Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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Key States and territories earned by Reagan Bush State carried by Mon dale Ferraro Not in eluding The District of Columbia. Vice President Bush welcomes over 5,000 band students. President Reagan and Mrs Reagan, greet the bands. The background was a huge flag, originally designed to use at the outside ceremonies. 15- Cruisin' Election

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Election »84 Landslide sweeps Reagan into his 2nd term. CHS predicted the out- come of the ’84 election, selecting Reagan with a margin of 2-1. This election was one of the greatest vic- tories in history. Reagan carried all states and territories except the District and Mon- dale's home state of Minnesota. The defeat shocked the nation as Mondale carried only 13 electoral votes to Reagan’s 518. Walter Mondale made history in choosing his running mate for the ’84 election. His choice, was Geraldine Ferraro, the one best qualified in Mondale’s opinion. Students felt Mondale was seeking more female votes, and was showing his support of Equal Rights. What ever the reason, Ms. Ferraro made her place in history by accepting the Democratic nomination for the position of Vice Presi- dent. President Reagan, addresses marching bands from all over the country gathered at the Capital Centre. They didn't get to march down Pennsylvania Avenue due to the bitter cold. This was the first Inaugural Parade to be cancelled. i-14 Cruisin’ Election

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Totally Awesome It was a flashy scene and to be a part of it you had to be tacky and totally tubular! From top to bottom, the new attraction was bright colors, checkers, flight pants and stripes. If you shocked mom and dad, then you were a hit with the kids at school. The new styles were vibrant and strong; hot pink sweatshirts nearly blinded entire classes! The haircuts were trimmed short, some had a long strand in the back called a rat- tail, some were permed to perfection and many had blonde streaks or were two ton- ed. Haircuts around the ears enabled girls to show off their earrings, some had as many as four in an ear! Mix and match was definitely the spirit in ear dressing. One of the hottest movies was Purple Rain starring Prince. A week of concerts at the Capital Centre sent more that a few students to see live performances by him. Checking in late or sleeping through a class were a couple of ways we paid the price for our tickets. Music was an essential while groups such as Huey Lewis and the News brought rockabilly revival. Morris Day and the Time helped start some of our new dance steps. Morris showed us how to do the bird. Michael Jackson’s ’S4 Victory Tour swept the country. His popularity provided the Michael Jackson jacket and silver glove. New Edition popped into our heart as a teenage sensa- tion which helped breakdancing stay alive. Lionel Ritchie took the '84 Music Awards keeping romance and beauty in the music industry. The fads came in and out, and we all followed along with it to a point; that is un- til we saw people with the inside out pants. That was the breaking point! Really. 16 Cruisin' T rends