Myers Park High School - Mustang Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Sharon Baker Jill Wilson Kathleen Grogan Sally Miller Nannette Broadwell Betsy Weeks Majorettes, lettergirls, and Millie Mustangs urge spirit at games Appearing on the days of Mustang games and displaying the school colors are the majorettes, lettergirls, and Millie Mustangs. These girls, wearing their green and white uni- forms, remind students that there is a game that needs the support of all fans. Each is so much a part of the Myers Park spirit that games would lack a certain vivaciousness without them. Always smiling and cheering the team on, the girls affect the mood of the crowd. Each group of girls has an individ- ual function. Mingling among the students in the bleachers, the two Millie Mustangs circulate and acti- vate school spirit. During football season the lettergirls add their re- freshing touch when marching at half-time with the band. Batons are second nature to the majorettes who skillfully display their talents. Al- ways present at athletic events, this feminine crew contributes much to the excitement of games. Drum majors, Gary Colbert and Jim Hobbs, stand erect and poised with their batons as Gary blows the starting whistle. Posed in uniform array with their boots, hats, and batons are the seven majorettes of Myers Park. Ginger Rollins, Pat Harris, Carol Brownscombe, Head Brenda Gillespie, Sandy Hatcher, Sandy Heacock, and Mary Barden performed during the football season. 15

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MP joins other area schools in Band Bowl Two particular events prove to Myers Park students that band members are proud to serve their school. In November the band par- ticipated in a marching pageant at Memorial Stadium. Sponsored by the Jaycees, the Band Bo wl raised money for the Park Shell, an open- air concert area for Freedom Park. Supporting Rick Arrington in the Shrine Bowl game, Myers Park’s band was the only one that re- mained in spite of the rain. Erwin Heeseman Jackie Frost Lois Glasgow Brenda Fasnacht Among the majorettes, lettergirls, and the band is an air of gaiety which can be classified as school spirit. Erwin Heeseman and Ginger Rollins, FOREGROUND, beam with enthusi- asm as half-time festivities get under way. Lettergirls Brenda Fasnacht, Kathleen Gro- gan, and Sally Miller play their bongo drums during half-time at a football game. Handing out cokes to the cheerleaders at the basketball game are the Millie Mus- tangs, Marsha Huffman and Jan Kimball.

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Cheerleaders While the crowd cheers, the basketball players are given a few pointers by Coach Hartman. It is time-out at the Myers Park-Garinger basketball game, and the cheerleaders aim to continue supporting the Mustangs with their cries for victory. The lettergirls and basketball fans join the cheerleaders in a favorite cheer, “We love Mustangs.” Little do people realize how much practice actually goes into cheer- leading. Co-ordinating actions with words, the varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders perform gymnastic feats, and as a consequence, have strained muscles and scratchy throats. Nevertheless, their work does not go unnoticed, for cheer- leading is the central feature of school spirit, and school spirit is a necessary part of Myers Park’s ath- letic events. The nine varsity cheerleaders composed of junior and senior girls are Martha Gray Cochrane, Ellen Weddington, Cheryl Brit- Ik ■ • : « • t: MBgnv • • ® J? 1 - A Waving their pom-poms high in the air and bursting with excitement at the first football game of the season, the cheerleaders rush forward leading the football team. In the intro- ductory performance the band makes a pathway for the stampede to victory. At Park Center ten vivacious cheerleaders urge the junior- varsity basketball team to win their game with South. 16