Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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0 SCHOOL HANGOUTS si i z s l ii r I in ri E Lounging over in the junior hall are juniors Stacy Carson, Tres Barren, Don Gruka, and sophomores Ronnie Driskal and Ronnie Green. junior Russell Watkins along with seniors Gene Parish and David Thomas compare weekend stories about each other and others. was 5 Until the 8:30 bell rings, senior Danny Nance catches a frisbee on the back parking lot. i 3 W a a., , -i .V , 4, W ff, nf, if W

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MUSIC be followed by Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 from the movie ofthe same name. Queens Another One Bites the Dust became a type of school yell song much like We Will Rock You had done several years ago. The constant airplay given to the single even spawned its own parody, Another One Rides the Bus. Devo, a band that a few years ago was laughed at, had one of the biggest hits of the year with Whip It. This song began to impress some people that there was some new wave music they liked. Blondie only increased this belief with their Latin-influ- enced Tide Is High and new wavefdisco mix Rapture New albums by Rush, the Who, Cheap Trick, and other stalwarts became hits, while groups like the Cars, were not as well received. Bruce Springsteen made his awaited reappearance with The River . Styx's Paradise Theater brought out The Best of Times, which eventually became the class song. Probably the biggest successes of the year were REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar. Both had several hits on the charts, in the case of REO. several at once. REO had been together ten years and had always done very well on the concert circuit. but High Infi- delity became their first chart-busting album. New releases by Tom Petty, ACXDC, Van llalen, and ,journey closed out the year for rock fans. The second week of December opened the next chapter in the life of the Beatles. as john Lennon was murdered in front of his New York home. Lennon had just released his first album in five years. Double lfan- tasyf' with his wife, Yoko Ono. A shocked group of fans soon began buying copies of all Lennon and Beatle albums, and soon all of the popular music of the sixties was receiving more airplay than it had in ten years. George Harrisons new album had a mem- orial to Lennon entitled All Those Years Ago, It featured Ringo Starr on drums and Paul McCartney on back-up vocals. Yoko Ono was to release an album based on the killing, according to rumors. McCartney's earlier efforts in the year included his solo album, which had simulta- neous hits with the solo and live versions of Coming Up. lle was one of the many peo- ple who invested his time in the LNICEIT concerts with the Who, Queen, the Clash. the Pretenders, and Tan Dury. Reunion Arena became the major audito- rium for concerts in the metroplex, replacing Tarrant County Convention Center. The only major group to play TCCC was Rush, and that was only after they had sold out Reun- ion Arena. ZW made a major change to album rock and brought the name Eagle 97 out of the unlikely call letters of KEGL. 1 Most of the popular groups in the pop field continued into this year. Billy joel was very successful. and groups like the Pointer Sisters, the Babys and several soloists were on the charts. Barbra Streisand did very well on her album combined with Barry Gibb. Kim Carnes' hit, Bette Davis Eyes was the highest single on the charts as the year closed. Paul McCartney, a fixture in rock music for fifteen years, released his second solo album in 1980. it X X S A... The Best of Times became the 1981 senior song and a hit single for the group, Styx. 189

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GOSSIP favorite pastime Did yo hear? by Annie Estill Did you hear about Betty and Paul? 'Jimmie and Sharon got hitched! Henry got an earring! As soon as a student enters the school and gets caught up in the social swing of things, he is surrounded by various people informing him of others' personal affairs. This student has just entered another dimension of rumors and told secrets, it's the Ilaltom High School Zone. From the hall of music to the rooms of business, there is gossip being interspersed throughout Haltom. Talk ranges anywhere from a chemistry kid bragging about his ex- periments to the school's Casanova enumerating on the many aspects of his love life. Students lined the benches in the foyer upholding their reputations and getting well acquainted with the word ofthe day. An attentive clown spots a nerd sneak- ing through the foyer. Hey, look at the dork? lie reminds me of poindexterfw One basketball star to another, Man, I took out Betty Lou last night and she was the greatest! l V A Highstepper to a well endowed girl, I heard about you last night, Betty Lou. Although the foyer is the social meeting place, the band hall is well populated with various musicians running about skittishly and sharing word ofmouth. Trumpeter to tuba player, Boy, you real- ly blew it at that concert yesterday! The back parking lot, gossip can still be heard through the smoke and acid rock music . . . One to another, Hey man, did you know Marlboro went up a nickle a pack? Then there's the sweet couple straying away from the social crowds, walking the halls together, with the look of love in their eyes and the sense of warmness as they cud- dle as close as they can to one another . . . Girl to boy, innocently, Oh yea, did I tell you my father's going to shoot you if you come over again! Too had for the football jocks early mor- ning practice made them miss all the juicy gossipk, R ,fl-' y ii,.ygx,L2gJkE? ifvmiiosa ff -' sf i ft Sophomores are afraid to enter the foyer the first week of school and sit in front of the school. Deedee Hut- chinson, Kurt Follis, and Robert Russell wait for rides after school. Sm' 'Y Ranauda McMahon, jodi Pruitt, and Romona Baldorass find a comfortable place by the East Gym to compare carnations received on Valen- rine's Day.