Sprayberry High School - Echo Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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Elect? fm -t id if ,. vi QU , I ' ' ' x .' Ii' Q rf, If 5-.:.,s'.1'- In -f---- Upper left: DUCKING OUT OF THE RAIN, Chris Yandow, Denise Campbell, and Debbie Stephens enjoy the rest of the game after Robyn Bennett has been declared queen. Chris, Denise, and Debbie were all members of the senior Court. Left: THE 1980 HOMECOMING QUEEN IS ROBYN BENNETT. Robyn grins with surprise as her name is announced. Inset above: SENIOR VARSITY FOOT- BALLERS choose a traditional sponsor . Yi? I ' KT ' uf- for the Homecoming game. These sponsors included girlfriends, sisters, and mothers, all of whom watched in the rain as the Jackets overcame the Warriors. Inset top: I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A DREAM, commented Robyn Bennett on what it feels like to be Queen. Right: OKAY, GIRLS, Iet's hear a whistle for the Homecoming escorts as they wait for the girls who chose them to finish their trip round the field.

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Here, at Sprayberry, the week before Homecoming every year is Spirit Week , consisting of electing the Homecoming Court, an ice-cream social, and five different dress-up days, then en.ding with a bang at two Homecoming pep rallies Thursday night and Friday afternoon before the game. All of these activities are designed to boost spirit for the game Friday night. The ice-cream social is planned by the student government for players, coaches, cheerleaders, and SGA members. This year all invited munched out Wednesday afternoon on an array of flavors and toppings provided by SGA members. Another event planned by Spray- bsrry's top-ranked Student Government Association is the Thursday night Homecoming pep rally or Music Festival. Taking the place of the Homecoming Dance this year, the Festival consisted of performances by Sprayberry's number one Band of Gold and Jackettes, the Dixie Dolls cloggers starring Lisa Campbell, and of course, Chance Mountain Grass and Gary Harris singing for Father's Finest. A crowd of Sprayberrians turned out at the Festival in anticipation of the Varsity Homecoming game the next night. Dress-up days were planned by SHS's Varsity Cheerleaders. Monday was Little Kids Day and Tuesday everyone dressed as tackily as possible. Wednes- day was Fifties Day and on Thursday, the schooI's spirited showed up in overalls and straw hats for Hillbilly Day . Friday saw a majority of the student body clad in Jacket white, gold, and black for the afternoon pep rally, in which the Junior Varsity relieved the Varsity Cheer- leaders of their duties. Also in the program were Doc Michel's dancing performance and cheers by a few of the elite Varsity footballers. The J.V. Cheer- leaders inspired the crowd to a frenzied spirit as the big game loomed only a few hours away. Top: AWAITING mem ANNOUNCEMENT an the Frlday afternoon pep rally, escort Scott Smith and contestant Tlna Wolfe anticipate the night to come. Tlna was one of the four juniors who were chosen to represent their class on the homecoming court. Left: CHANCE MOUNTAIN GRASS was another act that provided entertainment for the Homecoming Muslc Festlval. 13

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Homecoming festivities continued under the theme This is It at the game Friday night, despite the rainy weather, and although the fans in the stands had to make two or three charges for the shelter of the concession area. The Jackets on the field were losing to the Cherokee Warriors by a score of 10 to 7 at half-time. Half-time saw the Homecoming re- presentatives parading around the field and waving to the fans from their Corvettes. Then all the girls and their escorts were introduced and waited on the field as the announcer put forth, The 1980 Homecoming Queen is Robyn Bennett. The Jackets plodded through the mud to a surprise win, overcoming the Warriors by a score of 13 to 10 to perfect for the fans the Homecoming festivities. if W w f v 15