Brandy the Mascot

This article describes the cheerleaders and mascot for the 1968-1969 season. This and other articles may be found in the University Archives.

Citation for this article is: "Varsity Cheerleaders Boost Spirit," Buccaneer, 1969, p. 94.

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Varsity Cheerleaders Boost Spirit

To inspire the students and wring from them the shouts and cheers which gave the Pirate teams moral support was the assignment of the cheerleaders. Moral support was needed most when it was hardest to get, during defeat. The cheerleaders led the student body in cheers which never let the football team forget that it was being supported whether it won or lost.

The cheerleaders acquired a new mascot in Brandy, a large white French poodle that supported the Pirates of East Carolina one hundred per cent.

Basketball season gave the squad the opportunity to exhibit the new new cheers, acrobatics, and entertaining routines that head cheerleader Layton Getsinger brought back from college cheerleader summer camp at the University of Mississippi.

The cheerleading squad consisted of:

Danny Bland	Steve Owens
Barbara Bolton	Bob Rankin
Walter Dudley	Sherry Robertson
Layton Getsinger	Gail Robinson
Tim Kessler	Debbie Sheehan
Chipper Linville	Susan Walton
Ron Moore	Pam White