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

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Would ou believe 30 hours? arathon generates heat Winter can be trying espe- cially if you live in Fort Wayne. The cold that hits in january and February is the kind that chills you right down to your sox. When it is minus twenty outside and a wind chill factor of minus seventy has a strangle hold on Southwest Allen county life seems boring. But one of the things that causes the most depression is the fact that our big Christ- mas vacation is over and we have a solid three months of school in front of us. Oh, there is one day off for semes- ter break and maybe a few days for blizzards, but there is no real break till April. That is when we can most appreciate the Made to Order aspect of Homestead. It is amazing how a night off at a basketball game or a gymnas- tic meet can relax us and let us better face the next day And this year there were other things to break the rou- tine. The moving around of classrooms as the building renovation took place kept just a bit of something new in the air. Moving all of the books and materials out of your class room one week and working in a new room for a few weeks and then moving back to a room that had been totally redone was a nice change. Plus the regular events like the Variety Show and basket- ball sectionals set a nice change of pace. And add to that the excite- ment of a few new things. One of the most interesting in the long stretch was the Dance Marathon sponsored by the Athletic Booster. The Dance Marathon was sponsored to help the athletic fund of both Homestead and Woodside and saw several couples obtain sponsors who agreed to pay so much money per hour danced. Then the couples proceeded to dance for thirty hours with only a ten minute break each hour. It was wearing on the dozen or so couples who mara- thoned, but was a really in- teresting event for the rest who just stopped in to watch. It was quite a success and the money raised helped boost the sports program and the variety helped boost the doldrum spirits. Dance Marathon couples got more and more sleepy as the long 30 hours went on. KVKX 24 Ian!Feb Activities 1 l il ll I l 4 i I 4 4 4 I 4 4 l i l 1 l l 1 i 1 I 1 l 4 i l 4 1 i l i

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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

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