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Dance Group

Like Family

hat had 48 legs, 24 smiles, and
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could be found dancing before
large numbers of people?
No, it's not a creature from outer
space, not a bizarre insect. But if you said
the Drill Team, you guessed correctly. Dancing to "The Boys Are Back In Town", the seniors
This group of girls and their sponsor, on the Drill Team share the floor with some senior
Pam Butcher, came to school at 6:30 a.m. boys.
most weekday mornings, some in sweats Showing their entht,.~siasm, Juniors Sarina Idler and
and some in curlers to perfect their Connie Correa dance at the pep rally welcoming the
winter sports season .
routines. They worked first period for
one semester and had two to three At a practice before school with the band, the squad
discusses their flag routine.
after-school practices for each perfor-
mance .
"When you spend so much time with
such a big group of people, you really
have to work hard at trying to get along
with everyone; it's just like a family," said
Junior Cindy Hansen .
The squad not only worked together,
they had fun with each other, helping at
bake sales to raise money to pay parents
back for their uniforms and they had a
Big Sister /Little Sister program.
The Seniors acted as "big sisters" to
one or two of the younger girls. The "big
sisters" made their "siblings" wear such
things as bibs, Burger King crowns, or
pacifyers around their necks but all in
fun .
The squad entertained many people
at pep rallies, football games and
bassketball games . They not only
danced, but twirled flags and pom-pons.
Their work started long before
school did. They went to a camp in the
summer to teach the new girls different
steps and how to work on them . "Camp
brought me a lot closer to the squad and
we had a lot of fun learning routines and
working on them," said Junior Heather
Stern.
Because of the squad's outstanding
amount of spirit, they received a spirit -
stick. It was this kind of excellence they
showed throughout the year.

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