South Grand Prairie High School - Signal Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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DRILLED TO Showing raw One could find them on the parking lot before and after school marching in the rain or sunshine trying to perfect their routines for their performances. No matter where one saw them one could tell they were the Chey-Annes Drill Team. Before the first performance was ever seen, many hours had been spent at camps and practice getting ready for the year's performances. The nine officers attended Officer Camp in June. They scored a Division I Excel- lent rating in Creative Night. Out of the sixty-three officer groups attend- ing, the Chey-Anne officers were ranked in the top six and received a Creative Night Out Award for making up their own routine before camp. At the first of July, the entire group, under the leadership of the officers, attended Line Camp. While there they received a Division l Excellent rating rua .4 UP. UP AND AWAY... As the Warriors make a good play. Melissa Trostle shows her spirit by congratulating them with a shout of support. Iphoto by Cindy Hughes! ORGANIZATIONS PILBI-IQCTION talents ' in both Dance and Creativity. Seven of the Chey-Annes were awarded with individual honors. Jessi- ca Cruz, Charissa Madison, and Jenni- T fer Smither were selected as members of the elite All-American Drill Team. Selected as members to the prestigious Who's Who Drill Team were Kim Babcock, Shelly Barrett, and Tracy ' Thompson, Tammy De'Zaiffe, one of the Chey-Anne managers was also honored by being selected as the man- ager for the Who's Who Drill Team. Under the new leadership of Ms. Preston, the girls had to adjust to sev- eral new things, but according to Ms. Preston the girls accepted the changes without too many problems, especially since I came on the scene so . late. For me the transition was easy and the girls were the cause of all that. A A - J ,,gmnV' 'Q W wg ., , , S I ,. K L M V A 4,7 , 'ix If K , J ir iavit-f Lie ia QM-ie: 'Si his A his Q.--ifv',.'-fb f Osamu 4' ,,.z--.J i - i , T i CHEY-ANNE MEMBERS . . . I K. Babcock, J. Nbr, L. Cantu, S. Maese, L. Bass, C. Cowles, C. Gibson, A. Alaniz, D. Garza, G. Cox, Tannhelner, T. Riley, K. Allen, T. Pratt, C. Braudaway, J. Cmz, S. Carpenter, C. Pate, J. Rhodes, Prasilka, M. Hall, J. Gage, T. Hill, R. Emmons, A. Clarkson. T. Thompson, C. Madison, K. Babcock Smith, G. Galvan, R. Wilson, H. Hart, J. Davis, J. Mair, K. Cain, A. Tackett, M. Kincaid. D. Crowell, Biggerstalli N. Rambo, G. LaRoche, W. Skeims, R. Gatson, U. Johnson, K. Stovall, S. McCaddon, -Stone, M. Trostle, S. Stebritz, V. House, G. Masinelli, M. Fincher, T. Knoll, R. Kendrick. T. DeZai A. Holusewright, S. VanScoyk, M. Mqieux, D. Ramsey. D. Dodd. S. Barrett. and escort Bran Dosc .

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' .. ,,, v.5.,..: JV Cheerleaders . . . M. Derkacz, H. Clarke, E. Johnston, A. Rombach, C. Ne- vels, A. Merchant, S. Ellis, J. Esparza - Photo by Bryan Nix Put a little there . . . As Stacy Findlay looks on, Heather ' Young puts the finishing touches on her sign. e -iPhoto by Bryan Nix UCDW B' gg.-5 :EY 5:32 82 595 QM 's-'33 3028 2899 Oq-:E U':v7n-1 Yea: wig 2 ae' rv 1 .4 W. . iff' Freshman Cheerleaders . . . T. Sudduth, N. Garcia, K. Mulkey, H. Young, M. Gonzales, H. Brackeen, S. Findlay, D. Esparza, J. Harris - Photo by Bryan Nix JVXFRESHMAN CHEERLEADERS

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One of the main changes the Chey- Annes had to adapt to this year was having a new director. Ms. Melissa Preston was the one who lead the drill team this year. Ms. Preston started dancing at the age of five. In high school she was on the Varsity drill team which was called theYankee Doodle Sweethearts. From high school she furthered her drill team experience by becoming a mem- ber of the Kilgore Rangerettes. Upon coming to direct the Chey- Annes, she had remembered, the group at camp and was really looking for- ward to being the director. The girls were quick to catch on and since I came in so late into the summer it really was an asset to have a group that could catch on. Also the girls adapted to the changes I made and didn't seem to dislike them too muchf' said Ms. Preston. The girls seemed to like Ms. Pres- ATTENTION PLEASE . . . At an atlernoon pep rally, Ms. Preston, the new Chey-Anne director, introduces the officers and their routine. Iphoto by Cindy Hughes! A JOB WELL DONE . . . The Chey-Annes show their broadway smiles after completing a routine at the halftime game against Martin. fphoto by Kevin Brilesj REACH FOR THE STARS . . . Practicing on the newly marked parking lot, Nicole Rambo checks her yard line position for Friday night's performance. fphoto by Cindy Hughes! ton. According to captain Shelly VanScoyk, She didn't just come in and take over and do what she wanted, she listened to us and considered our ideas. Also she is fair and consistent. You can't help but like thatf' CHELY-ANNES