Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Sub-freezing weather chills finale of With Homecoming spirit in the air, Northeast began the exciting week with special costume days. Monday was Kiddie Day and Hair Roller Day. Tuesday, easily the most popular day, was Nerd Day and Hobo Day. Wednesday was Dress-up Day. Thursday, originally scheduled as Opposite Sex Day and Toga Day, at the last moment became Backwards Day and Celebrity Day. Friday, the day of the game, was Jersey Day and School Color Day. Senior Harold Johnson said, “It was fun dressing up in something that is comfortable so that you don’t have to be concerned about your appearance. It all boils down to having fun.” The bottom dropped out of the thermometer for the game against Baldwin which was the final game WARMING UP THE CROWD FOR THE HALFTIME SHOW, the Raider drummers ‘get down’ with some rous- ing cadences: - Homecoming Week of the season. A shivering Homecoming Court was presented at halftime to a half-empty Porter Stadium. The fans that did brave the cold enjoyed themselves. Sophomore Aris Lucas said, “I opened up this Homecoming and so did my friends. I never thought I would go to the game, but I did. I’ve never had so much fun.” “Hey, I wasn’t gonna dress,” said Jerel Washington, a sophomore, “but I was going to enjoy myself, so I went.” The final score of the game did little to warm up the crowd as the Raiders fell 6-27. Homecoming festivities were planned by the senior class representatives and their adviser, Ms. Pam Brown. sete? ee ae : Ff ine hi teh STAYING ACTIVE AS mt TO KEEP WARM as to cheer on the team, the varsity cheerleaders don’t seem to slowing down in the sub-freezing weather. Co | Homecoming Week INGE?

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THE RAIDERS BURST ONTO THE SCENE for Homecoming, the final game of the season, as the Baldwin band and cheerleaders leave the field. Because of the length of the Homecom- ing halftime, the visiting band per- formed a pregame show. STUNNED BY THE ANNOUNCE- MENT, senior Charlene Smith is crowned Miss Northeast by Senior Class President Jacqueline Hill. DOI | A LITTLE RUN D.M.C., seniors William DeShazer, Marcus Lamb, and Michael Towles enjoy Celeb- rity Day during Homecoming Week. SENIOR HAROLD JOHNSON AND SOPHOMORE RODERICK FINNEY enjoy wearing their grubbiest outfits for Hobo Day. ) Homecoming Week

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ERIC BELL AND KIM WILLIAMS are Mr. and Miss Senior. Eric was senior class vice-president, drum major of the marching band, and a member of Stu- dent Council and DECA. Kim was a varsity cheerleader, a senior class representative and a member of the Student Council, FBLA, and Spirit Club. FELICIA MATHIS is Miss Freshman. Felicia is a member of the band and the Homecoming causes seven to be Treated as royalty It was a night to remember. While the band serenaded, the Homecoming Court couples walk- ed across the field on the 50-yard line through a JROTC saber arch. As the court shivered on the sideline, an anxious crowd of friends and family members shed their blankets to gather at the fence in sub-freezing weather to cheer their favorites. Jimmy Huston and Charlene Smith were named Mr. and Miss Northeast. Jimmy said, “It was the greatest feeling of my life.” Charlene said, “My heart just felt numb when my name was an-—Finney, nounced as Miss Northeast.” Eric Bell and Kim Williams, as INF? Homecoming Court runners-up, were named Mr. and Miss Senior. Charity Cabiness was named Miss Junior; Angie Nelson, Miss Sophomore; and Felicia Mathis, Miss Freshman. Other members of the royal court were Andre Bobo and Chi- quita Reid, seniors; Deborah Beard and Wanda Person, juniors; Amy Reese and LaShanda Welch, sophomores; and Nicole Cook and Glinda Harper, freshmen. Escorts not in competition in- cluded Arthur Nelson, Hector Pitts, Walter Solomon, Jerry Butler, Dereck Renfus, Reginald Ikiea Battle, Snead, and Mark Herndon. Nathaniel—