Balboa Yearbooks - 60's Cheerleaders / bal_63_64_106 Fall 1959 - Spring 1969 Complete Yearbooks Available on CD brockmankip@comcast.net

FALL LEFT TO RIGHT: Jan Fleming, Linda Susoefs, Beverly Milani, head Song Girl Kathy Gaboury, Diane Gongales, Dawn Lebherz. SPRING LEFT TO RIGHT: Jan Fleming, Fran Marino, head song Girl Beverly Melani, Barbara Caruso, Diane Gonzales, Kathy Franke. The Song Girls and the Yell Leaders form an essential part of Balboa. They are what make a good school great, for they are given the responsibility of increasing and leading the school's spirit. The Head Yell Leader is an S.A. officer and he chooses his two assistants. The six Song Girls are chosen at a try-out judged by teachers at the end of their junior year. To a girl this is one of the greatest privileges that could be granted her at Balboa. Together these nine people work to make Balboa better than good—to make Balboa great! They must give up many hours to practice and make up new routines and yells. You see them at every rally and game, their spirit unwavering. The spirit of the entire school can soar to great heights, or fall—depending on the performance and at- titude of our Yell Leaders and Song Girls. Yes, they play an important part inside Balboa, but outside our hallowed halls they have many responsibilities also. They go to meetings at which schools from all over the Bay Area are represented. They are in the public eye more often than any other students in our school. The impression they make weighs heavily on our school's reputation. Yes, it's a wonderful, exciting experience to be a Yell Leader or Song Girl, but a terribly responsible one too. One must truly be "loyal all and ever true" to do their job well. FALL LEFT TO RIGHT; Don Rael, head Yell Leader Bob Patane, Roger Tolentino. SPRING LEFT TO RIGHT: Ben Papapietro, head yell Leader RonCancilla, Bob Christianson.