Choreographer. She was the first Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders choreographer. Although the team had cheerleaders since 1961, which were called the Cowbelles, she changed the image of professional football in 1972 by helping to create the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The cheerleaders advanced to their ionic skimpy two-piece blue uniforms with white cowboy hats and boots, looking as if they should be on a Broadway musical stage instead of a football field. The cheerleaders became ambassadors of the football team. In January of 1976, they captured the nation's attention on the sideline of Super Bowl X in Miami. Becoming popular culture icons led to producing the first poster to feature cheerleaders in 1977. She choreographed the cheerleaders from 1972 until 1983. After high school, she did not want to go to college but instead had an interest in professional dance. Her mother was a dance instructor, who helped found the Dallas Civic Ballet. By the age of seventeen, she was taking the train to small Texas towns to teach dance. At the age of twenty, she was a beautiful red-head, who had an offer to go to New York City to dance in a Broadway musical, but after going to New York City, it did not happen. Later, her dance experience was in jazz supper clubs and musical theaters in the Poconos. She danced on Sid Caesar's television variety show. Starting in 1957, she married three times and divorced twice. She had no children. After her first divorce, she returned to Dallas to teach dance in one of her mother's studios.
Choreographer. She was the first Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders choreographer. Although the team had cheerleaders since 1961, which were called the Cowbelles, she changed the image of professional football in 1972 by helping to create the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The cheerleaders advanced to their ionic skimpy two-piece blue uniforms with white cowboy hats and boots, looking as if they should be on a Broadway musical stage instead of a football field. The cheerleaders became ambassadors of the football team. In January of 1976, they captured the nation's attention on the sideline of Super Bowl X in Miami. Becoming popular culture icons led to producing the first poster to feature cheerleaders in 1977. She choreographed the cheerleaders from 1972 until 1983. After high school, she did not want to go to college but instead had an interest in professional dance. Her mother was a dance instructor, who helped found the Dallas Civic Ballet. By the age of seventeen, she was taking the train to small Texas towns to teach dance. At the age of twenty, she was a beautiful red-head, who had an offer to go to New York City to dance in a Broadway musical, but after going to New York City, it did not happen. Later, her dance experience was in jazz supper clubs and musical theaters in the Poconos. She danced on Sid Caesar's television variety show. Starting in 1957, she married three times and divorced twice. She had no children. After her first divorce, she returned to Dallas to teach dance in one of her mother's studios.
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