North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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Slides and Spins Breakin' Breakin' Breakin' to the beat Break til you feel the Soul Sonic heat. Break on your back, Break on your head. Break til you feel you're almost dead. Breakin's to the east, Breakin's to the west, North's gonna show you who breaks the best. Energy, acrobatics, and rhythm were all combined in the dance craze of this past year. Breakin' was introduced to most Red Knights through the movies Breokin', Breakin ll, Electric Boogaloo, and Beat Street. Numerous students attempted the spins, slides, and gymnastics of the dance, but not all were successful. Most found that the most they accomplished were bruises, rug and floor burns, holes in their clothing, and headaches. Breakin' was actually started ten years ago in New York City by members of the city's street gangs. lnsteod of fighting, they would break against each other. They challenged the opposing gang members by performing intricate break routines in an attempt to prove their own gang's superiority. Within eight years, this dance style became popular with students throughout the country. A local group was started in Lee County l Ronnie Abney William Alford Ceal Alhthar Rebecca Ames Tobey Ammons Daniel Amoroso Crystal Anthony Dawn Arndt Harold Askew Chad Atchison Brian Atkins Tommy Atkins Kathy Babcock Sean Bacon Alfonso Bailey Ronald Ball Jennifer Ballard Gregory Barker Rick Barton Shona Barton Daniel Bassett Andrea Batcher this school year. One of the seven members of the group, Renegade Rockers, was a freshman here at North High. Leroy, Limber Knighten joined the group one year ago, after perfecting his breakin' skills and winning several break dance contests throughout Lee County. Usually fads and crazes have a short period of explosive appeal to the public, but breakin' was not to burn out this year. Red Knights continued to spin on their heads, shoulders, backs, knees, elbows, and palms of their hands while mothers complained about the ruination of their clothes. Freshmen John Allstenman Lawrence Barber 207

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if f'jlP 4 X !f 'l ? ?1Q 5., iliiig ' x 3 Q. 1-as-JA. Front Row - Christy McDonald, Laura Britton, 5haron Brockway, Charmaine Hartar, Debbie DeVito, Tammy Crosby, Steve Whittle, Brian Standford Second Row - Greg Weber, Louise Daly, Donnie Novin, Eric Neidigh, Leigh Ann Young, Meredith Ward, Linda Schaaf, Vicki Gurrey, Lisa Skinner, Deana Wiant, Rana Speas, Kim Schffield, Curt Randall, Mr. Steve Conley Back Row - Treasurer Jimmy Gallman, Class Caordinaror Mikkie Haggard, President Jeff Harmon, Secretary Penny Walker, President Shane Berry. . The Class of '88 When one was a freshman and heard the phrase executive council, all sorts of wild images might have bounced through his head - a picture of a group of freshman dressed in fancy suits, or a vision of a group gathered in a smokey room at a business meeting. The reality of it was that anyone could join, anyone, that is, who was a freshman. With a sponsor like Mr. Steve Conley supporting them how could they go wrong? The freshman executive council officers were President Jeff Harmon, Vice-President Freshmen Shane Berry, Treasurer lim Hallman, Class Coordinator Mikki Haggard, and Secretary Penny Walker, Each had importantjobs to perform. As class representatives, they were expected to get themselves, as well as their entire class, recognized by the rest of the school. This year's officers did just that. One of the ways they did this was with fund raisers. With their goal set at 5500, the freshmen came incredibly close to that with their balloon sales during Homecoming Week and at football games. Just why were they saving all of this money? Mr. Conley explained, We decided that we wanted to go ahead and start saving for the Prom and the expenses that would come in ourjunior year, Like any other club, the freshman ex- ecutive council met during activity periods, and sometimes out of school to plan ac- tivities and fundraisers, This dynamic group of students who joined the Red Knight family just this year adapted quickly and soon became an integral part of North High Schools student body,

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