Seaside High School - Sea Breeze Yearbook (Seaside, OR)

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can happ cn ep Assembly Pizzaz provokes spirit By Molly Strohecker Zero the Hero crashes gallantly Through the back gym doors, jests momentarily with the crowd, and Then departs, tossing goodies into The stands. Who was that masked man? Dan Clark in dis- guise? Said Clark, 'l was gone the day Zero appeared.” The truth may never be known, but this was certain: anything could happen at Pep Assemblies, where the bizarre, off-the- : j wall, and absurd were ‘ = commonplace ae | SS Keeping spirit high was a creative chal- FLUTE AND BANDSTAND i) =- |©NGe. Larry Peters hand, freshman Jose Nelson and Jeff Heinrichs heads back to the band came up with numer- room after another pep as sembly. Pep Band was an ous tasteless Cos- important part of SHS spirit tumes and skits. Said Peters, ‘| love to get up in front of everybody and make a fool of my- self.’’ Some athletes were blindfolded SHOUT IT OUTI Loud supporters make confident athietes. Sophomores Theresa Schippers and Krista Hatch at one assembly, then kissed by shout themselves hoarse in the ever-popular class cheers. Blindfolded teachers stood in the middie of the their mothers and asked to guess gym to judge, and the competition guaranteed lots of noise! which cheerleader it was! Students ate lemons and sat on balloons. Once a flasher streaked to mid-gym and revealed a sign under his coat. You guessed it. It said “WIN!” ZERO THE HERO made an unexpected appear- THERE WERE DIFFERENT REASONS why students attended pep assemblies. Some went to support the ance at one assembly. A bit of advice from the school, some because they had to, but Craig Pitman had his own reason: “I go to spock out the girls,” he mystegous masked man: “No one looks good in said. His buddies include Kris McCormick, Kyle McCarley, and Mike Strain 40 the back of a spoon Pep Assemblies

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LOOKING FOR GREENER PASTURES? The horse was + CAUGHT IN A FLASH, seniors Tom Butler and Gre The seniors pulled away with the SORE MONON ONS 0 SE NC eS, ee ee ee . hie. tet pepe tone ane ee rt a3 T- 4hh.7 a x grape toss, and clinched their spirit cup. Jeff Blissett was carried across the gym by a roway senior class, the cup held high in the air Despite five fumbles, the football team ran away with an easy victory over Yamhill-Carlton 41-8 on Friday night. Homecoming footballs were clawed, grabbed, and fought for when they were tossed into the crowd, but despite the battles in the stands, almost everyone took one home in their jacket The dance on Saturday night was a big success, with strobe lights, a video screen, good music, and a good turnout. Coach Lyons inter- rupted the dance to present Jeff Blissett with King Football, and then the princesses, their escorts, and the Queen (Diane Elliott) were an- nounced. Senior Tawny Weaver summed up Homecoming Week in one sen- tence: ‘Almost everyone was really enthusiastic, and it was just a whole lot of fun!” TOOTHPICK TO TOOTHPICK, sophomores Tor Paimrose and Tara Smits use gravity during the life saver poss competition at a pep assembly PEACE AND LOVE. On Hippie Day. freshmen Steve Richardson, Andy Link, James Blissett, Chuck Murdy and friends stage a hallway sit-in, recalling an era of bra burning. peace Gemonstrations, marijuana, and a concert called Woodstock 9 Homecoming

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ancing after the home game By Molly Strohecker t's Friday night and the home game is over. The bleachers are empty, except for popcorn sacks and hot chocolate cups left behind on the ground and benches. The screaming crowd is gone, and the fields silent and dark. But the crowd of students from the game is now crowding to get inside the school U2 blares out the doors. | scrounge up a dollar-fifty for single admission, then head for the dance floor, searching for familiar faces in the dark It was a familiar routine for stu- dents after home games. The dances were nothing fancy — a few decorations and tapes pro- vided by the sponsoring club — but they were a chance to cut loose a little and socialize Sometimes Ken Link and Rick Lee would draw a crowd break dancing when good rap music was played The punks could slam dance. You could do the swim, the worm, or the Russian kick. Slow dances were a Pues ary wey 4 : 4 wa.) favorite of couples. You could dedi- cate a love song to a secret flame Anything could happen! By 10:30 the cafeteria was hot and stuffy — and half empty as people drifted away to parties When the lights came on at 11:30, pupils contracted and dazed danc- ers headed to the pay phone to get rides home, euphoria or disappoint- ment over who won or lost earlier replaced by tired contentment. Dancing can do that “| WAS JUST JAMMIN’ OUT” said senior T.J. Bonney whose partner for this dance was freshman Tracy Poulin FRESHMAN PARTY ANIMAL John Reece liked rock- ing the night away. “i call this the funky chicken,” he said. Freshman Janelle Smits seems impressed “| DON’T KNOW WHAT | WAS DOING,” said junior Shannon Davis (far left). “| don’t usually dance like that!”’ “| LIKE WATCHING other people dance fo get ideas, said freshman Jenny Vail (left). Said partner Rob Nipp, “! go to dances mainly to socialize with everyone.” 44 Dances