James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Just introduced — varsity football players psyche Encouraging audience participation, varsity captain themselves up for the game at the Friday pep rally. Kim Sullivan teaches the student body the “chick-a- Coach Joe Lanford presented his team to the stu- boom” cheer at a Friday pep rally. dents. = Tes Enthusiastic and full of pep, JV cheerleader Theresa Boutchyard leads the sophomore class. This was Theresa's second year on the squad. Watching the cheerleaders’ skit, sophomore Jackie Coleman takes in the action. The skits added a bit of humor to the afternoon's fun. 28 Student Life

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Swinging under streamers, dancers enjoy the music of CASPER. The dance cost $6.00 per person. Sail The atmosphere was filled with excitement and anticipation on the 10th of November as the 27th annual homecoming dance got underway. The couples entered the gym to find an array of barebacked dresses enhanced with stylish slits and three-piece suits. Hearty greetings were exchanged among students and chaperones. GAA members assisted by Mr. Johnny Johnson had transformed the gym into an ocean. They created the sensation of motion with disco lights and silver and blue tinsel. People ‘sailed on” through the night doing the Rock, the Freak, and disco line dances to the music of Casper. As an added attraction yearbook staff members Sara Durcan, Martha Harper, and Kristi Simmons worked all afternoon on the backdrop for the couple portraits that were taken in the auditorium. On As 8:00 pm approached, a hush fell over the crowd. Butterflies knit knots in the stomachs of the homecoming nominees. Excitement mounted as Tuck Payne was crowned king and Susan Sotzing was crowned queen. The crowd cheered and tears flowed until the last of the crowns were placed on Todd Mitchell and Carolyn Cocke, the prince and princess. As the evening wore on, the crowd dwindled and decorations began to sag. Crown bearers Wade Tanner and Kathryn Carter entertained themselves by wrapping each other in crepe paper. By 2:00 pm the next day, the GAA had dismantled their ocean and another homecoming was over. Late night dancing proves tiring for Charles Willis and Richard Cline as they dance and talk with Covell Thompson. After the crowning festivities, dancers take a break at the tables provided around the gym. Refreshments were available in the cafeteria. Homecoming Dance 27

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Totally enveloped in the spirit of the pep rally, Sheila Johnson cheers with her friends during class com- petition. The senior class won. Jacket spirit “Don't wanna be a Stafford Indian. Don't wanna be a Spotsy Knight. Just wanna be a J.M. Jacket — Come on Jackets, let's do it right!’ We chanted catchy cheers like that one at our sports assemblies (better known to most of us as pep rallies). Friday afternoons before important games found us packing the gym to build up enough Jacket spirit to keep our “Orange Machine’ rolling on to victory. Could we ever forget the time Mr. Carl Ingebretsen, masquerading as a rival Sportsy Knight, got exactly what he deserved — a pie in the face? Or how about the time the girls’a sports soars upward teams challenged the J.V. and varsity football teams to sing our Alma Mater better than they could? A new trend, copper cowbells, often replaced applause for seniors. Our award winning cheerleaders performed their new cheers and tried to get us all involved in boosting spirit. Pep Rallies 29