Golden West High School - Sunset Yearbook (Visalia, CA)

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Tradition continues Changes not needed in popular FFA Western Week While many changes took place during the 1986-87 school year, traditions continued to build at the eight-year-old high school. One of them was the annual Western Week activities sponsored by the Future Farmers of America. A week of competitions March 2-7 included an obstacle course, goat milking contest, pie eat- ing contest and a tug-o-war. During the Satur- day night Sweetheart Dance, Leslie Rowley, representing the seniors, was crowned Sweet- heart Queen. Her court consisted of Freshman Sunny Ruiz, Sophomore Janice Kroeker, and Junior Karrie Batchelor. TOP RIGHT: Bobby Tarbcll announces Western Week activities as John Rose and Sweetheart Queen Leslie Rowley look on. TOP LEFT: Danny Andrew competes in the obstacle courjc. ABOVE: Michelle McCauley takes instructions from Leslie Rowley during the pic eating- contest. 224

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Changing style Group ‘shocks’ students Sitting in the gym during a pep assembly in Feb. 20, some students laughed, others were stunned, some sat in disbelief, and a few looked in ‘shock.’ What they saw for the First time was the Golden West winterguard (the band’s colorguard) presenting a new style and a new title, “Future Shock.’’ “Future Shock means a dizzy disorientation suffered by people who are unaware of modern things. That’s where we’re coming from,” said the group’s adviser, Karen Bithell, in attempting to explain winterguard’s performance. Dressed in black tights with black cloth across the face, the girls performed a scries of futuristic moves, dances and flag movements to music. The performances won the approval of many judges. On Feb. 8 the group won the first place trophy at the San Joaquin Valley Colorguard and Percussion Review at Fresno’s Hoover High School. They also won trophies and awards at other competitions throughout the Valley. LEFT: Front: Sherri Cruthficld. Middle: Renee Dirkcr, Valeric Viscarra, Debbie Story, Patricia Joslin. Back: Son- dra Gooding, Melissa Busby (captain), Jcancanc Shaw. LEFT: Sherri Crutchfield performs her Future Shock routine. ABOVE MIDDLE: Jcancanc Shaw practices her futuristic moves for Future Shock. ABOVE RIGHT: Melissa Busby, Jcancanc Shaw, and Crccia Reynolds perform during the pep assembly in February. 223

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Photos by Matt Black and David Avila LEFT: Darin McKinney gets his face full of pic as he competes during West- ern Week. MIDDLE LEFT: Joe Cardoso leaps over hay bales during the obstacle course. MIDDLE: Jeff Lawrence prepares to jump from the hay bales during the obstacle course contest. LEFT: Sabrina Alvarado jumps over the hay bales during the Western Week competition. ABOVE: Mud stained Rick Johnson leaps from the hay bales during the obstacle course competition.