Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Pleasing Ourselves tasted baci, a delicious chocolate candy with hazelnuts. Donnie Youngbloom went to Munich, Germany where he took in the Schwebing District, a lively center near the University in lvtunich. l-le also saw the Newschwanstein castle, which was copied by Walt Disney for Snow VVhite's fairytale castle. Travel was fun, be it to another country or East Texas to visit grandparents For some who didn't have the opportunity themselves to travel, different cultures were experienced in other ways. Lou Ann Bell collected stamps. Her grandmother worked for the UT Law School. She saved stamps and gave them to Lou Ann, who compiled them in her books. Laurie Sherrill traveled by way of books. She was constantly reading and learning that people in different areas of the world are similar yet different. Our talents inspired some of us to pursue them as careers or at least to help us on our way out in the real world, Tom Cher1auIt,a yearbook photographer, worked at Texas Camera. l-le was awarded Best Salesman of the Year in DE. l-le learned to develop negatives and prints. l-le even set up a color darkroom in his home. Shirley Conklin had lun in the kitchen. She enjoyed baking exotic dishes and planning lun-type meals. She began 1 42 ,W experimenting when she was about nine years old. Some of her favorite dishes to create were spaghetti with homemade sauce and ice-box cakes. After she moved out on her own. this love of cooking would keep her from depending on TV dinners or routine meals Vickie Williams gained the satisfaction and knowledge that the future would be a little bit brighter from being able to make her own clothes. She had been able to sew almost all her own clothes since she took a Singer sewing course when she was eleven years old. Saving pennies might not sound like an exciting thing to do, but tor Joette lselt, who had accomplished over 392.00 worth in one year, it might come in handy. especially if the government stopped making them, We matured, learning responsibility, budgeting our time and money, and realizing we needed time for ourselves and our self-growth. We gained confidence. endurance and the insight to see the importance of dedication and challenge. We found that our hobbies and interests were not just fun, but rewarding. They could be useful in our futures: they might even become our lifetime careers. qv hobbies and interests 81

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Bruce Meier Scott Meier Bridget Mercado Glynda Mercier Marc Merry Lucy Mitchell Ftandy Muze Jay Moeller Debra Moore David Morgan Debbie Morris Sylvia Mosqueda Mark Muelbrad Cindy Mulkey Diane Muniz Tammie Murray Flandy Mutschink Debbie Myers Ken Neans Judy Newbury Brian Newton David Nunnery Melissa Oatman Jackie O'Brien 82 musicfjunlors lr 6 n the morning it woke us at night it lulled us and all the time in between it helped our day go a little better Music helped our dates when the conversation was skimpy and when we felt we had no other music was always a friend Some ol us were in it prolessionally and some of us were just with it On the way to school over our mom s protest or the honk of insistent horns the radio blared lt helped take our minds off that test we didn t study for or the fight with our steadies and in general just soothed our nerves Janet Hutchinson was just one of the many people that were interested in music more than just casually She had played the violin for six years I probably won t major in it but I may use it as a minor she said Byron Hinderer who sang in concert choir also playsthe violin Helen Schuler who played the flute sang in concert choir and studied private voice for two years She placed second in the AFS Talent Show singing opera She hoped to make a career with the Metropolitan Opera and sang with the Austin Civic Chorus David Dealing played a beautiful classical guitar but he said It s for my private enjoyment only During lunch at Lanier music was food for the soul Transistors with ear plugs suspicious looking watches and other musical contraptions could be seen making their way around campus attached to someone s arm Out in the parking lot the Doobies or Charlie Pride crooned away with the help of a car stereo Most people enjoyed the radio joining in when it was time to crack the books Writing essays with the help of John Denver s syrupy lyrics was a popular favorite Elton John and Peter Frampton went well also The Eagles and Neil Young both put on a fantastic show at the Municipal Auditorium and with Ted Nugent s audience at Armadillo it became love at first sight Progressive country like Rusty Weir and Asleep at the Wheel let lans two step their way into heaven at well known bars around town The biggest concert bashes had to be the outdoor breaks Willie Nelson starred as an all time favorite at his famous 4th of July picnics and at the Sunday Break I and Il superstars such as Peter Frampton and Chicago drew tremendous crowds. Dating favorites, the Silver Dollar and Chelsea Street Pub provided their customers with alive band each night and Pizza lnn and Morty's always had a jukebox sitting in a corner so you could eat and boogie at the same time. We used music in almost everything we did. Talks with friends the Homecoming dance, and millions of other things music helped us through them all. 1 When classes got boring, students like Jack Fairchild livened them up with his banjo and a few knee-slapping tunes. 2 Even school couldn't take some of us away from our music. Here, Kenneth King listens to his tape recorder, 3 As Nellie in South Pacific, Hope Harrell had a chance to show the skill and talent learned through years of practice, and private voice lessons outside of choir, 4 Many students took interests in all kinds of music besides the radio. Here, Geri DelGuidice and Matt Weaver strum along together in Mr. Giffords gui- tar class.