St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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3 n added attraction to the Sadie Hawkins Dante is pic tures. Wanting their pictures. After they are captured on film they will return to the I •,, preserve the memory of this evening forever, Carla Swartz and her school cafeteria to spend the 'est of the night dancing, talking and | :i ate, Eric Kraska, take time from the other Sadie activities to pose for enjoying the music. titZl r v I Stacy Rausch and Tony Roe listen intently while George Marryin' Sam Olsen tells them what to do next in the marriage ceremony. 1 )eni Longstaff and her date, Justin Forbes, spend their Saturday night slow-dancing to the WLOL Sound and Light Show. Longstaff is Rausch and Roe each have to make a rhyme with their names and promise to be good to one another before their union is official. held by the love songs, including Glory of Love and I Miss You. Forbes ponders the many different activities offered at the dance. Sadie Hawkins Dance 21

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Switch! girls ask guys What are you doing this Saturday night? Would you like to go out, my treat?” These were typical questions heard around school but surprisingly, it wasn't the guys posing them this time. As the date of the Sadie Hawkins Dance drew nearer, many girls prepared themselves to do something most had never done before. It was role reversal as the girls asked the guys for an evening out, at the girls' expense! There were a variety of different techniques used to find a date and each girl had to come up with one that would work best for her. Penny Grochow, senior, wanted to ask her favorite guy in a unique and special way. A friend and I changed the words to an old folk song and I had her sing it to my date, said Grochow. With the words rewritten appropriately for him, Grochow's date couldn't refuse! Other girls chose a more widely used approach the casual, spontaneous school technique. Kaori Kenmotsu, junior, simply approached her victim at his locker and popped the question. Then there was the pressure method. This technique seemed to occur quite often, the one in which friends would pressure a girl into asking someone. Many girls felt the need for support and encouragement from friends as they faced this new adventure. Concerned friends tended to provide the extra push and support the girl needed. Kelli Olson, senior, recalled sitting in the cafeteria discussing Sadie with friends when she was asked who she planned on taking. She told them, and suddenly he entered the lunchroom. All of a sudden, all of my friends started chanting ‘Ask him! Ask him!' so even though I was completely embarrassed, I did and he said yes, said Olson. Stacy Larson, senior, was at a party when triends gave her the courage she needed to approach and ask her date. Still another method chosen was the telephone technique. This proved to be a method widely used by easily embarrassed girls because it protected them from the eyes of their dates as they asked them out with red faces! With the different techniques and times used, the guys never knew what to expect. More often than not, they accepted the girls' proposals. The guys welcomed the Sadie switch. Bruce Dunham, junior, commented, I like how the girls have to do the asking. It lets them see what it's like for the guys. F ree dinner and dancing, how could they refuse?! I The WlOl Sound and Light Show proves to l» a hit. Paul Mattison, Allison Moffat and |im Larsc enjoy the Beatle song Twist and Shout. I Heather Dale proposes a knee slapping good time to her date, Craig Frey, what a deal for Frey: dinner, dancing and Dale's company The only problem now that he has accepted is dec iding on an outfit to match the theme! J Cina Schmerler posts bail for her date Dan I I hurslon after I fuirston was arrested for failing | hold Schmerler's hand the entire evening. 20 Sadie Hawkins Dance

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IStefanie Oberts and Malt Anderson participate in the MADD vigil. They hold candles in memory of those killed in drunk driving accidents. Vigil creates awareness Over one hundred paid members and still growing, St. Louis Park High School's chapter of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) was one of the largest in the state. SADD was also the largest club in school with the biggest membership. The SADD members worked to prevent others from driving while intoxicated. They spent a lot of time on social events and fund-raisers. The second week in December was declared SADD week. It began with the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) vigil which took place at the State Capitol in the Rotunda. About twenty-five Park students attended. Stefanie Oberts, senior, said, The MADD vigil was an extremely powerful and scary experience. It was scary because, as the names were being read off, I realized that most of them were in our age group. Wednesday of SADD week was SADD Day. Guest speaker Sylvia Ask talked to students and staff about DWI arrests. On Thursday and Friday there was a membership drive, and on Friday night SADD sponsored a school dance. Another major accomplishment for SADD was the cooperative effort with Golden Valley Health Center's SoberCab program. Any St. Louis Park student could call SoberCab for a free ride if he or she was under the influence of alcohol and needed a safe way home. Belonging to SADD made many students really think about DWI arrests and accidents. It also made them realize just how many people (especially students in their age group) are killed in drunk driving accidents. Kelli Olson, senior, said, I found that belonging to SADD made me think about drunk driving much more. I feel that people might think twice before drinking and driving if they knew all the facts and statistics. SADD: Front Row: J. Willis, N. Trump, I M. Schepers, M. Larson, K. Combs. Row I 2: D. Akins, M. Stuhr, M. Davidman, J. I Christiansen, T. St. Martin, C. Fisher,). I Davis, S. Oberts, M. Glaus, R. Hyllested, | Adviser. Row 3: K. Olson, L. Sletten, S. Bearmon, J. Peacock, J. Weinberg, K. Smith, S. Hughes, S. Larson, H. Austad. Row 4: L. Bestler, L. Colford, R. Burnstein,). Stevens, S. Topin, M. Anderson. Jennifer Willis participates in the candle-lighting ceremony taking place during SADD week at th State Capitol. 22 SADD