Editor’s note: Its audition season and The Line Up, a long time sponsor of UltimateCheerleaders.com, has published, “The Three Best Color Options for College and Pro Cheer Audition Outfits”.  They have graciously agreed to let us share their information with our readers.

The Three Best Color Options for College and Pro Cheer Audition Outfits

By Stephanie from The Line Up

You’ve found your perfect outfit for your pro cheer audition and are ready to order! Now the question is, “What colors do I get?!” With endless possibilities for color combinations for made-to-order styles, we get that it is no easy task to decide!

Every year, we get a lot of questions about the best color combinations for tryout wear, so we’ve compiled a list of the top three color options for your pro cheer audition apparel. Check out the list below!

1. Team Colors

Audition styles in the same team colors – from left to right: 259-53F top, 425-34 top, 420-154 Zsa Zsa top, and 202-10 Sporty top.

Team colors are the most common choice for tryout apparel – and some NFL and NBA cheer teams even require it!  For example, the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders require their candidates to wear purple, white, gold, or black to team auditions. 

Despite these color restrictions, there are plenty of ways to get creative with incorporating your team’s limited color palette into your audition apparel, while still putting your own spin on it to reflect your personality and style. If you’re a sporty kind of lady, apply your team colors to a style with an athletic look. If you’re more feminine, apply your team colors to an outfit with ruffles or a skirt! 

The Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders require that their candidates wear Vikings colors for their audition process.
[Photo via Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders]

2. Bright Colors

Brightly colored audition styles – from left to right: 420-10 B V top, 420-121A top, and 420-207 top.

Make a statement! When in doubt, bright colors always stand out in a crowd and pop against tanned skin. This is a great option if your team allows for flexibility with colors choices, but bright colors could even be incorporated with your team’s branded colors. Go for a brighter or lighter hue of your team color to make your outfit stand out!

Brightly colored audition styles – from left to right: 419-19K Zsa Zsa top, Layla top, and 424 VB top.

3. All Black Everything!

All black audition styles – from left to right: 420-107D top, Chicago top, Aura top, and Gleason Mesh top.

Some teams require all black! This helps give some uniformity to the tryout outfits and candidates. But black tryout apparel doesn’t have to be boring!! Spice it up with sparkly, foil or hologram fabrics to add depth and texture. Use sequins, lace or textural mesh to bring across your personality! An all black color scheme can give your tryout apparel some edge and sass.

All black audition styles – from left to right: 425-5D Zsa Zsa top, 425-5D top, 259-89B top, 411-33 top, and 411-33 Lace top.

To see more audition outfits from The Line Up, please click here.

The P-R-O Convention is an international event, attracting cheerleaders from all over the world and a recent phenomenon has been the number of cheerleaders from Japan who try out and make major league professional cheerleading and dance teams here in the USA.  Every year, I try to recognize these special women and our friend Azusa from the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders was able to wrangle all the Japanese professional cheerleaders at this year’s P-R-O for a group photo.

2019 has been a year of change in professional cheerleading.  Recent social developments have led to the elimination of several traditional all female dance teams in favor of more coed hip hop squads or promotional teams.  Sadly this has become the norm.  And other changes, some long over due, have necessitated the evolution of professional cheerleading to where it is today, a more inclusive and socially responsible endeavor.

That being said, there will always be a demand for in game entertainment that engages the fan base and enlivens the game day experience.  This is an ever evolving concept and events like the annual P-R-O Convention in Atlanta meet that demand by providing the very best in dance choreography for the modern day sporting event.

And because it is what it is, the P-R-O Convention is, for me, one of the best events to cover and a personal favorite of mine.

Each year, the best professional cheerleaders gather in Atlanta, Georgia to attend the annual P-R-O Convention for two days of intensive dance training and team building.  This year marks the 16th anniversary of this amazing event and over 250 cheerleaders and dancers were in attendance.

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I Wanna Be Your Lover: Love & Relationships as a Pro Cheerleader

Between managing a full-time job, school, time with friends and family, dance practices and games, when is there time for love?? Mhkeeba and Brittany invite their BFF of the show, Lindsay Rosenberg, to return for a deep dive into love and relationships. The ladies cover everything from insecurity, jealousy, first dates, marriage and your most important relationship – the one you have with yourself. Listen closely as the ladies share the truth behind the poms and discuss how difficult it can be to manage relationships while pursuing the dream of becoming a pro cheerleader. Cheer Chat includes a very important update and last call to action to elevate the voices of pro dancers about what is happening to female dance teams in the NBA. The ladies also discuss the P-R-O and Pro Action Dance professional dance conventions held every summer in Atlanta and Las Vegas. Lindsay turned the tables on Brittany and Mhkeeba for Drop It Like It’s Hot to get to know them better!

Click here to listen to the latest episode.

Over the years, the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders have been of my favorite squads to photograph at the annual P-R-O Convention in Atlanta.  They usually bring a fairly large contingent of girls and they typically wear their colorful game day uniforms at some point during the convention…and that’s a big plus in my book.  Yes, I like the MVC.

Our next 2019 P-R-O Convention All Star is a Captain of the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders and one of the most photogenic cheerleaders in attendance at the convention…introducing Emma.

We have many more special cheerleaders and dancers to feature, so check back soon to see the next 2019 P-R-O Convention All Star.

Preliminary Auditions for the 2019-20 Denver Nuggets Dancers begin on Friday, July 12 at Pepsi Center.

• Perform at Denver Nuggets home games in front of 19,000 fans per game.

• Travel nationally and internationally for our dance conventions, and NBA appearances.
• Participate in community service projects.
• Inspire young dancers through the DND Juniors program.
• Perform at multiple events throughout the year.
• Perform for national television audiences.
• Receive benefits from multiple sponsors including hair styling, tanning, gym and yoga memberships, and cosmetic dentistry.
• Get paid for doing what you love while making lifelong friends!

2019-20 Audition Schedule*

Preliminary Auditions: Friday, July 12

• Registration: 6:00pm – 6:30pm
• Finalists Announced by 10:30pm

Semi-Finals: Sunday, July 14

• Small Group Interviews & Dance Audition: 9:30am-1:30pm
• Finalists Announced by 3pm

Finalists’ Training Camp: Monday, July 15 – Friday, July 19

• Monday, July 15 – Dance Rehearsal: 7:30pm-10:00pm
• Tuesday, July 16 – Individual Interviews: scheduled between 9:00am and 5:00pm
• Wednesday, July 17 – Individual Interviews: scheduled between 9:00am and 5:00pm and Dance Rehearsal: 7:30-10:00pm
• Thursday July 18 – Individual Interviews: scheduled between 9:00am and 5:00pm and Photo Shoot & Uniform Fitting: 6:00pm-10:00pm
• Friday, July 29 – Dance Rehearsal: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Choreography Showcase / Final Dance Audition: Saturday, July 20

• Check-in: 10:00am
• 2019-20 DND Announced by 3pm

* Audition schedule subject to change.

Audition Requirements:

All dancers must:

• be at least 18 years of age (by July 12, 2019) or 17 years of age with a parent or guardian present to sign a waiver on the participant’s behalf
• hold a high school diploma or equivalent education
• wear athletic attire and shoes with non-marking soles
• submit non-returnable 8″ x 10″ headshot
• submit a dance resume including any previous dance teams, classes or workshops, current employment and training, educational background, and 3 professional references
• complete and submit the 2019 DND Audition Registration Form and the 2019 Liability Waiver & Release.
• have reliable transportation to and from all DND practices and at least 85% of the home games in the Denver Nuggets 2019-20 season (schedule TBD).

For more information or to register for auditions, please click here.