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

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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

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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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Sharing in tha thrill of victory, Missy Blum and Jenny Schmidt celebrate after Dahminat- mg their opponents. Menke’s Dahminater’s went on to become the overall winners. Hopping towards tha finish, Paula Werner shows that she has all the right moves. ALL THE RIGHT MOVES D uring Loyalty Week, senior guys and girls participated in Senior Olympics, formerly known as Pow¬ der Puff. This tradition started in 1966 when East had it’s first Loyalty Week. Twenty years later, nothing much has changed. This year, there were four teams: Thompson Spiritas Terror Bears, Menke’s Dahminators, Seibert and Boerngen’s Risky Business, and Patton’s P-Nuts. The guys on the teams were the cheerleaders, and the girls were the ath¬ letes. Each team was decked out in vibrantly colored sweatshirts. The Risky Business team wore bright red, the Terror Bears wore light blue, the Dahminators wore green and blue, and Patton’s P-Nuts wore purple and yellow. During Senior Olympics, the cheer¬ leaders worked hard to raise the spirit of their team. The cheerleaders for Patton’s P-Nuts were the most fun to watch. These cheerleaders made pyramids and did oth¬ er complicated stunts. The Terror Bear’s cheers were great and the Dahminator ' s cheerleading squad was incredibly lively Monday was the only day a cheer¬ leader was able to participate in an event During the assembly, a cheerleader from 8 Senior Olympics