Groveton High School - Tigerama Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Nostalgia themes are currently thriving through¬ out the U.S. during an era in which Watergate, the energy crisis, inflation, war and pollution would rather he forgotten. During the 1973 Homecoming week, Groveton underwent a startling metamor¬ phosis. Present day reality was transferred to the past atmosphere of the fifties, and the term Groveton Greasers” finally seemed to hold some truth. Grove¬ ton students discarded their usual faded blue jean garb for a more sophisticated, yet gaudy look. Gals donned mid-calf dresses, letter sweaters, bobby socks and saddle shoes, gobs of make-up and tons of flashy, glittery jewelry, and arranged their tresses in the classic ponytail. Guys poured on Yitalis and Brylcreem to style the greasy, wethead look of the D.A., while they dressed up in peg-leg trousers with one-half inch belts, white T-shirts in which packs of cigarettes were rolled up covered by black leather Hells Angels” type jackets, and white bobby socks and saddle shoes,. The idea became contagious when even teachers, remembering their own past, ar¬ rived at school decked out in the fifties attire. Each day the culture of the Boppers” came alive as the cafeteria rocked with all the classic sounds of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holley, Bill Haley, and the Old Gold of many more. Students, a few teachers, and even the principal, inspired by the fast, rhythmic beat of the Rock ’n Roll, danced to the music. The cafeteria, during all three lunchshifts, became the setting for hilarious entertainment, and students became more concerned with obtaining good seats to view the wild buffoonery than with sat¬ isfying their own appetites. The end of the week culminated in a sockhop at the Groveton gym where mostly students but also a few teachers joined in the mirth and frenzy by danc¬ ing the Jitterbug and the Twist. By capturing and ex¬ periencing the aura and mood of the fifties, Grove¬ ton students found the return to the seventies and its fads and fashions to be quite painless. Kara Schonberger Photos by Marc Cheshire - V