Red Bank Catholic High School - Emerald Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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Candlelight lends a romantic glow to “On the Third Day of Christmas. Snowball” Not an Ordinary Dance Immediately the flickering candlelight tells you this is not an ordinary dance. As your eyes focus you notice an even number of boys and girls present. This too tells you this is not an ordinary RBC cafeteria dance. What brings this fragrance of haunting per- fume and this brilliance of polished shoes to the cafeteria at Christmas time? None other than the annual “Snowball.” titled appropri- ately enough this year “The Third Day of Christmas.” Complete with King and Queen, the dance casts a traditional glow upon an already won- derful Christmas vacation Student Council members Alan DiSciullo and Joan Mielke crowned as Snowball King and Queen, John O'Shea and Kandra Collins. 27

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 On the Third Day of Christmas'' Perfume and Polish Permeate Cafeteria Jane Roper and escort James Phelan seem disappointed at the As they arrive, Kevin Flannery and Margaret “mini-cookie” offered as refreshment. Daley pause to cast their vote for King and Queen of the Snowball. 26 Frozen motion on a crowded dance floor.

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Retreat Brings Bevy of Priests to Serve Spiritual Some liked it, some didn’t; all agreed, however, retreat was a unique experience. An influx of priests came to serve all four levels; faculty members were dealt groups of twenty to twenty-five students who discussed the facts and films fed to them in larger groups. Daily Mass was an intimate experience of brotherhood. Attended in groups of less than huge, it then became possible to distribute the Eucharist under both species. Something hard to define was at work, a Spirit touching spirits. Small wonder it became an in- delible memory. A reverent hush fell over the gym as retreat priests joined with the entire student body in concelebrating the closing Mass. 28 Senior boys take time off for a little recreation at St. Dorothea’s in Eatontown. Unity and brotherhood were experienced through the cor- porate offering of daily mass.