Washington High School - Memory Lane Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Christina DeLeon participates in a Constitu- tion celebration by reading a part of the U.S. Constitution at the Century Center. » On September 17, 1787, the Con- stitution was signed and on Septem- ber 17, 1987, the Constitution was celebrated by millions of Americans. Though the grandest celebration was probably held in Philadelphia, the city of the birth of the Constitution, South Bend still celebrated with the renaming of Jefferson Boulevard to Constitution Boulevard. There were various other programs including one at Century Center. Swing choirs from Washington and Clay high schools sang We the People fol- lowed by recently naturalized citi- zens and two Washington students reading the entire constitution for the audience. Other local celebra- tions included a Dolly Madison din- ner with everyone dressed in 1700 ' s attire. These celebrations brought appreciation for the U.S. Constitu- tion. Even on a wet and dreary day this fire hydrant commerates the constitution. A replica of an old printing press at Century Center displays the Preamble to the Constitu- tion. ► 14 Breaking The Mold Mini-Mag Insure domestic

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Amanda Amador. Linda Albert, Lori Abra- ham. Raquel Discavage. Todd Ditmire. Jenny Kyle, and Cathy Salwin are lined up and ready to go. A Terry Poindexter shakes Mr. Klay bar ' s hand after giving his farewell speech to his fellow classmates. i The graduates are anxiously awaiting their diplomas. On Our Last Day Graduation 13

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More than just a trip This past summer Richard Koons and Anjonette Cornelius experienced a trip that many of us would never dream of. They spent 28 days travel- ing Europe with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Tour. The BLFAC is a camp in Twin Lakes, Michigan, for students with musical talent. They tour Europe annually, taking a total of about 63 choir, band and orchestra members. Anjonette and Richard were cho- sen to participate in the tour after they were recommended by Mrs. Nankes, WHS choir director, and had auditioned for camp director Mr. Donahue. When the letters of accep- tance were received Anjonette said, I was ecstatic! Yet, the money for the trip still had to be earned. A $300 music scholarship helped ease the trouble of raising the necessary funds. The choir practiced from N ovem- ber, 1986, to June, 1987. Excitement continued to build until finally their day of arrival in West Germany. The concert itinerary included nine towns in West Germany, the Nether- lands and Belgium, performing in each town. Some people might think that singing would be an easy task, but it turned out to be quite the contrary for the choir as the concerts piled up. They encountered three concerts in one day, each with an average length of about an hour and fifteen minutes. Along the way the choir frequently stopped at small churches and held mini-concerts . Of all the perfor- mances, the most challenging was when the tour went to a local pub. The reaction of the director was, If you can sing in there, you can sing anywhere. The choir had a reper- toire of 10 or 11 pieces and performed close to 15 concerts, not counting the mini-concerts. the BLFAC participants were housed by both rich and poor fam- ilies. Through them the European lifestyles and cultures were experi- enced. Over all the traveling, sight seeing, and concerts, Anjonette val- ues the chance to have families in Europe. She said, Pretty soon I ' m going to a have a baby brother and I won ' t know what he looks like, be- cause he ' ll be overseas. The tour turned out to be more than a trip, it was an experience to last a life time. Anjonette Cornelius enjoys her time in Europe. 4 Scratching, biting and screaming makes a person think of a fight, but it was just junior and senior girls in a wild game of Powder Puff football. The junior girls started the game with the first possession but turned the ball over at the seniors ' ten yard line. On the seniors ' second down, quarterback Julia Zavala dropped bac k into the end zone where Bridget These girls wouldn ' t even stop after someone Pajakowski scored the juniors ' first points on a touchback. After putting those first two points on the board, the junior girls couldn ' t be stopped. Heather Woods broke on the sideline for a T.D. and Shawn Huffine went up the middle to score the girls ' other 14 points. The game ended with a dramatic shut-out for the seniors with a 16-0 score, had their flag! ♦