David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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pride of cougdrldnd conTinues in Tune Trddihon The I972 TooTball season was a really acTive one Tor The pride OT cougarlandf' aT each TooTball game The band gave a halT-Time perTormance which was The resulT OT much sixTh period and aTTer- school pracTice. They added To The school spiriT when They played some oT Their selecTions in The sTands aT The games and aT The pep rallies. as homecoming Time came around, band members had To work diligenTly To geT Their TloaT Tinished beTore The parade and, under- sTandably. They were quiTe exciTed when Their i can'T believe i aTe The whole Team TloaT was announced TirsT place winner aT The pep rally The morning aTTer The parade. aT halT-Time ThaT evening gloria hunT was named I972-73 band sweeT- hearT wiTh karen mc kean and hilda prado as her runners-up. 46 Tall - sTudenT liTe

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9- wrM A 'rexcinns ond cougdrelfes helped build spirit rwo groups of spiriled girls were acfive during foofball season. one of fhese groups, +he cougareHes, became crocke'H's firsl' organized pep squad. 'rhe eighly girls mer during advisories and learned lwo pom pom roufines which 'rhey performed al pep rallies and loofball games. +he drill feam, 'lhe fexanns, also did 'lheir parl' in promo+ing spiri+. in addilion 'ro dancing af every foorball game 'rhese girls decorafed rhe houses of lhe foolball players and painled spiril' signs. fall -sludenf life 45

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4 5 I. roberf hengsf shows a preliminary slcefch of fhe homecoming parade floaf. 2. russ sfe- vens checks his horn fo make sure fha? ever- yfhinq is ol: before fhe band marches onfo fhe field. 3. since each band member had fo play his music every week before he could be in fhe half-fime show, lynn pace spenf much of her spare Time pracficing. 4. cafhy corona plays during one of The band's sfands' performances. 5. foeinq fhe line, fhe band shows fhaf fhey are as excellenf af precision drills as fhey are af fhe music fhey play. 6. af fhe sfarf of fhe half-fime show, fhe enfire band follows fhe lead of fheir drum majors as fhey march onfo fhe playing field. fall -sfudenf life 47