Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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SHINING SPIRIT Flames, flags streamers and batons fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Pom- p0n's kicks, dances and smiles also add excite- ment. It was great to see the football team do so well, and to know that we were a part of the season, remarked Michelle Michael, a member of the majorette squad. The pom-pon and majorette squads worked hard to keep the Maple spirit flying high during the fall sports season. The 16 pom-pon girls attend- ed camp at Central Michigan for four days last year, in which they crammed about a weeks worth of rehearsal in each day. It's obvious that this group is talentedg they walked away with many individual awards and ribbons. They performed at the home basket- ball games and football games. Team Captain, Allison Hayes, said, One of the best things I IT WAS A great season for the football team, and the pom-pon squad's support helped keep the fans spirits high. Junior Susie Freydl entertains the massive crowd at the playoff pep rally to Earth, Wind and Fire's Let's Groove. THE SECOND ANNUAL Silver- dome game had an incredible turnout and the enthusiastic majorettes gave the crowd even more to be proud of. Cheryl Yardley grins broadly while twirling to the tune of Smoke on the Water. 44 S PIRIT enjoyed in being on the squad for two years was watching the football team remain undefeat- ed for 17 straight games. The majorettes also worked hard, and attended the Fred J. Miller clinic at Northwood Institue for one week. They earned many awards, including most spirit and best technique. They practiced daily with the band, and Captain Beth Gil- son, with Co-captain Jaerna Hook organized night rehear- sals in which the girls prac- ticed twirling fire and flag batons for future games. The girls that are leaving will remember the season as one of the best times at Seaholm, while returning squad members will be looking forward to next year. continued A. ,, .. I i mug.

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FIRST YEAR STAGE CREW member John Tholen receives instructions from construction crew head Kevin Salley to build what will be the front porch of Laurey's house. THE USE OF MUSLIN makes sets lighter and easier to maneuver. Junior Sue Holmes sews together some strips of muslin that will later be stretched over a frame and painted. What really goes on behind the scenes of Oklahoma? Hammering, sawing, drilling, painting and a whole lot of fun. It's not the hard work that brings me back every year, comments co-crew head Liz Salley, it's the fun. the people and the feeling of accom- plishment on closing night that make the time and effort worthwhile. The 1984 stage crew blended together with the props crew to form one large group. In charge of construc- tion was Kevin Salley, and paint and design were taken care of by Liz Salley and Brenda Wine. Each of the three co-stage crew heads returned for their second year as leaders. This is very unusual since only once before has a student become a crew head before his senior year. As Brenda Wine put it, 1 feel last year was a great learning experience, and we'll be sure not to repeat any of our mistakes. A PRIME CANDIDATE for ap- pointment to crew head in 1985 is junior Wayne Laakko who showed great potential for leadership from the first day to the last. USICAL The major set this year was Laurey's farmhouse with a large front porch and second story windows in the back. Other large projects were a surrie with fringe on top, and Life size, realistic trees and cornstalks. Two members of last year's props crew, Stephanie VanHorn and Mindy Chew, returned to organize the props for Oklahomal. Butter churns, brooms. picnic baskets, and schythes and houes are just a few of the props that needed to be collected. Supervisor Mr. Tall added artistic sophistication and fresh ideas to bring a little bit of Oklahoma to Wagner Auditorium. Make-up crew is another important factor of the musical. The crew meets several times to learn how to turn high school students into elderly citizens of Oklahoma or love- struck farmhands. Like the entire cast and crew, they get a couple of dress rehearsals to practice what they've learned and then are put to the test on opening night. It takes alot of cooperation between cast and crew but it's worth all the work to carry on one of Seaholm's finest traditions. O BERS 6' . . . it's the feeling of accomplishment on closing night that makes all the time and effort worthwhile. ' ' OKLAHOMA! 43

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PEP RALLIES got the Maple spirit going before the big games and Kelly Gustafson, senior, is a big part of it. Kelly poses while the band prepares to play Championship OUR MIGHTY MAPLE leaf, Tom Hartle, is found in an awkward moment, trying to soothe two Berkley students at the away game against the Bears, after he paraded down the Berkley homecoming queen's red carpet. K X .S ktfvrv ,. Q O If 4 p ,nfiiff as fm! X ,4 at , ilfggsvfnfav iff im. . . ss V 1, P MAJORETTES. FRONT ROW: Co-captain Jaema Hook, Captain Beth Gilson. Back Row: Cheryl Yardley, Beth Snider, Kelly Gustafson, Michelle Michael. POM-PON GIRLS. FRONT ROW: Claire Williams, Ann Hess. Kristin Matthews, Jodi Wyett, Peggy Rehfus, Karin Stollman, Captain Lorie Dow. Back Row: Maria Rybicki, Aimee Boyer, Liz Bray, Captain Alison Hayes, Laura Krause, Ann Deborenzo, Jody Kafarski, Hope Scherer. KRISTIN MATTHEWS bops to the beat of Dead Giveaway at the awesome game against Groves in the Silverdome. S PIRIT 4 5