West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Excitement Mounts as Falcon Days Progresses A victory football, Falcon Days' button, and queen's crown were all among the treasured memories of Falcon Days ISHS., I 'pw in S Colorful and original homeroom displa The Motions entertained students before school and during the ys were constructed by students as they Coronation Aud as Falcon Days got into full swing. competed for awards.

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! i Homecoming Queen nominees, vying for the coveted Falcon Days' crown, were: Sandy Rynor, Barb Hennings, Marya Booth, Sue Timm, lllarsha Murphy, Kathy Brady, Connie Keim, Barb Aronson, Jan Blake, and Sue Hudson. Ten senior girls, nominated as Falcon Days Queen candidates, September 15, were presented in an aud September 24. The nominees included: Barb Aronson, Jan Blake, Marya Booth, Kathy Brady, Barb Hennings, Sue Hudson, Connie Keim, Marsha Murphy, Sandy Ry- nor, and Sue Timm. From these ten, Sandy Rynor was elected Queen, and Jan Blake and Barb Hennings were named as her attendants. Falcon Days buttons were sold in homerooms from September 24 to October 2. Each year a contest is held for those students wishing to create a Falcon Days button to be used to promote participation in Homecoming festivities and to increase school spirit for the football game. The regulations on floats and hall displays under- went a series of changes this year, due partly to the theme of this year's Falcon Days Circus, and partly because of new safety regulations which pro- hibited the use of the flammable materials. The collages, as they were called, required much artistic ability and creativity. Floats were judged more on the people participating, rather than on the floats themselves. Utilizing the circus theme, West students devised costumes both comical and original, making the floats very interesting. Faculty advisor Harold Keller helped construct decor! tions for the Falcon Days' dance.

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i h l . , 5 A . .,... . , , iW f n ,M, , , ,gfl l . A t M ' .,.., ........ T Tracy Goudy presented a lively jazz routine dur- ing the Queen's Coronation Aud. Clowns and Circus Acts The gymnasium was transformed into the WHS Big Top for the 1965 Queen's Coronation Aud. Roberta Denkmann put the West student body in a circus mood by reading an excerpt from Circus at Dawn, and Bill Wacker became the ringmaster. Clowns Nancy Sommerville, Angela Lewis, Marlene Eisler, Mary Weston, and Karen Knight performed antics for the crowd throughout the show. The West student body and faculty members rose to a standing ovation as Queen Sandy Rynor en- tered the ring. Her Majesty expressed her gratitude and charged the fighting Falcon football team with a victory over the East Moline Panthers. Then came the big top acts. Tracy Goudy, Cindy Reynolds, ,D--M Falcon Days royalty for 1965 included Queen Sandy Ryno and attendants Barb Hennings and Jan Blake. lnvade Coronation Aud Judy Maehr, Lynn Elliott, and Missy Gaghagen danced for the queen. Karen Barchman performed a free exercise routine, while Debbie Clough and Debbie Butrick presented a baton twirling act. A skit was presented by Greg Whitaker, and a combo, the Motions entertained the queen and her court. The finale of the show was the sixth annual parade of floats. West students became strong men, baller- inas, and clowns, as they drew their floats around the ring, catching many an approving smile from Queen Sandy. After the float presentation, the queen and her court were escorted from the West High Big Top as the first phase of Falcon Days 1965 ended.