TAKING THE FIELD
“MY DAD WORKS AT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,” SAYS QUINTON PERON. “AND HE WAS LIKE,‘SON, I’M SO PROUD.’”
THE FINAL PREGAME REHEARSAL
When dance-world friends of his were gearing up for the annual Rams cheerleading audition last March, Quinton Peron (below) decided to give the two-week process a whirl. Warming up in the gym, he was shocked to see Napoleon Jinnies (opposite, and previous spread), an acquaintance from their SoCal communitycollege days. “I walked up to him and said, ‘Hey, no matter what happens, we’re doing this for us and for the boys,” Peron says. “From the beginning, we were like, ‘We’re going to do this together.’”
“WE’RE GOING TO HAVE 50 GUYS SHOW UP TO AUDITIONS NEXT YEAR,” SAYS CHOREOGRAPHER JOHN PETERS.
