UC Berkeley Web Feature
Holiday Bowl 2004
Cal Spirit Rally
| In a ballroom crowded with thousands of Cal partisans, the University of California Marching Band gets Wednesday evening's Spirit Rally off to a booming start. (Steve McConnell photos) |  |
 Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and his wife, Mary Catherine (above), salute the Cal sports program and its fans, while Athletic Director Sandy Barbour (right) fires up the crowd with a few words about the amazing successes she has seen in her short time at Berkeley. |
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| After a welcome from the chancellor, the Golden Bears football players take the stage to bask in the adoration of thousands of fans, and to lead a few cheers of their own. |  |
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The Cal dance team keeps things moving with some high-stepping numbers. |
| As the Cal band heats up the ballroom with wall-pounding music, Oski and members of the Cal Rally Committee get down for their fans. |  |
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A family of Bear backers raise a toast to the football team at the Spirit Rally. |
| After boogying at the rally, Oski poses for photos with Berkeley alum Chris Carpenter at a reception sponsored by the California Alumni Association. |  |
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Cal alums in all manner of blue and gold garb queue up in the buffet line at the alumni reception. |