Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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JUST HANGING AROUND D ress-up days are another way of showing school spirit at Belleville East during Loyalty Week. This year, Student Council thought up four dress-up days. They were: Famous Pairs Day, G.l. Joe Day, Class Distinction Day, and Lance Blue Day. On Tuesday, Hundreds of students flocked to central terrace dressed up as their favorite famous pairs for the best costume contest. The costumes included such favorites as the Blues Brothers, Cheech and Chong, Tweedle Dee and Twedle Dum, and Laurel and Hardy. Tammy Hardy and Carey Williams won the costume contest as Raggedy Ann and Andy. They won a lunch with Mr. Curtis at Fisher’s for their impersonations of rag dolls. Second place went to Sophia Vla- havas and Cinnamon Ernst who were the birds and the bees. The third place win¬ ners were Wendy Smith and Amy Book, also known as Princess Leia and Darth Vader G.l. Joe Day was on Wednesday. Most students dressed in camouflage outfits and khaki uniforms. Some students de¬ cided to be different and protest the armed forces by wearing sandals, head- bands, bell bottoms, and the peace 6 Dress Up Days

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Chris Vlahavas is being escorted by Bob Farmer. During the Loyalty Week closing as¬ sembly, former queen Jodie Geschwend. turned her crown over to Chris Vlahavas, mak¬ ing her our twenty-first loyalty week queen. The spirit of Loyalty Week is shown m the faces of the crowd, who are anticipating the excitement of the week The seven escorts were Rick Barrett. Todd Blomberg. John Burris, Bob Farm¬ er, Randy Schmidt. John Talley, and Steve Walters. Randy Schmidt was the queen’s escort. Friday was the big night when our foot¬ ball game went up against Granite City. It was a close game, but the Warriors de¬ feated the East Lancers by 4 points. The final score was 14-10 Our defeat did not dampen our school spirit. The next day. Student Council held a masquerade dance Loyalty And Royalty

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Dress-up days are a time to act crazy and have a wild time with friends. signs., There were even some terrorists around campus. Thursday was Class Distinction Day. Seniors had Roman Day. They celebrated the occasion by wrapping themselves with laurels and artificial grapes. Juniors participated in Beach Day by wearing jams and carrying towells and beach balls. Some students even loaded them¬ selves down with lawn chairs and ghetto blasters. Sophomores dressed in 50’s style clothing. Girls got into the swing of things by wearing pony tails and poodle skirts, while guys played it cool by greas¬ ing their hair back and wearing leather jackets. On opposite Day. freshman guys wore makeup, wigs, and dresses. Fresh¬ man girls reversed their roles by wearing suits. Some girls were decked out in tux¬ edos. On Friday, students showed their loyal¬ ty by wearing blue for Lancer Blue Day. Not only did the students wear blue, but they also painted their faces and streaked their hair in various shades of blue Dress-up days may sound like a bizarre way of showing school spirit, but the stu¬ dents did it to be a little crazy and have a lot of fun. Just Hanging Around 7