Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Varsity and JV basketball cheerleaders: front row: Peggy Sullivan Lu Ann Ray, Dana Bench Rosemary Randolph, and Heather Cofer. back row: Joan Keough, Joni Middleton, and Cheryl Jackson. Varsity basketball cheerleaders fire up school spirits as they lead a cheer. Varsity football and swimming cheerleaders: Kay VanHorn, Shelley Cathcart, Di Terry, Lori Lytle, Shelley Martin, Susan Hogan. Anna Cage, and Julie Sandler. Cheerleaders 21

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Cheerleaders aim to heighten spirits Four cheerleading squads, sponsored by Mrs. Caroline Egli and Miss Margaret Maloney, cheered the Roosevelt teams on to many victories. The eight member football and swimming cheerleaders, led by captain Shelley Martin, cheered all fall and winter, decorated lockers, and cheered at pep assemblies. Boys and girls varsity and JV basketball cheerleaders cheer from two to four games a week. The eight member squad is captained by Lu Ann Ray. Wrestling and cross country cheerleaders are busy all winter and spring. Captain Cindy Garner heads a five member squad that also decorates lockers. This was the second year for sophomore basketball cheerleaders. The six member squad, headed by captain Daryl Fingerman, was started to relieve the schedule of varsity cheerleaders. The team won a first place award in their division at a clinic in Pella, Iowa The Roosevelt Rowdies assure the team that We re number one! Sophomore cheerleaders top to bottom: Juli Middleton, Joni Ander- son, Vicki Ray, Gail Golieb, Lori Anderson, and Daryl Fingerman. Varsity wrestling and cross country cheerleaders: Deeann Arthurs, Cindy Garner, Kirsten Pierce, Betsy Stuart, and Jane Stacy. 20 Cheerleaders

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Disney World parade highlights trip to Florida for Marching 100+ A trip to Orlando, Florida during spring vacation parading through Disney World highlighted the year for the Roosevelt Roughriders Marching 100+. The group, composed of instrumentalists, Riderettes, Color Guard and Flaggies provided halftime entertainment for football fans and was an added feature to many parades, including the Drake Relays parade, and marching as the honor band among 25 other bands in the Northern Iowa Bicentennial Celebration. Rusty Snyder, garbed as a Roughrider in white flare pants, a navy satin shirt and a Roughrider hat held the position of drum major, leading the band across football fields and down city streets. During November and December, band members were putting pressure on friends, relatives, neighbors and strangers to support the band by purchasing oranges, grapefruit, and cheese or by coming to a Haunted House in the band room during Halloween time. Band president Doug Jones commented, I think we stumbled onto Top right: Clarinet players Lynn Jones and Kim Batts realize the importance of paying attention during tune up time before a football game. Right. Drummers Steve Vickery, Todd Davidson, Scott Murphy and Jeff Hancock await the start of a parade in Algona, Iowa. Below: Keeping in perfect form, the Roosevelt Roughriders Marching 100- entertain Algona parade-goers. a gold mine when we started selling fruit two years ago. This year, we made about $4000 profit on the project. It ' s quite a bit of hard work and bookkeeping, but well worth it to help pay for the Florida trip. What crazy fool would stay up for 24 hours to play his instrument with other band members with a mere 10 minute hourly break? This fund raising project brought in a combined total of $3000 for willing members. The trip lasted one week, including the long, tiring three day bus trip each way. After marching in Disney World, the band members got to spend the day 22 Marching Band