Suckers for Showgirls Babes take new look This was it! This was the year the Babes had a new look. The drill team used creative costumes for their per formances. This idea was first revealed during football season at the half-time shows. The Babes kept the audience entertained using various routines: a fun jazz to “Fun, Fun, Fun,” a tap dance to “Tailgate Junction,” a novelty to “Texas,” a high kick to “If My Friends Could See Me Now”; and a very interesting routine with the band dancing with the drill team to “South Rampart Street Parade.” Once football season ended the Babes buckled down to prepare for contest at Tyler. Long practices and a lot of hard work enabled the Babes to win Best in Class Award (novelty), Special Judges Award, Distinguished Award w hich m ean t th ey had outstanding choreography, creativity, and co stu m es. T h ey also won Sweepstakes
which advanced them to the state con test in Houston. The four routines for contest were a high kick from “Chorus Line,” a jazz dance from “Point of No Return,” a novelty number from “Texas,” and a prop routine from a medley from “Hello D olly” and “Marne.” “Each year the routines get harder so we have to work harder,” said Mrs. Anita Owen, director. In order to raise money for their costumes the girls sold suckers of dif ferent flavors and organized a drill team clinic for young girls wanting to be a Boomtown Babe. They also sold raffle tickets for a miniature television and a portable stereo and tickets to a Mexican Fiesta This was it! This was a great year for the Boomtown Babes.
D rill team m em bers look up to M rs. Owen for support.
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mm D rill Team (First row) Je an Michael, L aurie H arrim on, K ristin Spessard, Liz Key, Shannon Lacy, Debbie Williams, S' Steigerw ald, (Second row) M arla Moore, Sheila Landrum , Lori Goins, Diane T eeters, Amy Lonsdale, Lisa Gi T erri Cearley, Staci B arn itt, Rochelle Zaccardi, Kelly P ate, Jam ie Howard, (Third row) Ju lie Antwine, C an Castillo, Valerie A ndrus, Michelle B arfield, Gina Gomez, D eanna Houk, C hristina B urden, S h e n i Ostrom, I Jackson, (Fourth row) Kim Clark, Kelly G riffin, Amy Smiley, V ictoria P e rry , Michelle Brugm an, Je n n H aw thorne, Jodi M cllrath, K erri L anders, Sheila Goff, (Fifth row) Shannon Flory, Alicia P reston, Shelli Gilb Mindy Goode, Allyson Atchley, Kelli D arland, Renee B erry, Becky Goins, Becky Newell, and M rs. A nita Owen.
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