Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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at Pep Assemblies, Game During the Year Mrs. Strang, advisor to Pep Leadership, talked with songleader Teri Giambruno about her performance. ' 1' SONGLEADERS-FRONT ROW: Kati Christensen, Brookman, Anna Nussbaum, Judy Garrity. Sandy Buzzard, Donna Lombardo. BACK ROW: Pam Accompanied by the Titan Marching Band, song- Ieaders did routines to popular music for all foot- ball games. Timing and coordination were maior objectives of a good performance. Songleader Teri Giambruno cheered enthusiastically as a Titan football player ran for a touchdown.

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Songleaders Kept Student Body Spirit High ? . lf Titan Songleaders danced during halftime to the band. Songleaders practiced new steps during the tune of Up, Up and Away, accompanied by the week in order to present a dance at each game. Songleaders worked hard during the year to keep school spirit high through routines done at football and basket- ball games. Two hours a clay were spent to prepare the show for each new game in which the songleaders per- formed. Practices were held a total of ten hours a week with an additional two hours spent with the band. Each song- leader was assigned to plan the routine for one game. Girls were selected for each game on the basis of their performance ot the routine. Receiving one credit for the class, girls were graded primarily on their effort. As advisor to Pep Leadership, Mrs. Strang selected the songleaders accord- ing to appearance, dancing ability, pep and poise. Songleaders were required to keep all of their other subiects at or above a 3.0 grade average. Girls trying out for songleading had to learn the routine for Stand Up and Cheer. It chosen as one of the finalists they then had to make up an original routine of their own. SONGLEADERS-FRONT ROW: Karen Gordon, Teri Giambruno, Mindee Tate, Smith, Lynn Smith, Nancy Hawke, Debbie Matthews, Janet Anderson Pat Grundy, Janet Cook, Karen Kelch. BACK ROW: Carol Nielsen, Candy

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F, Pep Club Helped C eer at Football Game School spirit was generated by the Pep Club. Posters were painted, goal posts were decorated and cheers were yelled by the Pep Club members. Meetings were held regularly every Friday. Officers of the club were senior Cindy Otte, president, Rhonda Gray, vice president, Sandy Bingham, secretary, Bruce Jones, treasurer. Advisors were Mr. Atwater and Mr. Austin. To raise money for the club, dues were collected from members. Cars were washed, and candy and baked goods were sold. During Christmas vacation members visited hospitals. They sang songs, told stories and made Christmas gifts. At the tirst school dance of the year, Pep Club was responsible for the deco- rations. Pep Club was organized by its president, Cindy Otte. She worked during the summer to bring the members to- gether. Girls usually wore white gloves, white blouses and blue skirts at the games. Boys wore white shirts and blue slacks. PEP CLUB OFFICERS-FRONT ROW: Cindy Otte, ROW Mr Atwater advisor Bruce Jones treasurer president, Rhonda Gray, vice president. BACK .T ,b gk if ii. 5' ,P .L 7 at me , gt gs, 'is . fr-7-'sg ,ws .gf ,gsffv-tem.. . 3-1. - ,, ,f .Q '- me Q, . f M . .. -Q .L -1 'ow ... y . -.sm ia' 1 'iil2...f.i? I nf' levi K . J ..,.. .k Cheering, screaming and yelling, Pep Club boosted PV spirit at the Catalina bull team to victory. Cindy Otte president led Pep members In gheerg and game. They helped the cheerleaders and student body cheer the varsity foot- songs. Pep Club had a reserved section for all football and basketball games ie