Stafford Senior High School - Indian Legend Yearbook (Falmouth, VA)

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mS On a ag A ae sen DRUMMING A BEAT ior Kevin drums. IS Cooper vigorously plays on h He practices at h is home with the group called Silent Rage.

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SENIOR FRANK CLARK wears the fashionable muscle-T while putting ketchup on his fries during lunch. “VANS” became a fad as shown by these in style feet. Guys could purch- ase these modified tennis shoes in surf shops, or even the Mall. (ft setusens 148? Tndiar Le, TATOOS are a permanent fashion. Seniors Todd Donald and Ronnie Smith, display their personal tatoos while talking outside in the smoking lounge. 40’s STYLE high-heeled pumps are worn by senior Kathy Ramsey who lounges while reading a magazine. THE LEATHER INFLUENCE showed up everywhere; from T-shirts, to ties as worn by senior Juan Carlos Filartiga. Fashion 25

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ERIN MCFALL, a junior, practices on the piano in the choir room after school. She often accompanied the show choir, madrigals, or girls choir. Feel the Oise Nineteen eighty-three was a successful year for the music industry. This was a change because sales had been in a slump since 1979. Five groups and musicians who stood out in record sales were Def Lep- pard, Duran Duran, The Police, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson. There were many reasons for this sudden music explosion; one was the de- cline in people’s interests in video games, another was the better economic situation. Se- nior Todd Cornell said, “This year it seems like I've got more money to spend on albums and tapes.” A third possible cause for in- creased sales was combining movies with top-selling aloums. Such were movies Risky Business and Flash- dance. Both of these movies featured hit songs off of popu- lar LP’s. Another reason for record sales increases was the change in radio stations going TOmlLOD 408 OlePOD, sUCh TCs Washington, D.C.’s radio sta- tion WAVA. But a majority of the people in the local area didn’t like the management's BEFORE SCHOOL Harvey Mooney, a senior, escapes from the pressures of school through his walkman. He listens to his favorite music and prepares for the approaching day. Me aS Se haa KEVIN MORAN, a senior and a mem- ber of the band Silent Rage, practices with the other members of the group at Kevin Cooper's house. The group play- ed 3 rock songs in the Christmas musical assemble. idea of changing from “Rock Radio” to “Hit Radio.” Roger spencer, a sophomore, said, “| thought it stunk!” something new this year that attracted more students to mu- sic was the TV video. This be- came a craze even for musi- cians, some spent close to one million dollars developing these three to four minutes movies. Statistics showed that Q popular video sold albums. “Beat it’” was the most popular video of 1983, and as a result Michael Jackson’s album Thriller sold ten million copies in the United States and ten million abroad. Cable vision started a 24 hour video chan- nel, MTV; and even NBC got involved by beginning the show Friday Night Videos. An example of how music surrounded the students was the portable radio — cassette player. Those became very popular among students who did not like to have their music interrupted. In 1983, music blared at stu- dents from Walkman head- phones, televisions, the car radio, and the home stereo, O Music 27