Manchester High School - Memoir Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Mini skirts, costume jewelry. In a streamlined stance, Paula Bucklen displays huge earrings and a short skirt like those popular among teen girls. Cropped pants. Part of the Fifties revival, cropped jeans, like those worn by Jennifer Young, became a popular substitute for ordinary Levi's. Sony walkmen. Unobtrusively, Jodie Walton listens to a tape of The Clash as her unsuspecting teacher continues to lecture at the front of the room Ultra-short haircuts. Steve ‘Joe Strummer Saady takes his hairstyle to a most extreme degree; he wears the increasingly popular mohawk

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Ot The Kighties Each year Madison Avenue changes its concept of “in” clothing and, as usual, the new designs influenced students. A resur- gence of Fifties style clothing hit the fash- ion scene. The Marilyn Monroe look of polka dotted dresses with full skirts and cropped pants gained popularity. Pumps and costume jewelry completed the en- sembles. Likewise, New Wave impacted dress. The army look clothed students seeking to mimmick their tavorite musicians. Combat boots, mohawks, and second hand cloth- ing were the key to this look. By adapting new styles to their own lifestyles, students determined the look of the Eighties. Pierced ears. Dan Harrington, like other new wave music buffs, wears four earrings similar to those worn by rock stars. Shoes. As once-popular Weejuns are ushered out, Converse tennis shoes, suede boots, Van’s, flip flops, and camouflage shoe laces overtake teen feet. = eee Mh x ae La ae 18 The Look

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A Rivalry For Fun The seniors and faculty were given the chance to battle out their differences, not in the classroom, but on the basketball court, during the annual Student-Faculty Basketball game. The game commenced with Lord English making his grand en- trance in a blue velvet cape with accompa- nying trumpets roaring. The seniors were also psyched for victory. After his an- nouncement, Philip Ventrella was at- tacked by fans wanting autographs as he ran onto center court, protected by body- guard Mel Alexander. At the first two points shot by the senior team, a white cloud, in the form of toilet paper, descended onto the floor. After all the pre-game hoopla, however, the bas- ketball players got down to serious busi- ess. The seniors held the lead for the ma- jority of the game, until the final moments when the faculty members managed to make some clutch free throws. Despite the senior loss, the audience was treated to slam dunks, swishing free throws, and a lot of entertainment in between. Finding an opening, Julie Lewis prepares to make the shot which will make the seniors tied with the faculty. Is this fair? Joey Goswick tries to abort the teachers’ hances of scoring by sabotaging the basket. Senior-Faculty Basketball Game