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Gussie Nell Davis Articles

Dr. Irving D. Dreibrodt

In 1958, Dr. Dreibrodt collaborated with Miss Gussie Nell Davis, to start the first
dance/drill team camp at SMU.
Dr. Irving D. Dreibrodt, co-founder of
American Dance/Drill Team®,
and former band director at Southern
Meothodist University, wrote his master’s thesis on pep squads and drill teams in 1951 while in grad school at the University of Texas.
Link to his thesis to resource a piece of history in our Precision Dance industry.



