Richardson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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Sticking to tradition, choir members lead their homecoming banner down Belt Line Road. Mums which ranged from S9 to S30 were displayed by many students at the parade. gi X. .- we . Ri as ,K . if X 'if s gi as ,ia E in We .: cn 's 'v-.-1 fa N I One of the highlights of being Mascot is the parade especially because of the lit- tle kids, said Oscar Eagle Tris Berryman. As entry 49 at the Homecoming parade Marketing Distributive Education members show their spirit with their uni- que outfits. Student Life f 21

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Once a year the Junior Classical League escorts its chariot down Belt Line. Romans include Rick Chapman, David Club, Brad Knowlton, Peter Kramer and Ed Fritz. With the flag corps following close behind, Eaglettes Gina Eden and Robin Keller march the final leg of the parade. Q, , X- Homecoming Parade Hanging on to traditions Oversized mums, beribboned and vying for attentiong frantic, last-minute float building, tearful reunions and the first real dance: Homecoming. Every year it's the same time-worn tradition. Or is it? At least one change was made this year in judging the traditional Homecoming Parade. To match the decreased number of float entrees, only two floats were chosen as award-winners: the JETSXMAO float as Best Theme Float and GSLX Key Club as Judges' Favorite. I think it deserved the Best Theme, said JETS President David Mao. The JETS! MAO float was a paper mache cliff with a graduate hanging off and a senior standing on top pulling him back to the spirit of Richard- son. Hence, the theme Never Let Go. Ours was more creativeg the 20 f Student Life others had nothing to do with the theme. Even Key Club's was not original. It has been unchanged for too long, said Mao. Junior Ann Willey concurred with Mao on the traditional wedge shaped float which has won Most Beautiful for several years. The wedge is kind of nice, but it would be neat to do something different, said Willey about the GSL f Key Club float. I hate to admit it, but there was a moment when I thought we might not win. It fthe float! looked kind of motley. The parade itself received some not-so-positive reactions from students who expected more than three floats. Accor- ding to Mao, many clubs don't feel that the money and time spent to build a float is worth 15 or 20 minutes of glory during the parade. On the other hand, as senior Scott Wilson said, Most clubs do something even if it's just painting a truck and hopping in back. The real rewards are working together to make something everyone can be proud of, ac- cording to junior David Tucker. Few people turned out to witness the parade. There just weren't that many people, said senior Patrice Burns. Last year we had the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and everything. This year not as many people care. Willey, too, remembers a time when the parade received more local publicity. I've lived here all my life, and when I was little, there were so many people at the parade. Now no one finds out about it, said Willey. -Gouri Bhatf Yvette Gonzalez f Amy Raney if

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Homecoming Rowd dance, mums dominate weekend If the parade experienced a scanty turnout, the Homecoming football game was packed. Even the O-28 loss to Plano could not dampen the crowd's spirit. We've lost Homecoming for at least three years. Everyone's so excited that it doesn't mat- ter, said senior Jennifer Palmer. The excitement reached its height at halftime when senior Jennifer Amos was crowned 1983 Homecoming Queen. I was looking through old yearbooks and someone describ- ed it as 'kind of like shock.' It's exactly like that, said Amos. For others, the highlight of the weekend was the dance. It was just a good chance to go out on the town, said senior Ed Faulkner. The dance really is an ex- cuse to go out and act like a grown-up, agreed senior Jodie Peters, except for the cor- sages. Those give you away. When students finally got around to dancing, slow dancing was king. People that dress up don't like to get hot and sweaty, reasoned junior David Swearingen. And since you're there with someone special, added Peters, you usually want to slow dance. For that someone special, the Homecoming tradition also pro- vides the mum. When you see people walk- ing down the hall with three or four mums -- that's ridiculous, said Burns. 22 f Student Life Quarterback Mark Mathis looks for an escape againt the Plano Wildcats defense, but the Eagles couldn't escape and fell 28-0. It would be more meaningful if girls only received mums from their dates, according to Palmer. In spite of the commercializa- tion some remember the original reason for Homecoming. I get to see old friends whom I haven't seen in a long time, said Palmer. -Gouri BhatfKim Woods The Homecoming Court consisting of Keisha Prince, Lori Moore, and Leah DeWolfe take the traditional trip around the track. Because of halftime crowning ceremonies, the Golden Eagle Band per- formed their halftime show before the ,.. 'W , - .flue a 5. game. The GEB, including John and Sam Morrow, Evergreen during ceremonies.