Former Indianapolis Colts Cheerleader Megan Glaros will be the meteorologist for a new early morning news show under development at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 in Chicago. Megan comes from WCBS-TV in New York, where she was the station’s weekend meteorologist and entertainment reporter. She also may do some entertainment reporting for the new show that will debut Aug. 30.
Megan graduated from Indiana University, where she studied journalism and atmospheric sciences.
Date: Tentatively scheduled for the month of November 2010.
Location: Premiere Dance Studio- 1664 Anderson Hwy, Powhatan, VA
Cost: $25.00
Audition Information:
*Must be 21 years of age by March 2011
*Audition is Closed to Public
*Candidates will perform technique across the floor, turns and choreography in small groups
*Candidates will be asked several general questions about their background, past experience,
employment and anything unique to the dancer
*Candidates will be judged on
-Physical Fitness and Appearance
-Dance Technique
-Memorization and ability to pick up choreography
-Attitude and Personality
-Showmanship, Facials and Energy
*Attire:
-Shorts, hot pants or short dance skirt
-Dance crop top (sports bra or athletic top midriff bearing)
-Dance shoes, sneakers, jazz shoes or bare feet
-Full game day hair and make-up to be worn on audition day
Darlings Benefits:
*Game Day Tickets *Gym Membership
*Salon Discounts *Tanning
*Game Day Giveaways *Sponsors benefits
*Perform at home Revolution Games in front of thousands of fans
*Be part of Richmonds Indoor football community
*Represent the hottest dance team and indoor football team in Richmond
*Gain lasting friendships with other Richmond area dancers
Team Commitment:
* Practice Season February- Late June 2011
* 2-3 weekly practices during game weeks
* 1-2 practices per week during off weeks
* Perform at all home games (Season: March-June 2011)
*Occasional appearances at local community events, charitable functions and business sponsored events
Please Contact:
Choreographer Julia Abbott at darlingsoftherevolution@yahoo.com for additional
Thanks to Mike and Dave for the photos of some recent appearances of the Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders
Jessica and Kelsey at Training Camp
Kristin Rose at a promotion in Center City
Michelle at the Eagles Shop
Tiffany at the Eagles Shop
In Mexico for the calendar shoot. (click to enlarge)
Still in Mexico (click to enlarge)
Jessica, Lindsey and Laura at the Eagles Shop Tent Sale.
[Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders]
Perhaps we should change Pro Bowl Dan’s moniker to Hall of Fame Game Dan. Last Sunday he was roaming the sidelines with camera in hand taking photos of the 2010-11 Ben-Gals debut.
Last Saturday was another scorcher in the DC Area, but that didn’t stop ten of thousands of fans from coming out to Redskins Park for Fan Day. The Cheerleaders got a bit of a break and came out in the late morning, before the day got even hotter.
Fans were treated to couple of performances…
And a chance for photos and autographs..
Redskins Cheerleader Director and Choreographer Stephanie Jojokian flew back from Japan the night before Fan Day. She was teaching dance clinics to kids and adults with former Redskins Cheerleader Maki. This the 4th year Stephanie has taught in Japan.
Line Captain Sabrina
[Redskins Cheerleaders Gallery]
By Matt Samuels
Jewish Herald-Voice
It’s a safe bet to assume that there are more Jewish doctors than NFL cheerleaders.
Michelle Lewis, 21, is on the way to becoming both.
Lewis, a native of Bellaire, Texas, already has passed the first test—she was chosen for the Houston Texans cheerleaders, making the final cut from a field of more than 500 women who tried out in April.
Her next challenge soon will follow, as the pre-med student wraps up her four-year degree at St. Thomas University next year before taking the medical boards and applying to medical schools.
Lewis is the only known Jewish cheerleader in team history, according to Texans cheerleading programs manager Alto Gary, and definitely the first who hopes to be delivering babies as an obstetrician/gynecologist after she retires her pompoms.
“It’s been a lot of hard work to get to this point—it’s very challenging, both school and making the Texans,” Lewis said. “I’m definitely glad to represent the Jews on the team. I’m enjoying every moment of it.”
Except for perhaps that moment when she was sitting at Texans headquarters anxiously waiting for her number to be called as the final team of 29 girls was announced.
“It was real nerve-racking because it came down to that final moment,” Lewis said. “I had mentally prepared for a year and then physically prepared for several months.
She added, “I had my parents waiting out in the parking lot in case I didn’t make it.”
Lewis didn’t have to wait long: Her No. 32 was the sixth number called as the announcements were made live on Texans TV.
“Michelle really gained my attention with her determination and poise,” Gary said. “She is a beautiful person inside and out and has been a
great addition to the team. I’m excited for her.”Lewis was excited, too, but had to keep temper some of her emotions as she was surrounded by those who tried out but did not make the squad.
“I let out a little shriek, but I couldn’t really celebrate too much right there,” Lewis said. “I felt my eyes water up, but I didn’t really cry.”
Keeping that even keel could pay off for Lewis in the medical field, something she really is looking forward to.
“I want to be an OB/GYN because I feel like that’s the one field in medicine that a doctor can experience it all and more,” Lewis said. “You can experience the physician aspect of medicine when performing annual woman wellness exams. You can work with diseases and viruses if faced with an STD patient. And you can also perform surgery.
“And on top of all of that, you get to deliver babies—the one thing that no other field of medicine enables you to do.”
While Lewis finishes up her pre-med requirements, she will take advantage of her opportunity with the Texans. It is something she has been building toward her entire life.
While she didn’t really decide on wanting to be a doctor until she entered college three years ago, Lewis has known since she was little that she wanted to be a dancer.
In the first grade she took ballet and tap classes at the local JCC, as well as piano lessons and gymnastics.
“In third grade I was falling off the balance beam, and I had to pick one—so I picked dance and really stuck with it,” she said.
Together with Lewis all the way has been her twin sister, Rachel, who also is into dancing—more on the ballet side—and also hopes to apply to medical school. Rachel was interested in trying out for the Texans as well, but ended up keeping her focus on school.
“It’s always great to have that person there, your best friend, for support,” Lewis said. “She helps me out in school and we are just there for each other.”
At Bellaire High School, Lewis was vice president of the dance company and was a member of the cheerleading squad. After graduating from Bellaire in 2007, however, there was a bit of a void in her life.
“Once I entered St. Thomas, all of that went away,” Lewis said. “They don’t have a dance team and the cheerleading squad isn’t as big. So my mom said, ‘You live in Houston. You can try out for the Texans.’ And I said, ‘This is the year I’m going to do it.’ ”
So began the intense process of trying to make the team. After three rounds, the field of competitors was cut to 50.
“It takes a lot of work to be able to get in shape to do this,” Lewis said. “The girls that woke up that morning and decided to try out are the ones that got cut in round one.”
To stay in shape, Lewis does several intense training regimens, including a cross-fit program and a boot camp. She has changed her diet to stay in shape. And before every performance is two hours of hair and make-up.
“I really have no social life,” Lewis said. “This is my life. If I’m not doing school stuff, I’m doing Texans stuff. If I’m not stressing about school, I’m stressing about the Texans.”
“But this is the greatest opportunity in the dance world; it is elite. I just wanted to go for the best—NFL, pro. And now I can relax a little bit because I’m in.”
Besides the practice and dancing at games, each cheerleader is required to make 40 appearances a year on behalf of the team at various functions. The cheerleaders are paid—minimum wage and two season tickets, which Lewis already has promised to her parents.
“No one does it for the money, for sure,” Lewis said. “But it’s really awesome to see the kids look up to you. A little girl at an appearance the other day asked me my name, and she went and painted a T-shirt for me and gave it to me. It was very sweet. The kids look up to you and their eyes are really bright. It’s just a really good feeling.”
So which is going to be more exciting, cheering and dancing in front of nearly 100,000 fans on Sunday afternoons or delivering babies as a doctor?
“That first game is going to be a huge adrenaline rush, for sure,” Lewis said. “I’ll be soaking it all up. It will definitely be a rush, which I’m looking forward to.
“But delivering babies is the one thing I look forward to most because you get to literally bring life into the world. I’d be performing a mitzvah by delivering a couple’s baby, and I would also be fulfilling the final part of that couple’s blessing from God when He enabled them to conceive a child.”
And who wouldn’t cheer for something like that?
I can’t be everywhere. Fortunately, two weeks ago when I was unable to attend the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders Calendar Release Party Ron and Pro Bowl Dan were there. Here are a few of the photos they took.
Order the calendar here.
The Springfield Armor will be holding their second annual Armorettes dance team audition on Sunday, September 12, 2010 in the MassMutual Center in Downtown Springfield located at 1277 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103. Registration will begin at 9:30a.m. and auditions will commence at 10:30a.m.
The Armorettes are the official dance team of the Springfield Armor and are in their second year of existence. The dance team will perform at all 24 home games during the 2010-2011 season and will be involved in on court promotions as well as make several community appearances throughout the year. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age and must be a high school graduate or have received a G.E.D. Potential dancers must be fun, outgoing and spirited individuals who are in good physical shape, have a clean appearance, and an overall crowd appeal.
Interested dancers can register in advance or on the day of the audition. Registration forms and additional audition information are available in the links below. If you cannot print them out, you can visit the Armor office. Advance registrations can be submitted by mail to The Springfield Armor Attn: Dance Team, 1 Monarch Place, Suite 220, Springfield, MA 01144, by fax to (413)746-3262 or by visiting the Armor offices in person. A $25 non-refundable audition fee and a recent, non-returnable, full length photo are required with registration. Registration will also be allowed the day of the audition beginning at 9:30a.m. at the MassMututal Center.
All dancers are required to wear dance shoes (jazz shoes, dance shoes or athletic shoes with minimal tread and non-marking soles) to the audition, as well as a 2-piece attire as outlined in the audition information page listed on the website.
For further questions contact Nicole Hoffman at nhoffman@armorhoops.com or (413) 746-3263.
[Registration Information and Application]
By Mike Forman
Victoria Advocate
No one would blame Teri Richardson if she decided to die.
Her weight dropped to 87 pounds and chemotherapy treatments left her nauseated and dehydrated.
Visitors at MD Anderson in Houston hardly recognized the person looking back at them.
Richardson has been diagnosed with final stage colon cancer and she knows the odds.
But quitting isn’t in Richardson’s DNA. Never has been and never will be.
Richardson wouldn’t have become the second-longest tenured member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, or the first black female disc jockey at one of Dallas’ most popular radio stations by being timid.
She wouldn’t have left the hospital and returned to her modest brick home to care for her 11-year-old daughter Zaharia or 10-year-old son Zachary, or be looking forward to her son Sterling’s senior season of basketball at San Antonio Brandeis without her unyielding faith in God and her own abilities.
Richardson isn’t taking anything for granted even if her doctor calls her his miracle patient.
She’s fit and trim and looks much too young for her age.
She lives each day to the fullest, which is exactly what she was doing in 1978 when she was majoring in dance at North Texas State in Denton and walked into a 7-11 store and saw a poster of the Cowboys cheerleaders and by coincidence heard radio personality Ron Chapman announcing tryouts for the group.
Richardson showed up at Texas Stadium with 1,600 other women to vie for 20 of the group’s 40 spots, which included four alternates.
Richardson was a cheerleader in high school at Sugar Land Dulles and an accomplished dancer, but admits to having some doubts.
“I thought man there is no way in the world I am going to make this,” Richardson said. “That was the first time I ever wasn’t confident for a hot second.
“There were girls everywhere. Beautiful girls from all over the world. They were the hottest thing going at the time.”
The candidates were instructed to dance before a panel of judges that included Chapman and were told to stay behind a line of tape on the floor.
“I had to do something to make myself memorable,” Richardson said. “They said do not cross the line and what do I do, I cross the line.
“I went up to Ron Chapman and rubbed his bald head. Everybody started laughing. I wanted to make sure they remembered who I was.”
Richardson advanced to the finals of the tryouts where she stood firm when asked by cheerleader sponsor Suzanne Mitchell if she would be willing to alter her appearance by cutting her hair or losing weight.
“She was a very intimidating woman and she had the power to say you’re gone,” Richardson said. “But I’m going to be me.
“My mother taught me to have confidence in myself. I said I’m pretty comfortable with myself the way I am. I like my hair, I kind of like my size. So I like myself.”
Mitchell liked Richardson, who made the squad and was also a member of the traveling show team for four of the five years she spent with the group.
“It was the greatest thing I have ever done in my life,” Richardson said. “It was a big commitment. My whole life was consumed by it. I couldn’t leave the house without makeup on. You always had to be on. My whole life changed overnight.”
Richardson was in the “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” movie, which aired on ABC. She was part of “The 36 Most Beautiful Girls in Texas” television special. She appeared at the televised Country Music Awards.
She kept her job teaching Jazzmatics classes while practicing with the cheerleaders four hours a day up to six days a week, getting Saturday off when the Cowboys played on the road.
She traveled to USO shows in Japan, Turkey, Greece, the Philippines, South Korea and Germany.
She also made numerous appearances around the country, which helped supplement the $15 the cheerleaders were paid per game.
Richardson left the cheerleaders after the 1983 season and almost became a flight attendant. But American Airlines wanted to send her to Chicago or New York and she wasn’t fond of cold weather.
Chapman offered Richardson a position at KVIL where she did the overnight shift, making history in the process.
Richardson continued working in radio in Dallas and San Antonio before returning to Bay City in 1996 when a position at a Houston station didn’t materialize.
She started a new career as a certified nursing assistant before being diagnosed with cancer.
Sometimes when Richardson is feeling down, she’ll glance at her Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders pictures and remember how she got there.
“I’m always willing to take a chance and do something to make yourself stand out,” she said. “I took a chance, I gambled and I won.
“I’m still the same person,” she added. “My spirits are up and I have faith in God.”
