Pharr San Juan Alamo High School - Bear Memories Yearbook (Alamo, TX)

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Queen Candidates Will I receive a mum this year? Will he take me to the Homecoming dance? These are probably some of the questions asked by girls when Homecoming comes around. Little do people know that much time and preperation go into making Homecoming day a great success. The Senior Class, well over their triumph of the 1964-85 Prom, took on the challenging responsibility of organizing Homecoming activities for the 1965-96 school year. A major event of homecoming is crowning j new queen, which is a prestigious honor. A Every year about four weeks before the big night takes place, the Senior class officers hold a major M meeting with Senior sponsors to make arrangements of the coronation ceremony and other events M dealing with Homecoming, such as the Senior Tea. which is held for the Senior and Ex-Seniors M A of the class of '76 and '66. But before the arranging of the Senior Tea the Homecoming M M Queen Candidates must be presented to the student body. This year even though the M , J Senior Class officers had very little time they presented the candidates at the P-S-J-A M auditorium which was beautifully decorated with greenery provided generously by M Lewis Nursery in Pharr. Escorts for the presentation were Mark Gonzalez and Alejos M IV’ De Leon. The escorts wore black tails and tie tuxedoes and each carried a cain. M %% Formal ware for the escorts was provided by Al's Formal Ware in McAllen. f Many thanks to these two businesses for assisting the Senior Class of 1966 M Also our sincere thanks go to Mr. Ballew, Master of Ceremonies. Afc k - V Crowning festivities took place at the PS-JA stadium before the . S| 1 game started. Fathers, who seemed more nervous than their M beautiful daughters, escorted the candidates onto the field. After what seemed like hours the new queen was y crowned. Pictures were taken, tears were shed and hearts mere broken. All the candidates mere very % beautifully eligible and each deserved the prestigious honor but there can only be one » 1966 Homecoming Queen. Homecoming Queen Candidates 25

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1985-86 HOMECOMING 24 Homecoming Queen Candidates

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•Srs. prrptre for Homecoming dtnce.