Sidney Lanier High School - Los Recuerdos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Conceris . . . a wag ol' life Pieiured below is Bruce Dickinson from ihe band Iron Maiden. The band performed io a jam-packed audience on Julg 27, 1983. Along wiih Fasiwag, Saxon was also in iown while supporiing Iron Maiden on a world four. Piclured above is Graham Oliver, guiiarisi from lhe group Saxon.

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Sieve Harris from fhe band Iron Maiden. If was Friday nighf. The concerf fickefs would go on sale fhe following morning. A friend of mine and I had decided fo gef fo fhe box office early in fhe morning fo beaf fhe crowd. I musf have sfayed on fhe phone all nighf jusf fo siay awake. Ah. buf was if worih fhe Irouble: somehow I managed fo gef fwo floor bleacher seafs. If was being called fhe concerf of fhe sum- mer. Clearly, I remember fhe excifemenf and elecfricify in ihe air as I enfered ihe Convenfion Cenfer Arena. If seemed as if fhe whole cify of San Anfonio was fhere fhaf nighf. Chaos sfruck as fhe Iighfs were finally dimmed: Fasfway made fheir enfrance immediafely affer. By fhe fime fhe band Saxon finished, fhe audience was almosf worn ouf. Buf ihey sfill had enough in fhem fo give fhe band Iron Maiden quife a workouf. In all. fhis would be a concerf Ihaf would rival any ofher in fhe enfire year. Yes, if was well worfh fhe frouble. Biff Byford from fhe band Saxon. All picfures courfesy of Rene Paez.