Meade High School - Genesis Yearbook (Fort Meade, MD)

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The Spirit of Christmas he 1983 Christmas Spirit week was different from all the others past. The Christmas Dance is usually preceeded by Spirit Week, but this year, the opposite was true. The Christmas activities were held the week after the danceg the last four days before school closed for Christmas break. The first day of Christmas Spirit Week was entitled Mistletoe and Christmas Colors Day. Students brought in real as well as imitation mistletoe and even branch- es from bushes in their front yards. Throughout the school, students were dressed in red and green to give the school a Christmas atmosphere. The second day of the week was named, Twas the Night Before Christ- mas . Students came to school dressed in pajamas and brought in stuffed animals to illustrate their Christmas Eve attire. Santa and his Elves was the third day of Spirit Week. On this day, students wore Santa suits, but elf costumes were domi- nant. One accessory that was popular was a Santa hat. Some hats had a bell or pom pons on the end, while some hats had names written across the front in glitter. The final day was entitled Presents Day . Presents were brought in by stu- dents for their friends and teachers and exchanged throughout the course of the day. Some students went as far as to be- come a present themselves and wrap themselves up in wrapping paper and big bows. An activity that went on throughout the week was the SGA sponsored canned food drive. The canned food drive is an annual event at Meade in which students donate food to a specified group. This year's recipient of the cans were the veterans of Foreign War. The 1983 can- ned food drive was by far the most suc- cessful canned food drive that Meade has ever seen. To motivate students to bring in cans, the SGA, as it does every year, offered a prize to the class who has col- lected the most cans by the end of the week. Competition was intense and the lead fluctuated daily from class to class. But, on Friday, the Seniors pulled from behind to win. Over 4361 cans were col- lected. 40 X Christmas Spirit Week as lr i 4 S WI' . '... , Hmm. .... W., ?0'+,-bis M K i S srs 9 i.ll ' X p f Vi .,. . at 1 W-...si r I I . E. .K A 1 'L ' 5 W ' t T --.f- 'll

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Rockin' Into the Christmas Spirit he 1983 Christmas Dance was held on December 17, 1983. The band, which included some of Meade's alumni, was t'The Front . Along with the live band, a disc jockey was brought in also. The D.J. was one of Meade's juniors, Tim Brown. Although beginning ticket sales were slow, the students rallied for outstanding sales. By the end of the week, hundreds of ticket were sold. At 7:00, students began arriving at the senior sponsored dance. Some students immediately began dancing, while some talked with friends or their dates, while others sipped on punch and ate cookies provided by the Senior Class. One of the highlights of the evening was the announcement of Senior Superlatives and Class Favorites. Suzie Eggerl, repre- senting the Senior Class, and Brian McWatters, representing the yearbook staff, presented the awards to the super- latives and class favorites. Winning the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman Class Favorites were Dawn Jones and Kevin Parker, Kelly Mgrgn and Billy Huff, and Wendy Beall and Tim Sullivan respec- tively. -MMCMW-N' At 11:00, the dance came to a conclu- sion with the band playing, Don't Say A Prayer by Duran Duran. But, it was ob- vious that no one wanted the dance to end because the band continued to play and students continued to dance until the lights were flicked on. 1. Wa t'eQ'f'lR , x ,, ,, ins ,. K x .. A 6' '- f W, . wc ,by C t 42 X X-mas Dance