Forest Lake High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Lake, MN)

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On the winter afternoon of the Christmas concert, band Candy Larson and Sandy Sinn nervously enter the softly member George Mickelson, at left, and choir members lit gymnasium. Hidden in the fluffy spray of cold, white snow, a happy group of revelers fly in all directions as they tumble off their toboggan. Their leader, his feet still firmly in place, tries his best to hang on.

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Soc Hops Attract A Maze Of Dancers Shedding their inhibitions. Chris Pierce and Jane Strnad react naturally to the beat of the music. As Bobbie Hollander dances on. Debbie Seim flashes a surprised look at the photographer. With music provided by the Yunger Set. Julie Thomson and Chris Anderson show the newest dance steps at the Cheerleaders' Soc Hop. Cloaked in the stuffy blackness of the air, the figures wrenched and jerked grotesquely. Screeching waves of music radiated from the stage to the maze of forms peopling the floor. Penetrating the air and the walls, the sound of the band pounced on the atmosphere and held it in its grasp. The lights dropped leaves of cacophony on the night. Recessed in the dim, anonymous cement blocks, a motionless line of boys watched the dancers. They circled the gym like a myriad of spirits, closed to the spectacle by the barrier of their uncertainty. Finally, as the band turned to pack their in- struments, a slow movement started toward the door. The voices grew soft, then diminished.

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Caped in the gray dusk. Julie Thomson takes one last run before leaving Telemark with the Ski Club. Winter’s Brilliance Smothers Fall A soft chilly cloud settles in the trees, spreading a blanket of freshly fallen snow on the ground below. Joyous laughter echoes down white slopes as fall is smothered by win- ter’s brilliance. Forest Lake students begin focusing their attention on the indoor sports and outdoor fun of the season as the snowmobile’s hum is heard in the distance. Many can be seen carry- ing skates, sleds and skis to the nearest ponds and hills, and hard, icy snowballs and graceful snow sculptures begin to take form. For the Rangers, the long cold months are highlighted by Christmas vacation, but it’s back to the books in January to prepare for semester exams. School closings due to snow provide welcome breaks, and wintry thoughts give way to dreams of spring. Full of mischief and the spirit of the season, senior Dan ing victim. Such scenes were common due to the rec Nast tosses a firmly packed snowball at his unsuspect- ord-breaking snow depth 17