Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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S 7- 0 ,.n 5 2 :gn-' ll. 2 il 1: C 'V ls I 'VK' an ' if o , I f' , f f A f 1-'X li 1? 1' 4 fr' K Will They Always March in the Parade? by Bruce Laing, Jane Swirsky and Tom Walton: page 1 South Pacific: Corn and Class by Doug Hendrix: page 6 Faculty Meets KJR All Ameri- cans by Steve Policar, Diane Carter: page 12 Spring Sports by Steve Policar, Steve Reynolds: page 14 Vol. 8, No. 4 Spring Sammamish High School Bellevue, Washington THU DERBIRD I Guess They're Good, I've Never Heard Anything Different by Jan Shodin: page 20 Everybody Needs To Be Some- body by Linda Thornton: page 24 Here It Comes Again! by Kristie Jackson: page 30 Senior Activities by Cindy Lig- gett, Jane Swirsky page 34 Birds Eye View by Cindy Lewis: page 40 Expression by Diane Carter: page 42 Acknowledgements: Brant Stu- dio, Miss Smith for photos on pages 42, 43. Advisor: Mrs. Margaret Bates. Editor in Chief, Bruce Laing: Managing Editor Mary Peterson: Activities, Kristie Jackson and Tom Walton: Academics, Diane Carter, Linda Thornton and Sharon Oviattg Seniors, Betti Mohagen: Underclassmen, Jan Shodin and Liz Carrington: Sports, Steve Policar and Steve Reynolds: Copy, Doug Hendrix and Cindy Lewis: Business Mana- ger, Marie Taylor: Layout Editor, Sharon Johnson: Layout Staff, Cindy Liggett, Jane Swirsky and Linda Watt: Artist, Sue Duncan: Secretary Lael Tobiason: Photo- graphers, Bert Miller, Paul Jack- son, Bill Pugnetti, Jim Raabe and Kirk Wilson.

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'11 15.522 1ll They Always M ln the Parade, Wlll They Always Play

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Nellie, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you! And I love you too. Honestly I do- Please let me go! Please let me go! Pure, unadulterated corn! Is anybodygoing to believe that a middle-aged French plant- er on an American held island during the Second World War falls in love with an American nurse, only to be turned down after she discovers he was once married to a native girl and had two children? The planter then decides to go off on a hazardous mission, which turns the tide of the war in favor ofthe U.S. and convinces the nurse that nothing really matters except that he loves her and she loves him. Actually, this is all easy to swallow in contrast to the second- ary plotwhich involvesa bland lieutenantwho meets a native girl who takes all of five seconds to fall in love with him, can't speak a word of English, and dances very nicely for him. The lieutenant is killed and the girl is left with her tears. Coupled with lines like: He has got a chance, hasn't he? Of course. There's always a chance, it's easy to come to the conclusion that South Paczfc is a corny play. Yet in a manner which some must have found surprising, the play evolved into something beautiful. On the nights of March 17, 18, 24, and 25, in the cafetorium, the corn dis- solved into warmth, and the vitality of Rodgers and Hammer- stein's South Paclfc suddenly appeared on the stage. The sailors' dance, which took forever to work out and was still