Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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FRONT ROW: Sally Casey, Mary Ann McCarty, Diana Bartlev. Sandv Davis, Judi Peake. BACK ROW! DOI-lg SY FI9, Rifik LOhI'T13f1, -John KVNDDGFS. NlCk ROSSi. Mike Bennett K-N, Mike Bennett is measuredfor a dinnerjacket at Randall's. avenders, pinks, and violets were used to decorate the Moors Restaurant for the 1969 Junior-Senior Prom. The first off-campus prom, Violets of Dawn, was presented to the Senior Class by the juniors. Starting after finals in January, the juniors spent many hours making the necessary preparations for the memorable evening of the twenty-fourth of May. The coronation of the king and queen highlighted the evening. The Prom Court, consisting of Doug Stone, Mike Bennett, Rick Lohman, John Knippers, Nick Rossi, Sally Casey, Diana Bartley, Mary Ann McCarty, Judi Peake, and Sandy Davis, was picked by the Senior Class during sponsor group. A king and queen were then elected from the ten. The seniors picked Sally Casey and Doug Stone to reign as their queen and king at the Prom.

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King Doug Stone Queen Sally Casey VIOLETS OF DAWN BLOSSOM

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Barb Harrison STUDENTS RE-LIVE CHILDHOOD L' ack in your Own Backyard set the mood for the 1968-69 Homecoming activities. The true excite- ment started when five queen candidates, who were chosen by the varsity football team, were voted upon by the student body in a double assembly, October 23. The Wasson Thunderbirds chose Sally Casey to reign as their queen over all ofthe Homecoming ac- tivities as announced at the Pageant. The dance, which highlighted the Homecoming week, was held in the boys' gym on October 26. The Social Committee, under the direction of Judy Peake, decorated with brown and yellow flowers, white picket fences, and a large white parachute above the dance floor. The students and the alumni danced to music provided by The Beast, who played in an oversized sandbox decorated with white tissue flowers. During the intermission, the queen and her four attendants were presented from a house of white tis- sue flowers. Sally Casey, head A-squad cheerleader, was crowned by her escort Carl Lansing. Following the coronation of the queen, her four attendants - Carla Ancona, Pom-Pon girlg Diana Bartley, A-squad cheerleader, Barbara Harrison, co-captain of T-Bellesg and lVlaryAnn IVlcCarty, member of council - were escorted by John Nlurphy, Mike Bennett, Cito Kirk- patrick, and Louis Angone, respectively. Each ofthe girls was presented with silver necklaces. Attendant Diana Bartley l Attendant Attendant Carla Ancona A ttendant Mary Ann M cCarty if I