Congratulations to the just announced new captains!
Kelsey
Carmen
Melissa
Rachel
Another PA Pageant post! Former Lehigh Valley Outlawz Dancer Kate Mack is the reigning Mrs Pennsylvania USA.
Former Sixers Dancer and UPenn grad Amber-Joi Watkins is Miss Pennsylvania USA 2011. She’s getting ready for the Miss USA Pageant next month. And for the first time you can vote and help select the semi-finalists. Vote for Amber (or your other favorite) here.
By my count this is the ninth season that the Eagles Cheerleaders are wearing their Vera Wang designed uniforms.
A lot of casual fans don't realize that the Eagles Cheerleaders have more than one uniform. Here's the "fall" uniform the cheerleaders were wearing at the Huddle up for Autism event last month.
Another photo from the "Huddle". In addition to the black bottoms, the "fall uniform" also include black athletic shoes.
And here's Stephanie without the black half sweater.
And a couple looks at the "summer" white uniform....
Before we ask the Big Question...
The results from our last poll:
2011 NJ Lady Lions (with audition judges)
Auditions for the NJ Lady Lions Dance Team were held last Saturday at the Hub Teen Center in New Brunswick
Friend of the Blog Doris, now a Sixers Dancer, was one of the audition judges.
The Lady Lions are already rehearsing. The pre-season starts next month and the regular season begins in July.
[Lady Lions Auditions Gallery]
The National Lacrosse League season ended earlier this month, but still not too late to share these photos that Mark from St. Paul took of the Swarm Performance Team at their playoff game.
Minnesota Swarm Performance Team at halftime
Jes, Beth and Annalisa
Jenna
Kelley
Kara
[Minnesota Swarm Performance Team]
The Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders shot their swimsuit calendar last weekend. You can see photos fro the shoot over at FoxSportsNorth.
East High graduate, West High graduate picked for squad
By Mark Schulman
Times-News Staff Writer
Two Henderson County women who once cheered for rival high schools have come together to support the same team as Carolina Panthers Topcats.
After weeks of rigorous tryouts, Jenny Baker, a 2007 West Henderson High graduate, and Laura Bebo, a 2007 East Henderson High graduate, were notified last week that they had been selected for the team. Only 25 women are chosen. Baker and Bebo are seniors at UNC-Charlotte and live in the same apartment complex.
At left, Laura Bebo, a 2007 East Henderson High School graduate, and Jenny Baker, a 2007 West Henderson High School graduate, were two of 25 women chosen to be Carolina Panther cheerleaders for the 2011 season.
In only a few months, they will find themselves in front of more than 70,000 spectators at the Bank of America Stadium if the NFL season kicks off this year.
The NFL is currently under a lockout after talks on a new collective bargaining agreement collapsed. The players and the league are currently under mediation, hoping to resolve the issue before the season starts in the fall.
Despite the NFL lockout, Bebo, 22, said the girls are all working hard. She walked into the Topcats’ locker room May 11 during the first practice of the season and saw her nameplate on her locker.
“I started crying,” Bebo said. “We were all so excited.”
Bebo, one of six siblings, was on the dance team at UNC-Charlotte and wanted to continue performing following college.
“I love performing, dancing and football,” the Flat Rock native said. “It was a perfect fit for me.”
The rookie Topcat is nervous and anxious for the day when she, along with the rest of the squad, puts on a show in front of tens of thousands of fans.
“I am looking forward to the moment when I look up at a full stadium,” she said.
Baker is equally excited about earning the prestigious spot on the Topcats roster.
“It is still sinking in,” the 22-year-old said a day after learning that she made the squad.
“I had no idea I was going to make it,” Baker said. “I know I absolutely did my best.”
All the hard work during tryouts in April paid off for Baker, who was previously a cheerleader for the Charlotte Checkers hockey team.
The first test was to perform a dance that she prepared for the audition. The second cut was much more challenging, however. The women were taught a dance in 30 minutes and were allowed just 10 minutes to practice it before performing for the judges.
“That was when I was the most nervous,” Baker said. “You have to be 100-percent focused.”
She is looking forward to many more challenges with the squad.
“This can be a life-changing experience,” Baker said. “I am not only excited about being out there in front of thousands of people, I am excited about being out in the community.”
Despite the lockout, the Topcats will continue to perform and make appearances throughout the Carolinas.
“We are going to keep cheering to make sure fans are having a good time,” Baker said. “The other girls say you will never forget your first day being on the field. I can’t wait to experience that.”
