Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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he start of a drum cadence and Vikas march on to the gym r to do a dance routine with 1 poms, footballs, or dressed as vns and even 50's skirts. The ory competition yell is next is always the highlight of the t rally. The four different :ses stand and yell for their ss, then stand again, uniting mselves with the others in hing the Vikings a victory. . few words from a senior ath- , no matter what sport, assures all they will do their best that ll. We're really going to try to win game - you all come out and ch lnce again, the cheerleaders ter, this time to introduce the td, with their own words to a 1-known tune. Our band, has irst name, it's S-u-p-e-r, our band has a second name, it's B-a- n-d We clapped along to the music, and on one occasion, we watched the Flag Corps. After the band feature comes our favorite cheer, Hey Gang, which was always the loudest of the pep rally. Hey Gang? twhatl Are the Tigers going to win this game? Hey, no! Then comes the announcement of the spirit award winner. This week the spirit award goes to the That's followed by the good luck cheer, victory spell out, school song and fight song. The athletic teams make their way out of the gym, followed by the Vikas, the students, then the band. Sud- denly all is quiet, and an empty echo haunts the once filled gym. X it it F ' . t urvrxw X -i X ' ar: :.. g While on an 18-foot ladder during the Cardinal pep rally, Coach King received a spirit -filled pie. Go, fight, win! , yells Lori Bates and Sandra Ercanbrack during a 7:50 Friday morning pep rally. Vika sponsor Ms. D. tDottye Stan- fordj laughingly speaks to Vika major Meladie Mitchell during a pep rally. STUDENT LIFE

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if-fukin' DUR During the The talking winds down to a low murmur as Big Vik makes his way to the center of the gym. l-le blows his horn, and we know the pep rally has officially begun. A simple 1-2-3-4 ... from drum majors Laura Iones and Benny Hengy, and the band starts the fight song, Fight on Nimitz High The cheerleaders make their way across the gym floor, with Vodahn Uohnny I-Iousej tumbling beside them. When the fight song ends, the cheerleaders start with an opening chant. Who ya rootin' for, N-H-S!!! The spirit competi- tion is underway. SPIRIT The drill team rushes back and scrambles into their lines while the cheerleaders make sure their megaphones are in the right places and the microphones are working. Finally, it's 7:50, and with the blare of Big Vik's cow horn, the Viking call is issued and the pep rally is underway. Drum major Benny Hengy con- ducts the band into a spirited song during the MacArthur pep rally. pep rallies As they yell the words of the cheers that are embedded in our minds, we think only of a victory for our class. We bring our pom- poms, whistles and other objects that make noise. We all listen for the cornet trio of Larry Dorsey, Iohn Soto and Tim Marshall, to play the tradi- tional GO fanfare. Then the cheerleaders gather around the microphone to give one of their famous introductions of the Vikas. Vikas, Nimitz Vikas what kind of girls are Nimitz Vikas? Portrayinf an old woman, Keri McFarlan smiles over her embar- rassment during the pep rally. After participating as the Tiger in the sophomore skit, Ieane Bal- droe helps with class spirit. STUDENT LIFE at ai

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Waitin for the crowd to leave the g m a ter a pep rally as senior y F Ierri Cantwell. Continuing to wear his spirit, even in class. is lack Harkrider. GUR SPIRIT After the pep rallies The cheering was over and knots of students crowded their way to the various exits. Football team members used their usual exit through the left gym door. After they had gone the rest of the student body and teachers who came to watch the rally proceeded to the exits at the bottom of the stands. The gym had emptied, and the paper wrappers and forgotten coats were all that remained from the morning rally. No one remem- bered the hours of work that had gone into preparing the props, the practicing of the cheers and rou- tines. Thoughts now were directed toward the coming day's activi- ties. The rush of confusion between getting from the gym to the hallways often found Mr. Curry or Mr. Winn reminding the teachers that the pep rally had ended and to corral the remaining students into rooms. The excite- ment now moved to the hallways inside the building as they slowly filled with students and the administration. When the pep rally ended. it signaled the begin- ning of another Friday. Classes went on with an occasional sight- ing of a Vika in her blue gingham outfit, or a football player in his blue knit team shirt, bearing the Viking emblem on the shoulder. When Saturday finally arrived. the 7:30 football game became partially a social event where we went to see our friends. It wasn't the prototype that we would all imagine. The game ended and everyone headed for Pizza Hut or Pizza Inn to talk over the rest of the weekend. Q Embarrassed by her strange attire after a pep ra ly is cheerleader Ann Dean. STUDENT LIFE