"So They Gave Up Football"
This full-page article and layout of photographs was created by the Associated Press, drawing attention to Lloyd Shaw and the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers.
The top right photo shows the bus in which the team travels.
The curved display of a series of photos is described thus: "They even cowboy-ized a dance borrowed from New England, "Pop Goes the Weasel." (It's safe to say that New England dancers did not include the dramatic over the shoulder flip, one of many dramatic moves that the group included in its repertoire.)
Here's the text from the top right corner of the display:
"Twenty years ago, Cheyenne Mountain high school had only 50 students, but it borrowed a few grade school boys and produced a mighty, undefeated football team that was the talk of Colorado.
"Right then C.M.H.S. voted to give up football.
"Merry-eyes Dr. Lloyd Shaw, superintendent, had convinced students that "fun for fun's sake" builds better character than "fun for glory."
So football went out and dancing came in. Before long the dancers became a state attraction. Now they are booked as professionals and tour the nation, making trips to both coasts during the last year. Enrollment has increased to 120 in the high school and there's far more competition to make the dancing reams than there ever was in football.
"Here's how C.M.H.S. has fun without football."
Subjects: Traditional Western (pre-1940), Person
Tags: Cheyenne Mountain Dancers, Lloyd Shaw
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The top right photo shows the bus in which the team travels.
The curved display of a series of photos is described thus: "They even cowboy-ized a dance borrowed from New England, "Pop Goes the Weasel." (It's safe to say that New England dancers did not include the dramatic over the shoulder flip, one of many dramatic moves that the group included in its repertoire.)
Here's the text from the top right corner of the display:
"Twenty years ago, Cheyenne Mountain high school had only 50 students, but it borrowed a few grade school boys and produced a mighty, undefeated football team that was the talk of Colorado.
"Right then C.M.H.S. voted to give up football.
"Merry-eyes Dr. Lloyd Shaw, superintendent, had convinced students that "fun for fun's sake" builds better character than "fun for glory."
So football went out and dancing came in. Before long the dancers became a state attraction. Now they are booked as professionals and tour the nation, making trips to both coasts during the last year. Enrollment has increased to 120 in the high school and there's far more competition to make the dancing reams than there ever was in football.
"Here's how C.M.H.S. has fun without football."