Not one but two Pomona women were the focus of Sandy Banks’ LA Times column Tuesday about auditions for the Ole Skool Crew, the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks’ over-40 cheerleading squad.
Arlene Medina, 63, “dances nonstop at Pomona’s concerts in the park” — surely this can’t mean the community band, can it? — and Elaine Gallegos, 47, is a meter reader who grew up dancing to Motown tunes.
The tryouts were previewed in our paper Sunday by my colleague (and RC Now blogger) Wendy Leung.