Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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l ' + A ORK-OUT, AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICES WENT TO AS LATE AS 5 P.M.! THE WORK A AS VERY DIFFICULT AND REQUIRED STAMINA, BUT THEIR ENERGETIC PER- - ORMANCES MADE IT LOOK LIKE A =IECE OF CAKE! SPECIAL FRIENDSHIPS ! ND VALUABLE TALENTS BLOSSOMED FHROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DRILL TEAM EADER LAURA FANCHER COMMENTED: ' AFTER ALL OF THE HARD PRACTICE, BEING A TEAM MEMBER REALLY RE- WARDS EACH GIRL. WE WERE SUCCESS- FUL NOT ONLY IN COMPETITION, BUT 4LSO IN ACHIEVING THE QUALITIES OF A HAPPY, COMPATIBLE TEAM. AND THAT ' S i VHAT DRILL TEAM IS ALL ABOUT! Suzonn Ojeda dances ro rhe music of rhe bond during a half-rime show ar Glover Sradium Debbie Lowery, 2nd assisranr, closes her eyes in hope rhar she doesn ' r forger rhe nexr dance move The girls make some final adjusrmenrs before rhey perform before rhe awainng judges Drill reom leader Laura Foncher express how happy she will be if she doesn ' r foil Caroline Goloviz smiles, hoping rhor her boyfriend is A arch ■ - Ar an early morning pracrice, rhe girls hope rhey don ' r have ro do onorher run-through Chasie, Shelly, Tracy, ond Andrea show rheir esprit de corps doing rhe famous Dorrle Dance The 1987-86 Loora Drill Team rop row (I ro r) Joanno Davis, Heidi Mike, Andreo Pennsylvolle. Lorerra Jones, Dilo Romo, Shannon Crucil, Shelly Grace second row Tracy Robertson, Dione McConnell, Jona Miller, Steph- anie Polfy, Gigi Mach, Wendy Howard third row (manager) Kim Ravin, Shelly Seebo, Annie Kaye, Amy Underwood, Chasie Loird, Kory Voldez. Caroline Gala- viz fourrh row 1st assistant Suzann Ojedo, Drill Team Leader Laura Fancher, 2nd assistant Debbie Lowery The dedicated, hatd-wotking drill ream rehearses for anorher parade competition

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THE 1987-88 SAXON DRILL TEAM DANCES THEIR WAY TO THE TOP! USUALLY, WHEN THE TERM DRILL TEAM COMES TO MIND. VISIONS OF KICK LINES. SPLITS, AND HALF-TIME SHOWS APPEAR. HOWEVER. THERE IS MUCH MORE IN THE LIFE OF A VALKYRIE DANCER! THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DANCING CAREER BEGAN EVEN BEFORE THE ' 86- 87 SCHOOL YEAR FINISHED! THE EX- CITEMENT CONTINUED THROUGH THEIR SENSATIONAL SPRING SHOW PERFOR- MANCES! THE GIRLS WERE AMONG SOME OF THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC, DEDICATED STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. FOR THE TEAM MEMBERS, A TYPICAL FALL PRACTICE DAY BEGAN AT 6:45 A.M. IN ADDITION TO THEIR FIRST-PERIOD

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MUSIC, PERFORMING, FRIENDSHIP: WHAT LOARA ' S BAND IS ALL ABOUT JUST IMAGINE IF SCHOOL BEGAN A 645 A.M. AND LASTED UNTIL APPROXI MATELY 4:30 P.M. WELL, RIGHT HERE l OUR OWN SCHOOL, WE HAVE ABOU 130 HARD-WORKING STUDENTS WHC WERE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR TIME AN! EFFORT THIS PAST YEAR. THIS YEAI OUR MIGHTY SAXON BAND WAS LED B ' BAND DIRECTOR MR. BILL SCHROEDEI AND DRUM MAJOR DIANE GOLLY. MF