Houghton Lake High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Houghton Lake, MI)

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Senior Dave Carr seems awestruck to see sophomore Dan Blanchard taking orders given to him by his masters Teresa Minzgor and Lisa Stauffer on Slave Day. Dan’s masters required him to wear a slave outfit, sing songs to his friends and nose pennies down the hall. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Seniors! Seniors! The homecoming pep assem- bly proved to be a rowdy one. Classes shouted at the top of their lungs to prove their class spir- it. ’83 class members reigned as number one, winning the spirit award for the first time. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Spirit peaks at Friday assembly As spirit week continued, polka dots and stripes marked Wednesday’s fashion. The slaves purchased Tuesday provided feature entertainment. Their masters forced them to do everything from wearing bizarre costumes to pushing pennies down the hall-with their noses. Many slaves, in fact, walked on the end of a leash all day. The noon time game consisted of stu- dents bringing in baby pictures. Bag It Day, held Thursday, featured students dressed in a variety of bags from gargage bags to sleeping bags. During lunch students requested chants from cheerleaders for a dime to earn points for the spirit award. Friday marked the end of spirit week with students pouring on the spir- it wearing the school colors: green and white. Junior Chris Armstrong ob- served, “There was a lot more participation this year and that made it better.” The lunch game, spirit sign-up, boosted spirit even more. Classes com- peted to see how many signatures each class could get. Enthusiasm ignited even more at the pep assembly. Cheerleaders devised games such as banana eating, where the class winners of Prunk Day raced to eat bananas and drink 7-up the fastest. Crazy Day winners found themselves in a beauty contest. The girls grabbed clothes out of a box to dress their male partners. Then the guys paraded around the gym in their new attire. As the stands burst with excitement, the polka dots and stripes winners went hog wild. In this game, the par- ticipants entered a hog calling contest, without the pigs. The final game in- volved two members from each class. They blindfolded themselves and fed each other ice cream. After all the crazy antics of the week came to an end, the seniors came out on top with the most spirit points. They received the spirit award during halftime of the homecoming game. Polka dots and stripes set the tone for Wednesday’s dress contest. Seniors Dan Kelly and Dan Roberts show their spirit along with ju- nior Nannette Trader. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Building Momentum 10-SPIRIT WEEK

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of jelly beans in the jar. Tuesday peaked at the pep assem- bly where the powderpuff team members and honey candidates paraded in front of cheering fans. Ju- nior Laurel Reidel stated, “This year was the first year that I took part in all the activities. The pep assembly really got us fired up for the other events of the week.” The slave auction provided featured entertainment at the assembly. Stu- dents could bid on and purchase a girl or guy sportsperson and have a slave for the day on Wednesday as the Spir- it Week antics continued. Freshman advisor Rod Martin gets into the Crazy Day spirit. Martin, donning helmet and in command, puts his College Prep Grammar class through maneuvers. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Homecoming Honey candidates of 1982 strut their stuff. They campaigned room to room to drum up votes for themselves when the stu- dents voted in their first hour classes. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Junior Cathy Cory really got into Prunk Day. Cathy stated. I decided to dress Nu Wave’ for Prunk Day ’cause it is the ultimate cool.” Photo by Jim Gonzalez. SPIRIT WEEK 9

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Dan Newsom and Kelly Spiess won the right to represent seniors at the Friday pep assembly by winning Thursday’s Bag It Day costume com- petition. Their prize? Cramming a banana down their throats and washing it down by chugging 7- Up. Photo by Dale Vermillion. Senior slave Pam Leszczynski and fellow slave junior Kurt Boals had some problems with the garbage can race held during lunch on Slave Day. In this race slaves pulled fellow slaves down the hall in an empty trash can. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. “How do I push a penny?” Senior slave Kathy Kronner appears baffled by the correct technique. Kathy and fellow slaves participated in the annual contest requiring slaves to push pennies down the hall with their noses. Amused masters and spectators watched. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. SPIRIT WEEK-11