Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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From building floats to crowning a queen, this year ' s Homecoming was again a time for Tradition my Rodriguez, a former Fort Hays State cheerleader who was paralyzed .below the waist Feb, 1 , 1 985 when she fell from the top of a pyramid, led the 1 985 Homecoming parade as Grand Marshall starting off the Best in the West weekend festivities. As an array of floats paraded down Main Street, judges chose which floats would receive awards. FHSU organizations managed to wrap up five awards for their efforts in float design. The Tiger Spirit Award went to Alpha Gamma Delta and Delta Sigma Phi for their old West storefronts and Any Last Words? Custer Hall took the Founder ' s Award for Round-up the Best Education in the West. Phi Delta Kappa won the Alumni Award with The West is Best in Education. Winning the President’s Award was the Delta Zeta sorority for their version of the Old West Saloon and Hey, Partner, Your Best Bet is the Tigers. The Rainbows Award sponsored by Hays Travel and Tourism went to This is Caldwell Banker and Sears Country. Kentucky Fried Chicken grabbed the Chamber of Commerce Award for their The Best Chicken in the West float. The Knights of Columbus won the Heritage Award for non-profit Organizations with The Best Darn Shooters in the West. The Creative Arts Society won the grand prize with The Best of the East and West, their version of a multi-legged tiger, mimicking a Chinese dragon. After the last float and marching band made their way down the route, the parade ended with children of all ages carrying flags and free soft drinks for all who participated and attended the parade. A pre-game Tiger tailgate party followed the parade, southeast of Lewis Field stadium, FHSU played Kearney State of Nebraska in the Homecoming contest. After slofback Eric Busenbark, Lamed junior, caught quarterback Robert Long’s pass and ran for an 89-yard touchdown just minutes into the game, black and gold balloons were released by fans. The balloons were a money-raising project for the Northwest Kansas Family Shelter. At halftime, the FHSU marching band, along with 24 area high school and junior high bands, entertained the crowd with a mass band concert of The Message of Music. Then the 1985 Homecoming queen was crowned — Colleen Ellis, Rozel senior. She was elected from a field of 13 candidates. The five finalists were Mary Albers, Colby senior; Ellis; Diana Flax, WaKeeney senior; Micki Prenger, Macon, Mo., sophomore; and Kristi Willinger, Great Bend junior. Ellis was sponsored by the Wiest Hall Council. The Tigers won the game, slipping by the Antelopes 25-23. Before the traditional Homecoming activities, the east wing of Sternberg Museum was dedicated to Ross and Marianna Beach of Hays. The couple donated 22 African specimens to the Hall of Natural History, which was renovated during the spring and summer months. by missy bowen and jill grant Colleen Ellis, Rozel senior, was crowned Homecoming queen at the halftime of the football oame against Kearney State, (photo by Monty Davie) Homecoming - 19

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Kevin White, Syracuse senior, shoots Sara Blodgett, Arlington freshman, and Pam Faubion, Salina senior, asks, Any Last Words? The float was built by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and the Della Sigma Phi fraternity, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) A covered wagon parade entry was only one of the Western ideas at the Homecoming parade with its Best in the West theme, (photo by Monty Davis) The Creative Society ' s Float won the grand prize in the Homecoming parade, (photo by Monty Davis) Peggy Ware, Longford junior, stuffs the body of the float for the Creative Arts Society, (photo by Monty Davis) Julie Walker, ElDorado senior, puts the finishing touches on the Creative Arts Society float before the parade, (photo by Monty Davia)

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Crowds loved John Cafferty’s rendition of his hit song On the Dark Side, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) Cafferty spells out the word C-l-T-Y with his arms, along with 4,700 screaming fans, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) During the tour for their album Tough All Over, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band played at Gross Memorial Coliseum during Homecoming weekend, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) A concert success capped off Homecoming weekend, as John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band visited Hays C-l-T-Y 17 hen movie Eddie and the i y Cruisers was released during the — summer of 1983, a six-man New Jersey band had high hopes. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band had been playing up and down the Atlantic Coast for 1 0 years when they were approached to do the soundtrack for the movie. Two years later the band is on the road with their second album and on Oct. 4 they performed to a crowd of 4,700 in Gross Memorial Coliseum. ' This crowd is unbelievable, Cafferty said. We didn ' t expect that many people. We ' re still at a point where we’re still really surprised when people know us far from home. Eddie and the Cruisers fared poorly at the box office, but after its release and later debut on cable television, demand for the Beaver Brown Band ' s soundtrack exploded. Within one month the single On the Dark Side was racing up the music charts and the band’s videos were in the homes of millions of Americans, compliments of M-TV. After the first album came out we were on tour, Cafferty said. Then our second album { Tough All Over) came out. It was pretty much back to back. The group has been playing together for over 13 years and Cafferty said he enjoys life on tour. We’ve been lucky, he said. “We ' ve been together since 1 972 and we ' ve always been able to make friends, like tonight. Whether 20 - John Cafferty