Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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CRN! enior girls sponsored five formals through the year on November 5, January 7, January 28, and April 1. Formal groups began to form in the spring of junior yearg several friends usually joined together and kept accumulating interested girls until they reached a membership between 20 and 30. I just started talking to a bunch of people in my classesfi Barbara Reilly said. Barbara, according to several friends, was the initiator of the Novem- ber 5 formal. Their group had 23 members. The January 7 affair was born inthe spring of 1977, according to one of its starters, Laurie O'Donnell. There were about 25 girls interested in having it at River Oaks and the breakfastf' Lau- rie explained. The January 28 dance began, Debbie Voelkel said, when Mary fHoganJ and I wanted to get in a formal together. We wanted to pick people we could work with, she said. Actual meetings began in April in the girls' homes to pick the date and theme. A major difference in the formal-planning was the extent of involvement by girls' mothers. According to Laurie, their mothers gathered Conlinued on page 75 SWAYING TO THE MUSIC, dancers Belinda Baird and Kyle Womack rock slowly at the November 5 formal. With a theme of Days of Future Passed, the formal was held at the Texas room of the Houston Club. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. WITH A BUFFET DINNER AS AN ADDED EXTRA, Stephanie Borden, Todd Diener, Caryn Colley, and Rob Hurley serve themselves at the January 7 Senior Girls' formal at the River Oaks Country Club. Photo by Kathy Epps. 72 Senior formals

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may E' f 23 Vs, nt., . 1 ,, .t,, lc , . Sm. he sights and sounds of rodeo were reputedly first heard on July 4. 1883. in the West Texas town of Pecos. It's said that the street was the arena, and the prize money was small, but the local ranchers and drovers took to the contest so fast and frenzied that rodeos began to spring up all over Texas and the West. Rodeo has grown from a small-town sport to a multi-million dollar busi- ness. Texas has been noted to be the rodeo capital of the world and Harris County's three main rodeos: The Texas Prison rodeo, the Simington rodeo, and the Houston Livestock show and rodeo, never fail to arouse the Texas spirit in both the genuine and pseudo cowboy alike. The most unique Texas rodeo was the Texas Prison rodeo in Huntsville. In its 46th year. the Roughest Rodeo Behind Bars consisted of 90 bronc-riding inmates from the Texas Department IN THEIR TEXAS DUDS, Sophomores Todd Kissner, Tim Bradfield, Randy O'Donriell and Dwain Bamkston demon- strate a typical rodeo outfit of felt hats, leather cowboots, blue jeans and coors belt buckles. Photo by Bill Montgomery. of Corrections, competing in bull riding, saddle bronc, bareback bronc, and TDC's own special brand of madness - the pig sacking contest and the hard money contest. The rodeo took place every Sunday in October, and drew crowds of 23,000. Many rodeo enthusiasts slipped into their Tony Lamas, donned their Stetsons, and headed for the small town of Simington for a Friday night of busting hump and kikker dancing. The Simington Rodeo was staged every Friday night in the fall. and displayed some of the best in rodeo entertain- ment. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is one of the biggest and most commercial rodeos of its kind. The rodeo events took place in the Astro- dome but the essence of the happening was appar- ent everywhere throughout the rodeo week. The week began with the Salt Grass Trail Ride where thousands of riders from all over the country marched through the streets of downtown Hous- ton. Entertainment was provided by a number of country and western performers including The Osmands. Johnny Cash, and Dolly Parton. .- 30 - - A ll.S'Ifll Wilde '84 gm A5 Let's rodeo ' 71

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