The Cheerleader pages have been updated on StLouisRams.com. Click here to read up on this year’s squad!

The New Orleans Saints website has been updated with profiles and individual headshots of the 2011 Saints Cheerleaders. Click here to learn more about the ladies on the team!

Jasmine and Lauren

Always trying to play catch up! Earlier this month I was at FedEx Field for the Redskins pre-season opener and the always stunning Washington Redskins Cheerleaders.

Mila

The jump split!

Tracey

Catrina

Lindsay A.

High kicks!

Ambassadors

Ashley A.

Former Redskins Cheerleader Heather

[Redskins Cheerleader Gallery

[Washington Redskins Cheerleaders]

By Clare Farnsworth
Seahawks.com
8/30/2011

I love, I love, I love my calendar girl

Each and every day of the year.

Geraldine “Gelly” Lirio obviously wasn’t born when Neil Sedaka crooned his hit tune in 1961. Heck, her parents were toddlers when Sedaka’s signature song was climbing the charts.

But Lirio is the Sea Gals’ “Calendar Girl,” as she graces the cover the squad’s 2012 calendar that will be unveiled Wednesday night at the Munchbar at Bellevue Square. The event starts at 7 p.m. and Lirio and the other 31 members of the squad will be there to sign calendars and model the outfits they’re wearing on its pages.

To say that being the cover girl caught Lirio by surprise only scratches the surface of her initial reaction to the honor.

“I did not have one clue,” she said. “Honestly, I got way more than I bargained for just making the squad. I’m still excited about that, and then when I heard I was going to be in a calendar it just flipped everything over for me.”

When Sea Gals director Sherri Thompson showed the calendar to the girls for the first time at a recent practice, Lirio admits, “I glanced at and said, ‘Oh, that’s a pretty cover.’ And then I went back to what I was doing.”

That’s when everyone else started glancing at her.

“All of a sudden it got kind of quiet and I see all these eyes looking at me,” she said. “I was like, ‘What?’ Someone said, ‘That’s you!’ I was like, ‘Oh my goodness.’ ”

Lirio still is “figuring out what I feel about it,” as she put it. “It’s definitely a huge change for me. Something really new. But nonetheless, I am so excited about it.”

This is Lirio’s first season on the squad and the 22-year-old “rookie” from Covington comes at it from an unusual background.

“This style of dancing that we do – Sherri calls it ‘The Sea Gal style’ – I love it, but it’s also new to me,” she said.

That’s because her training is in ballroom dancing. She started competing after attending Kentwood High School and she’s currently an instructor.

“I’m of Filipino decent, so it’s customary when girls turn 18-years old to have big Debutant Balls,” she explained. “So a lot of what I do is choreograph for those events.”

There is one similarity between ballroom dancing and 50-yard line dancing. “It’s all entertainment, which I love,” she said.

There’s also one huge difference.

“As far as the size of the audience, the crowds for even a large ballroom dancing competition is not nearly the size of the crowds at CenturyLink Field,” she said. “It’s such a big chance and I’m just loving every minute of it.”

When not dancing with the Sea Gals, or practicing with the squad, Lirio helps her parents with their property management business. She has completed her degree at Green River Community College and will enroll at the University of Washington for the winter quarter.

“Right now, I consider this my job,” she said of her Sea Gals’ duties.

The proceeds from the $15 calendar go to charity, which is an added plus for the cover girl.

“I am so excited about that, and the fact that I get to represent that girl on the cover and being someone who just wanted to try out a dream that I had and I made it happen,” she said. “I got more than I bargained for. I’m so grateful.”

Now, back to that Sedaka tune.

“Of course I know that song,” she said. “It’s actually a favorite karaoke song.”

Now it just has a new meaning for Lirio.

By Suzette Rhee
FoxCharlotte.com

It’s a new and exciting season for the Carolina Panthers and its cheerleaders, the TopCats. The women come from all walks of life, there are teachers, business professionals, college students and even moms. But for the first time ever, a professional figure skaters is among its ranks.

In her game day uniform Samantha Vonsiatsky looks very much at home here on the field. “It’s a big challenge but it’s been a lot of fun and a new challenge,” says Vonsiatsky. She is one of 24 women who call themselves a TopCat.

But for the past nine years, Vonsiatsky has been traveling the world as the lead female soloist in ice shows. “I competed until I was 18 years old then I turned professional and traveled the world, I’ve loved skating since the first time I put on those rental skates at our home rink, it’s taken me to places I could not have imagined, it is absolutely my passion,” says Vonsiatsky.

She is also a figure skating coach, and teaches a wide range of students at the Pineville Ice House rink.

While most of our heads would be spinning with all this, not for Vonsiatsky. She seems to be able to transfer years of performance on ice straight to the TopCats and team choreographer Richelle Grant agrees, “she is great and a pleasure to have in the locker room she truly is and she came in here ready with that athlete mentality so it was easy for her to pick up.”

The TopCats perform 15-20 routines in a game says team manager Tina Becker. Grant likes to mix it up so the girls are always learning a new routine.

Vonsiatsky says the work of a TopCat is tough and the audience of more than 73 thousand people daunting, but this figure skater says she is up for the challenge.

[Carolina TopCats]

Audition for the Richmond Rockets Dance Team!

Here is your opportunity to dance and cheer in the realm of professional sports in the American Basketball Association with the Richmond Rockets Dance Team. [Richmond Rockets]

The Richmond Rockets Dance Team will be comprised of beautiful, competent and sophisticated women who will represent the the team as well as the City of Richmond. We are looking for highly talented women over the age of 18 years from around the Bay Area to become the inaugural members of the Richmond Rockets Dance Team.

The dance team will entertain Rockets fans at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium and Convention Center during the 2011-2012 ABA season. In addition to game day performances, the dance team will be part of many personal appearances and promotions throughout the course of the year.

Date:
Saturday, September 10 Preliminary dance audition
Sunday, September 11, Interviews and finals dance audition

Time:
11:00am

Location:
UFC Gym, 1975 Diamond Blvd, Concord, CA 94520

Cost:
$30.00 per person, advance registration encouraged
$35.00 per person, on-site registration

Click here for additional details.

[Houston Texans Cheerleaders]

Oakland Raiders
8/28/2011

The Raiderettes held their 2012 Raiderette Calendar Release Party, sponsored by Bud Light, this past Sunday prior to the Raiders preseason game versus the New Orleans Saints. Football’s Fabulous Females, along with friends, family, sponsors and the media, had the opportunity to view the photos chosen for each month of the calendar for the first time. Raiderette Director Jeanette Thompson also revealed the front and back covers of the calendar to the guests.

Raiderette veteran Tiphanie and rookies Meredith and Nicole are the 2012 calendar cover girls. “Tiphanie and I were standing in the back so I really couldn’t see it until it was completely revealed, but I’m absolutely shocked,” said Meredith. “I’ve never been on a calendar, let alone the Raiderette calendar, so it’s really amazing.”

“I was just completely shocked,” said Nicole. “I never thought that, with it being my first season, I would ever be on the cover. It’s a gorgeous picture of all of us and I’m just so excited.”

Not only were the three Raiderettes thrilled with the cover, they were excited about the entire calendar. “I love the calendar,” said Tiphanie. “I absolutely think this is the best calendar we’ve had in a really long time. It’s so elegant and beautiful and it really shows how diverse and wonderful our team is. It’s really exciting just to have the opportunity to be a part of it, let alone be in the cover.”

Raiderette veteran Natalie, who will be featured on Bud Light’s billboards, was overwhelmed when she found out her photo was on the back cover. “This is my fourth year, fourth calendar, and I think it’s the most beautiful one yet,” said Natalie. “Everyone just looks beautiful and I can’t wait for Raider fans to see it. I’m very excited [to be on the back cover] and to find out with all of my best friends, my sisters, my teammates, and my family and my directors is more exciting. I’m very happy and thrilled.”

Rookie Raiderette Susie could hardly control her emotions as she looked at her calendar photo. “I’m completely overwhelmed right now,” said Susie. “It’s an amazing event. Lots of friends and family are out at this event right now. The calendar looks absolutely beautiful. Every single one of us looks stunningly gorgeous. They just revealed the front and back of the cover and it’s amazing. It’s truly an amazing experience and in the background they had the videos of us making the team and the whole audition process and it’s kind of like making the team all over again.”

“I think our fans are really going to love it,” said Meredith. “I think they’re really going to have a great time showing everyone, all the rest of the NFL, what the Raiderettes can really do.”

The 2012 Raiderette Calendar is available for purchase online at Raiders.com and at the Raider Image retail stores.