What is the one high school memory that makes you smile every time you think about it?

¨    Richard Dong's performance to the Tune of "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..." during his run for Class President.- Carrie Downey Yim

¨    Basketball road trips- John Woods

¨    Michelle Alles’s Winnebego- so much fun for so many people - Anonymous

¨    The many years of working at McDonalds with Mr. Jimmy Orr, and working the drive thru. Jimmy"Welcome to MacDonalds, you are now entering the MacDonald’s zone". That used to crack me up so much- Shad Adams

 

¨    Being Matt Strannigan's assistant and getting to drive his car!!- Diane Sallee Sehgal

¨    All my good friends and the fun times we had together. Irene Bucher Daly

¨    Rooming with Carma, Dianne & Debbie on all the out-of-town football and basketball trips during our senior year. Oh, the things we talked about, laughed about, and peed our pants about. I could go on but I wouldn't want to embarrass the girls:)- Toni Kinney Bell

¨    When we did the musical Damn Yankees and Earl Wiseman came out in his underwear during the locker scene. I don't recall THAT being in the script.  What a hoot! And... when Richard Dong sang the pac-man song to "You picked a  fine time to leave me, Lucille." "Wacca, wacca, wacca...etc" - Kathy Hyde

¨    TBTV class and filming epic productions such as 'Me Spanish Club Christmas Dance Massacre" (starring Jeff Gilloti and Jimmy Orr as mafia hitmen) where I believe Stephanie Troyer and her pet dog met their demise via chainsaw; and the classic "Danger is Our Business" (starring Matt Hassler and Jimmy Orr as extreme stuntmen) in a death-defying race pitting automobile versus human sneeze- Jimmy Orr

¨    Junior year, Greek Retreat with the High Challenge class, getting all bonded with John Reckling and Robert Miner and Kathy Coyle and the gang during silly interactive games. Also ... selling tickets to basketball and football games. Writing notes to Sherri Mattis during Big Al Cranston's class. Mr. Finnerty’s class. Prom with my brother (he's still traumatized). Turnabout with Dave Gleason. Mr. Scherr taking off his vest without removing his jacket.  "Mr. Bubble" on TBTV. -April Gustafson

¨    Sneaking thru the tunnels under the school with Michelle, Fuzzy and J.P. and the homecoming skit that Dean Abbot wrote was hilarious; I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard... Dean is a very funny guy.- Laura Swan

¨    Tarring and feathering Central High's rock with Kathy Williams and Cindy  Broyles our senior year. -Mary Blackburn

¨    Some of my favorite memories are connected to the homecoming skit we did with "Lonely Lowly Larry" Futa and "lovely Lisa" Nelson. Also, the phrase "social gathering" should bring back fond memories for several of us. - Lisa Dabney Rulon

¨    My best memory was Mr. Hesson, my English class instructor for my senior year. He would read this provocative/sexy poetry with a Swedish accent and all of us would be laughing our heads off. Then he would explain the sexual aspects or meanings to us and we would really bust up. You had to be there! Dan Ballinger

 

¨    We were at Homecoming our Jr. Year--I think--and we won! We ran out onto the field to congratulate the players and it started to snow. Not a huge snow, just enough to look like confetti, and then we were coming off the field and it stopped. Was a wonderful addition to a wonderful night? :)- Alice King Knievel

 

¨    It's funny that I am saying this but the one thing that makes me smile about high school is cheerleading. We had our ups and downs with 30 girls on the squad but we did a lot of different and exciting things. I loved cheering for football and wrestling and decorating the football players rooms. I loved going to competitions and camps to learning new routines. It was a blast for me and I'm thankful I was a part of it. - Lynn Lamm  Mosier

 

¨    Having fun with Susan Kelly (Frahm) going to Buttrey's and getting donuts for her birthday..and pigging out. -Cindy Hall Pierce

 

¨    Sophomore year, state track meet...- Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

 

¨    Our overnight cheerleading trips with Miss Helser. We were so loud and laughed continuously in the van. I have many fun memories from senior year cheerleading events. - Carma Huelle Snapp

 

 

¨    Every crazy money-making scheme we came up with to raise money for the Commons Area (and the secret stories behind them):

1.    The World's Third Largest Garage Sale. We used an old gas station property courtesy of Wallick and Volk. I loved the name. We weren't fooling anyone: who would believe that Cheyenne could host The World's LARGEST Garage Sale? Third largest was MUCH more believable -- ha ha.

2.    Purchase a Peon Sale. In a less politically correct time this would have been called a "slave sale". Thanks to April Gustafson for coming up the great name. I always thought that it sent a lot of people to the dictionary to look up the word "peon". I was bought by Mr. Iversen who immediately set me free with no peon-like chores to do.

3.     Halloween Movie and Costume Contest. We showed the B-movie "SSSSSS" in the auditorium -- it starred Dirk Benedict from Battlestar Galactica and A-Team fame, before he got "famous". Do you remember it? It took place in a circus carnival with a mad scientist turning Dirk into a snake. While the film was running, I remember seeing two girls making out with each other (real hot and heavy stuff) in the back rows and getting thrown out by Mr. Costas. The girls, not me.

4.    Chili Dinner. This one is a bit fuzzy. Was it linked to the Purchase a Peon Sale? Anyway, the TBTV promo for this was the infamous Enjoli parody: "I can bring home the bacon..." It's funny, I don't remember the chili at all, but I remember this: to save money, we used Bill Hungate's massive stereo system (he lived across the street) as a PA system and DJed ourselves. We promptly blew the speakers by cranking it past “11”.  I think we had to replace the fuses and were good to go.

5.    Lifesavers Lollipop Sale. We were probably responsible for so many cavities we should have arranged a kick back from local dentists. Mrs. Dabney used to complain to me about how unsafe they were to eat while walking. Her fear was that some student would trip and fall face down on the stick...- Richard Choi

 

What is the one high school memory that makes you cringe every time you think about it?

 

¨    When I think about it is the pep rally during which the cheerleaders blindfolded some of our school's best athletes and told them they would be kissing an anonymous cheerleader and would then have to guess which cheerleader they had kissed. Rather than cheerleaders, the player's mothers were instead paired with their sons. I'll never forget the expressions on the faces of those players when they discovered who their true partners had been.  At the time I was sure that at least one jock would lose his lunch after having given his own mother the tongue. Its absolutely one of the most hilarious spectacles I have ever seen.  –Kendall Adams

 

¨    Racing through the VA against Jeff Gilloti nearly every day after school.  As it turned out, the VA officials did not regard their grounds as an alternative NASCAR course. Needless to say, when I hit ice at 40+mph on a hairpin turn and wiped-out a section of saplings, they were not pleased, neither was my Dad. And making a suggestive body part out of thawed hamburger meat at McDonald's and placing the offensive creation on one of the customer tables. My boss did not find it nearly as amusing as Shad Adams and Steve Klas did. - Jimmy Orr

 

¨    Having chicken pox when I was a Senior. - Diane Sallee Sehgal

 

¨    There were a couple weekend mornings I woke up with a really bad head ache- Irene Bucher Daly

 

¨    American Lit class and the numerous impromptu essays we had to write - Kristi Kelley Hall

 

¨    Jimmy Orr and I did some East High Student Council update show on Q98 FM.  We basically had the station to ourselves and we did more talking, call-ins and comedy than music and East High business. One evening I showed up at the studio and was locked out of the station. It turned out that Q98 management cancelled the show because of complaints that one of the hosts used "foul language" on the air. Jimmy and me? Who could that have been? When I told Jimmy, he was walking across the street toward the studio with a newly made cassette tape in his hand. He blew up and so did the tape --he threw the tape so hard it splintered in a million pieces all over the street. The rumor was that the local TV5 sportscaster (and Central-supporter) heard Jimmy say "shit” on the previous weeks' show and called his Q98 buddies to shut us down. I never did find out what was on that tape. - Richard Choi

 

¨    How out of control I was in Mr. Stevens Psychology class. It's amazing I didn’t get kicked out! - Carma Huelle Snap

 

¨    Getting kicked off the cheerleading squad by Melanie Jones in my sophomore year because I missed the bus from Laramie (we won't mention WHY I missed the bus!!). How humiliating! - Toni Kinney Bell

 

¨    There was a very harrowing trip to Laramie for the state basketball tournament. A highway patrolman asked if we knew how fast were going, and warned us we had better slow it down. We did not get a ticket because we had letter jackets on at the time. The rest of the story I would refer to Jimmy Orr. - Shad Adams

 

¨    Qualifying for and playing in the state basketball tournament our senior year--no one thought we could do it but we did. Also, having high metabolism that would let me eat whatever I wanted.... ahh, those were the days! -  Cindy Henning

 

¨    Senior year, volleyball practice... we were running laps in the halls of the school and a few of us got the bright idea that it would be more fun to hide out in the janitor's closet. Of course, we got busted. We then had to run lines while the rest of the team watched. Pretty embarrassing. - Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

 

¨    The one that took the cake was my pitiful attempt to run for student body president, which economically taught me loads of humility in a short space of time.- April Gustafson

 

¨    My most embarrassing moment in high school was right outside of the guys locker room immediately following gym class. I was talking to Robin Woolridge  and Stephanie Wold. My fly was completely open on my jeans! I kept walking toward them and for some reason they kept backing up?! Jim Ditzel grabbed my arm and told me what was up. I guess it wouldn't have been so bad but I was 17 and a walking hormone if you get my drift. For the rest of that semester, I was paranoid every time I ran into Robin and Stephanie. -Dan Ballinger

 

¨    The accident I had at Minimart over by Central my Jr. Year. Not pretty! No one was hurt, Thank God, but it was embarrassing. - Alice King Knievel

 

¨    I also have to say that when the football players got tricked into kissing their mothers. I think it went way overboard. I can't remember if it was my idea but I was the one leading that pep rally that day and when I saw the look  on the faces of the football players when they took off their blindfolds... I thought to myself," This wasn't such a good idea." I hope there was no lasting damage.- Lynn Lamm Mosier

 

¨    Math tests, I hated those- Cindy Hall Pierce

 

Describe your worst hairdo.

 

¨    My senior class picture with the feathered bangs out of the "Lion King - Carrie Downey Yim

 

¨    It must be the only hairdo I had through high school. The Farrah Fawcett hairdo .... feathered!- Diane Sallee

 

¨    The worst hair do always seemed to be on the, day of pictures. Never failed, but every darn time, could never seem to do anything with the do. -  Shad Adam

 

¨    I think I still have it- Irene Bucher Daly

 

¨    The summer before sophomore year my mom gave me a home perm. Ugghh! My hair was huge and frizzy- Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

¨    I had the worst swimmers hair throughout most of high school. When it was cold outside, my hair would freeze into hay like strands. When it dried it was a lovely shade of green. - Laura Swan

 

¨    Farrah Fawcett wings- Kristi Kelley Hall

 

¨    Anything in layers made me look hideous! - Toni Kinney Bell

 

¨    Every day--flat hair- Cindy Henning

 

¨    That whole part down the center and feathered thing ...arg. I look at the pictures now and just cringeAlice King Knievel

 

¨    My worst was when I got a bob hair cut. -Cindy Hall Pierce

 

¨    Luckily, in 1983, we were still a few years away from the mullet  explosion.- Jimmy Orr

 

 

Describe your worst fashion nightmare.

 

¨    I'm afraid it was probably anything and everything I wore in high school.  I also remember my Prom dress, oh my gosh!!- Diane Sallee Sehgal  

 

¨    Wide belts and pants tucked in my boots- Irene Bucher Daly

 

¨    Well since we were still sort of at the tail end of disco, I would have to  say, any thing corduroy or silk – Shad Adams

 

¨    Those huge glasses - too gross!- Kristi Kelley Hall

 

¨    Wearing shorts over sweatpants. Who in the world came up with that one?? -  Toni Kinney Bell

 

¨    Having to wear a dress during volleyball season.... hated them then and hate them now...could be why I don't own one- Cindy Henning

 

¨    I would not have mouthed-off to a University of Wyoming football player. I learned that was a mistake almost immediately after making it. -Jimmy Orr

 

¨    Turquoise blue ruffled blouse with a denim prairie skirt. Whoever came up with this look should be shot and me too for trying to pull it off.- Mary  Blackburn

 

¨    I don't know if this is a fashion nightmare, exactly, but I won't be wearing two Izod shirts with the collars turned up again any time soon!!-  Lisa Dabney Rulon

 

¨    Toga Day during Spirit Week our sophomore year. I hated that!!!! - Alice King Knievel

 

¨    It's hard to pick just one- Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

 

 

 

What is one event or thing you wish you could change about high school.

 

¨    Going to East longer then one year-- Although it was great attending my senior year.- Irene Bucher Daly

 

¨    Going to Prom with my now ex-husband. How I wish I could do that over.  What a waste of pictures. I guess I could always cut him out!- Kathy  Williams Hauler

 

¨    I would have gotten contacts waaaaaay sooner- Kristi Kelley Hall

 

¨    I'd change a couple things I'd about high school: I wouldn't have had a serious boyfriend so I could have had so much more fun to hanging out with my girlfriends and not worrying about anyone else but ME!  And I would've taken more classes in school. There's nothing like FREE education! - Toni Kinney Bell

 

 

¨    I wish I would have traveled, maybe as a foreign exchange student.- Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

 

¨    I wish I would have had the courage to play in the high school band as well as sports. Over the last 20 years music has been a huge part of my life both professionally and personally. -Dean Abbott

 

¨     I would shorten the time we had to spend in high school. Oh I am just kidding, it was the most enjoyable part of life. - Shad Adams

 

¨    I wish I would have spent more time being serious about school and less about my social life. - Alice King Knievel  

 

¨    I wish I could take back the way I treated a "certain someone". And I will leave it at that. - Lynn Lamm Mosier

 

¨    Nothing really I really had the best three years at East with all my friends. - Cindy Hall Pierce

 

What were your favorite songs/ bands in high school?

 

 

¨    American Tune (Simon & Garfunkel)-Marguerite Latta

 

¨    Blackout from the Scorpions and AC DC's Back in Black- Kendall  Adams

 

¨    Loverboy- Diane Sallee Sehgal

 

¨    Air Supply or Styx- Kathy Williams Hauler

 

¨    REO Speedwagon- Kristi Kelley Hall

 

¨    It had to have been AC/DC .... most definitely. I liked REO Speedwagon, Journey, Loverboy, Rush, April Wine and the Eagles, too!!- Toni Kinney Bell

 

¨    The Police/Every Breath you Take- Cindy Henning

 

¨    Def Leppard and Twisted Sister- Jamie Feaster

 

¨    Three-way tie between "Highway to Hell," by AC/DC, "Heavy Metal," by Don Felder or "Fantasy," by Aldo Nova. - Jimmy Orr

¨    That's a great question, because my wife finds humor in that my taste in music remains the same as it was when I was in high school. I'm still rockin’ out to Ozzy, Van Halen, Def Lepard, and Night Ranger, just to mention a few. As a matter of fact, I still have m- Ay unused Def Lepard/Billy Squire ticket from 1983, when Matt, Carma, Dianne, Jennifer, Debbie and I were unable to make it to the concert in Denver because of a bad snow storm. Oh well... - Dean Abbott

 

¨    Styx or Journey.- Alice King Knievel

 

¨    Didn't have one favorite, but I think "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett.  I think this was blaring loudly as Jimmy and I got pulled over going to Laramie. - Shad Adams

 

 

¨    Do I have to pick just one? OK, I get three... Van Halen, the Cars, and AC/DC. As far as a song... maybe "Faithfully" by Journey- Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

 

¨    Queen, Another one bites the dust- Cindy Hall Pierce

 

 

What was your favorite movie in high school?

 

¨    On Golden Pond-Marguerite Latta

 

¨    Fast Times at Ridgemont High- Kendall Adams

 

¨    Who can remember that far back?- Jacque Rittenhouse Hutson

 

¨    Fast Times at Ridgemont High- John Woods

 

¨    No contest - Fast Times at Ridgemont High.- Jimmy Orr

 

¨    Nothing really stands out, but I do remember my favorite TV show was Dallas. - Diane Sallee Sehgal

 

¨    Officer and a Gentleman, Flashdance -Irene Bucher Daly

 

¨    Officer and a Gentleman- Kristi Kelley Hall

¨    "ET" I remember seeing it with Jon Radomsky and his little brother! Some date! - Toni Kinney Bell

 

¨    Top Gun- Cindy Henning

 

 

¨    Fast Times at Ridgemont High- Jamie Feaster

 

¨    I don't know if I can say that here. Just kidding. - Shad Adams

 

 

¨    ET- Alice King Knievel

 

¨    Footloose- Cindy Hall Pierce