Jacksonville High School - Crimson J Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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For the J’ettes New Year’s came out 10 Peach Bowl e raised $20,000 for this trip. The bus picked us up at 1:00 a.m. We drove nonstop to Atlanta, Georgia, arriving at 1 p.m. We began practice that night at the hotel, the first of four days of practice held in the rain. On the day before the game we marched two miles in the Peach Bowl parade. The next day, still cold and rainy, we spent five and a half hours performing in the pre-game, and at halftime, one highlight was doing the splits in the mud. That night we had a big banquet.

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We started Christmas with our week of is the season ... Christmas Spirit Week helped to spread good cheer throughout the school. The halls were a flood of red and green as students donned holiday sweatshirts (garnished with tinsel and bow or two) and sang along with the old-time Christmas carols that were played between every hour. In the middle of the week, Old St. Nick (Andy Everett) dropped by for a short visit and photo session. At the Christmas Assembly, everyone was treated to “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” sung expertly by thirteen of our most spirited faculty members.