East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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warmers and anything leather for girls. For the guys, it was long suit- coats, narrow ties with pants and ten- nis shoes. Basically it was anything out of the ordinary, even a little bizarre. Hair was cut very short in front and left long in back. Whereas prep was something we were all used to, Punk was the invention of the eighties. Movies were also a big thing, espe- cially a movie called, E.T.: TheExtra- Terrestrial. This fun, heart-warming fantasy touched the hearts of eve- ryone who saw it. While it grossed over $240 million, another Spielberg hit, Poltergeist, was busy amazing everyone with its special effects. Other movies that were hits were Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Friday the 13th-3 D, Crease 2 and the second biggest money maker with $111 million dollars, Rocky III. Music took somewhat of a turn this past year. New Wave music became more popular but it still couldn ' t beat out good oP rock-n-roll. Rock groups like Rush, Who and Rick Spring- field made their audiences come alive with the music. MOVIES, MUSIC 15

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Signs of fashions and fads, movies and music hit East Oh my God, like gag me with a spoon and Bag those toe nails, sang Moon Unit Zappa in the song, Valley Girls, which hit the top 10 charts this past year. The Valley Girls ' talk is just one of the many fads we had at East High in 1982-3. Another was along the lines of fashion. Preppy and Punk: does that ring a bell? Well, it should. At the beginning of the school year, the school went prep. Button-down ox- ford-cloth shirts, khaki pants, deck shoes, penny loafers (with no socks, of course) and bright colored wool sweaters. These were all a part of the preppy epidemic. But prep has always been around, so it ' s really not that new. Said Tom Mentzer, senior: I think of prep as a way of presenting your- self, not as a fad, because prep has always been around. It ' s nothing new. It ' s just more popular now. Junior Julie Keller commented that prep is the ultimate in casual. Another fashion craze at East was the New Wave or Punk look. This included mini skirts, tights, leg UPPER LEFT: Senior Rod Grafton gets ready to sit down and relax to the good rock beat of AC DC. CENTER: Becky Zallek models the style of clothing known as Punk. RIGHT: E.T. phone home, calls this lovable creature from a distant planet. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial was the number one hit of the year, by Steven Spielberg. 14 FADS, FASHIONS

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Senior Laura Steward and her escort. Curt Schultz, take time out from dancing to enjoy some punch. 12B Formal held in the ' spring ' ? One of the more elegant dances of the year was the 12-B Dance. Not many people realize what the term 12-B means. The 12 stands for the twelfth grade and the B repre- sents the second semester. This year ' s theme was Love Me Tomorrow, by the vocal group Chi- cago. The dance was held Dec. 29 from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Botanical Cen- ter. The colors for the dance were dif- ferent shades of blue. The dance was produced by 40 senior hostesses. Each hostess pur- chased two sets of tickets, one for her- self and escort; the other was sold to another couple. The girls were also required to organize the dance. The traditional wine goblets were presented to the hostesses and their escorts toward the end of the dance. The dance was sponsored by Mrs. Cwenn Copple, Spanish teacher. Mrs. Copple later said, The dance ran very smoothly and everybody was well behaved. Senior Marilyn Nair headed the organization of the dance, and said, The dance took a lot of planning and it got hectic at times, but I really enjoyed helping with the dance. The band Defiance provided the music for the danee. Upon arrival at the dance, the stu- dents who attended noticed quite a change from the outside to the inside. Since everyone was used to the cold weather, bare trees and a brown atmosphere, coming into the Botanical Center was quite a pleasure. Every- thing was green and in bloom. It made those attending feel that the center was a little bit like spring. The pictures were taken by Mr. John Lethcoe, photography instructor. A waterfall was in the background. If you were a late arrival at the dance, you might have found the refresh- ments to be gone, which was a good indication of how good they were. But if you were one of the lucky ones, you could have enjoyed some cake, punch and candies. The cake and punch were served by the chaperones. Door prizes were also given. The prizes for the girls were gold necklaces and boys ' prizes were LCD (digital) pens. If a girl who attended wanted a sou- venir from the dance, she could take home a sign decoration that had the names of her and her escort on it. 16 12B FORMAL