George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Teams drill for perfection Every day after school and twice a week during the summer, the Drill Team practiced routines. Performing at all home football games and various pep rallies and basketball games, the 27-girl squad strove for perfection. In order to broaden their skills with new ideas, four girls from the squad attended a camp held by the National Spirit and Sports Camp at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. They learned different routines, three of which were performed at football games. The Drill Team supported the Cross Country, Field Hockey, Girls' Tennis, Soccer, and Baseball teams (besides Football and Basketball). They bestowed their best wishes by baking goodies and making locker signs for the team. Competition with all the drill teams in the Fairfax County area was held at Marshall on December 4, with the squad performing unofficially. This enabled the team to watch other teams perform and get rated. Plans for a joint performance with the Madison pom-pom squad at our home basketball game were made. A trip to the beach at the end of the year was also scheduled. Band-Drill Team relations were good and appreciation was shown by the squad in the cakes baked for the musicians. Band members honored the Georgie Girls at Homecoming when they presented the Drill Team and Majorettes with mums. Twirling at home football games and two basketball games, the Majorettes experimented with new and better routines. Because of the mix-up at Homecoming, the annual fire routine was cancelled. The two-baton routine performed at the Madison pep rally exhibited the squad's skill and hours of practice. A break was taken between the football and basketball season, before the four-girl squad and one alternate began work on their special effect, a black light routine. Red. while, and blue flags added to the Majorettes' special routine. Lori Simpson performs for football spectators, while Georgie Girl Barbara Ein patiently stands at attention, waiting for her performance, which is next. In step, the Drill Team and Band march to an early-season football game, where pre-game and halftime performances will be given. 168 Drill Team — Majorettes

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r Freshmen Cheerleaders - Front rou : Grace Hart, Injury cripples Laura Zaleski's ability to cheer, Martha Vcitl, Pam Koerkenmcier, Jana Mis- as she is benched for the game. After sp-hler, Ruth Hart; Back roio: Terri DiCamillo, raining her ankle, her involvement is con-Charlotte Collat, Men Cunningham. strictcd to watching the squad perform. Notices sent to local intermediate schools in the spring urged eighth graders who lived in the Marshall district to try out for the Freshmen Cheering squad. Eight girls were selected from the girls who showed up to try out. Practicing from the beginning of the summer, the girls learned to work together as a squad. They attended cheerleading camp, and by fall were ready to raise spirit among the Freshmen and among the crowds at games and pep rallies. Invited by the Varsity squad, the Freshmen and JV Cheerleaders were privileged to perform at the Homecoming game. They practiced often for the event. This was the first time the three squads had ever performed in conjunction. The all-Sophomore JV Cheerleaders were close, although disagreements occurred occasionally. Besides the regular cheerleading duties, the girls got together for a swimming party after painting megaphones and for a Christmas party. Both the Freshmen and JV Cheerleaders enjoyed privileges they hadn't been granted in previous years. Privileges were dealt more evenly between the three cheering squads, with the Varsity squad no longer having the advantage of being the elite group they once were. The novice squads were given the freedom to share the cheerleading room with the older girls. The Freshmen and JV squads were also allowed to perform cheers that were once exclusively used by the Varsity girls. Vocal power charges teams -W- 170 Freshmen — JV Cheerleaders