Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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The Gold Dusters play a very important part in rising the student body's spirit at football games, basketball games, and pep-rallies. Even early Thursday morning before the sun can rise, Gold Dusters could be found wandering through the dark, weiry hallways, decorat- ing their football players lockers. ln the midst of the season, they competed in the Gulf Coast Drill Team competition held at Channelview High School. The girls brought home a first division rating on a gun dance routine to the song Bonanza, and two second divisions rating on a jazz dance routine to the music of temptation and a high kick to Bugsy Mal- one, composed by Mrs. Blessing. They also traveled to Kilgore College to attend the Tops in Twirling and Drill Team Camp, in June. Bringing back the Most Improved Drill Team Award, along with the coveted Spirit pom poms. While there they also enter Stunt Night with their rendition of Alvin and the Chip- munks Down on the Farm. Individual awards were given to the girls who were outstanding in certain dances. Meg Griffith won the Military Award to Wil- liam Tell. This was the most unusual dance the Gold Dusters had ever performed because each girl did a slow Chinese split on the field. The routine is a new aspect in the Gold Dusters performances. Shelly Culver won the chair award which is another unique dance that the Gold Dusters learned at camp. Captain Annette Hajdik acquired the most outstanding jazz performer in this year's iazz routine. But the favorite dance of the Gold Dusters was the gun dance to the song Bonanza, The outstanding dancer in this rou- tine was Colonel Audrey Arechiga. The Gold Dusters performing for homecoming at the new Falcon Sta- dium. I 36 Organizations 4. -1 . Q 4 ..' i ' Managers, Left to right: Garnetta Fortson, Lauri Galon, Annette Barhorst. Social Leaders, Top, left to right: Shelly Culver, Alice Arechiga, Julie Horne. Bottom: Colleen Griffith, Melissa Lopez, and Shirely Kramer. The Gold Dusters performing their Military dance at a home game.

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Leaders of the Pack! Each year the Gold Dusters members, Mrs. Blessing, the faculty, and a special panel of judges elect seven officers for the upcoming year. Candidates are judged on their dancing ability, creativity in making up dances, entrances, splits, appearance, personality and mostly the ability to get along with oth- ers. All these trials and tribu- lations constituted a unique group of 1977-78 officers. Each officer is in charge of three routines in producing ,QJ the annual spring show, The Magical Mystery Tour. These officers with the help of Mrs. Kathy Blessing, advi- sor, united a year of preces- sion viewing for the entire Jer- sey Village community. Officers pictured Top, left to right: Captain, Susan Allen, Maior, Agnes Emmott, Cap- tain, Annette Hajdikg Colonel, Audrey Arechigap Captain, Debbie Berger, Captain San- dra Evans, Captain, Maureen Wilburn. , ,fir 'MA Orgunizof' I 35

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Gold Dusters dance to the famous theme from Star Wars. The Magical Mystery Tour This year the Gold Dusters, with the help of a mad scien- tist Calias Jim Tookel, trans- ported the audience through time with their annual spring show, The Magical Mystery Tour. They traveled back and forth as they boogied through Jungle Love and StarWars. Pictured on the left: the Officers as they display their disco routine to Staying AIive. Shown below: Tarzan and Jane Calias Chris Lee and Becky McDanieIJ, with Jeff Maluski and Alice Arechiga revealed what really went on all those nights in the deep, dark jungles of Africa. lllr. Jim Tooke was Master of Ceremony or the Magical Mystery Tour. 411' Q ,np Y