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

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Senior Anne Tesdall and her escort, Tony Carico, The 12B Formal Dance found couples dancing happily at the Botanical entertaining evening of dancing and excitement. Center. The dance, sponsored by the senior hostesses, provided an 12B FORMAL 13

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Botanical Center offers romantic mood for ' When I ' m With You ' A romantic rorrecooked meal satisfied the appetites of sen or Jessica Cogertv, Neil Speer, senior Heidi Ricks, Jason Mosner and John Marshall. Mistletoe hung in abundance among all the other beautifully blooming plants in the dimly lit Botanical Center. The day was Wednesday, Dec. 26. The occasion— 12B Formal. The 12B has been a tradition for many years, in the beginning, 12B was a form of prom for the seniors who were graduating in January. Today, however, the dance is open to everyone in the Junior and Senior Classes. The dance was organized by the senior hostesses under the direction of Mrs. Cwen Copple, Spanish teacher. To be a hostess, one had to be a senior girl interested in making tne dance a success. Each hostess bought two tickets: one for herself and her escort, the other to sell to Seniors fim Heck and kei Reese strut their stuff during a picture-taking session pefore tfe dance another junior or senior girl. The tickets were $17.50 each. The hostesses chose the theme, When I ' m With You, with pink, burgandy and grey as the dance ' s colors, instead of hiring a live band, the hostesses contracted Rockin ' Video Concepts to provide the music. Videos to popular rock songs were played, much to the approval of most danoe-goers. As a remembrance of the dance, the traditional wine goblets were presented to the hostesses. Couples could also have their pictures taken in a scenic background by Younkers Photography. Macy Kristufek, senior hostess, felt the dance was ouite successful. She said, it was really exciting to see the dance go so well. jt er?a e XXeen Baker Krs Bauer ' 00 5 JukMuvfiy Stepnany Painter MnavPaimer Mary Catron Tamcm f Denecah - IllL I Be yForbes Aria Green I S • g Kmnaocett ToniHagar Dense Hess CanaPurdy Hex Raymond KeBReese He $RK s XKiyRupprt Maria Cheryl andy

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Junior Rlc Lumoard seems to have a rare proolem— too many options for a Friday nKjht date Surrounding Rlc clockwise from trie top are sophomore Kim Thomson, junior. Kelly Heathcote ; sophomore Michelle Kelly, fresnman Mary Ann Williams; senior Mono 5tone ; and junor Jill Kaooonrum. EHS students display excitement at weekend games, Friday night dates Practice and work were the main activites students participated in on week-nights. Practices for the many different sports, or the long part- time work hours students had, plus the ton of homework, cramped their social life on an average week- night. As the weekend started, though, at 2:40 on Friday, much excitement filled the halls. These might have Peen a few parts of con- versation heard: Carmelita Clark, sophomore: Most of the time, I ' ll go see a movie with a friend, stay up all night Friday and all day Saturday, then die on Sunday. Tyler Roorda, Matt Fisher, and Dave Harrison, juniors: Most of the time we go in search of the perfect party, and when we are really Pored, we put on our RickenPacher hats and go shoot down ' cars. When it is basketball season, though, we are in by 12. Cayle Henderson, senior: I usually get together with my friends and we either go to parties or a movie, or sometimes to the loop, we always manage to have a good time, even if it is just ' cause we ' re crazy. Bundled up in red and black on a crisp, fall, Friday night, students displayed their spirit by going to the varsity football games , or in the loud, big gym, cheering on the basketball teams. Pizza, McDonald ' s and parties usually came after these games. Remaining time in the weekend nightlife was for those special someones. Dates were big factors in many lives. A date could mean going to a movie, then out to eat or just sharing an evening together. it used to be that students dreaded Sunday nights, having to do all of their homework at the last minute. But in 1984-5, many students couldn ' t wait until Sunday night rolled around. The Lucky Lady was a favorite spot for East students to meet teens from other schools, dance, watch Pig video screens and play pool and video games. Nightlife was very exciting through- out the school year, whether it was playing a sport, working for extra dough or just Peing crazy; students enjoyed most of their nights. 14 NIGHTLIFE