Kilgore College - Ranger Yearbook (Kilgore, TX)

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‘Rettes, Band appear in 36th Cotton Bowl The Rangcrettes and Ranger Band returned early from Christmas vacation to prepare for their performances in the New Year’s Day Cotton Bowl Parade and Football Classic in Dallas. Marching in blustry cold, the KC performers made their way down crowded city streets leading the many other bands, floats and performers. Later the Kilgore groups performed in the pre-game and halftime events to the theme, Broadway Texas Style. Following the holiday performance the band and Rangcrettes were joined by the Rangcrettes Forever, a group of former Rangcrettes which included some of the original 1940 Rangerettes, to depart for San Francisco for another performance in the East-West Shrine Bowl.

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’Rettes prepare for Shrine Bowl The KC Rangcrettcs traveled and performed from Kilgore to San Francisco this year. They began with tryouts before school started and continued working on routines for halftime performances at football games. After a Christmas break, the group trained hard to be ready for their annual Cotton Bowl performance in Dallas on New Year’s Day. From there the drill team flew to San Francisco to entertain at the East-West Shrine Bowl. The year ended with the spring Rangcrcttc Revels show. The Rangerettes originated in 1940 when Gussie Nell Davis, their first director, was asked to come up with an act that would keep people in their seats during football halftime. She probably didn’t plan it, but the Kilgore Rangerettes were the first and have perhaps become the world’s most famous halftime chorus line. On Sept. 19, 1940, the first Rangerette performance dazzcled the Kilgore fans and did keep the completely quiet crowd glued to their seats as they watched, apparently very impressed with the act. At the end of the show, the crowd cheered and applauded.

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Opposite page, top- Band majorettes Jolcnc Poor, left, and Michelle Weaver lead the band at the beginning of the Cotton Bowl Parade, the 36th trip for the KC group. Opposite page, bottom- Boston College’s Doug Flutie (22) gets set to throw yet another TD pass against the University of Houston in the 198$ Cotton Bowl. This page, left- Rangercttes Kelli Gideon, left and Lisa Chase shiver, trying to stay warm before the Cotton Bowl Parade begins. This page, below- Big Tex is a part of this Cotton Bowl float, just one float in the hundreds of floats and bands that filed passed the crowded streets of Dallas. This page, bottom- Rangerettc officers Kim Barnette, left, and Silvia Paquin lead other Rangercttes in the Mambo routine in ahalftimc performance at the Cotton Bowl. y ■