Bentley High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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ll ll r Co-educational was the Square Dance number including Nelson Mead, Jeanne Kofchl, Dorothy Calling, Chuck Galloway, Nancy Loud, Jeff Kellogg, Ann Thorpe, and Nelson Mead. Aqua charmers performed for public A . 1..-...w Kathy Vots, above, president af Silver Swans, gave a diving per- formance in The World is Wait- ing for the Sunrise. Below, left to right, Deane Gill, Shirley Schultz, Kathy Vots, Joya Holm- berg and Pat Wirth do ballet swimming in the same number. f Ni 4 0' - ' . .iv- tv -

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-Q.,- Mrs. Erica Gans, fabovel swim- ming instructor and club sponsor, oversees every detail of Silver Swans' procedure, including such things as o scene from The High and the Mighty, port of their Dreamland show. Front to back in picture are Sue Whyte, Pat Wirth, Judy Crowther, Ann Thorpe, Emily Zikmund. Gracefully and interestingly, members of the Silver Swans, Bentley girls' swimming organization, presented their autumn show of serious aqua ballet and comedy before an appreciative public audience. Directed by Mrs. Erica Gans, the girls practiced artistic precision swimming many hours for the show. At other times during the year when the pool was not in use by the boy's competitive team, Silver Swans also practiced regular swimming styles and techniques, speed swim- ming and diving. SILVER SWANS. Left to right, front row: D. Gill C Harrington, M. Sellon, P. Wirth, J. Kofahl, C. Koenig D Collins, S. Schultz, S. Shuring, L. Falle. Second row J Holmberg, K. Watson, N. Loud, E. Zikmund, L. Harris W. Moore, M. Cleland, L. Ritter, M. Martens, S. Whyte Third row: K. Vots, president, T. Leathley, vice-pres: dent, L. Lance, treasurer, J. Crowther, secretary.

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Q 5- 'mx ' sb I 7 as ww N., f RESERVE CHEERLEADERS. Left to right: Sandy Biedermann, Carol Millson, Betty Grant, Margaret Martens, Claudia Koenig, Judy Snowden. We're from Bentlej Rain or snow, Bentley's cheerleaders are at every game keeping school spirit alive and bolstering Bull- dog morale. Their cheering again helped lead varsity and reserve football and basketball teams to victori- ous seasons. Each May finds quantities of Bentley girls trying out for the following year's varsity cheerleading squad. A board of seven teachers selects finalists, who then be- gin arduous practice for next season. Reserve cheer- leaders are selectecl in early autumn. Pep Club this summer will provide the means of sending some cheerleaders to a special camp. Flying high, varsity cheerleaders got into the spirit of another Bulldog football triumph. Chris Hudnut waited to see what it was all about.