Foreward

Pompedia feels more like an electronic encyclopedia than a website so I will treat it as such. Typically this is written by a third party, but because I have been so reclusive I will write it until such time that someone would like to write it for me, which I will gladly publish. I would like to reference "How to write a foreward for a book" as my guide. I believe this will really come across as goofy me writing about me and what affect I had on me. Well anyway here goes (this is a work in progress):

I was 10 years old when I first experienced the pop culture phenomenon of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I was captivated with their eye catching uniforms big fluffy pom poms and how pretty they all were. This impression would stay with me for the rest of my life.

During my Junior year in college I went to a local sports card show and purchased a pack of trading cards for the 1992 squad published by Enor. The uniforms had changed a bit but to me they still had the same appeal. After I graduated from college and found a job, I now had disposable income and decided I was to try to find the world famous 1st DCC poster. The internet was new and my limited research found that Pro Arts, the original printer of many posters, had old stock inventory and were looking to sell them. It turns out the company was actually 17 miles way from where I grew up and live now. I purchased the poster and had it framed so I could hang it in my home office. I would stare at like I did when I was younger, but this time I wondered what their names were. Who are these women?

A year or two later Ebay hit the internet and it opened up a new world to me. I so found out there was a ton my merchandise the cheerleaders put out and I became consumed to find as much as I could. After amassing a decent sized collection I decided to share my research and publish it to my first attempt "The Dallas Cheerleader Anthology". I also created a Yahoo group for the Dallas Cheerleaders where fans could talk and share their thought about their favorite cheerleaders. Through these two opportunities I was able to correspond with several DCC Alumni, one being Vicki Hammonds Woodlee of 1973 and 74, who helped me fill in the spaces where I didn't have any information, or ever the wrong information. I have much respect for her and her commitment to the Alumni of the 70s.

Yahoo decided to delete their free website, and I suffered from burn out. I took some time off and decided to try again with another website but I was always afraid that the organization would disprove of my attempts so I decided to add other cheerleader squad. I tried several different platforms before I decided on Wikipedia and several more setbacks where I lost all progress and had to start from scratch.

To be continued...