Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Kinetic Sponsors Christmas Formal S5?k : Kathy Brastrup (pictured)land four other ninth-grade girls from Lincolr serveq puncJ jgnonsookip TO tr % Christmas formal couples. Kaaren Marsh and Bob Korns are not afraid to Cho-Cha. WW Couples danced from nine to midnight in the gym to the music of Art Peeper ' s Bang. hy Brastrup (picturedHand tour otner nintn-grac rea punch nncnsookiesl ' To thte Christmas formal • White Christmas Approximately 150 couples at- tended Kinetic ' s 1962-63 Christmas formal. They danced from nine until midnight to the music of Art Pepper ' s band. The theme of the dance was White Christmas and the decorations were green and white. Two large paper-napkin snowmen greeted couples at the door. Kinetic rented the false ceiling from Student Coun- cil, and used green and white crepe paper streamers to decorate the gym walls. During intermission, the BHS Sixteen-Voice Ensemble entertained couples with several Christmas songs. Judy Jeffers, chairman of the formal, asked Kathy Brastrup, Jane Jeffers, Georgine Cantrell, Donna Connor, and Laurie Cooper, ninth-graders at Lincoln, to serve refreshments. After the formal, Karyl Keup, president of Kinetic, reflected, Although we had a difficult time with the last- minute decorating, the formal was quite successful .

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Judy Jakob cuts crepe paper tor float. BHS Parades Club ' s float won first place and fifty dollars. The money was donated by Pep Club. The BHS band (top), wearing new uniforms for the first time, leads the B-Day parade as majorettes (bottom), snap off a precision drill before onlookers. The 1962 B-Day parade began Satur- day morning, November 3. The day, unlike many in the past, was warm and sunny. A large crowd, including many people with cameras, watched the parade. Z Club won fifty dollars for the best float; AK came in second. For many, the B-Day parade began weeks before the actual event in un- heated garages and warehouses. It was a long and tedious task transforming a common, ugly truck into a beautiful and unique float. The first step was to de- cide upon the theme and to plan the lay- out of the float in detail. After the de- sign had been approved, construction started with the erection of a rough wooden frame covered with chicken wire. The framework completed, stu- dents spent the week before the parade stuffing paper napkins into the chicken- wire forms. At last, the floats were driven to the staging area. At each float, someone had to trim a final piece of wire or insert a final napkin. Then the parade began and the weeks of work came to an end. The parade was judged by a panel of businessmen . Results of the judging were announced during the homecoming game.

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Under the direction of Mr. Wilson, BHS sales and work experience advisor, the BUS foyer is decorated every year. He has been in charge of this decorating since 1952. Originally, a 10-foot Christmas tree was erected. However the fire department declared the trees a fire hazard, and the school board ruled that Christmas lights could not be used for deco- ration in the school. When these rulings were made, Christmas trees were abolished. Now Mr. Wilson is trying to collect permanent decorations so they can be used year after year. Rodney Dahlgren was chairman of the decoration committee. BHS ' ers Prepare for Christmas Christmas decorations form steps which mount to Christ- mas spirit. KOB members displayed Christmas books in the main hall showcase (left, bottom). They also decorated the library. Many teachers hung wreaths on their doors and windows. Others decorated artificial Christmas trees. Still others combined school work and Christmas preparations in making attractive bulletin boards. To complement these decorations, some teachers read Christmas stories or poems. Language classes sang Christmas songs in foreign languages. In typing classes, students learned how to type pictures that depicted some aspect of Christmas. Junior Optimists placed Christmas trees on top of the pillars by the main entrance of BHS. Tony Jackson and Jim Parker (left, top) are pictured; Charlie Price and Steve Hudgens also assisted.