Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Evening to Remember Homecoming draws record number of couples A record breaking 229 couples, dressed to the hilt, and ready to dance met in the high school cafeteria on Oct. 5 to experience Home¬ coming 1985. The evening proved to be a memorable event for most that attend¬ ed. Before the dance, the Booster Club decorated the walls with murals and trees with multi-colored leaves. As couples arrived at the dance, they found their names on the leaves and took them home as memen¬ tos. The couples danced to music of Abaccus, a local band. The group played up- to-date songs, like Let ' s Go Crazy by Prince, and per¬ formed slow ballads, like Heaven by Bryan Adams. The slow pieces allowed couples to share special mo¬ ments together. As the evening pro¬ gressed, boys threw jackets and ties aside and girls took off uncomfortable heels and danced in their stockings. Later in the evening, Tan¬ ya Parker, Booster Club president, called up Dawn Burish, 1985 Homecoming Queen, to receive a football signed by the entire football team. Mr. Football, Dan De- gani then received a plaque. Dawn and Dan danced the traditional dance together to the theme song Tender Years by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. The homecoming court included freshman princess Denise Jaeger, sophomore princess Jodi Stemler, junior princess Cris Cowan, and queen can¬ didates Julie DePasquale, Rachel Gabato, and Collin Wirtz. For many couples, after the dance provided addi¬ tional fun. Couples went out to eat at such places as El Mars, Snaks and The Gath¬ ering. Over dinner the cou¬ ples relaxed and enjoyed each other ' s company. Most couples either doubled or tripled to further enhance their evening. Tripling with my two best friends and my high school sweetheart made the evening one that I will re¬ member always, said soph¬ omore Kathy Fletcher. Weeks after Homecoming, students still reminisced wistfully over memories of that special night. THE MEMBERS OF ABACCUS, a lo¬ cal band, provides a mixture of mu¬ sic, ranging from Bruce Springsteen with Glory Days to Eddie Rabbit and Crystal Gayle with Just You and WHILE THE BAND IS ON BREAK, sophomore Laura Carl and her date, sophomore Ron Weber, talk about where they would like to go for din¬ ner after the dance. They mutally de¬ cide on Snak ' s Park Avenue for the seafood platter. SENIOR JIM WAYCO points out his name and that of his date, Nicci Toma, to one assistant so they will be able to have their pictures taken. Homecoming 13

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JUNIOR ERIK WAT- LAND and his date, freshman Jodi Lam- precht, loosen up while dancing to an old ' 50 ' s song, Let ' s Do the Twist. 12 Homecoming A PHOTOGRAPHER ' S ASSIS¬ TANT helps senior Seth Holloway and his date, senior Carol Oliver, to pose for their Homecoming pictures. DAWN BURISH, Homecoming Queen, and Dan Degani, Mr. Foot¬ ball, dance together during the tradi¬ tional dance, while Abaccus plays Tender Years. UNLIKE MANY OF THE GUYS (top), Ron Bukovac hasn ' t taken off his neck tie or his hat. His date, se¬ nior Cathy Bazant, also still wears her high heels as the couple dance to the song Jump by Van Halen.

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Role reversal Girls ask guys out to the annual turnabout dance Crown Point High School ' s annual formal win¬ ter dance, the Turnabout, warmed up the spirits of our students just in time for the holiday season. Turnabout changes the accepted proce¬ dure in dating. It is the only formal dance of the year where the girl is expected to ask out her favorite guy, to pay for his ticket and for dinner afterwards, and to even drive if that is possible. The girls gathered up cour¬ age as 186 couples attended this year ' s dance. A disc jockey, Tom Fiegle, provided the music. They played a wide variety of music, rang¬ ing from upbeat pop songs to love ballads. The clear fa¬ vorite to most couples seemed to be the love songs as that is when most of the tables cleared. This year ' s couples spent their resting time by look¬ ing for ornaments with their names decorating the walls or by satisfying them¬ selves with the refresh¬ ments provided and served this year by the cheerleaders and their moms from Taft Junior High School. They also helped with tagging and sorting the coats and jackets of the students. Cou¬ ples wishing to capture the evening with a scenic pic¬ ture were treated this year with a quicker system of having it done. The crew from John Giola ' s Photogra¬ phers distributed time schedules to all couples wanting to have their pic¬ ture taken. This allowed stu¬ dents to spend more of the evening dancing and less of it waiting in line for their A PHOTOGRAPHER ' S ASSISTANT arranges sophomore Debbie Ruffing and her date, junior Jason Bordui, for their Turnabout picture. ANGIE WILSON AND JUNIOR JIM BAUNER take the ball-shaped ornament off the Christmas tree. The ornament is a symbol of Turnabout, containing couple ' s names and the date of the dance. 14 Turnabout picture to be taken. After the dance, most couples looked forward to gorging themselves at one of the area ' s restaurants. Many couples doubled or even tripled both at the dance and at dinner later on. The neighboring town of Merrillville supplied many fo the restaurants chosen by students. The Bombay Bicy¬ cle Club, The New Moon, The Gathering, and Snak ' s were some of the more pop¬ ular night time spots. Turna¬ bout ' 85 allowed the girls of school to know what it is like for a guy to ask and take out that someone special.