Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Decorated gym creates magic As couples walked down a candle-liT paTh and a fog- filled hallway, They lefT be- hind jusT an ordinary SaTur- day nighT and sTepped inTo HA Magical Evening. I en- joyed The magical aTmo- sphere There, along wiTh The loud music and The smiling faces, sTaTed Lloyd Brooks, senior. Much Time and efTorT were puT inTo The decora- Tions. Members of Highland- ers and SCOT SenaTe worked every day afTer school for a monTh prior To The dance and for abouT Ten hours The nighT before The dance. AfTer decoraT- ing for Ten hours on Friday nighT, I never ThoughT we would finish in Time, buT all The work paid off, said Dawn Ruisz, junior. Black and gold paper ac- cenTed wiTh an occasional Top haT and cane lined The bleachers. Life-size playing cards were spread in a fan design on The wall behind The hors d'oeuvre Tables. Large black and gold sTreamers were draped from The bleachers To cre- aTe a dropped ceiling. T'The decoraTions we had, The candle-liT paTh, and The swan gaTes really added a Touch of magic To The even- ing, sTaTed Dina KarTch, Homecoming chairman. Three hundred couples danced To music provided by GenTlemen of Leisure. I ThoughT ThaT in previous years we had beTTer bands: however, everyone sTill danced and had a greaT Time, said Maureen Keane, senior. AT TO Laurie MerriTT, SCOT vice presidenT and Tina Bona, SCOT presidenT, an- nounced Rodney Shipe and STephanie WashihgTon as King and Queen. They danced The TradiTional spoT lighT dance To Heaven ln Your Eyes. l was honored To be chosen as King espe- cially since The enTire school had Taken parT in The vo- Ting, sTaTed Rodney. As The evening drew To a close, couples deparTed and wenT To various places To finish ouT Their Magical Evening. People would Talk abouT This evening ThaT would be a special memory To lasT ThroughouT Their life- Time. eriioisf-:-ai magical awiasphere There i1i:iir11?ii'riig.gi iaiid rriusio arid The smiling --- Liciyiiirl ilirrnrgiks li Q T iT,,, png 'TT . ifsiw it , 'X in A Q T is z- Ze i , if I .QB v A4 l ' I ,, ' N 4 3 Q 'T i Mlssy Plsarskl and Down FulTz sef up The candles on The hors d'oeuvre's Table. Students enjoy being Together and sharing The magic of The even- ing. Homecoming Dance 27

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