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

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 Fun classes are what Phouc Nguyen looks forward to everyday. He enjoys creating his dream house in Architectural Drafting class. Linh Nguyen can often be caught browsing through the racks at Knollwood He loves, the variety of clothes and the individualism they portray.” Entertaining her friends Shahnaz Arminpour tells Jamshid Mahmoodi of a humorous event that happened to her over the weekend. 24 Foreign Students

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Mysteriously, the gypsy Leslie Deblock tells Amy Richman and her date the future of their relationship, along with other information Western style dress, time in jail and square dancing give flavor of covi What do you wear? How do you dress? For years the Sadie tradition of dressing had continued. The fashion of Sadie-goers was that which you used to see on the Beverly Hillbillies. Senior Ed Olson said. You sort of dress like a hick for fun and to be different Sophomore. Nicole Bloom stated. You dress country style because it's part of the Sadie atmosphere. The main types of clothing were usually a pair of old scrawny jeans, a flannel shirt, and to top it off. the traditional cowboy hat for the guys Most of the girls wore mini-skirts with frayed edges, flannel shirts that matched the guys', and garter belts which were given to the guy after the dance ended The tradition other than dressing was the girls treating the guy to a dinner of his choice The girls chose mostly expensive places, such as. Lee Ann Chins. Samauri. Red Lobster, and the Cattle Company. The girls brought their guys to such places to impress them, especially if it was their first night out. After dinner, it was onto a night of fun and dancing, with the facilities. The facilities were. The WLOL Sound and Light Show, which featured the radio person- “The jail is the best because you get a kiss from your date!” — J.C. Hammond ality Denny Schaefer. There was a variety of music, slow and fast. The couples enjoyed the Sound and Light Show, there were prizes given out to the most romantic couple. The prizes were either cassette tapes or albums of everybody's favorite rock singer. Fortune telling, featured three seniors. Stephanie Sigelman. Leslie Deblock, and Patty Boyer. They told fortunes of love, money, marriage, children, and life. The couples enjoyed the booth. Cindy Iverson junior says, The booths of Sadie adds something different. You can participate in more activities. It makes the whole evening more exciting' The main attraction for the guys was the jail, J.C. Hammond, junior said. The jail is the best because you get a kiss from your date! Throughout the evening guys were either put into jail by the sheriffs. or they put themselves in just to get a kiss. The general store was also an attraction. students went there to buy refreshments after dancing a while. The refreshments consisted of many varieties of pop. plus a large assortment of candy. Carnations were also being sold at the general store, but this time the guy paid the bill After dancing and having fun. it was time to learn who the Sadie King and Queen. Also, who had won the winner of the bubble gum contest The King and Queen of Sadie were Lisa Baumann, junior. and Mark Hawkins, senior The winner of the bubble gum contest was senior. Chris Roe Before the night was over the couples had their pictures taken sitting on blanket in a hayloft. It was to be a keep sake for both the girl and the guy Junior. Jennifer Dols. said. The pictures give you a picture to remember Sadie '87 forever' Sadie Hawkins 23

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Different faces, clothes, foods cause foreign students Taking things for granted. That was what a lot of us did. This year, however, we had many students who enjoyed the small things we didn't always notice. Senior Van Tran moved here from Vietnam almost eight years ago. In those years she enjoyed much about St. Louis Park. But of all the plusses, Tran most liked the freedom and the right to do whatever I want. Another student agreed with her. Jam-shid Mahmoodi. senior, came to Park after he left his home country of Iran a year and half ago. Mahmoodi also enjoyed the freedom. and added that he liked having many new friends from everywhere. He also said that he liked our school system much better than Iran's. Iran's school system was much harder, but there is more variety here. One of the best things here was the girls. said Senior Spanish exchange student. Sergio Fuchs. Fuchs, who was here all year, said that he enjoyed the differences between Spain and the United States very much. He liked being able to experience American music and leisure time activities. He also had a good time getting lost for two and a half hours in a car with five other people. Of all the things liked by Park's foreign students, the people ranked the highest. “People of all ages could wear every kind of clothes without being noticed.” — Agnes Toth Caroline Piraud. senior Swiss foreign exchange student, said she enjoyed the fact that teachers were students' friends. Israeli student, junior Tal Weissman. commented that he enjoyed the people s kindness. While students liked Park a great deal they found many things to wonder about. Romanian student, Senior Agnes Toth, said she thought it was weird that people of all ages could wear every kind of clothes without being noticed. Different clothing and experiences made Park a bundle of laughs for students. Piraud said her funniest experience was asking a guy to Sadie Hawkins. Now that I've survived the first time ask- ing out a guy. I wish Sadie Hawkins would be more than one time a year. said Piraud. Seeing snow for the first time was a funny experience for Tran. Vietnam doesn't get snow in the winter, so seeing snow for the first time at nine years old was was one of the most unusual experiences Tran could remember. New foods also brought humorous experiences which were shared by all this year Weissman. thought it funny the amount of ice you got with a coke. He thought it was just too obvious that they were trying to make him pay more money for less coke. Another food anecdote was shared by Mahmoodi. He ordered a salad in the school cafeteria, but didn't get quite what he had expected. He got something that looked appetizing, but in the end it didn't satisfy his tastebuds. He said it didn't taste good at first because he hadn't tasted it before. Things did change though. Mahmoodi tried the salads again and decided that he really did like them. The small things were definitely appreciated a great deal this year. We all learned a lot from our foreign students and we hoped that they could learn a lot from us. Getting in a few words before class. Caroline Piraud talks to a favorite teacher. Richard Koch, about the day's experiences Foreign Students 25