Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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A beautiful queen and an exciting game make a Super Homecoming Only one person became Home- coming Queen, the football team lost the game by two points in the last few seconds and it rained on the Home- coming Game. To tell it as it was, Homecoming sounds like a worse event than a fu- neral. However, the truth is that is was a Super Homecoming. It did rain on the game, but with the score in the home team’s favor for most of the Same, no one Seemed to mind getting a little wet. The football team came within a hair of defeating a top-ranked Turner Ashby team. At half-time it looked like a sweet victory was in the cards. The only thing that got in the way was Turner Ashby kicker, Kyle Zehr who kicked a 19 yard field goal with 16 sec- onds left in the game. Only one person, Holly Botkin, be- Came the Homecoming Queen, but Waiting to find out who the queen Would be added excitement to the night. The other 23 people in her court Sophomore contenders for Homecoming Prince and Princess were: Andrea Hupp, Danny Buchanan, Terri Nicholas, Kyle Wood, Allison Trott and Shane Smith. Holly Botkin and Heather Snyder resorted to using a towel to keep themselves dry as they Waited in the rain to be escorted onto the field for the crowning of Homecoming royalty. To represent the Senior Class, students Chose Holly Botkin, John Brock, Lori Ergenbright, Chris Wray, Tonya Rankin and Brian Burke to run for King and Queen. 14 — HOMECOMING looked great on the field in their fall finery and the pictures show they were all smiling. To make up for the disappointments there was the dance. Most of the people who had a date were happy. During the dance everyone got a spe- cial treat, a video made during the week showing students going about their business, laughing, studying, and being together. Homecoming had all the things that make the weekend a Super memory — an exciting game, a beautiful queen, a great dance and a Spirited group of students. Who are the favorites in the Sophomore Class? Andrea Hupp and Kyle Wood won the honor of being Sophomore Princess and Prince for 1988.

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Steve Davis and David Ballurio part of the Senior Can Can give a flashy kick at the Spirit Assembly as they dance to whip up the spirit and cheers of their class. Dancing raisins , and belly dancers Get together to do some special spirit Dancing First Came dirty dancing, but the Spirit ASSembly introduced a new style of dancing that was an instant hit with students — Spirit Dancing! All it takes to get Spirit Dancing started iS a group of Suys who dress in female nlite: tOsdance and: cheer. for, their class. The prize is winning the com- petition for being the most spirited for your class. Freshmen got into aerobic dancing to “Do You Love Me’ from you-know- what movie. Japan became the focus for the sophomores who chose to move like the Japanese Geisha Girls would. Juniors took based their act on the exotic belly dancing of the Middle East while seniors provided the finale with a rousing Can Can. Even the faculty got into the action with “I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ Raisins and scooter races to whip the students into a spirited frenzy. To top it all off there was the “pie in the face’ fun. Everyone Knows that the Slapstick pie throwing is fun, but it is hilarious when you get to see it done many times to teachers, Coaches and cheerleaders. Spirit Dancing may not catch on at the movies, but it was ahome video hit as the students celebrated Homecom- ing 1988. Dressed in a poodle skirt as if She were ready to go to a hop in 1957, Jill Shenk, a JV Cheerleader rocks and rolls to the classic tune, “At the Hop’. Belly dancing in honor of King Tut are the Junior Cheerleaders, Amar Patnaik, Bert Shiflett, Mark Simmons, Seth Smith, Aaron Sharpe, David Bell, Jason Lich and Willie Furry. SPIRIT ASSEMBLY — 13

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Holly Botkin and Chris Wray share the happi- ness of being crowned Queen and King of the 1988 Homecoming during a rain dampened half- time ceremony. Representing the Freshman Class as princess and prince were Carla Gutshall and Wayne Morton. sree F es. i: ie ry When it came time to choose their favorite couple the Junior Class chose Jill Early escorted by Jeff King as their representatives on the Homecoming Court. The Junior Court from whom a prince and princess were chosen included: Heather Sny- der, Wesley Woods, Amy Powell, Jeff King, Jill Early, and Charlie Bishop. HOMECOMING — 15