The Lexington Teen Scene

The High School yearbooks of Lexington were called "The Spirit Of ..." with the year added. Free copies can be browsed here.

Lexington High had the honor to be subject of a "real-life documentary": The Stan Harlow Hour had a feature called "The World Of The Teenager" that was being filmed at Lexington High in 1966. The yearbook reflects this documentary: "We had fears during the filming and questioned the value of some of those supposedly real-life shots. The tide of letters and angry outbursts has ebbed (would you let your daughter go out with a Lexington boy?), but we won't forget the excitement of being on TV, the worlds they left out, the stunts we pulled for the cameramen, or the people who tried to help us in the World We Never Made."

The yearbook continues with a honest sentiment: "The stifling dark, the blaring music, the crazy dances with crazier names like the Jump-rope, the Jerk, the Eighty-one, or no names at all. And in a bright empty corridor or a dark steamy corner, cokes for the parched and exhausted. . . these are our dances and parties, the ones they did a documentary about."

Teen Beat groups from Lexington included Ronnie & The Del-Tones .