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After a long weekend New Meadowlands Stadium and two cuts, thirty-nine dancers advanced to the Finals of the 2011-12 NY Jets Flight Crew Finals.  Sharp-eyed readers will notice 40 dancers in the photo (not counting Director Denise Garvey). The 40th dancer, Krystil, (front row, far left) earned a spot in the Finals with her winning video application. She was on hand Sunday to learn the routine that will be performed at Finals.

Coming up this week: Interviews plus members of the 2010-11 Flight Crew who hope to return (the rumor is 22 of them do) will be taught the Final Audition routine.

The finals are this Saturday. Photos from the first two rounds coming soon.

[Cassie at the LA Kings website]

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WE ARE LOOKING FOR CHEERLEADERS FOR OUR 2011 SEASON

Atlanta’s hottest Minor Professional Football team, THE ATLANTA CHIEFS,
will begin their second season of play in June 2011. We are a full contact minor league football team & a member of the Gridiron Development Football League.

PRELIMINARIES
Friday, April 15, 2011
Registration from 6:00 PM- 6:30 PM       Fee: $30, non-refundable (cash or money order only)
Bring APPLICATION, PHOTO, & RESUME to the tryout
(Must wear two-piece dancewear with a midriff top, dance shorts and appropriate footwear)
Auditions will begin promptly at 6:30 PM
Location:  Hammond Park Recreation Center¨705 Hammond Dr NE ¨ Sandy Springs, GA 30328 770-252-6310 or 404-863-5543

PERSONAL INTERVIEWS
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Schedule your own 15 minute interview appointment. (Wear business attire.)
Location:  The Lenox Building¨3399 Peachtree Rd NE Suite 400¨ Atlanta, GA 30326
404-751-5100 or 404-863-5543

FINALS
Monday, April 18, 2011
7:00 PM Registration  (Final tryouts are closed to the public)
Location: TBA

QUALIFICATIONS

·     Ladies 18 years and older by April 23, 2010 (Bring Photo ID)

·     Dance and/or Cheer Background

·     Must be a high school graduate or have a G.E.D.

·     No height/weight requirement

·     Attractive, Wholesome Appearance

·     Great Attitudes

·     Physically Fit Figures & Winning Smiles

·    Dedication to be the BEST!

You will be taught all combinations the day of auditions.
No need to choreograph your own.

To learn more about
Chiefs Cheerleader Auditions, visit our website at www.atlantachiefsfootball.com or visit our FACEBOOK page at
Atlanta Chiefs Semi-Pro Football

phone:  404-863-5543

website: www.atlantachiefsfootball.com
email: admin@atlantachiefsfootball.com

Brittany is a two-year veteran of the Boston Blazers Dance Team, The Sparks. She’s been dancing since she was five and was also a gymnast.

Brittany double majored in Accounting and Marketing at Suffolk University. She captained the Suffolk University Dance Company for two seasons, before turning Pro with the Boston Blazers and Cannons.

After graduation Brittany stuck with accounting and now does restaurant bookkeeping and works for a small accounting firm. With the tax-fling deadline coming up, she been working to 9pm or later every night and hasn’t even had a chance to do her own taxes.

So what does Brittany like to do when she has free time? She recently moved back home to New Hampshire and the snowmobile trail goes right by her house. She’ll ride down to the lake, set up the bobhouse, fire up the ice saw, and do some ice-fishing.

[Brittany at the Boston Blazers Website]

From the Buffalo Pro Cheer Blog:

The 2011 Jills captains and co-captains

It’s that time of year again as the Buffalo Jills are starting work on putting their 2011-2012 squad together and this year, the Open Workshop was held at the Buffalo Bills Fieldhouse. In addition to all the vets looking to make a comeback, there were a lot of new faces as well in Orchard Park on Sunday learning about becoming a Buffalo Jills Cheerleader. This year, we even have 4 ambassadors who are at least looking at transitioning over to dance.

Read the rest, plus plenty of photos at Phil’s blog.

By Allison Tubaugh
DallasVigilantes.com

I’m always amazed by the opportunities that have come my way since becoming a Dallas Vigilantes Dancer. This February I had an experience of a lifetime representing UltimateCheerleaders.com at “The Best Party in Texas” Super Bowl Charity Event. Aside from the celebrity guests and paparazzi, it was another great opportunity to connect with people and represent a blog that provides valuable information to professional cheerleaders worldwide. I’ve been reading the UltimateCheerleaders.com blog for about a year now and felt extremely honored that eight of us were able to be a part of such a huge event during the Super Bowl Weekend.

Luckily, most of the ice and snow had melted that day, and when we arrived at the Embassy Suites Outdoor World, the lobby was already hopping with preparations and arriving guests. Terra Watson and Cody Lenz of Dallaswear provided our Ultimate Cheerleaders uniform and got us “picture perfect” before heading down to the party. We definitely stood out in our bright pink uniforms and white boots as we made our way through the crowd.

The ballroom was complete with a large dance floor, cocktail tables, and white leather sofas. We greeted guests and posed for pictures with them as they entered the room. We even had the pleasure of meeting James Blakey, the originator of UltimateCheerleaders.com who flew in all the way from Philadelphia for the party. Soon, the ballroom was crowded as bands began to play and celebrities arrived. One of the co-hosts of the party, Mike Ditka, spoke about the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, which provides medical and financial assistance to retired NFL players. As a huge football fan, I was pretty elated to greet him as he made his way to the stage — it was the absolute highlight of my evening. Bill and Giuliana Rancic hosted the auction portion of the party and had us join them to help promote the items benefiting charity.

After the auction, we continued to mingle with the crowd and take pictures with guests — my cheeks were sore for a few days from all the smiling. Once the Emerald City Band hit the stage, the dance floor was packed and we joined in. Everyone was having a great time, and the band was awesome. They pulled us all up on stage to dance with them for their last big medley. Jenna and I joined the brass section on their pedestal and prayed we wouldn’t fall off as we were dancing.

The night was so much fun, I was sad when it came to an end and couldn’t believe how quickly time had flown by. Terra and Cody made us feel super comfortable and all of the guests were friendly and excited to see us. It was one of those evenings I had to pinch myself several times to realize that I was actually there and getting to be a part of something huge. I will never forget this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and am especially grateful to have experienced it with an amazing group of women.

Amber Lancaster on transitioning from modeling to acting and her role on MTV’s ‘RJ Berger’
Backstage.com
By Philiana Ng

After spending several years as a model and rolling out prizes and cheering on contestants on “The Price Is Right,” Amber Lancaster was ready to try at acting. Luck was on her side. MTV’s first original scripted series in years, “The Hard Times of RJ Berger,” was the first pilot she auditioned for, and she landed it. Revolving around a teenage boy going through hormonal changes, “Berger” recently returned for its second season.

The fun-loving Lancaster—who didn’t study theater or acting in school—sat down with Back Stage to discuss transitioning from modeling to acting, the audition process for her role on the MTV comedy as Jenny, a high school cheerleader, and what she has learned so far.

Back Stage: Was this a natural transition for you, to go from modeling to acting?

Amber Lancaster: I started realizing all the potential there was in this town for work. I started taking classes. It was fun; I’ve always enjoyed it. I started auditioning. I was still modeling—it’s a lot better to have modeling as a side job than working at a restaurant. When I would audition for TV or film, I was doing it for fun. I think that was really valuable because it took away the need. A lot of actors, they have this “I need to book this” kind of attitude. So that actually worked in my favor.

Back Stage: This was your only pilot that you went in for. How did you get hold of the script?

Lancaster: My agent submitted me for the part, but I actually missed the first audition. [Laughs.] Once I read the part, I thought, “This girl’s 16. I’m never going to get it.” And they always end up going with someone with a bigger name or bigger credits. At that point of my acting career, I was skeptical of it all. It’s relentless. You have to audition, audition, and audition, and there’s hardly any payoff for it. The chances of you getting an audition—it’s a numbers game. The more you go out on, the more chances you’ll get one.

My agent called me and said, “Where are you? They want to see you. Just get there by noon.” So I get there and I read for them, and they called me in immediately to read for the executive producer and director. A couple weeks went by and I didn’t hear anything, but they hadn’t cast the part. They called me in again to read for the producer and director, and then they had me go in to test. They waited another two or three weeks before I finally found out I got it. It was drawn out.

Back Stage: Did they give you any notes in the room on how they wanted your character to be played?

Lancaster: Nope. Every single time I went in, they were like, “That was perfect!” [Laughs.]

Back Stage: Did you take anything that you learned from acting classes and apply it to your audition?

Lancaster: Honestly, I went through quite a few different acting teachers. It would mess me up more than help me. I think that if you have enough life experience and you’re smart enough, you can figure it out. There are all these techniques, which work great for a lot of people, but not for me.

Back Stage: Figuring it out, as in how to approach a certain scene?

Lancaster: When you read a book, you take that journey. I did learn a few things, but it’s all kind of common sense. What worked for me, anyway, [for instance,] is substitution. If you’re having a scene that’s really dramatic, you substitute a time in your life that’s similar to that scene.

Back Stage: What’s the difference between being a series regular and guest starring on a show?

Lancaster: When you’re on a show, you own that character, so I decide how she’s feeling in the moment and how it would make her feel. So you have a lot more artistic freedom to decide. And [as a guest star,] you don’t know the vibe of the rest of the cast or even how the crew works. It’s such a luxury to be on a show, knowing everyone from the craft service guy to the camera guys. You feel so much more comfortable. So going from that and then auditioning—which is such a foreign, weird, uncomfortable thing—it’s night and day.

Back Stage: There are people who love auditioning, and then there are those who despise it. Where do you stand?

Lancaster: It’s so unreal. If you can give a good audition, then you are going to do awesome on set. Auditioning is the hardest part of acting, hands down. When you’re on a set, everything is provided for you. If I have to audition and I have to pretend an alien is eating my leg off, it’s going to be a lot harder than if I’m actually on set where there is a guy dressed as an alien eating my leg off. So much of acting is reacting, and when you’re reading with somebody who has no emotion, who isn’t invested in the scene, it’s hard to play off of them, because it’s not natural.

Back Stage: When the pilot was picked up to series, what was your initial reaction?

Lancaster: I wasn’t even expecting it because there are a million pilots that get made that don’t get picked up. At this point, we had no idea what was going to happen. It was cool that MTV was doing a scripted show, but we didn’t know that we would be the first scripted show that MTV had done in years. I had no expectations, which is pretty much how I’ve operated my entire life. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, I guess.

Back Stage: Your character on the series is a high school cheerleader. Was that close to who you were?

Lancaster: Yeah, I was a cheerleader in high school and then I was a professional cheerleader for the NFL, for the Seattle Seahawks. What’s funny is I didn’t get to do any cheerleading during the show.

Back Stage: How do you approach your character?

Lancaster: I try and apply as much of myself as I can to the character, because I think that’s where a lot of people go wrong. It’s so easy to be yourself. Everybody is so unique that that makes you different enough.

Back Stage: What have you learned from the series that you’d like to take on to future projects?

Lancaster: It’s all a learning experience. Practice makes perfect. Getting to act every day helps you get better at it. Even if you took a professional basketball player, if he didn’t practice basketball every single day, he wouldn’t be as good as he is. He’d have natural talent, but he wouldn’t be as good.

Back Stage: What do you see for yourself in the future?

Lancaster: I love comedy. Drama is fine too, but it’s so serious. Could you imagine being on the “CSI” set all day long dealing with dead bodies? I wouldn’t want that. I want to have fun. I love a challenge and I definitely want to do a thriller