[Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders Auditions]
The Detroit Pistons Dance Team Automotion will provide a night of fun, food and drinks as guest servers as part of “Automotion Tip-A-Thon” fundraiser at Red Ox Tavern in Auburn Hills to raise funds for the 2011 Pistons Care Telethon benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs in Michigan on Tuesday, March 15 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thanks to Red Ox Tavern, Pistons fans and patrons will have the opportunity to get up close and meet their favorite Automotion dance team members while enjoying an evening of great food and drinks. Automotion calendars will also be available for purchase and they will be raffling off Pistons tickets. All proceeds collected from tips, calendar sales and raffle will be presented during an on-court check presentation the night of the telethon at The Palace on Friday, March 18.
Red Ox Tavern is located at 3773 East Walton Boulevard, Auburn Hills, MI 48326. People can call to reserve seating by calling the restaurant Reservation Line at 248-340-7070. Be sure to mention ‘Automotion Tip-A-Thon’ when making your reservation.
The 2011 Pistons Care Telethon benefiting all Boys & Girls Clubs in Michigan will take place on Friday, March 18. The team is devoting the entire day leading up to the Pistons’ game against the New York Knicks, including their in-arena presentation and game broadcasts, to raise money for all Boys & Girls Clubs in Michigan. The telethon begins at 5 a.m. with live radio and television broadcasts at The Palace and runs throughout the day, culminating with Pistons-Knicks game at 7:30 p.m., broadcast on Fox Sports Detroit and 97.1 The Ticket.
This year’s Pistons Care Telethon will help fund memberships, programs and initiatives to help children enhance their lives in the areas of character and leadership; education and career development; the arts; sports, fitness and recreation; and health and life skills.
Hartford Colonials Cheerleaders
The Hartford Colonials of the United Football League are searching for a Cheerleader Director.
Candidates will have:
Professional or collegiate coaching experience or participation.
Experience with choreography.
The ability to handle the management of a cheerleading team, appearances and be able to run all practices and game day operations relating to the cheerleaders.
At the time of the interview candidates will need to have a headshot, resume, three references and a video reel showing some of their choreography.
All interested candidates can forward their resume and information to Jeremy Lisch at Jeremy.lisch@ufl-football.com
Houston Texans Cheerleader Tryouts are Saturday, April 9th. Full details here.
To celebrate it’s current show, “Hairspray,” The Alhambra Theatre & Dining will host a hair donation event for Locks of Love on Sunday, March 13 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The community is invited to come to the Theatre and donate their hair, which will be cut and collected by local hairstylists (and re-styled!), then sent to Locks of Love where they will turn the donated hair into wigs for children fighting illness or undergoing treatment. In addition, the Alhambra will donate 5% of the day’s ticket sales from both of its performances of Hairspray to Locks of Love.
The Hair-Raiser and Fundraiser event will benefit Locks of Love, a public non-profit organization that provides vacuum fitted hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. They meet a unique need for children by using donated human hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. Others have suffered severe burns or injuries or endured radiation treatment to the brain stem or other dermatological conditions that result in permanent hair loss.
The organization, which began operation in 1998, provides the prostheses to children, ages 6-21, every 18 months for a total of up to 10 hairpieces. It is estimated that children comprise over 80 percent of the donors, making this a charity where children have an opportunity to help children. The prostheses they provide help to restore self-esteem and confidence, enabling these children to face the world and their peers.
Other local organizations are signing on to help. Professional Cheerleaders Alumni, Inc., a group of former Jacksonville Jaguars Cheerleaders, will be partnering with Locks of Love and the Alhambra for this event and members will be there to provide assistance and support those donating their hair. Two Chick-Fil-A locations, one on Hodges Boulevard and one at the St. Johns Town Center, will provide refreshments to volunteers and donors.
There is no need for advance reservations; however donors must adhere to the following guidelines: the donated hair must be at least 10 inches in length; it must be bundled in a pony tail or braid; hair must be free of bleach, though colored and/or permed hair is acceptable.
The musical “Hairspray” runs February 18 through April 4, 2011 at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville. Show times are 8:00 PM for evening shows Tuesday through Sunday. Doors open at 6:00 PM and the buffet starts at 6:30 PM. Matinees on Saturday are at 1:15 PM. Doors open at 11:00 AM and the buffet starts at 11:15 AM. Sunday matinee is at 2:00. Doors open at noon and the buffet starts at 12:15 PM. Group sales are available. Tickets start at $42 for adults and $35 for children. Ticket price includes dinner, show and parking. Call the box office at 904.641.1212 or visit on line at www.alhambrajax.com.
About the new Alhambra Theatre & Dining
The Alhambra Theatre is the nation’s oldest continually operating professional dinner theatre and the only professional resident theatre between Atlanta and Miami. Opened in 1967, The Alhambra has hosted legends such as Tony Curtis, Claude Aiken, Sid Cesar and Cesar Romero, and, recently, Loretta Swit. The Alhambra was the place of Betty Grable’s final acting role. The Alhambra is also home to former Miss America, Orange Park native Leanza Cornett who started at the Alhambra when she was 15. In November 2009, the Alhambra was purchased by Theatre Partners, LLC, headed by Jacksonville entrepreneur and Alhambra patron, Craig Smith as way to give back to Jacksonville and preserve what he believes is one of its cultural jewels.
Courtesy of our good friend Aubrey Aquino, here’s a little look at Going Pro Entertainment’s recent Convention/Workshop in Miami.
Aubrey is also one of the choreographers for the West Coast Pro Dance Workshop in Danville, CA on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Full information here: westcoastprodance.eventbrite.com/
It’s been a while since I did one of these polls, but the Pro Bowl provided the perfect opportunity. During the first half Carolina TopCat Stacey wore her “White” uniform. During halftime she changed into her “Black” uniform. It confused the lady next to me. She didn’t realize Stacey had changed and thought she was from the Jaguars in the second half.
Stacey during the first half of the Pro Bowl
Stacey during the second half of the Pro Bowl
One more look:
And the results are:
[Michelle on the Kings’ Website]
By Kamna Bohra
The Technique
Some students struggle to balance engineering classes alone. Others find distress in taking classes and participating in extra-curriculars. But for Wendy Brown, a fifth-year BMED major and an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, the work loads of two entirely different activities are manageable both on the field and in the research laboratory.
“Academics and my career goals are important to me, but my personal goals like dancing and cheering are too. I maintain that if it’s important to you, you’ll find a way to make it work,” Brown said.
Brown has been dancing for her whole life, becoming more involved when she began high school. During her college years, she was on Gold Rush, Tech’s official athletic dance team, for her first four years, and she became captain her last year on the team.
Brown’s collegiate coach, who is a former cheerleader for both the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Hawks, first introduced her to the idea of cheering for a professional athletic team.
“Before then, I had thought of cheering for the NFL as [a] niche—like something only a select group of special people got to be involved with. Once I saw it as a tangible opportunity, I knew I wanted to do it,” Brown said.
In addition to six hours of weekly practice and workout sessions, Brown is required to be at the Georgia Dome several hours before each game. Before attending any practice, Brown must have her material and routine memorized, which requires even more time.
Along with the athletic side, the Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders are required to participate in 20 charity appearances over the course of the season. These appearances have included visiting brain and spinal cord injury patients and teaching cheer camps for the under-privileged children.
As for her time off the field, Brown has been conducting undergraduate research throughout her years at Tech, and Brown’s plans are to receive a Ph.D. in Tissue Engineering and then attend medical school.
“My ultimate goal is to be a reconstructive surgeon and work with the military to develop biological reconstructive and regenerative technologies for use in surgery,” Brown said.Meanwhile, Brown is finishing her last semester of courses and her undergraduate thesis.
Additionally, Brown will be hosting a segment of the “Science of the NFL” series that is produced by NBC Sports, NBC Learn, NFL and the National Science Foundation. Her segment will focus on Newton’s third law of motion.
In striking a balance, Brown does find some stress, but she thoroughly enjoys her academic and athletic careers.
“As far as school work [goes], I have finished a lot of my degree requirements already, so that helped me not completely overload myself. I have definitely had some very late nights in Whitaker this year, though, between studying for the GRE, doing homework and trying to finish my undergraduate thesis. It’s funny, though, because I almost don’t mind the work load,” Brown said.
Brown notes that she is not the only member of the Falcons cheerleading team with a diverse career path.
“Every Atlanta Falcons cheerleader has a career. It’s actually a requirement to be on the team, and interests vary a lot. We have everything from lawyers, nurses, financial analysts and financial advisors to TV producers, full-time students and moms on the team,” Brown said.
Pursuing two entirely different career paths is feasible to Brown, and she works to dispel the stereotypes associated with cheerleading.
“I definitely think there is no reason you can’t have it all, and I would like to work to discredit stereotypes and discourage the tendency for people to automatically assume that women pursuing things like dancing or cheerleading or modeling aren’t smart,” Brown said.
“My advice to people encountering this type of discrimination is to just stop listening and work toward accomplishing your goals for yourself,” Brown said.
The Lady Spartans, the dance team for the La Crosse Spartans indoor football team, will be “freezin’ for a reason” this weekend as they participate in the annual Coulee Region Polar Plunge. The event is held annually to raise money for Special Olympics Wisconsin and the La Crosse Parks & Recreation Department. The Lady Spartans will be contributing an impressive $830 to this year’s cause, which is looking to improve on last year’s $200,000 fundraiser.
Members of the community will take the plunge into the icy river waters just off of Pettibone Beach in La Crosse all day tomorrow. The Lady Spartans will be hitting the icy waters at 1:18 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. The forecasted high temperature for tomorrow is 33 degrees. La Crosse’s plunge is one of 12 held throughout the state of Wisconsin.
