Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Sophomore Gina Porras, one completely against Rock-a-billy, sits with friends at lunch. Instead of wearing Rock-a-billy attire Porras prefers the hard core punk look. junior Lisa Lopez and date Eddie Schultz demon- strate The Swing, a rock-a-billy dance. Rock-a-billies prefer this dance to the punker's slam. an Otter is one who still enjoys punk Josed to Rock-a-billy. Otter still doesn't e Sex-Pistols disbanded. theme - 3

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Rock-a-billy sets trend, punk wanes Every zo years fads, fashions and styles seem to repeat themselves. In the I97O,S, spurred by the television show Happy Daysl' a return to the Fabulous 5o,s,'. The Mod move- ment is reminiscent of the early 196o's. The current Rock-a-billy fashion is a return to the fashions and music of the late I95O,S and early I96O,S. Groups such as the Stray Cats - and the Blasters are reviving the music of the very early rock era. Fashions reminiscent of the fashions worn by james Dean cult figure, Marilyn Monroe, and the late Elvis Presley are evident on campus. Bobby socks, plain pumps with point- ed toes, full skirts or straight skirts, Levi's 50175 jeans just a little too short, creepers, Hush Puppies, and Le- vi's denim jackets are the trademark of rock-a-billy enthusiasts. Hair is often cut short and greased up into pompadours that look a little like the hair styles made popular by early singers Eddie Cochran and Ricky Nel- son. These fashions are not frequently found in The Brass Pluml' at Nord- stroms. Senior Teresa Dahnke shops at second hand stores as well as stores in L.A. such as Flips to achieve her special look. Not only is the look and music different, but the style of dance differs from that of the IQ8O,S as well. The Swing, a dance popular in the IQ4O,S during the Big Band era is popular. Lisa Fleming, Tim Healy, Eric Cassias, and Brian DePuy clown around at the Homecoming Dance. The music was supplied by the band, 88 . Seniors David Ferry and Wendy Oviedo take a quiet moment from all the dancing and action. Perry was one who helped set the trend of rock-a- billy at Esperanza. 1 - theme

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Championships are athletic tradition Winning championships, whether CIF or league, has become old hat to Aztec sports teams. So many awards, championships and games have been won that the athletes, spectators and other teams take them for granted. But the coaches, the men and women who work with these athletes to win the games and championships and awards do not take them for granted. Hours and hours of time go into coaching any sport, hours taken away from family, leisure time and other ac- tivities. Coaching a sport soon can get to be an all consuming ordeal. For this reason there is a rapid turnover in coaches, partially due to the burn- out factor. Ten years ago Dave Stout, former wrestling head coach, was the head football coach for the first Aztec season. Consumer Educa- tion teacher Mike Smith coached both the water polo and swimming teams, he subsequently resigned both positions. Dal Dessecker was the head boys' bas- ketball coach in I973, resigned from that position in 1978 to coach the girls' volleyball and basketball teams. I-Ie resigned as head girls' basketball coach last year and was replaced by Marc Hill. Dick Enright, former ath- letic director, was the head baseball coach. Bob Claborn was an assistant football coach. Bob Whiteman coached the frosh-soph football team with now El Dorado Activities Direc- tor Ron Rodriguez. joan Stewart and Jean Agee were the backbone of the girls' coaching staff. Agee coached varsity and JV Basket- ball, Varsity and JV Field Hockey, Varsity and JV Volleyball and would have coached Varsity and JV Softball if the move onto the new campus hadn't necessitated the cancellation of that sport. Stewart, in addition to be- ing Girls' Athletic Director, coached Varsity and JV Tennis, all levels of swimming and all levels of track. Varsity Football Coach Pete Yoder watches his team intently from the side- lines. Yoder, with a fleet of assistant coaches, has coached the Aztecs into the CIF playoffs every year for the past eight. Soccer player Memo DeAnda eludes op- , posing players. The soccer program has been active here for the past four years. 4 - theme E E