Page 148 - 1992

Sophomores

Adams-Fleming

" . . . It was like 18 degrees. They wouldn't let us wear coats or
earmuffs. We had leotards and tights on. I'm surprised we didn't
have frostbite.” -Sophomore Chelsea Bloyd

"Pom squad has a
camp every sum­
mer. They have col-
lege instructors
that come and they
just watch and see
who looks good and then they
nominate you. So you have to
make sure that you're seen. The
people who are nominated, they
teach just those people a dance
and on the last day we have a
student dance, and they pick the
three best people from the Mid­
western states. I was the only one
from Ralston . . . The first couple
days I got there was pretty much
just learning dances. We got up
around six and learned dances all
day. The second day that we
were there we had an NBC re­
hearsal. We had to go to Time
Square and the cameras were
there and we had to stage it with
a celebrity. The first couple of
days. . .all we did was practice.
After that we had free days. We
went to a Broadway play, "Phan­
tom of the Opera”, and we got to
go to Rockefeller Center, and we ast dancing gets every
went to see the Rockettes at Ra­ F one involved. Seniors
dio City Music Hall. We went Megan Mertins and
shopping on Fifth Avenue; it was Melanie Schroeppel dance
i really fun. We stayed at the the Homecoming night
Marriott Marquee ... I met Boyz away.
to Men and Marky Mark. When
i 1 went to Planet Hollywood I met
the Boz and the guy on "Blos­
som", Joey Gladstone . . . The
parade? " We had to get up at
four in the morning. We were the
opening act of the entire parade.
A lot of work goes into the parade
that you don't know about. It
was like 18 degrees. They
wouldn't let us wear coats or ear-
muffs. We had leotards and tights
on. I'm surprised we didn't have
frostbite. Finally 8 o'clock came
and we did our number. Because
we were the opening act, we
didn't have to go through the
parade. We just did the opening
act and went around the corner
and did it once more . .