Congratulations 2014 Sea Gals

Final auditions for the 2014 Seattle Seahawks dance team took place last night, with a live web cast so fans, and friends and family of contestants could follow along. I’m always impressed by the way they are able to keep the live webcast moving, with live commentary and video clips to keep you interested between dances. It’s also a way to get to know the candidates and the Sea Gals in a way that makes you see that these are real people, not just pretty girls in photos. I wish more teams would follow the Sea Gals example!

This year’s squad of 32 includes 21 veterans and 11 rookies. Seahawks.com has tons of video and photos and the webcast from this year’s auditions, and they already have individual pages and galleries for this year’s team. Now that’s FAST!

A few interesting factoids:
Veterans Allie, Bianca, and Brittany are all returning to the team after a year off

Two rookies come to the Sea Gals with experience from other pro teams. Jalanda was a Tennessee Titans Cheerleader and Leisel was a Portland Trailblazers BlazerDancer.

Three other rookies have a Sea Gals family connection.

Gretchen’s sister Geraldine was a Sea Gal from 2011 thru 2014. Kylie and Taylor are both daughters of Sea Gals alumni. Kylie’s mom Dawn Gray and Taylor’s mom Heather Melvard were teammates in the 1980s.

Sidebar: One of the most important things I learned from the Sea Gal auditions is they have a Director of Cheerleader Social Media. OH. MYLANTA. This is a thing now? This is somebody’s actual job??? Here I am, slaving away at a boring cubicle job by day, and blogging by night. Meanwhile, I could be somebody’s manager of cheerleader social media. Getting paid to do my hobby?

Ahem, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially announcing my availability. Anyone needs a social media person for their team, call me. I’ll freelance. I’ll relocate. Whatever. I need to get in on this, ASAP. Call me!
(Good grief, that sounds desperate)