Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Sing or dance, it's your choice Ever one ha a chance three and a half hours of non- stop entertainment, except for the ten minute intermis- sion. The show gives people a chance who normally would not get involved said junior Kevin O'Grady For example, would we have seen the un- forgetable Gladys Day and the Pips, or the ten girls who compose the Dancing Ro- mantics? Nowhere but Homestead on January 25 or 26 or would you have seen Carl and Kenny Smith's Na- tional Winning banjo pick- ing. This school is loaded. with talent states organizer Ed Koczergo. And talent is exact- ly what we saw on that cold Ianuary night. Anything from rock-a-roll to Shake- speare. That's Variety! It was close harmony for this group of barbershop quartetters. Variety 21

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Entertainment, you or others Pick stage or audien e Even though students might not have agreed on the artist or the song, music played an important part of every student's life at Home- stead. This was especially evident every morning when the morning announcements were broadcast after first pe- riod. Not only the students but also the teachers became involved, jumping, singing, and rocking to the beat of a large variety of contempo- rary tunes. New wave, punk rock, and blitz styles were replaced by the likes of Duran Duran and Billy Squier, much to the thanks ot a new 24 hour rock video channel known as MTV. Although many stu- dents demanded I want my MTW' some remained dedi- cated to good ole rock n' roll group such as Rush, The Rolling Stones, the Who, and Bob Seger. The Who is the greatest group ever, and always will be, commented junior Allan Caspar. MTV is the best channel ever, I really love the Mi- chael jackson videos, added freshman Dan Iohnson. The year in music saw an end to the Who as a group, as they bidded farewell in a grand tour of the United States. Although Fort Wayne didn't experience the Who in its coliseum, such greats as judas Priest, Billy Squier, Triumph, and Indiana's very own john Cougar did appear. In the school, Homestead students also demonstrated their talents. During many lunch modules, students gathered in the halls to ad- mire the skills of the Spartan Singers and the swing choir. When half-time was called at a varsity football game, the marching band was wel- comed with open arms. Additionally, Homestead saw its first Variety show which was held in Ianuary The talents of many students were demonstrated, includ- ing everything from a perfor- mance by the rock band Phantasm to a Neil Diamond sing-along. No matter where the per- formance was-at the Colise- um, at Homestead, or inside a Walkman, music definitely found itself in the life of al- most every student at Home- stead. Professional entertainment, most often rock concerts, drew a large number of students for a change of pace. Some students, like these members of Phantasm, pre- fered to make the music instead of just listening to it. Entertainment 23