Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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ABOVE: Marsha Stack and Maria Falvo relax in the Zone art room. RIGHT: The Zone often has free-for-all art exhibits. CENTER: Studio New York displays an appropriate skyline. TOP: James Conz and Mike Sawyer ex- plore a forest scene at the Zone. ABOVE: Bill Waters imitates “The Hustler.” 10 NIGHTLIFE Welcome to the Wonderful World of Nightlife! You know exactly what that is, don’t you? That is the exquisite pe- riod of time between dusk and dawn when parents, school, and other life-threatening pressures fade away into dark- ness and beautiful, vivid im- ages bask in neon light. In other words, you get to go out. But now that you're free, where do you go? Well, the way most industrious stu- dents look at it, there are three intelligent choices as to how to be entertained for an evening. For instance, the Zone Art Center on Dwight Street in downtown Springfield offered its audience the chance to take in live local bands, pro- gressive art exhibits, and lots of atmosphere each time it opened its doors. The new- wave and punk-influenced music that the club usually. featured attracted basically a group of people open to expe- riencing new aspects of culture. Of course clubs were not the only scenes developing during the hours around mid- night. There was almost al- ways a Party going on, particu- LEFT: Megan McDonald and Bill Goldschmidt en- joy the live music that the Zone frequently pre- sents. ABOVE: Julie Mas- trianni and Jim Robinson have their cake and eat it too!

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Maria Ahladas and Jenni- fer Dzija rejoice after find- ing just what they were looking for. Left Below: Bob O’Connor and Josh Rice sack out after a tough day of music competition. Below: Nothing beats the peace and quiet of an empty classroom. School's Rude Awakening A synonomous word for “‘leisure’’ is ““life’’. We work, go to school, and oth- erwise suffer so that we can find free time in which to indulge in earthly plea- sures. Life without leisure is mere sur- vival, similar to the mundane existence of the lower life forms we are accus- tomed to stepping on. Each year, a new craze dominates the leisure forum; however, there are always the old classics which have practically become American institu- tions. Different people generally have different tastes, but we have not let this fact discourage our coverage of the many lesisure time activities that soci- ety partakes in. In this sub-section of student life, we hope to show you yourself, your friends, and several unfamiliar faces engaging in various leisure practices, many of which rich businessmen would call barbaric and highly unreputable. A controversial topic for our leisure section has been debated as ‘“‘neces- Sary”’ as well as a “luxury.” This topic is sleeping. There are those of us healthy souls who depend upon 8 hours of deep sleep, as opposed to those night people who grab a three- hour nap in their spare time. Anywhere you look, you can find a person sleep- ing, or at least attempting to: at home, on the beach, in the car, in school. Of- ten-times, we tend to lack discretion as to where we catch a few winks, particu- larly during the summer months, when one finds himself sleeping well past noon.But hey, that’s what the lazy summertime is for. . . ; Glenn Cratty miss school at all. Above: Lori Nelson’s smile shows she doesn’t Left: Jackie Wil- hite spends her free time indulging herself. LEISURE 9

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LEFT: Mike Smart and Jeff Toomey are caught larly when someone's parents clowning around at the Big E. ABOVE: Mary Owens unwisely left town for the studies Springfield’s Fourth of July fireworks. weekend. Or else the crazed ; ; masses of school chums would congregate in the most bizarre places in order to so- cialize: movie house parking lots, thick woods, or deserted cemeteries. Birthday parties also occu- pied much time, whether they ‘were traditional sweet-sixteen bashes or casual cake-and-ice cream orgies. And who could forget those graduation par- ties, the nights of wild aban- don and joyous celebration over the fact that high school was finished. Many Central students at- tended city celebrations com- memorating Springfield’s 350th birthday in 1986, or the Fourth of July festivities that lit up the sky in an impressive display of fireworks. And final- ly, the Big E drew thousands of people to its midways after dark where friends met to test their skills on the games, to experience the amusing rides, or just to stroll around in an attempt to catch someone’s eye. After all, who wants to spend a night out alone? Megan McDonald and Marisa Vumbaca PAR ARCA TRAE ie Tg copaatee ai Rana CRNA RTM SNe tageeane' . hee Jes Aine ARERR ee AIEEE oy TOP RIGHT: Andy Crespo celebrates his 17th birth- day with a homemade cake. RIGHT: Bryan Cal- deron prepares to win a prize at the Big E. NEAR RIGHT: Donna-Michelle White and Amy Shea happily enter a cellar Party. NIGHTLIFE 11