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

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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

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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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12 Sno-Ball can happen no-Ball all hearts By Tad Viser ff Was a dark and stormy night. So stormy that couples who went out for dinner found themselves in darkened restaurants and students taking money atithe Gance had to work by candle- liGAT Guring several brief power outages So stormy that the DJs were late BUT nobody seemed to mind much. So many people came to the Feb. 16 girl- ask-guy formal that they had to play musical chairs: “When you’d go to dance, people would take your tabie,”’ said Tawny Weaver “| love any reason to put on a fancy dress and go out for dinner and danc- ing.” said Molly Strohecker. And in 1986, both dancing and dressing up were in! Guys shelled out 50 bucks for tuxes; bare shoulders, pumps, rhinestones, and hot-rolled bobs were female favorites The Sno-Ball Court was: Seniors Ginger Ford and King Tom Butler. Juniors Traci Earl and Eric Bergerson. Sophomores Queen Jeannine Ward and Bill Wester- holm. Freshmen Dawn Buzzard and Matt Clark A SNO BALL PORTRAIT meant waiting in a ongiine but Leisa Gilbertson and Gabriel Coke waited. TOP. Bryre Maicon smiling and slow-dancing A SATIN HEART between JoAnn Furnish and Amy Santilli. Seniors Leanne Reid and Stephanie Cole co ordinated preparations. They searched all over Portiand for burgandy paper and the perfect streamers, plates, napkins, and balloons to match the Satin Hearts theme; and directed a sometimes sparse White Caps crew in baking. decorating, and cleaning up when it was all over DANCIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY: Deon Major, Kella Duarte, Benjamin Starling, and JoAnn Furmish