Irving High School - Lair Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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With the emcees asking the questions, a couple of miscues occurred when the emcees could not hear the responses of the contestants, especially when the contestants needed a question repeated. All the beautiful people By Phil Taylor ost people believed that beauty was only a quality which was basically skin deep. However, in an attempt to prove this theory wrong, the Lair Staff sponsored the annual Beauties and Handsomes pageant in May. Although good looks were an important quality for doing well in the contest, contestants were also judged on the qualities of poise, personality, response, and overall appearance. The Lair Staff began the selection process by sponsoring a homeroom election where students nominated three boys and three girls from their class to participate in the pageant. After tabulating the ballots, the staff sent out invitations to the ten top vote-gatherers in each class, both male and female. Held later in the spring than ever before, the contest was arranged in May and carried out a springtime theme. In contrast Mike Kopf After completing their appear- ance at the microphone, seniors Scott Baxter and Lynn Thompson return to their position in line. As they are introduced to the audience, freshman couple Norbert Osborn and Sherry Ross pause under the ribbon and ivy decorated archway. to last year's elaborate decorations involving balloons, the staff tried for a simpler, more elegant theme, using long, colorful ribbons, plants and greenery, and an ivy and ribbon decorated archway. Although the decorations were simpler, they still required the staff to devote time to preparing them, which it did on the Friday night preceding the Saturday pageant. The only really complicated area of the pageant involved the Lair Staff assuming the responsibility of asking the questions to the contestants, which previously had been done by the judging panel. This involved taking the ques- tionnaires which the contestants had prepared and finding some area on each one to quiz each contestant about. After a while it became a very difficult chore to find a different questioning technique for each contestant, especially when many of the answers to the questions were very similar. It took the better part of Friday night and Saturday afternoon for this to be done. The night of the pageant, however, most people agreed that the questioning technique worked effectively, and provided the contestants with a better opportunity to express them- selves since the questions dealt with specific areas of their lives, rather than in vague generalities. Gathering in the choir room at 7 p.m., the freshmen contestants, who were competing for the first time, nervously chatted, fixed their hair, and tried to ease queasy stomachs. At 7:30 they were placed in line as couples and were led to the stage. Emcees Scott Baxter and Bill Norman began the pageant and introduced the judging panel, which consisted of Warren Epps, radio personality from K 104g Ms. Linda Youngblood, fashion consultant for the Apparel Martg and Mr. Bob and Ms. Linda ICun't. un page S501 Emcee Bill Norman and sound technician Kevin Kopf listen to some last minute instructions from Ms. Sherri Taylor. Mike Kopf ' Mike Mike Kopf Chosen as beauties and handsomes are seniors Mari- helen Akins, Michele Herrick, and Tammie Edwardsg juniors Julie Heyden, Robin Johnson, and Nancy Rayg seniors Marc Schmitz, Pat Collini, and Jeff Gloverg and juniors Glenn Sullivan, Jake Smith, and Jim Smith. Checking their number before going on stage, Marc Bellah and Julie Heyden lead the other junior contestants on stage as Don Bannister watches. Beauties and Handsomes 29

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Chosen as beauties and handsomes are sopho- mores Carolyn Conrad, Andrea Shlipak, and Kim Jarrardg freshmen Sherry Ross, Christy Thompson, and Wendy Johnsong sophomores Jeff Stewart, Roy Santoscoy, and Eric Schmitzg and freshmen Norbert Osborn, Danny Schmitz, and Tracy Bush. Being given his couple number before going on stage, Dave Portillo proceeds to his place as he is introduced. 30 Beauties and Handsomes Mike Three brothers, senior Marc, sophomore Eric, and freshman Danny Schmitz batted a 100 percent when they were all three chosen as handsomes. Twins Jake and Jim Smith also were victorious. All the beautiful people fCon't. from page 291 Mintz, professional portrait photographers. Competing in the pageant for the first time, junior Robin Johnson said, 'KI was mainly really shocked because it's usually the same people every year. I wasn't even nominated my freshman or sophomore year. Robin said she enjoyed the pageant. It was funny watching the freshmen. They were scared to death. I enjoyed standing with an escort to share the feelings of what was going on. The question part had everyone in shambles. We were all nervousf' Providing entertainment during the pageant were singer Debbie Sears, who was accompanied by Tammy Williamsg and Olivia Newton Tom, which consisted of seniors Tom Manskey, Joanna Yaeger, Traci Moore, and Sylvia Chavez. Throughout the evening, the couples from the other three classes came on to the stage to also be judged. At the conclusion of the pageant, the winners were announced. While the range of winners represented many IHS families, one family in particular scored high in the pageant, with three winners, one each from the freshman, sophomore, and senior classes. The Schmitz family had all three of their sons, Marc, Eric, and Danny named as handsomes at the conclusion of the pageant. Mrs. Sharon Schmitz, mother of the three winners said she was very pleased that all three of them won. lt was an honor for me that they were even nominated since there are so many kids up there, she said. Mrs. Schmitz said that the hardest part of having three sons in the pageant was finding suits for all of them. We were shifting suits around since I have four sons, trying to get something to fit the three youngestf' Another family winner came from the Smith family. Twins Jake and Jim Smith were both chosen as junior winners. Having competed against each other before, but primarily in sports, the brothers both play on the basketball team. I thought if one of us won the other one would, too, Jake said. It,s always been that way before, he said. Adrnitting that there is a lot of competition between us, Jake said that he and Jim are closer than two regular brothers. Everything we do we do together. I can always tell what he's thinking. Despite the pageantis late occurrence in the year, most participants seemed to enjoy the changes that had been made in the ceremony. Freshman couples Perry Harrison and Sandra Lovelady, and Danny Schmitz and Lynda Tate chat nervously before taking their turns at the microphone. ...ai- Mike Kopf Caught in a pensive moment, sophomores Carolyn Conrad and John Cochran express amuse- ment at a fellow contestant's response.