Arcadia High School - Arcadian Yearbook (Arcadia, CA)

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This 0ne's For You! Over 1 ,OOO people attended the traditional Junior-Senior Prom, held May 7th in the California Ballroom of the futuristic Bonaventure Hotel. The five and one-half hour affair featured dinner and dancing, with music provided by Bill Tole and his orchestra. The rock band Homebrew played more contemporary tunes during the breaks. The highlight of the evening was the-crowning of the 1977 Prom Queen, Ann Harper. Every girl was a Wlhhef, however, as they all received brandy glasses engraved with the prom's theme: This One's for You. The boys were given beer mugs. The juniors, led by their class officers, worked hard to reduce the price of prom tickets. ln the fall, the junior class sold jewelry to the student body, friends and relatives, they held the annual donkey-bas- ketball game in the spring. The pep squad helped too, by holding a raffle for limousine senlice the night of the prom. 26 X Prom j

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S3 Q if t 5 S 5 IAC l ,gif . 5 E t a-Mg ......,-- Musee 3 15 L: M. we .. ., 5 ri.: fs M- 5 ' - s s l 34 i E 2 Performers I-lave Many Roles The Junior Jesters had a busy season, serving as actors, writers, and stagehands. They presented four one-act plays, and an original production entitled Bits and Pieces com- posed of several short acts written by the Junior Jesters. The other tour plays were The Lottery, And I Have Another Sur- prise For You, Four Little Words, and Thirty Minutes In A Street. Many of the actors also worked behind the scenes as members of the stage crew or sound and light crew. The players drew on their own personalities and experience in order to present convincing and vital characters to their audi- ences. The Road Show travelled throughout the area, performing for the P.T.A., the Arcadia Chamber ot Commerce, senior citizens' groups, and at the elementary schools. The show consised of skits and acts which were presented by the thirty traveling members of the cast. As well as being entertaining, the Road Show was an excellent advertisement for the tal- ented and able Drama Department at Arcadia. .Junior Jesters and Road Show X 25

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. ' ffrif x ggiiif 1. Mrs. Anderson was one of the faculty members who com- peted in the donkey-basketball game. . 2. Prom royalty took a time-out from photographic sessions at the L.A. County Arboretum. 3. Ann Harper, star track-runner, was crowned 1977 prom queen. 4. The 1977 prom court consisted of Cathy Pendo, Flobin Nease, Ann Harper, Anita Archer, and Cathy Junvik. 5. The junior class officers, along with Mr. Allee and Mr. Anderson, spent many hours planning and putting together the junior-senior prom. Many of the prom guests were more interested in the hotel than in their dates . . . and rightly so. The Bonaventure, which opened in March, 1977, is a fascinating place. The thirty-tive story, S1 10 million building contains an acre lake which dec- orates the floor ot an eight-story high lobby. Glass-sided elevators climb the exterior ofthe building, as well as the walls of the enormous atrium. The elegant hotel was an impressive backdrop for an evening which Cmost ofj the par- ticipants will Iong remember. 5 E-,., ........ , Prom X 27