Bay High School - Bay Blue Yearbook (Bay Village, OH)

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C. Manning Snoball's Not a Total Fairy Tale Once upon a time . . . 247 semi-formally clad couples at- tended the Snoball dance on Valentine's Day. Like each year, the responsibility of asking dates fell upon the girls. They were then obligated to purchase a $12 ticket, dinner for two, and a boutonniere. Junior Kristen French added, None of the people 1 went with wanted to drive, so we rented a limousine. It cost us an extra $45 a piece, but this wav, we were able to relax and talk to each other in- stead of driving in separate cars. When the time neared 9:30, most of the couples started to ar- rive. Immediately, they were engulfed in a fairy tale setting. Earlier, Key Club nad decorated with a castle, a clock, and glass slippers filled with candy hearts. Fighting through waves of pink and blue balloons, couples found their way to the cafeteria where the band Challenger rocked them for three and a half hours. Senior Heather McNaught remarked, I've never seen a dance with so many people before. The hostili- ty provoked at claiming balloons amazed me. I must've had nine stolen three different times. Finally, I left without one. As the clock struck midnight, the underclass couples headed for home, while the others look- ed for alternative nocturnal an- tics. Most headed off with groups to parties, either at FULL OF HOT AIR With cheeks puffed, freshman Tibet Lash contributes to the pre-Snoball decorating. These blue, pink, and silver balloons had to be half inflated to fit in the showcases. houses or at hotel rooms. Senior Ben Daniels admitted, When I left for the dance, I wasn't given a curfew; in fact, my dad tola me not to come home! Staying out for most of the night, senior Meredith Walther added, Afterwards, I went to my friend's date's house where we partied all night in the jacuzzi — wearing shorts and T-shirts, of course ' Yet, unlike the usual fairy tale with its quaint happy ending, this fairy tale endea unhappily. Flagrant alcohol abuse was evi- dent at the dance, and the ad- ministration threatened the future of all upcoming dances. Valentine Flowers Showered Students Valentine's Day arrived one day early for students as AFS held i|s annual carnation sale of red, white, and blue flowers. Sold for $1 each the week before Valentine's Day, the flowers were delivered on Friday the 13th. Receiving flowers oh this day gave even the most superstitious person a reason to look forward to going to school. When students purchased the flowers, they could write a message to be sent along with the flower. Red flowers left students smiling, white flowers strengthened friendships, and blue flowers left students wondering. Becky Snevel remarked, T love sending the flowers, but on the morning that they are distributed, I'm always afraid that 1 won't get any! That's the only thing that I don't like about the carnation sales- some people get an entire bou- quet, while others don't get any. Student Life

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UP, UP. AND AWAY Decorating Friday night, junior Kathy Preslan reaches up to untangle the ball x n strings. This is the first year Kathy served as Key Club president. AND DO tHH TWIST. Bopping to the beat at Snoball, senior Heather McNaught and her date stir up the dance floor. Heather was one of the few to keep her heels on for the dance. February — M. Zukowski because I guess Mr. Voters made the basketball team stay and practice. We stood outside and froze for about 10 minutes and watched the building burn. Alan — M. Zukowski Trask was a little nervous about the fire department showing up because his car was parked in the fire lane, but luckily, they didn’t give him a ticket. ■Greg Bellush FRIDAY What would it feel like to not be U.S. citizens? This year, Rich and MJ Ball ex- perienced becoming them. Their family moved here from England in 1973 when their father was transferred. '7 had to become a U S. citzen in order to receive an ROTC scholarship for col- lege. It was really no big deal though, because I feel like an American since I've lived here so long. -Rich Ball — M. Zukowski FEBRUARY 7 SATURDAY On Saturday mornings, close to 80 students play in the Bay Recreational Basketball League. There are eight teams that play from 8 a.m. until 12 with four games per morning starting every hour on the hour. The 9 12th grade age group started only 4 years ago, but it is doubt- ful that it will survive another year because of a majority of senior players. Our team did really well in the regular season but lost in the first round of the playoffs. The teams are ar- ranged by the skill of the players. Bay Rec puts a few good, medium, and not so great players on every team, so the games are pretty fair. I’ve been playing rec hoops for 9 years, but I like the high school level the best because their is a lot more freedom. ■George Alderdice FEBRUARY 25 WEDNESDAY At 4 p.m., burning clothes in a dryer of the school’s laundry room caused several students involved in afterschool activities to evacuate the building. Fortunately, damage was minimal. “We were in the middle of track practice when the alarm went off. At least Mr. Kaiser would let us leave tAV

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— M. Zukowski s Da©fla Anything went last March With a cast of 70 people, the characters of Anything Goes began rehearsal. This became very chaotic because no one knew how to tap dance. Everyone had to learn in just a little over three weeks. Laura Noss com- mented, ''Practices often lasted until almost 11:30 p.m. on school nights, but it was well worth it! The play was about the character Billy, played by graduate Scott kern, stowing away on an oceanliner heading for England so he can be with the woman he loves, Hope (Caitlin Miessan). But, she is on trip with her fiance Sir Evelin (Hank Unger) and his mother (Becky Carson). The plot thickens when Moonface (Karl Hansen), a gangster disguised as a missionary, comes aboard and helps Billy hide. The set this year was much more complicated than the one for Damn Yankees because it had two levels with stairs leading to the top plat- form. It looted like the two levels of an oceanliner's deck where people walk around on a cruise. ANCHORS AWAY. Junior Dave Steckel waits for the music to play before beginning his dance routine. After many long practices, the cast learned how to tap dance. WALKING ON SUNSHINE. Por- traying the wealthy Sir Evelin, fraduate Hank Unger smiles at haron Perrine and Karl Hansen. Hank was one of three actors who had their hair cut in a 30's style. — S. Troia March