Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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SHARING THE EXCITEMENT of being crowned. Chris Cartce leads his mother onto the dance floor. Photo by B. P. Paulos. COUPLES wait in line to get this special dance, captured on film. Photo by B. Paulos. THE ANTICIPATION has finally ended, as finalists applaud the 1983 Spree King. Chris Cartee. crowned by Mlml Tyler. Photo by B. Paulos. 21

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TWO TO TANGO - HER WAY “Wanted a date for Spree.” “They’re waiting in line.” “I need a girl Jock.” No. these weren’t the opinions of the male student body. They were Mr. Holladay’s creations, via poster form, promoting Spree. The cartoons cre- ated attention, and got the girl-ask- boy dance, off with a flare. First of all, the “tradition- al” aud held it’s share of surprises. When the candi- dates were introduced, a shocked laughter rang through the air. as Rick Patterson came out in a tuxedo, tails and all. Still another surprise was when the skit had to be can- celed, due to adverse weather conditions. In- stead, the band played a few numbers from the vari- ety show. Four days before, a decora- tions meeting was held at the house of Betsy Chal- lad, decorations chairman, and plans were put to work. Streamers draped from every angle of the gym, were connected in the middle, to form a kalei- doscope of red, pink, and white. Matching hearts were placed around the gymnasium and lobby, along with 500 helium bal- loons. It took about six hours of hard work, but the gym was finally complete, with the added help of Lin- da Burmeister, general stu- dent chairman. That night, all different kinds of arrangements were put into action. Some couples planned progres- sive dinners, others ate at restaurants, and some girls decided that eating at home would be nice. Soon, people were dancing to the music of Chance. After the dance, students went to parties, dinners, or what- ever struck their fancy. Some time during the evening, girls managed to whisper those magic words, “Say You’ll be Mine.” But what about those girls that decided to do some- thing else? “My male com- panion and I would like to be alone, instead of being in a crowd of people.” ex- plained May Hall. Other reasons were; no time, couldn’t find the right guy, or some didn’t think it would be fun anyway. Overall, Mary Beat, advi- sor for Spree commented, “We had twelve really good representatives of the student body. Unfortu- nately the weather played havoc with our schedule, we had to work around it.” Most students agreed that although the band was lacking, the dance was as good as any other dance. 450 PEOPLE throng the dance floor. THE 1983 SPREE CANDIDATES, to mingle and catch up on the latest left to right, in descending order: Randy gossip. Photo by B. Paulos. VanMaanen, Chris Cartee. Chris Bar- nard. Booker Scott. Tom Hemmcn, Richard Brown, Rick Patterson. Marshal Cotton. Tom Conway, Charles Johnson. Mike Shaw, Tom Warner. Photo by B. Paulos. 20

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 TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS February 3rd, 4th, and 5th brought in an annual event in a “Tribute to the Greats” at the legendary Central High Variety Show. Students performed well known classics of famous stars. Doug Stef fenson, adorned in a black tie and tails, performed his role as the master of cere- monies, cracking his script of off-beat jokes. The Acappella choir opened the show with a medley, “Gershwin and Porter on Love”. Band members par- ticipating in the trumpet, trombone, tuba, french horn, and percussion lines wore everything from cat tails to jean-jackets and sunglasses. The Central Singers kept the show moving with their assort- ment of well choreo- graphed song and dance routines. Solo acts included Jim Col- lins singing Lionel Richie’s Truly,” Memory” taken from the musical “Cats” and sung by Toi Anderson, as well as Chicago’s Hard to Say I’m Sorry” sung by Beth Nuetzmann. The Innocents, Central’s own rock band not dressed the part but created the re- action of a professional band. I was really Im- pressed by the Innocents, especially since it was their own material. While the band played I felt as if I was witnessing a begin- ning of a future super group.” stated Greg Rohlf. The orchestra’s part in the show was terriffic. Mr. Ab- planalp wrote and ar- ranged all of the orches- tra’s music to back up the solo acts. I believe the or- chestra made a big differ- ence In the show this year. Mr. A. was a great asset,” commented Junior, Yvonne Vikdal. So with one final salute to the greats the members of the 1983 Variety Show ad- ded their names to the list. WITH A GLOW IN HIS EYES. Rick (Legs) Patterson, stuns an excited audience In his unusual dance line performance. Photo: T. Kruse SETTING THE PACE for the jazz band Mr. Bernatz discos to the beat dur- ing a rehersal. Photo: B. Paulos AN INTENSE EXPRESSION shades the serious face of The Innocent's drummer. Steve Maher. Photo: T. Kruse