Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Movie Style Homecoming Dance streamers. And by the time the picture- taking began at six o'clock, the auditorium glittered with the silver decor and with the formally dressed couples. In addition to putting up decora- tions and arranging for Mr. Bill Duke to take pictures of the couples attending the dance. Student Council members provided refreshments. And they also arranged to have live entertainment, a band called First Class. Besides providing listen- ing pleasure, the band invited several dancers to sing with them. 13

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Student Council Hosts Gala Since, according to fan magazines and gossip columns, Hollywood stars sometimes host or attend lavish dances, students wanted to conform to the Wildcats Go Hollywood Homecoming theme by participating in their own gala affair. Student Council members fulfilled this desire by organizing a simi- formal dance that, they hoped, compared to real Hollywood enter- tainment. Final preparations for the dance began Saturday afternoon when several students met at Mathis City Auditorium to decorate the lobby, hallway, and multi-purpose room with silver foil stars and TOP, RIGHT: Marti Gray, Yevette Moore, Tracy Marshall, Brenda Roberts, Odette Griffin, and Mr William Aldrich talk while preparing re- freshments. TOP, LEFT: Mrs. Helen Duke supervises as Katherine DeLoach and Jeff Meyers sign for pictures. RIGHT: Jeff Lee, David Parker, Ted Welch, Laura McRae, and Melanie Nelson boogie to the music of First Class. OPPOSITE PAGE: Jerry Bostock, Tim Sutton, Sharon Hart, Reeves West, Jan McKay, and Karen Croft disco in a group. 12

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Photographers Have Field Day When Homecoming coronation cere- monies, held on Cleveland Field at seven o'clock in the evening of October 9, gave photogra- phers a chance to try out their skills in capturing beauty in action. Mr. Bill Duke arrived early to take pictures of the line up of the young ladies and their escorts as they posed on the far side of the field and moved forward when the announc- er called out their names. At the same time Joey Ivansco readied his camera to get shots for the Valdosta Daily Times, for which he is a staff photog- rapher. And parents and friends, carrying both expensive and in- expensive equipment took their own memory pictures. All of these photographers had beautiful subjects. Young ladies in this select group had shopped for the most at- tractive gowns they could find. Each girl was groomed and made up to show off her loveliness. ABOVE: Student Council president David Lynch kisses the Homecoming queen, Kathryn DeLoach. TOP, MIDDLE: Marvin Martin escorts freshman represen tative, Sharon Carter. TOP, RIGHT: Freshman, Jana Jenkins and her brother, Greg, walk down the field. RIGHT: Kathryn graciously accepts her crown. 14