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

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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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Far Right: Todd Blomberg escorts Candy But¬ ler. Right: Randy Shcmidt escorts Kirsten Halton. Later in the week Randy went on to win the position of queens escort. Below: Rick Barret escorts Missy Blum. Right: Julie Freed being escorted by Steve Walters. Far Right. John Talley escorts Janice Hart¬ man LOYALTY AND ROYALTY L oyalty Week has been a tradition at East since the school first opened in 1966. Not only did they have a homecoming queen, a parade, and a football game, but they celebrated dress-up days such as: T-Shirt and Jeans Day; Sweatshirt, Sunglasses, Sneakers and Slacks Day; Button Day; and Teacher Appreciation Day. This year, the activities included float decorating, hall decorating, class spirit chain, Senior Olympics, Staff Apprecia¬ tion Day, dress-up days, and a parade. Hall decorating is when the clubs and or¬ ganizations compete with one another by decorating a hallway. This year’s winner was the German Club. The class spirit chain is a contest among the four classes to see who can raise the most money The freshman class won this year Float decoration also is a contest between the four classes. The sophomores won this event. After the winners were announced, all the floats are in the school parade. Loyalty Week also included the Home¬ coming Court and the escorts. Belleville East is the only high school in the area which combines Loyalty Week with Homecoming The candidates for Loyalty Week Queen were Missy Blum, Candy Butler, Staci Dumstorff, Julie Freed. Kir¬ sten Halton, Janice Hartmann, and Chris Vlahavas Chris Vlahavas was crowned Loyalty Week Queen Friday during the assembly. 4 Loyalty Week

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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