East Bay High School - Warrior Yearbook (Gibsonton, FL)

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Dance the Night Away Following the Indians' vic- torious homecoming game, the annual homecoming dance was the closing of the activities for the 1980-81 homecoming. Fea- turing the group Fat Rock, stu- dents, teachers and alumni enjoyed the dance, while mem- bers of the Kiwanette service club served refreshments for the evening's event. Sponsored by the senior class, the dance was a success. East Bay personnel chaperoned the two hour dance, which was held from 10 p.m. to 12 p.m. on the evening of Oc- tober 16th. Decorated in various colors, the atmosphere on the dance floor provided the roman- tic effect for the homecoming queen and her escort, as well as others to enjoy their dance for the evening. Throughout the night, students and teachers alike danced to songs such as Baracuda, by the rock group Heart and Cocaine, by song- artist Eric Clapton. Top left: Senior jeff Legg and his date took out time to pose. Middle leftf Students, Ginger Hutchins and jeff Williams, enjoyed a dance together. Middle right: Alumni, Chris Goodyear and Cary Carlisle, enjoyed a reunion with seniors Terrell Warren and Tony Mack. Bottom left: Terrell Warren and Mary Lynn Crichton danced to the music. Bottom right: Homecoming queen Irma Meza and escort Keith johnson, shared the traditional queen's dance. Homecoming Dance: Student Lifef87

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Fat Rock On homecoming night, Oc- tober 16, the annual homecom- ing dance was held featuring the rock group, FAT ROCK. Formed in the early part of 1979, Fat Rock's musical talent was developed from senior Russell Frazier - lead guitarist, senior Rick Vitanza - rhythm guitarist, senior Mike Shaffer from Brandon High School - Top rights Lead vocalist Lori Grice and lead guitarist Russell Frazier sung together while performing at the dance. Middle left: Rhythm guitarist, Rick Vitanza gave all his attention to Russell Frazier while he performed a selection for the homecoming dance. Center: Lori Crice listened to Russell Frazier as he played a solo during a song. Middle right: Vocalist Lori Crice paused during the verses while they performed. Bottom: Percussionist Mike Shaffer kept the beat regular for the rest of the group. 86fStudent Life: Fat Rock percussionist and so homore Lori Grice - lead vocalist. Since their debut in May of 1979, Fat Rock has performed at East Bay in recent years at pep rallies and at mini-concerts. They have also performed during the Apollo Beach Days, at the Brandon Keg Party and for Brandon High School's Senior day. Fat Rock, a relatively new rock band, played a range of music from country to rock, including punk rock and disco. They played musical num- bers from DEVO to Paul McCartney.

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September 16, 1980. . This year many girls in grades nine through twelve nervously prepared themselves in the remaining minutes before they were to appear before a panel of judges chosen to select girls for East Bay's annual calendar. Hopes were high as each girl secretly wished to represent East Bay by appearing in the 1980-81 school calendar, which was sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Fanelli Top right: Contestant Rhonda Stringer discussed her views on the question given to her. Middle left: Kim Marine's enthusiastic answer was one of the factors which enabled her to participate in finals. Center: Diane Ray attentively listened to the question the judges asked her during preliminary tryouts. Middle right: Sophomore Lori Elder calmly awaited the question judges were to ask her for competition. Bottom left: Contestant Tonya Tomasek proudly modeled the dress she wore for the evening's competition. Bottom right: Wendy Giles explained to the judges her opinion on the subject question given to her. 88fStudent Life: Preliminary Tryouts and the HERO-Food Services classes. Requirements for eligibility were beauty, poise and confidence. These qualities were judged by five members of a judging team. These included Rebecca Buard from WTVT Channel 13, Rick Riley from radio station Q105, Toby Craw- ford from Central Truck Lines, Kitty Lamam - a Tampa business woman and Willie Green - a former student of East Bay. On this evening of excitement, thirty contestants were chosen as finalists for the competition that was to be held two nights later.