Brookfield Central High School - Legend Yearbook (Brookfield, WI)

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Asygum SANCTUAPWV The Brookfield-Elmgrove is an upper-middle class suburb of Milwaukee. It is a locale with extravagant homes, expensive cars, and yet a community of some very basic and simplistic values. But does our suburban lifestyle prepare us adequately for an existence in another social environment, or must we be the victims of a secluded and sheltered upbringing? Many stu- dents are satisfied with the life in a suburb, but many others seek the life of a larger city or a rural area. These questions and others were asked of the students of Brookfield Central High School by the Legend. I don't like living in Brookfield because these is not much to do and not many places to go, like there is in a city like Mil- waukeef' fJay Johnsonj I have visted many cities and I find Brookfield to be one of the better cities. fChris Weismant This is not a bad place to live, but everything is too far apart. iLenny Schweigerti At first, I thought that Brookfield would be a great place to start a cultural revolution, but I have discovered that it is just a nice place to live. iFran Trevisani The suburbs have their disadvantages, such as imperson- ality and too much money, but these are outweighed by the great education received and the socially clean environment of the city in general. lBob Priewel Well, you know, Brookfield is a nice place, but Detroit is better. fMatin Hallangert lf I had a choice to live anywhere in the world, Brookfield would not be the first choice but it still is a nice place to live. CG-eorge Stegicl Brookfield you say? its a nice place to visit, but I don't think that I would really want to live there. lJeff Payney t . , kg ,, Xirzx I nf- .V -I 541f f'K3,,,1,,, 14 f Brookfield

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A NEW MUSIC A new sound for the 1980's is - new wave, an experimental music with a definite beat that can always be heard, and an enthusiasm that can't be ignored. Just as the look of new wave I exemplifies the movement's originality, so does its music. With a diversity that is seldom I seen, new wave deals with many types of music, giving them a sound that is unique to new wave. Rock and Boll popularized by I Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis has been combined with wave's own definitive sound, I while rhythm and blues domi- nated Jamaican soul have been blended in to give a strong dance beat which is known to wavers as Ska. For the discrimi- nating waver these is the tech- nopop, which sports a more I sophisticated electronic sound used by the musical greats, Gary Numan and the B-52's. While listening and dancing I to new wave music senior Scott Slaughter explains the feeling New wave is a hig1h energy, fast paced music to w ich you can't control yourself. New wavers express this energy in the spon- taneous manner in which they dance. One of the most popular forms of dance is the Pogo, where the dancer jumps up and down in an attempt to look like a pogo stick. Beach dancing is also popular, with many 1960's dances intermingled with other bizarre forms of dance. Every- thing done by new wavers is high energy, but not violent like punk. The new wave music that we hear becomes more fre- quent each day and is defintely a new wave of styles for the 198O's. A NEW LCZDK AT THE QLD Preppiness , a style that has recently swept the country's high school population off their feet, origi- nated in California about 1953. From the West Coast, the sporty Oxford shirts, cotton, straight-legged pants, and wing tips were quickly adopted by the Eastern United States. After two decades of near dor- mancy, excepting the Eastern sea- board, the prep style has surged for- ward once again, seizing nearly every high school in the nation. The wing tips have been replaced by Dock- l sider deck shoes, but the Oxford shirts and straight-legged pants remain as part of this cleancut fash- ion. Senior Ed Luterbach explains why he likes the preppie style, lt's a little better than being slobbishg its casual but classy. This easy-going but neat look of prep styles has catalyzed the reacceptance of this old fad. Button- down collars and Docksider deck shoes are a commonplace sight because of their comfortability and ease to wear. Summing up the preppie fashion, Senior Jody Breckenridge says, They're good because they are practical and comfortable. You can wear the same buttondown collared shirt with jeans or with good clothes. I think this fad will stay around for a while because it is practical and clothes are getting so expensive that you need something that you can wear with everything. The prep fashion is here and is strong among high school students once again, it is a new look at an old style. A New Wave f 13

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