Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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'0rien'roI Fantasy Introduces if sfnxq 9351- 'U'- Cl ff: Queen Virginia Willis and King Gerry Clarey pose for a post-coronafion portrait. 19

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The lllinois championship CAP drill team performs between halves for the specta tors at the Bloom-Thornton game Entertoinment Livens Holf time The buzzer signaling the end of the first half of any basketball or football game also is the sig- nal for the beginning of half-time entertainment, usually provided by the majorettes and flag twirl- ers, with the pep band. Occa- sionally, for variety, a different group, such as the CAP drill team, helped the time between halves speed by. Batons are neglected as majorettes and flag twirl- ers use pom-poms to beat out a rock and roll rhy- thm.

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Bloomites to Mcigic of For Ecist -W ii Joan Boyd and Tom Smith congratulate Gerry Clarey and Virginia Willis 35 l'l1eY Sllz SW' rounded by court members Harry Osterman, Sharon Galiene, Pat Noll, and Ron Mllnes. Pat Noll and Joe Bullaro cut an Oriental rug to a rock and roll tune. ho By the light of glowing Chinese lan- terns dancers whirled to the music of Johnny Marlowe's orchestra at the i956 Homecoming, Oriental Fantasy. The air of glamor and excitement was heightened by the mystic spell of the Far East. Tension mounted until ii o'clock, when beneath a flowing red canopy, Queen Virginia Willis and King Gerald Clarey were crowned by last year's royal couple, Tom Smith and Joan Boyd. ,