Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Marching to the beat of the Big Red Marching Machine, Michelle Atkinson played her clarinet. Mi- chelle is a part of the class of ’ 89 . Walking through the streets of Port Huron, Scott Teeple and Andre’ Harris were part of the Big Red Marching Machine. As they crossed the Military Street Bridge the audience watched. Carrying the banner that announced the Big Red Marching Machine, Gennifer James and Mari Jo Keller were two members of Display Flags. Mari Jo was wardrobe mistress and Genny was a performing member of the team. St. Patrick’s Day Parade 13

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Celebrating the Green by the Big Reds Wearing green apparel to celebrate the Irish holiday, students participated in St. Patrick’s Day. It all started at 12:00 noon in Pine Manuevering her flag skillfully, Melissa Collins kept in step with other flag members. Melissa was a sophomore. Grove Park. The Big Red Marching Machine stepped in time to the beat of selected songs performed by the B.R.M.M. and Northern for the occa- sion through the streets of Port Hu- ron. They ended at the Times Herald building with the last sounds of BRMM’s London Derry Air fading to memory. Next, back at school, many of the students dressed in several shades of green and registered to get points for their class. During their lunch, students went to the Student Activities Center and signed their name after Mr. Burgess approved of, or joked about, their apparel. The points earned went to- ward a picnic for the homeroom with the most points. The day ended with a St. Patrick’s Day dance in the celebration of the day. Mike Mullins played the popular songs and some traditional Irish mu- sic as well. Counting the evening’s proceeds, Mr. Burgess directed Student Council through June ’87. Mr. Burgess won the Social Studies Educator award, also. Talking in between songs, Bubba Bush and Kelly Durham show their enthusiasm. Bubba was also a hockey player. Slowing down from the night’s activities, Helga Hoffman and John Roth dance to a popular slow song. Helga was in Honors Band and the Big Red Marchine Machine. 12 St. Patrick’s Dance

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Grand Finale to Spirit Week Competition was the name of the game. For a week prior to Homecoming, ail four classes competed against each other for the coveted prize of a free half day off school. Amassing points to gain the prize was one of the reasons the students tried so hard during the Home- coming games and spirit week. The Homecoming games consisted of the three legged race, obstacle course for girls and boys, tug-of-war, and food eat- ing contest. The classes were assigned different colors to wear in the games. The Seniors wore red, Juniors — blue, Sophomores — green, and Freshmen — yellow. For the three-legged race the Sophomores seemed to have had the knack to out hop the competition. The Juniors took second place. For the tug- Tugging on the rope, freshman Gary Leathorn turns a couple shades of red from pulling. The hard work in the end didn’t pay off for the fresh- men who took 4th place. They also took 4th place overall. of-war, the Seniors out-tugged the un- derclassmen. Out chomping their com- petitors, the Juniors took first place. To compete for the obstacle course one had to know a lot about shooting a basketball. The Seniors dominated un- derclassmen by a wide margin. The overall winners were the Seniors, fol- lowed by Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen. The classes competed for more points to start off the week, the students were to wear sweats. “Sweats Day seemed to be the most relaxed and comfortable day during Spirit Week”, according to Dawn Fazenbaker. Outfits on Sweats Day varied from full sweat Filling their faces in front of the crowd takes a lot of guts but Senior Paul Watson, Junior Darrin Letzgus and Sophomore Ranson Kelley don’t suits to combinations of T-shirts and sweats and jeans and sweatshirts. After Sweats Day was Dress Up Day. Even though most of the outfits were casual blouses and nice jeans, some wore dresses and suits. The teachers showed their spirit in dressing up for Rock-n-Roll Day and participating in the lunch hour’s entertainment, “The History of Rock-n-Roll Part 3.“ On Thursday people were to dress up for Beach Day. The shorts were wild with Hawaiian prints and some with Jetsons. The final day, of course, was Red and White Day. Almost everyone showed Big Red spirit on this last day of Spirit Week. seem to mind. They all were to eat as many McDonald’s hamburgers as possible in three minutes. 14 Homecoming Games