Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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That esTless Trom six periods oT mind- racking acTiviTy. weary sTudenTs anTicipaTed Their TavoriTe evenT oT The school day: The momenT when sixTh period ends and Treedom begins. When The bell sounded. Those who could made Their geTaway quiclcly by way oT bus or auTomobile. BuT There were Those whose added responsibiliTies Torbid Them To vacaTe The premises wiTh The rnaioriTy oT The enrolled sTudenTs, One group which CommiTTed iTselT To sTaying aTTer school was The cheerleaders. During ToOTball season. The eighT member group. plus The Tiger mascoT, Tollowed a rigid schedule oT pracfices. 'Usually we sTarTed on Monday by deciding what sliiT we were going To do. Chris Dailey said. Then we pairiTed The posTers we needed Tor ThaT weelc and we also Tound ouT who The capTains OT The weeli viere Tor The TooTball Teamfi The close oT TooTball season did noT end This group s career because They sTill a'Ter-ded baslceTball games abd imporTanT .oliencall games 'C Crom:Te l sr r ' amend 'he srecTaT:'s. . i Hefner :r3ani:a' on The -J 53,3 :.93uen.i FSS'Ff'i5'3 f 'E '395 Q .. l J, X 'K 9- ini .,-9 i- U- 5, 5 x i i L ... ,T-, rc lnsTrumenTs raised aT - N c extra effort members were aslced To supply Their own personal Tree Time aTTer school To rehearse Tor halTTime perTormances. concerTs. section rehearsals. and ensemble and solo rehearsals, T During Tootball season. we pracTiced every day aTTer schoolf' iunior Sharon McNeil said. All oT The girls changed Their cloThes so ThaT iT wouldn T be so hoT. AlmosT everyone wore shorTs Tor pracTice T McNeil said. Usually we sTayed aTTer unTil 5 or 5:3O.'i senior l-lolly Williams said. Marching band members pracTiced in The parking loT beTween The Tield house and The naTaT0rium while members oT The Tlaq corps wenT elsewhere To drill on Their rouTines separaTely Trom The band. We pracTiced by The band hall, l.ieuTenanT Flag CapTain McNeil said. i'EirsT oT all PaT Jordan and l made up The drills and we pracTiced Them unTil 5 or 5:3O. 'iWe also had secTion rehearsals once a week unTil 5:OO, Williams said. Even aTTer all oT ThaT. many sTudenTs delayed aTTer The group was dismissed To worlc ouT individual problems 'il didn'T have To. buT iT is a good idea To get as much pracTice as possible. senior Ed BusTamenTe. who plays percussion in The symphonic band, said. Many Toolc privaTe lessons. Too, which was done compleTely on our own Time, according To Williams. The lessons usually lasTed Tor 30 minuTes. Also rehearsing, Though inTreguenTly. was The orchesTra. We didn'T pracTice much aTTer school excepT beTore concerTs, insTrucTor Babara Corlcins said. Senior Evelyn Eleming commenTed ThaT They pracTiced aTTer school To accompany someone and senior Terice PreTo said. We don'T pracTice a loT Though. An addiTional group which E T' di , -k .Vv Given an offer :chez appz . f '.' 'C 'rcwfe 'Te r '.Tee'lea inc eb T: fe' 7: M f ar' Cave' are E' i Qarreu 'ale acre age if 'Te 'Ja w. U' r, 1 ,G fr.,

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O-TW WiTh homecoming mums and bou- Tonnieres covered by sTuTTy rain slickers, senior KaThy Molloy and Treshman Donald Leners are rallied inTo a sTanding cheer by a Tiger Touchdown aT The NorThbrook game. everyThingiusTgushed .. .IT was wonderTuI - buT iT was Terrible! The rain paused aT halTTime Tor The crowning oT The homecoming queen, Susan PeTers, by reigning queen, Keli Torres AponTe. I don'T remember whaT happened . . .The band was screaming aT me and They almosT knocked me down when I came OTT OT The Tield. I don'T remember being crowned or anyThing . . .I don'T Think Tears came To by eyes, buT I cried inside. I guess iT was a combinaTion oT cold, scared and weT. I s+iIl don'T believe iT, PeTers said. ? f-Mum-u....M ? v ' at , f N Shelfered from The rain by her TaTher's. umbrella. queen candi- daTe Laura WrighT calmly holds her ribboned rosebud prior To her Time To walk ouT on The Tield Tor The announcemenT oT The '79 homecoming queen. CongregaTed in The snack bar area hoping Tor a homecoming vicTory, TigereTTes crowd along The resTricTing rope To ioin The cheerleaders in hand clapping chanTs during The nighT pep rally. Homecoming I5

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To improve The Tone of her vocal cords. senior Julie Cain prac- Tices aT her weekly Wednesday affernoon privafe voice lesson wifh Jan Corbins who provided insfrucfion To 35 sTudenTs seek- ing To enhance Their Technique. Curiously wafched by iuniors Sfeve Paolozzi and Chris Duli- ban, senior Becky Peyfon con- cenTraTes on Typing one of her unique play scripfs. gl- was exfra-curricular and puf in long hours every day were The Tigereffes. During foofball season we pracficed from 3:30 Till 5:30, Direcfor Robin Lawrence said. One could always find The drill Team sTreTching, kicking, spliTTing, and smiling in The snack bar area and The parking loTs around The school which were Their pracfice areas. Because of an inviTaTion To perform in The Liberfy Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee during The Chrisfmas holidays, year-round dedicaTion was demanded from The group. We pracficed a loT for The LiberTy Bowl because we learned some new dances. iunior Elisa Bellows said. Having similar schedules To The cheerleaders, The TigereTTes also performed aT baskeTball games in company divisions and The officers and graduaTing seniors each gave an individual performance, '1 is ,,. , Joining The oThers in riTual pracTice sessions was The choir. We usually pracTiced in The evening, direcfor Lou Leonard said. Sophomore Mike Pipkin, a member of The chorale, said. We pracficed a loT before concerTs. Addifional pracTices were scheduled aT 7:00 in The morning, Leonard said. Some sTudenTs supplemenfed Their mandafory class lessons wifh exfra privafe insTrucTions. l Took privafe lessons from 5:00 To 6:00 every Friday, senior Linda Lewellyn said. Much preparaTion ThaT wenT pasT sixfh period was also required from drama sTudenTs, who in addifion To performing as individuals and small groups in disTricT and ciTy-wide conTesTs, puT in much Time in producing You Can'T Take lT Wifh You. When we were preparing for The play, mosT of The sTudenTs were required To sTay afTer school every affernoon and evening, drama Teacher Sue Poe said. When a sTudenT is pracficing for conTesT l arrange a Time for pracficing affer school. Affer school sTays lasfed laTe info The evening and iunior Benii l-lolifield recalled eaTing aT Taco Bell a whole loT. PracTicing every day caused edginess among The acfors. Senior Tucker Parmlee remembered The players geTTing on each oTher's nerves Toward The end and doing homework laTe aT nighT only added To The weary workoufs. For Truly dedicafed sTudenTs preparaTion occupied The largesf percenTage of Their inadequafe spare Time. IT goT so bad somefimes ThaT my parenfs asked me whefher or noT l was planning To move back inTo The house, Holifield said. ,...-. 's ,.f' 4 T'-5 A Taped recording of music aids flag corps members sophomore Nifa SmiTh. senior lvlary Bendy, and iuniors Tara Porfer and Chrisfy Newman in perfecfing Their Timing, Affer School Pracfices l 7