Be A Beltway Bomber Cheer & Dance Team Member (Washington DC Metro Area)
Auditions for the 2009-10 season will be held Sunday, November 8th at Gold’s Gym 12550 Dillingham Square. Woodbridge, VA 22192
Registration starts at noon; auditions to follow promptly at 12:30pm
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
$20 Non-Refundable Registration Fee CASH/MONEY ORDERS ONLY
Non-Returnable Full Length Photo
Signed Wavier/Release Form
Bring a Valid D.L. or Gov’t issued I.D.
Are there any height to weight restrictions?
You should be in overall great shape.. We do not have a height to weight requirement. We have no maximum or minimum weight requirement.
Are auditions open to the public?
No auditions are closed to the public. This includes family and friends.
What do I need for auditions?
Auditions can run for several hours. Please bring with you:
Drink and snack
Sweat towel
Make-up & Hair Products
$20 Audition fee, CASH / MONEY ORDER ONLY
How should I wear my hair and make up?
Make-up and hair should compliment your features.
You should wear your hair down.
THINK GLAMOROUS AND PERFORMANCE READY
What will the judges focus on and look for?
Cheer & Dance technique
Performance
Showmanship and personality
Dance skills
Fitness
What should I wear to the auditions?
Sports bra or crop top with stomach showing.
Short biker shorts or trunks
Dance sneakers or jazz shoes
Flesh colored panty hose or dance tights
All body piercings should be removed
What Should I expect at auditions?
Warm-Up
Perform 1 min. personal routine that you should come prepared with. Please bring music on a cd.
Learn Short Routine like those Performed on the sidelines
Perform Audition Routine in Groups
Final team will be announced at the conclusion of auditions.
If you have questions please email us at bombsquad_dancers@yahoo.com
The Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders are the latest squad to appear at Maxim.com
[Falcons Cheerleaders at Maxim.com]
[Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders]
Sad new to pass along.
Former Washington Redskins Cheerleader Jennifer Fritsch Williams (2002-2006) passed away as a result of medical complications concerning her pregnancy.
Jennifer was the cover model for the 2004-05 Redskins Cheerleaders Swimsuit Calendar. Our condolences to her family.
Tune into watch the DCC perform at the State Fair of Texas!
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From KRISTV.com:
Larisa and Marisa Coy know what it’s like to be a student in Baytown schools. Now they’re learning what it’s like in the front of the classroom.
Growing up in Baytown, they attended Crockett Elementary, Baytown Junior and Sterling High School. After high school, they attended Lee College before transferring to the University of Houston for a degree in education.
After graduating in 2008, they are now in their second semesters as sixth-grade math teachers for the Goose Creek school district. Larisa teaches at Horace Mann Junior High while her sister, Marisa, teaches at Highlands Junior High.
“Our ultimate goal is to earn our master’s in school administration,” Larisa said.
As it is, the Coy sisters are probably Baytown’s best known beginning educators. Even if they’re best known, so far, for what they do down the road at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.
Larisa and Marisa have a second job as NFL Cheerleaders for the Houston Texans. But while they cheer on Sundays, their eyes are never far from the prize.
Education has always been a major priority for the twins, whose mom, Maria, was a math teacher herself.
“Growing up, she never forced it on us or told us what to do,” Larisa said. “But it was always on both our minds.” Marisa said, “We wanted a career we’d love and realized that teaching would be exactly that.”
The recent graduates say they can relate to their students.
Larisa said: “We both feel we can use the opportunities to tell them to go for their dreams and I want to share that with all of my students.”
Marisa added: “We were in junior high once, so we know the trials and what it takes,” she said. “Even though you’re in middle school, you can accomplish your goals if you work hard at it.”
Their football notoriety hasn’t escaped their students.
“Most of the students already know, but others, when they first find out, they’re generally surprised,” Marisa said. “One of my students said ‘I’ve seen you before,’ so I had to tell him where he saw me.”
Hands-on experience pushed the women to their vocation.
While in college, Marisa helped tutor ninth-grade algebra. That’s when she realized she wanted to pursue teaching.
“I think it helped to see students move on. I went to graduation and saw seniors I tutored graduate. That feels very rewarding,” she said.
Larisa said: “One student came to me and showed me his report card and he said ‘I got an “A” in math because of you, Miss Coy. I’ve never been good at math.’ That’s when I realized I had made a difference and I definitely wanted to teach.”
The two draw on their experiences as students.
“When I was in school, math wasn’t fun,” Marisa said. “I’d change problems to make it fun. I try to add real life scenarios.” Larisa said, “I tell my students at the beginning that they will know math, appreciate it and have fun with it. We do activities and journals together.”
Away from the classroom, the sisters are in their fifth year as cheerleaders for the Texans.
“We had just finished at Lee College and were going to transfer to UT and had done some dancing for the Houston Aeros when a friend told us we should come to try outs for Texans cheerleaders,” Larisa said.
Marisa said her parents agreed.
“Our parents told us we might as well go for it because otherwise we would be wondering what could have been,” she said. “We didn’t know what to expect, we just tried to stay positive the whole time.”
Staying positive wasn’t exactly easy and the competitions just kept getting harder.
“Our first year,” Marisa said, “we had just turned 20 and there were 900 girls. The field was covered with girls, it was overwhelming.”
The squad of 900 was eventually cut to 35, where it remained for their first four years. Now it’s at 29.
Cheerleading itself is almost a full-time job. They practice about three times a week for about four hours. They are also required to make at least 40 appearances a year, which they always surpass.
On game day, they arrive at Reliant Stadium at 7 a.m., long before the players.
“We get there early to warm up, work on our routine and before you know it, it’s time to start,” Marisa said. “It goes by so fast.”
During their childhood, Larisa and Marisa competed in several dance and singing competitions. They say cheerleading fulfills their passion for dancing as they perform in front of 70,000 fans.
Cheerleading has allowed the twins to be on the big stage, but not just on Sunday afternoons.
In 2008, they were featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Later that year, they were in the first-ever Houston Texans swimsuit calendar. They’ve also represented the Texans organization at Super Bowl XLI in Miami for “Beauties on the Beach,” where they competed in several competitions.
Currently, the two are featured on maxim.com in a feature titled “Ask a Texans Cheerleader.”
“We just think of ourselves as ordinary people and I still can’t believe all these things have happened.” Marisa said. Larisa said, “Since we first came in, every year has been better and better than the one before.”
If that’s the case, this should be a pretty good year as they help put Baytown on the map.
[Larisa and Marisa at HoustonTexans.com]
[Larisa and Marisa at SportsIllustrated.com]
The Dakota Wizards will conduct tryouts for the 2009-10 Wizards Dance Team at Let’s Dance Studio (809 W Interstate Ave) on Wednesday, October 28th beginning at 7:30 PM.
“Our dance team is an integral part of our game entertainment,” said Wizards General Manager Terri Benson. “It’s vital we get a group of girls who will represent our organization and help enhance the overall atmosphere of our games.”
The Wizards dance team will be coached this season by Jenny Samuelson-Jangula. Jenny is a native of Bismarck who has 28 years of dance experience and is widely recognized as one of the areas most successful and creative dance choreographers. Samuelson-Jangula is the owner and choreographer of Let’s Dance Studio in Bismarck.
“I am very happy to have the opportunity to continue to work with the Wizards and build on what we started last season”, said Samuelson-Jangula.
Dakota Wizards dancers will participate in cheer and dance routines at all of the Wizards 24 home games at the Bismarck Civic Center. The final team will consist of a dynamic group of dancers, able to provide an exciting, high-energy combination of entertainment and crowd encouraging presentations. The team will also participate in various community service events scheduled throughout the season.
Potential candidates must turn at least 18 years of age during the 2009-10 season and possess dance skills with the ability to communicate effectively. Candidates will be judged on their ability to grasp choreographed dance routines while maintaining a positive attitude, showmanship, and energy level.
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By Brad Memberto
As a young girl, Righetti High School alum Natalie Wilburn loved to dance. She would perform for her parent’s and friends. At 5 years old Wilburn had her first dance class and at 8 began a long love affair with the art.
And now, in her mid-20s, she has reached a new high in the dance world. Wilburn is currently in her first season as a dancer with the Chargers Girls, the dance team that performs at San Diego Chargers home games.
“I love performing, I’m the biggest ham,” Wilburn said recently during lunch at Klondike Pizza in Santa Maria, along with her parents Rad and Sophia Mawhinney.
“I love being in front of people,” Wilburn continued. “Since I was little I would dance around the kitchen, when there were people over I would have costumes on, giving dance performances.”
Her mother noticed the talent early and enrolled Wilburn in ballet class when she was 5 at Hancock College.
“She was in the kitchen one night teaching everyone the ‘Roger Rabbit’ dance,” Sophia Mawhinney explained. “A mother of one of Natalie’s friends said we should put her in dance class.”
Then at 8 Wilburn began a long association with the Adkins Dance Studio in Orcutt.
“I danced there until college and I used to teach there,” she explained.
A graduate of Righetti in 2001, Wilburn was a cheerleader for the Warriors during her sophomore and junior years, but dance took over when she was a senior. Wilburn took dance classes at Hancock, then after a freshman year at Cuesta, returned to Hancock to join the dance program.
She then moved to San Diego, where she continued her dancing.
“I took classes at the Academy for the Performing Arts and I went to a community college,” Wilburn explained. “Then in my spare time I danced for the Gulls, a hockey team for two years.
“Then for a while I cheered for the Wildcats, a minor league basketball in the ABA, then it became too time consuming – I was really busy with school and work.”
Beginning in 2003, Wilburn tried out three years in a row to become a Charger Girl without success. She then met Jason Plitz, a University of Minnesota graduate from Wisconsin. After a couple years of marriage, Plitz, working in construction management, convinced her to try out again.
“I thought, why not I have some extra time,” Wilburn said, “then I made it!”
The tryouts were a strenuous and grueling event, as Wilburn explained.
“It’s on a Sunday and it’s an all day ordeal,” she said. “Early in the morning you pre-register, you have to have a picture and a resume.
“It starts with usually 400 to 500 girls, then you have three separate cuts. At the end of the day you find out if you made it to the finals which is usually 50 to 60 girls.”
What followed was an interview portion, where a panel of nine, asked random questions to five or six candidates at a time.
“Then you have a final separate dance audition,” Wilburn continued, ” where you make up you own routine as well as a dance you learn – it is a pretty grueling process.”
When she was chosen to be on the team, Wilburn did not have much time to enjoy or celebrate.
“Right off the bat we had a mini camp which lasted a whole weekend,” she explained. “That was rough. We were up late then up early with one thing after another.
“Classes ranged from a public speaking seminar, to how to dress properly, the do’s and don’ts, then two whole days of learning choreography.”
After the first weekend, the Charger Girls practiced from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. one Saturday a month. During the season, the team practices once a week.
There isn’t much pay, but all the hard work and long hours are worth it to Wilburn.
“We are not doing it for the money – it’s for the experience,” she said. “I can’t even describe the experience on that first game, walking out on that field, hearing the crowd screaming and the fireworks.”
Then the experience became even more exciting when Wilburn found out that she was one of the dancers picked for the new Chargers Girls calendar.
“The whole calendar was a surprise,” Wilburn said. “We didn’t see it until the unveiling party, so we have no idea who they actually chose.
“It’s very rare for the calendar to feature a rookie. Sometimes they will have rookies come and shoot for the calendar, but usually they never actually make it.”
Wilburn was thrilled when she finally saw the calendar at the party.
“I cried like a baby,” she said. “It was pretty overwhelming.”
Wilburn is featured on the front and back cover group shots as well as in December 2010.
It must be hard to top the thrill of the calendar, but Wilburn did list a favorite part of the game.
“There is one moment that I love,” she explained. “When we’re on defense and we’re trying to get the crowd really loud – we raise our arms up and it’s like we are turning up the volume as the crowd keeps getting louder and louder.
“I don’t know if it’s because of us, but you see people going crazy and waving – I think that is one of my favorite parts.”
During the visit, her parents looked on with pride.
“I’m so proud of her,” her father, Rad, said. “She’s done very well for herself and worked hard. I think that making the Chargers Girls is something that she always wanted.”
Sophia, her mother, is also proud to point out that her daughter’s life goals are coming true as well. Wilburn is currently attending the College of Oriental Medicine in a four-year master’s program to become a licensed acupuncturist.
“I’m not sure what I want to specialize in yet,” Wilburn explained. “I really love kids, so I’m leaning towards pediatric acupuncture, I think I would be good with that.”
Sophia is also thankful to the Adkins Dance Studio and founder Joan Adkins for helping Wilburn hone her craft.
“That’s where she got the majority of her dance training,” Sophia said.
There is only one small bone of contention with the family. Rad and Sophia Mawhinney are avid San Francisco 49er fans who proudly wear the San Francisco colors whenever they go to a football game.
“They came down for the Chargers-49ers pre-season game,” Wilburn said. “I told them if they come down to Chargers games they have to wear Chargers gear.
“But the San Francisco game is the only one I’ll let him wear his Niner gear.”
So the Mawhinneys wore their colors.
“Both of us did,” Sophia said,” I had mine too”
But the Charger Girls could only laugh at them.
“Yeah,” she said smiling, “but then we beat them.”
Back in the 1990s Washington Wizard Girl Director Jessica Pikulski (seen here at Fedex Feld in 2004) climbed California’s Mount Whitney. At 14,505 ft. Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the lower 48 states. Jessica and her group climbed and descended in just 24 hour (the thrill seekers way). The previous day they had visited Death Valley (the lowest point in North America at 282 ft. below sea level). Jessica says that drastic change in elevation did NOT help her altitude sickness. Exhaustion kicked in on the way down the mountain, and she had to be practically rolled off the mountain by her dad.
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Meet the brand new Milwaukee Wave Professional Dance Team from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 when the Horny Hideaway hosts the Dance Team Reveal Party.
Fifteen women comprise this professional, high-energy dance team, which will perform at Wave home games and represent the Wave at select community appearances. At the Nov. 7 event, Wave defender J.P. Rodrigues will serve as a guest bartender and the dance team will be introduced. Following the introduction, fans can meet and mingle with the dancers and special Wave prizes will be given away.
Horny Hideaway, 2011 S. 1st St. in Walker’s Point, will be a microbrew and tavern that allows guests to engage in the Horny Goat experience. Horny Goat Brewing produces three craft brews available throughout southeastern Wisconsin.
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