McConnellsburg High School - Sparta / Flashlites Yearbook (McConnellsburg, PA)

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Prom night is traditionaly a magi- cal night when everthing sweet and wonderful, like flowers, dancing, and romance seems to come together. Ac- tually there is much more to it all than meets the eye. Many months be- fore the prom, the class of ’83 found Prnm Micrhf themselvesfacingthetaskoforganiz- 1 vFMJLM ing a prom with what one might call a 14

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people and their surroundings. I wanted to experience all these things. And I probably saw all these, plus some. In the beginning, it was a big change over. But one got used to things pretty quick, even all the homework! You see, my school sys- tem is quite different, but each school had its advantages and disadvan- tages. I can't and won’t say which is better because there arc two sides to everything. But, unlike in Germany, I never went to school here with reluc- tance. Also, a lot of my unfavorite subjects in Germany, changed to my favorites here. But, there were other things out- side of school. My visit to Juniata College, a weekend in New York City, a visit to Washington D C., and making apple butter were all nice ex- periences. Sports, such as basketball and track, were among other things I liked. The only thing I can say that I hated the most was saying goodbye.

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very limited budget. After a lot of penny penciling, care- ful planning, and many hours of time, the class was ready to begin. Yes. be- gin. They were now ready to put in a lot more work doing the actual deco- rating. With suprisingly good cooper- ation, the class went through the or- dering of decorations, hiring a band (the Parker Bandy band), and choos- ing a theme (love the world away). Then with that same cooperation they started decorating for their long awaited prom. Finally it was time for the magical and romantic part of the prom. The class could finally realize the reward for all their effort and hard work. And what a reward it was. The satisfaction of planning and putting on a beautiful and sucessful prom. Even more satis- fying was the fact that they knew they had done so without nearly as much money as had other classes, but by cooperating a little better, got the same result, just a touch differently.