On September 12, 1940, when they took the field for the first time, the Rangerettes made history, and changed the future of football halftime entertainment across Texas and the United States.
On September 12, 1940, when they took the field for the first time, the Rangerettes made history, and changed the future of football halftime entertainment across Texas and the United States.—Michael S. Wayne
When they took the field for the first time on September 12, 1940, the Kilgore College Rangerettes made history by changing football halftime entertainment forever. These college students star as themselves in director Chip Hale's documentary about the nation's first precision dancing drill team. The story he tells is one of passion and determination as he follows "hopefuls" during pre-training and tryouts, whose greatest hope is just to become members of the line.
The Rangerettes, regular Texas college students, star as themselves in director Chip Hale's documentary about the first dancing precision drill team. Started from scratch, the Rangerettes were the brainchild of a fiery little bit of nothing named Gussie Nell Davis. Conceived at first as a way to keep football spectators in the stands during halftime rather than drinking and brawling under them, the Rangerettes changed halftime entertainment forever, and became the model for all dancing drill teams in the country. Hale followed the team for a year, and was given unlimited access to a world only the Rangerettes themselves ever get to see. The story he tells is one of passion and determination as he follows six hopefuls during pre-training and tryouts, whose greatest hope is just to become members of the line.
