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Show patfe8 Konpriit February 3, 198t Small Stars, Mini Stars Super Stars, and Flags are all part of the very exciting group of girls making up the Roosevelt Stars Drill Team. This year, the Roosevelt Stars consist of 98 girls who really have dedicated themselves to many hours of training and classes, as well as practicing on their own time, to be one of the very talented All-Sta- rs, "Stars.' . invited to perform on Hotel Balderdash and for were even allowed to enter in many parades.-The-y the High School Girls Camp for drill teams, at which they took first place. During this training camp. Becky first met Pat Rhoades, the national director and organizer of the Stars.. The Stars are franchised drill teams throughout Utah as well as many other states, they were started Nicki made the team and because of that, Becky by Ms. Rhodes and now she issues franchises to and her family started taking Nicki out of school areas, aides with instruction and helps with early two times a week, each and every week, and taking her to Ginton to practice. After about three promotional materials. It was at tjie time of their first meeting that months of taking Nicki out to practice, Becky got to Becky's sister. Nicki. decided to try out for Pat's know Pat a lot better. The weather started getting own team in Ginton, Utah, which is near Ogden. Of the 98 Stars, 20 are Super Stars, with an average age of 13 years, and they are over five feet rs tall: 25 are which have an average age of 10, and are under five feet tall: 24 of the members are Small Stars - they average eight years'old. and All-Sta- are under 4'6" tall: there are 21 whose average age is six. with their height under 47". The newest addition to the Roosevelt Stars are the 16 Mini-Sta- rs flags. You are probably asking yourself just what the stars do. Well. itY a very talented group that will perform for parades, school half times, conventions, virtually anywhere around the area. These girls are a good precision drill team that flows through their movements with the grace of a cloud. They do not charge for their performances and welcome any and all opportunities to perform for most any function. Becky Brough is the leader and organizer of the Roosevelt Stars as well as being their teacher. We asked Becky how all this came about and she said 'Mv Mom started me in dancing lessons when I was just 2!A years old. hated it at first but Mom was determined to make me a dancer." After Becky turned 16. her dancing teacher moved away and she felt that after taking dancing so long and that she and the other girls who were taking dancing had invested in costumes for the classes, she could not let the classes end just because the teacher was leaving the area, so she took over the class and began teaching dance. Classes were progressing fairly well, and for a little change, Becky started having the girls do some marching at the end of each class. Becky said. "The girls loved it because they felt like they were doing what the big girls in High School were doing. "Time went on and Becky was looking for a way to publicize the dancing school, and her mother suggested that the girls be entered in the UBIC Parade in Roosevelt as a drill team. The girls all purchased their own little costumes to wear in the parade, white shorts and red tops. This group of kids were between the ages of 5 and 1 This marching unit went over so well that Becky decided to form an official marching group, they were to be called the Brough Rockettes. To get the original group of marchers together, were held and 66 girls auditioned. From there they started practice and training sessions. Becky Brough had a couple of younger sisters, so they formed a second and third group of drill team 1 1 try-ou- ls learners. f As time went on, the groups progressed and were Con't on pg. 20 Becky Brough the Director of the Roosevelt Stars i i a uniform protector. Nicki Brough In performing uniform Young slant shorn hers teaming to do the splits are, from lop to bottom, na Tamara Butcher. Carrie Young, Angle Moore, Aihlie Stewart, Sara Ben Article and Picture By Dale Hansen |
