Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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LITTLE DARLINGS- Rob Villanueva and )u- lie Mai dress up -as little kids un the sopho- more float. The sophomore float placed third. ▼ HO.MECOMING COURT-Top Row: junior Princess Claire Ray, Junior Princess Lisa Senk- beil. Queen Shelley Welsh, Senior Princess Lainie Spence, Sophomore Princess Stacie Lockvvood, Freshman Princess Jaime Carman, Bottom Row: Senior Princess Bridget Dawson, Senior Princess Shelley Hartfield, Senior Prin- cess Christi Karsten.

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■ LIVIN ' IT UP - Juniors Mau- reen Drummy, Tauna Schwein- berg, senior Troy Baughman, and junior Danielle Ridill liven up the dance floor. The funky ade it fun to ▼ GETTIN ' INTO THE GROOVE - Freshman Chris Knepper makes way as sophomore Chantal Lamourelle moves to the beat while junior Peter Hartman concentrates on his cab- bage patching. TPi Old DM — aftm goM dcum i(um volOt ffJuMl ad nothing to do on a Lj Friday night except ' loaf around on the couch watching reruns of Miami Vice and munch- ing on Ruffles? Well, you should have gone to the football dances! It was pretty fun, said freshman Leslie Santos. The football dances, sponsored by ASB, started last year and ever since, their popularity has in- creased. An average of 500 students attended each dance held at the mail. Freshman Gayla Zahrad- nik said, I think they ' re really great because I came from a small private school where they had no dances. It ' s a great way to meet new people. An undecisive sopho- more Cindy Cha chipped in, They ' re ok . . ., they ' re pretty fun, I suppose. The dances offered a free slice of pizza and a can of coca-cola, but junior Tere- sa Doesburg grumbled, The pizza was cold, the coke was warm, and the music got boring after a while. In addition, another ju- nior, Shannell Sedgwick complained, They say it ' s free pizza and coke, but we still have to pay to get in. As far as the music was concerned, DJs played a variety of songs ranging from Guns ' n Roses, to Salt ' n Pepa, to songs by UB40 and Whitney Houston. Rap music was especially popu- lar. It got the students rockin ' and gettin ' down to the beat; while many cab- bage patchers and robo- coppers showed off their funky moves. To improve the dances, sophomore Trish Grefe suggested, They should play more Depeche Mode, Def Leppard, and New Or- der. But other than that, it was pretty fun. Also, freshman Cindy Day observed, The dance would have been better if they didn ' t have the smoke effect fogging up every- body ' s eyes. Overall, the football dances were a popular al- ternative for students after the game.

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Quern I mowmg imw i bwwh up ui (tw fafs id you hear the pop of bubbles exploding at Homecoming? |X For Shelley Welsh, her bubble burst when Dr. Edmund Mar- tinez, dressed as a clown (because of the Greatest Show on Earth theme), popped a black balloon, and orange balloons floated out indicating Shelley was Home- coming Queen. But for the Capo football team, its bubble burst when the Dana Hills Dolphins kicked a last second field goal to deflate the Cougars 9-7. Even though Capo lost to Dana Hills for the first time there were some happy mo- ments for Queen Shelley. I was expecting them to announce Bridget Dawson, said Queen Shelley, It just didn ' t seem real when Dr. Mar- tinez popped the black balloon and or- ange balloons floated out! Shelley ' s dad was surprised, too. My dad was excited and was really happy for me! And how does it feel to be Home- coming Queen? It feels great and I don ' t have to act different; I can act like myself. While Homecoming was exciting for Shelley, for the Capo football team, it was far from thrilling. The game was infamous and every- one will remember it because it was the first time we lost to Dana, said Varsity football player, Pete LaFlamme. Even though the game turned out to be a disappointment, it also helped. 1 think that the game was kind of a motiva- tor for the season because after that, we turned it around for the El Toro game, said LaFlamme. Contributing to the loss according to Steve DeLaura were distractions be- cause of Homecoming. We weren ' t as focused as we should have been. Doug Bame agreed they needed to be more focused, but also said they tiiileii lu execute. The offense couldn ' t gf ! iny- thing going and it was embarrassing. Even though the game was a disap- pointment there were some pleasant as- pects. 1 feel it was the nicest Homecoming, said Dr. Edmund Martinez, Activities Di- rector, Everything went as expected! While Dr. Martinez was happy with the school spirit demonstrated, that ' s not to say he was completely satisfied. As far as future homecomings my goal is to get more students involved with the floats. In addition to boosting school spirit. Dr. Martinez felt something else was ac- complished. People can now see that 1 am a clown. All your suspicions have been proven: I am a clown! ■ A HAPPY CLOWN- Carrie Taylor flashes a smile while selling goodies to the hung ry crowd at the hon-iecoming game. Several cos- tumed students sold peanuts in the stands. lOWNING AROUND- Kyle Gryzanosk rushes to have his clown make-up put on be fore the homecoming game starts.