University City High School - Excelsus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Deborah Fujita Gray Fuller Jams Garcia Todd Garrison Christine Garza Camille Gascon Tama Gatt Joan Gilbert Donald Glaser Deborah Glazerman Thomas Goddard Caryn Gold Francisca Gomez Ricardo Gonzalez Vonnie Gorham Diane Gosney Robert Goudy Kelli Gragg David Gray Kim Grennan 168 Seniors

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Michael Fabrizio Michael Fagan Robert Fidel Arlesa Fielder Debra Fischel John Fitzhugh Mike Fitzsimmons Kim Fleshman Michelle Flores Geoff Folsom Bijan Forutanpour Julia Freer A Dancers World Seven musicals so far and mere to come! Clonnda Espinoza has danced in three professional musicals and four school productions. In one musical she had a lead acting and singing role for which she received actress and dancer of the year from her high school. El Capitan. Her most recent production was ' Guys and Dolls with Grossmont College m which she was the youngest member of the cast She began her dancing career at t- ■ three by taking ballet, acrobatics, and lap n.tui ing. At eleven she became involved in synchronized swim- ming or underwater ballet At the same time she also played soccer holding the prestigious position of center forward She practiced soccer from 3:00 to 5:00 and then swam from 6:00 to 10 30 daily In addition to this she took up gymnastics at her pre- vious high school. El Capitan When asked how she managed it all she replied. I like to be busy I hate idle time At 14 she stopped swimming and soccer to do some serious dancing At 15 she was the head phys ical education director at the East County Girls Club and taught ballet and azz II was my first |ob. she said with a smile and that was just the beginning Upon moving to University City two years ago she has enrolled in the vocal, drama, and dance pro grams here at U C High Putting more emphasis on education last year she held a heavy load of classes plus a )ob as assistant manager at Fashion Conspir acy in the University Towne Centro For the future she would like to gi ma|0r in business because she can t ,,., ,.:. , ■•„,:. ing career alone. ' and business fascinates her But Clonnda would like to minor in theater arts and maybe someday open her own dance studio Seniors 167

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John Griffin Sandra Haisha Chris Halkin Deborah Hanson Anna-Lisa Harkonen Brian Harrington Scott Harris Wendy Heath Kevin Heck Michael Heck Jill Hemingway Chris Henderson Hangouts Where ' s the party? My parents are out of town Let ' s all cruise over to my place, But what were seniors supposed to do when their parents didn ' t leave town? Sit around and watch The Dukes of Hazzard ? There had to be a place to go on a Friday night, and in front of the television certainly wasn ' t If, What are we doing tonight? Let ' s go to Crown Point or the Frontier, Today ' s Tuesday, we should go see a dol- l,)r movie at the Towne Centre, Often when the parents were at home the students made hangouts like Crown Point. Frontier Drive-In. and University Towne Cen- tre their own personal inner sanctum. There are many memories of all those Mr, Bud and Mr, Gumby parties. It sure was cold on a late Friday night at Crown Point, Although heat came from the bon fire, a greater warmth came from the friendship Everyone stood around in the dark parking lot and the only face you could see was that of the per- son directly in front of you; the others were merely silhouettes. The music was supplied by our car stereos and under that, mumbled fragments of different conversations could be heard. We should have beaten Clalremont! Mr Mitchell sure is a cool math teacher. Who are you taking to prom? As the hours passed, the cars thinned out tf) only a few and all were gone except for the ashes from the fire But the real lire never stopped burning It simply took a rest in ev- eryones memories At the next party its flames roared again, because the real fire is one of friendship made in a cold parking lot hangout Seniors 169