but unfortu- nately ended abruptly when stu- dents were sent back to class be- cause someone threw a towel out onto the floor after the audience had been warned about such ac- tions. Later in the year another excit- ing pep assembly was presented to the studentbody before the basket- ball game with Hillcrest (by the way, later won by one point). The cheerleaders and songleaders pre- sented the routines they would perform at the NCAA cheerlead- ing competition. The Warheads, a male quartet, dedicated the song “She’s Big and Round” to all the fatties in the audience, and sang the popular parody “Bomb-bomb- bomb Iran.” The Christmas Assembly, “The (Continued To Page 22) Matt Ferre and Chuck Cutler balance

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Musical Entertainment: Night Before Christmas,” was highlighted by a visit from Saint Nick (Terzo)’s sleigh, pulled by eight (not so tiny) rein-people. Also during the Christmas season, the music department performed a night-time assembly for students and public. Members of the or- chestras, bands, and choruses sang new and traditional carols to cele- brate the holidays. Good Company, an instrumen- tal and singing group from Weber State College, performed selec- “The Warheads dedicated ‘She’s Big and Round’ to all the fatties in the audience...” tions by artists like Queen, Pat Benatar, Kenny Loggins, and Charlie Daniels in a fieldhouse rock concert. The group also en- tertained with original songs and old-songs of humor - “The Java Bean”. And finally because this year, 1980, was a state and national election year, many political candi- dates visited to speak to potential voters from the senior class. Speakers included Governor Scott Matheson, U.S. Senator Jake Garn, Art Monson, and Congress- man Dan Marriott. Weber States’ Good Company parodies punk rockers. 22 H Assemblies I ft