Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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A scream machine is a whole lot of things. It is cheerleaders, majorettes, a pep club, a rally before the big game. It’s Nedlam. It’s spirit. ... Spirit is a special part of school life. The scream machine revolves around athletics but not exclusively. By its nature the life of the machine is public but not entirely. At the center of the machinery are cheerleaders. Some of the stories they tell show the chaos and frantic activity behind the machine. One recalls getting ready for the game only to discover that a helpful mother has sent her uniform to the cleaners. Some football players were amazed to find themselyes covered with paint at the start of the Everett game. The hoop didn’t get painted until almost game time. Cheerleaders don’t corner the market on crazy happenings. These things are in the very nature of the scream machine. An important link in the scream machine are the majorettes doing their thing. Clapping to the beat of the cheer is Cheryl Sper- anza. Leading the victorious seniors in the traditional Thanks¬ giving Day Rally Malden” cheer is Cindy Ledbury. Clapping and screaming to a cheer is Marla Snyder. scream machine 29

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THE SCREAM At MacDonald Stadium before a game Josie Acierno and DeeDee Medugno get things together. The spirit of the scream machine is the enthusiasm of pep club and cheerleader advisor Carol Gavoorian, pictured here behind the scenes of the Thanksgiving Day Rally with Senior Colleen McBride. MACHINE Marching into the Rally in their tra¬ ditional way are Donna Cosman, Karen Brown, and Denise DeGloria. 28 scream machine Sometimes innocents get caught in the machinery. Debbie Powell is the victim, Laurie Weiner the majorette.

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Varsity cheerleaders Mary Kay Hurley, Mary Beth Downing, and Cindy Ledbury pose for photographer before Thanksgiving Day Rally. Sometimes screaming means concentration as it does here with Jeanne Binda. ■£“ ‘ i jW jJHPlPjpj jjpr1 ■ X W 1 ft jM «SaWB Screaming may be expressed by body motions as shown by Sandy Appel and Laurie Wiener. Soggy weather doesn’t slow down Malden’s Majorettes. 30 scream machine