Carolina Correspondent Rick reports:
Another day at the Panthers Stadium brought another disappointing loss. At least the TopCats were on hand to keep it interesting. The ladies were back at the Catwalk this week where I got to show off my best TopCats pose with Erin, Dana, and Shelby. They were also at their usual spot at the Panthers Lair. The Panthers aren’t home again until October 11th, so maybe by then they can get this thing figured out.
Anaya, Carolyn, Michelle
Anaya, Carolyn, Michelle, Megan, Stacey
Lisa, T’Fani, Kimberly
Erin, Dana, Shelby with Rick
Erin, Dana, Shelby
Megan & Stacey
Phil was a busy man covering two appearances of the Buffalo Jills on Saturday
Jennifer and Ayeshia at the Merrit Winery.
Former Chicago Luvabull and San Diego Gull Girl (and good friend of the blog) Robyn Villanueva dropped us a line to let us know that she’s finished designing the website for her squad The Chicago Mustangs Dance Team.
One of her co-captain, Imani, is Miss Chicago and made the Luvabulls earlier this year. She’s also designing outfits and the website for Luvabull Captain Shannon Lersch’s latest advenutre: hosting a reality tv show in China about creating an NBA Dance Team.
Midwest Dave reports: (And yes this is late, it’s all my fault not Dave’s)
No, Ray Lewis, not every superstar Raven plays in Baltimore. At the Rams last pre-season game against the Chiefs, Rams cheerleader Raven was my Sideline Standout of the game. Starting from pre-game calendar sales when she was gracious and personable to fans, to still dancing at high energy during the fourth quarter, Raven showed the crowd that there will be plenty to look forward to this season on the Edward Jones Dome sidelines. If you want the wonderful characteristics we see all over the NFL cheer squads: beautiful smile, positive attitude, talented dancing; that’s so Raven.
Raven
DANCE…DANCE…DANCE!!
Attention!! ALL potential Cheerleader/Dance candidates:
Do you have what it takes to be a part of a prestigious, dynamic, competitive and the most glamorous dance of all time? Are you ready for some football? If yes…then we want you!
The United National Gridiron League is officially announcing its first annual Cheerleader/Dance auditions. The UNGL is currently searching for the most beautiful and the top ELITE performers in the nation. We are looking to fill a Total of eight dance teams rosters to kickoff our inaugural season in February 2010. Candidates must be the required minimum age of 18 years old on the date of auditions. No dance experience is required to audition for the UNGL Cheerleader/Dance teams. All candidates have equal opportunity to participate in our auditions.
Our mission and goal is to build our entire staff and fulfill all of our eight teams with dynamic cheerleader/dance squad members, as well as directors and choreographers. The dates and times for each of the auditions in the following states are as follows:
1. Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina – Oct 18, 2009; 8:00 am to 5:00pm
Location: McGee’s Courts 4 Sports; 854 Reading Road; Mason, OH 45040
2. Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia-(November)TBD
Important: Director and Choreographer Candidates
Staff positions for Directors, Choreographers and Assistant Choreographers are now currently open with the UNGL. All interested candidates applying for these staff positions located in the states of: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, & North Carolina, are required to attend our upcoming auditions/interviews in Cincinnati, OH.
This will take place on Saturday October 17, 2009 from 6:00 pm-10pm during the early registration check in. Candidates will also attend and will have selected tasks assigned for the auditions on Sunday October 18, 2009. Candidates applying for staff positions for teams located in the states of: Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia, will also be require to follow the same process and attend the audition/interview in the state of Texas. (Location city, date, and time TBD).
For more information, please contact the Entertainment Director: Roxanne Pringle (pringler@ungleague.com) or visit our website www.ungleague.com
All of the complete details regarding our upcoming auditions will be posted shortly on our website, so keep checking periodically.
By Michael Tortorich
Weekly Citizen
Amanda Chapman, a former East Ascension High School Spartanette captain and LSU Golden Girl, is creating a buzz as a member of the New Orleans Honeybees.
The Gonzales native joined the New Orleans Hornets dance team just a year after another former Spartanette, Angele Abington.
As Abington made the transition from the New Orleans Saints dance team, the Saintsations, Chapman joins the Honeybees after a stint with the LSU Golden Girls.
A team of nearly 20, the Golden Girls perform with the 400-plus member LSU Tiger Band during football games.
Chapman was a member of the 50th anniversary team last year.
She plans to transfer to the University of New Orleans in the spring, where she will work on a marketing degree.
When it comes to her career plans, she said she hopes to work in the sports business.
“I would love to work for the public relations department of a major sports team such as the New Orleans Hornets,” Chapman said.
While dancing takes a lot of her time, she doesn’t mind putting in the long hours.
“Dancing is definitely a big part of my life,” she said. “On Honeybees, we are constantly working out and learning new dances. But when it is something you love to do it hardly seems like a chore.”
As a dancer, she has experience in a variety of styles. She said the Golden Girls and Honeybees have distinct arrangements.
“The dancing styles are definitely different,” she said. “With the Golden Girls we focused more on the marching and the drill team aspect of things, whereas with the Honeybees we primarily do hip hop. Although the styles of dancing are different, both teams have a very talented group of girls and it’s an honor to have been on both.”
Honeybee auditions were held July 11 at the New Orleans Arena.
Judges look for showmanship, energy, personality and commitment.
“The auditions were definitely like nothing I had seen before. It was a week-long process where they put us through several activities,” Chapman said. “We had to learn two routines which we performed for finals. And we also were judged on how we performed for a boot camp, an interview and a photo shoot.”
Spending lots of time around the LSU Tigers and New Orleans Hornets, it also helps that her two favorite sports are football and basketball.
“I am a huge sports fan!” she said.
“My favorite NBA player would probably have to be (Hornets guard) Chris Paul of course. But I am also partial to Marcus Thornton since he is from LSU,” she said, when asked if she had any favorite players.
When the Hornets hit the hardwood next month, Chapman will be eager to join them.
“I have never danced for a basketball team before and it is going to a new exciting thing to try,” she said.
While the Honeybees are known mainly for their dance routines at Hornets games, they also make frequent appearances throughout the greater New Orleans area.
“We do appearances sponsored by the organization in the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas, but we also do appearance requests. If anyone wants to get the Honeybees to make an appearance, they can log on to Hornets.com, click on Honeybees, and fill out an appearance request form.”
All of the Honeybees bring their own unique style to court.
“We all get along really well,” she said. “Everyone brings their own little flavor to the mix. But when you spend so much time together you start to feel a strong bond between all of the members on the team.”
And that bond doesn’t stop at the team, it also extends to the fans and the residents of the area.
“All of the people in New Orleans are such loyal fans,” she said. “I am excited to get to be a part of a city that is so supportive of its sports teams and its citizens.”
[New Orleans Hornets Honeybees]
From Nets.com
Hi family, friends and Nets fans,
Each day in South Korea is more amazing than the last! Today we performed at our first NBA Generations vs. KBL game in Seoul. The minute we stepped onto the court, our Korean fans went crazy. They loved our high-energy performance to “Proud Mary.” After getting such an overwhelming response, we were pumped to show them our dunking skills.
Right before entering the court, we circled up to remind each other how blessed we are to be here, and then we did a song and dance ritual to get us amped up. Our dunk show was CRAZY! It couldn’t have gone better. One Dunking Diva after another nailed their individual tricks and slammed the ball into the hoop.
The crowd went wild, especially for our more advanced dunks, which included a few passes and then a grand finale of Melody dunking over Cecilia — who was sitting on Siobhan’s shoulders! Our last performance of the game was a new hip-hop routine to Ciara’s song “Work.” The song says, “You better work” and that’s exactly what we did!
After the game, we came onto the court to take a few photos. When the fans saw us posed for our cameras, they came flying down the stairs to take our pictures. Parents were handing off their babies to us, and we were so grateful to be able to capture this moment on film. It was an emotional experience for all six of us and Sly to see how much the fans loved us. Words can’t even express our thoughts and feelings about today. I can speak for all of us when I say it’s something we’ll never forget.
After dinner we had some free time, so we went out to see more of Seoul. We took the subway, and it was the cleanest and most advanced subway system we’ve seen in our lives. We went to the N Seoul Tower, which was located all the way on top of a mountain.
[Nets Dancer Jess]When our cable car got to the top, we went to one of the most romantic places in all of Korea. There were thousands of locks locked in pairs on the trees and fences to represent love for a significant other. Our last stop was the top of the tower overlooking the entire city. The view was beautiful.
After a long day we headed back to the hotel to prepare for tomorrow. We’re so excited to perform again, but this time in Incheon. Be sure to check back soon for our next blog. We are having so much fun, but we miss all of our family, friends and Nets fans.
See you soon!
Jess
Nets Dancers blog here.
Video of the Net Dancers Dunking Divas here.
This week it’s the Houston Texans Cheerleaders chance to show off their stuff.
[Texans Cheerleaders at Maxim.com]
Lots of celebs in the latest edition of On The Flipside, as former Raiderette Aubrey Aquino hangs out at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Featured in this episode is Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader Kelsey
