A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Auditions will take place at the LA Fitness in Wyomissing, PA on February 7th OR 21st, 2015. Registration starts at 4:30pm. Auditions are 5pm-9pm. Please dress in appropriate dance/workout attire and be ready to dance.
ASI Panthers are a professional indoor football team based out of Reading, PA. The Panthers home games are played at the 7,000 seat Santander Arena. The Panthers Dance Team will have attitude, professionalism and poise. We are looking for dancers with smiling faces, sophistication, an up-beat outlook and a caring community vision. Panthers Dance Team Coordinator, Ginelle Ophelia, along with additional Panthers staff, will be evaluating all dancers in attendance. Bring you’re A-Game and get ready to be a part of the most fierce dance team in the AIF.
Auditions are $25 in advance or $35 at the door (cash only). Dancers can pre-register by visiting www.allstarincpanthers.com. Auditioners must be 18 and older and out of high school. You must sign a medical waiver in order to audition.
The Pro Bowl is a fun filled week of activities for the football fan…or at least it was when I went back in 1995 and 1996. Back then, it was held in Honolulu, Hawaii and it was pretty much five days of football fun set in the most beautiful tropic resort area in the United States. If you tired of schmoozing with retired NFL greats or shooting the Pro Bowl Cheerleaders, you could always check out one of the many attractions that Hawaii has to offer or hang out in the North Shore, like I did.
Good times.
So when I heard that the Pro Bowl was coming to Glendale, Arizona, I was intrigued by the possibilities. And when Mad Max, our former Arizona Correspondent who now lives in the Midwest, invited me to go to the game, I was excited at the prospect of shooting the Pro Bowl Cheerleaders once again and checking out this new fangled, NFL fantasy football game they now call the Pro Bowl.
Well to make a long story short, the game is not what it once was and the NFL may be struggling to figure out how to maintain the Pro Bowl’s relevance in an era where All Star games are more like MTV’s old Rock N’ Jock than real sports play.
At least the Pro Bowl Cheerleaders were the same…and by that I mean top notch!
I will say this about the Pro Bowl, the vibe at this game was fun and mellow. Fans of all teams mingled together in the Gameday Fan Plaza, sharing stories of the season and generally having a great time together. There was none of the usual alcohol induced bravado or animus that you normally experience at a regular season game. It was chill and people were having a good time, a good time with fans from other teams.
I was in Phoenix today at the NFL Experience, hanging out with Mad Max and Pro Bowl Dan and we were fortunate to photograph some NFL cheerleaders at the event. So here’s a few photos from the event.
Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders
Pro Bowl Cheerleaders
Stay tuned for more coverage of the 2015 Pro Bowl game.
This past weekend, I spent some quality time over at Bernie’s. That would be Bernie Lilavois and the Ontario Fury of the MASL. Indoor soccer is fast and furious, kind of like what Arena Football is to NFL football. The action is non stop, the scoring is sudden, and this weekend…physical. I went to see some indoor soccer and a hockey game broke out.
Yes, there is boarding in the MASL and like hockey, when you slam a player into the boards, that’s a penalty. And yes, there are goons in the MASL and like hockey, when you cheap shot a guy, there will be retaliation.
I saw a lot of hockey type action in the two Fury games that I attended…and as a spectator…it was a lot of fun to see. Fast break action and thuggish play to boot! Well, I guess that’s one way to try to stop the Fury…or not…both opponents, the Turlock Express and the Las Vegas Legends, lost to the home team.
But the real reason for my return visit was the Ladies of Ontario Fury.
Lynae de Leon, the director of the dance team, let me know that the Ladies of Ontario Fury were going to be performing a special Cowgirl themed dance on Sunday, so I was eager to forgo my NFL Championship Game watching to be able to photograph the hottest dance team in the MASL one more time.
So here is a collection of images taken over the course of two days with the lovely Ladies of Ontario Fury.
Pregame Meet and Greet
Happy New Year! You know what that means, NFL cheerleader auditions are just around the corner!
My name is Stacie Marie and I am the owner of Zonas Designs along with a former NFL Pro Bowl Cheerleader. I cheered in the NFL for 6 years and after a constant struggle of not finding that perfect audition outfit…I created Zonas Designs, a company customizing audition uniforms for girls wanting to stand out and make a statement.
After having 3 children in a 2 year period…the business became a little overwhelming and I had a take a step back and focus purely on the production of custom swimwear for NFL Swimsuit calendars. Now that my youngest will join his twin sisters in school part-time, I am ready to dive back in and do what I love, producing the dream audition uniform that will give you every advantage possible to make that team! I will also continue to design and produce jersey inspired uniforms along with NFL and NBA dance team uniforms and specialty costumes.
Zonas designs has produced swimwear and uniforms for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Charger Girls, Chiefs Cheerleaders, San Francisco 49ers, LA Clipper Girls, Jets Crew, KC Wizards MLS soccer, HBO Boxing Ring Girls, Pro Bowl Cheerleaders..etc.
Feel free to contact Stacie at info@zonasdesigns.com for any of your custom uniform needs!
Nearly 200 women from across California will be participating in this year’s MISS CALIFORNIA USA competition with the hopes of advancing to the national competitions. The winner of MISS CALIFORNIA USA® will go on to compete at the national MISS USA® competition which will be televised live on NBC.
This year, five current or former professional cheerleaders will be competing in the event.
Shelbi Buchholz – Miss Greater San Diego, San Diego Charger Girl
Chanelle Riggan – Miss Beverly Hills, Anaheim Duck Power Player
Jenny Ting – Miss Diamond Crest, Former Laker Girl and Charger Girl
Alexis Swanstrom – Miss Del Mar, Former Charger Girl
Brittany Wagner – Miss Universal City, Former Clippers Cheerleader and Ontario Fury Dancer
I have been fortunate to photograph four of these amazing women: Shelbi, Jenny, Alexis, and Brittany.
The MISS CALIFORNIA USA® pageant will be held in Long Beach, California at the Terrace Theater on January 9-11, 2015 and is open to the public. Tickets for all three pageant events are available via ticketmaster.com.
For more information on the Miss California USA pageant, please visit their website here.
(As the year ends, we’re sharing our favorite photos from the past 12 months)
James has asked us to provide our favorite photo of the year and to describe why we chose it for publication. Well, here’s my choice.
This photo of Minnesota Viking Cheerleader Jeanne at the 2014 P-R-O Convention is one of my favorite photos of the year because I like the colors, the rich purple of her uniform and the yellow gold of her hair. It is a challenge to represent motion in a still photograph, but there are instances where you can capture a dance movement and immortalize it as a frozen moment in time. And I think this image of Jeanne comes close and for this reason, it is one of my favorite photos of the year.
[This article was originally published on Thehottestdanceteam.wordpress.com.]
Another week, another big game. This time, it was the Denver Broncos who rode into town to play the Chargers and like the Patriots last week, the Broncos brought a whole lot of orange clad fans to watch the festivities. And if you like field goals, this was the game for you as the Broncos kicked five of them in route to a convincing victory over the suddenly listless Chargers.
Final Score: Bucking Broncos – 22, Sparkless Chargers – 10.
With the victory, the Denver Broncos clinched the AFC West title and secured a spot in the playoffs. As for the Chargers, well…we have the Charger Girls in their blue velvet Christmas uniforms!
It was another beautiful day in San Diego…stop me if you heard this before…beautiful blue skies and sunshine. What that meant for me, photographically speaking, was mixed lighting in the first half and shadows in the second…just another day in paradise.
Okay let’s get on with our final game day report of the season and begin with the Captains: Katelyn, Clarisse, Angela M. and Natalie.
This week’s Charger Girl of the Day is one of my favorite Charger Girls to photograph and one that I can always count on for a great shot…introducing Angela M.
Angela is getting married soon, so this might be her last year on the squad. And I hear there might be a few more retirements among the more veteran Charger Girls…and I thought last year was a bad one with 14 veterans leaving the team. Well, I would encourage them all to reconsider retirement because you rarely get a second bite of the apple. And I got a $100 bucks for one CG in particular, if she returns…you know who you are.
A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
