University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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« HE-MAN is prepared for the groat weather at Seafair. ONE OF THE BIGGEST spectacles of Seafair is the hydroplane race. 4 NORRIE SUDER Prime Minister of the Seafair Royalty Court stands proudly as Queen Julie Anne Warrick waves to spectators.

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SUMMER FESTIVALS Seattle Celebrates Seafair Festival goers were treated to a cornucopia of entertainment last summer during the premier Seattle celebration. Pageantry and droves of spectators marked Seattle’s Sea-fair celebration. This multi-week extravaganza, spread over July and August, originated in the vision of a few maritime dealers, the Seattle Salts, who decided in 1950 that the city needed a summertime event to capitalize on Seattle's waterside beauty and to stimulate business and tourism. Sea-fair grew out of that vision and today has blossomed into one of Seattle’s traditional summer celebrations. The festival ov es its international flavor and recognition to the diverse ethnic communities and cultural backgrounds of Seattle. Last year. Seafair showcased the sights, sounds, aromas and tastes of a world at Seattle’s doorsteps through parades, arts and crafts exhibits, food fairs and sports contests. Two of the major attractions were the Torchlight Parade, whose Grand Marshal was Patrick Duffy, star of the CBS’s hit series ‘’Dallas”, and secondly, the Miss Seafair Talent Show. The winner of last year’s pageant was Jennifer Frances Jett, a student of the University of Washington. All activities were not confined to land however. The traditional Seafair pirates landing at Alki thrilled young and old alike, with lively costumes and playing, while the 1981 Budweiser Cup unlimited Hydroplane Race drew about 350,000 spectators to the shores of Lake Washington. A field of over 13 hydroplanes raced for the Bud” trophy and their share of a $121,000 purse. Thunderboat gazers were also treated to a spectacle in the sky. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstrated their high speed, precision flying over Lake Washington in their new F A-18 Hornets. Maneuvers were done in tight forma- 12-Seafair tion with split-second timing, and were brought down to eye level to awe spectators. From Queen Anne Olde Days to the Black Community Festival to the Greenwood District Parade. virtually every Seattle neighborhood took part in the two-month festival to make it the success that it was. | by Doreen Marchionni and Maya Fleischmann Kevin M. Lohman photos US NAVY BLUE ANGELS turn eyes upwards as they tty in precise formation » KIDDIE PARADE PARTICIPANTS dress up and add cotor to the crowd ol Seatairers

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HOMECOMING COMES ALIVE 1937 Homecoming Queen Returns On a brisk. October evening. a searchlight beckoned several hundred University of Washington students and alumni to the north steps of the campus Quad — the site of the 1987 Homecoming Rally. After more than a decade of dubious interest in homecoming festivities, this year’s rally suggested a renewed enthusiasm for these traditions. I’ve been to every homecoming since I was a freshman and this was the best one I've ever seen. UW senior Alexander Sassi said. Sassi presided over homecoming festivities as 1987’s homecoming king. The homecoming queen was Vickie Howie, a graduate student pursuing her M.A. in communications. It’s an honor to be chosen as royalty, Sassi said. And it was really an honor to have the homecoming queen from fifty years ago introduce us. That queen was Mona (Firn-stahl) Buckley. The crowd welcomed her. the UW’s first homecoming queen with sustained applause. The '87 rally crowd included Monica Hart from KIRO TV. Husky football coach Don James, alumni football player Don Heinrich and the Husky band and rally Squad. Students and alumni swayed to the jazz music, and whistled and applauded for the rally squad. Huge, colorful displays marked another homecoming tradition: the sign contest. Michelle Lorda, Greek homecoming chairperson, said the criteria for judging Greek signs were incorporation of a theme, creativity and the use of house front. Each fraternity and sorority made its own sign. or. rather, what often appeared to be an entire theatrical set. The first-place winner among the fraternities was Theta Chi for its re-enactment of a stadium scene, including an announcer and fans. Alpha Gamma Delta took first place among the sororities for its graveyard scene, which portrayed the theme Husky spirits are rising. The main purpose of the contest. Lorda said, was to show our alums we're glad to see them. Many of them come back and cruise around to see the signs. A PERFORMANCE by the Husky Rally Squad heightens enthusiasm lor the game between the Huskies and Oregon State's Beavers. by Linda Erickson X Chris D. Stuvek photos