Although the Cheerleaders’ official cameo photos haven’t been posted yet, the individual photos in the site header have been. Here they are for you, all in once place. (Except for rookie Alyssa Sarasani, whose photo hasn’t been available).
Listen up, Cowboys Cheerleaders, I trust we won’t have a repeat of last year, when some of you never got around to posting your cameo photos. Ahem.
UPDATE 8/18/10: Alyssa has been added 🙂
Los Angeles Lakers: Get your first look at the 2010-11 Laker Girls squad right here on Lakers.com. The 22-member team is comprised of eight new girls and fourteen returners. PHOTOS: Meet the 2010-11 Laker Girls | Auditions | Finals
Amanda is a rookie, Angel is a veteran
Ashley is a veteran, Bailie is a rookie
Brandi is a rookie (former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader), Bria is a veteran
Brilane and Brittney are both veterans
Danielle is a rookie, Dara is a veteran
Erica and Erin are both veterans
Heather and Jessica are both veterans
Katie is a veteran, Lana is a rookie (Lana is a former Seattle Sea Gal)
Leah and Melissa are both rookies (Leah is a former New England Patriots Cheerleaders. Melissa is a former Clippers Spirit Dancer)
Octavia and Richelle are veterans
Taylour is a rookie, Veronica is a veteran
If you recognize any of the rookies from other teams, let us know!
By Nick Lucchesi
Denver Westword Blogs
[See pages from the calendar]
Aug. 16 2010
Cheerleaders! Something about them makes most red-blooded American males begin frothing at the mouth. It’s ingrained into American culture from the time we’re tykes: boys — like the cheerleaders; girls — be like the cheerleaders. So it’s with mild fervor each fall that the annual cheerleader calendar for the upcoming year is issued. From high school lockers to the walls of mechanic shops to the lap drawers of law offices, this calendar is ogled — at least twelve times a year, anyway.
Here’s a sneak peak at the 2011 calendar, which was released over the weekend at The Track, a go-cart race venue in Centennial. (Proceeds from this event benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver as well as the Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect.) See the Denver Broncos Cheerleader 2011 Calendar release party slideshow here. Photos by Coleen Whitfield.
Road Runner Sports: The NFL season is almost ready to kick off and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders were in midseason form at the team’s first preseason game. Here are some of the highlights.
NFL.com’s cheerleader galleries are back. This week’s collection includes dance teams from the Ravens, Falcons, Bengals, Cowboys, Colts, and Redskins. Click here to go there now.
Belmont University
August 13, 2010
Kristin Singh is one of Belmont’s many nursing students, but she boasts an extra special extracurricular–for the past two years she has shared the sidelines with the Tennessee Titans as a Titans cheerleader.
She began her academic career as a marine biology major at the College of Charleston but through a series of major changes found herself in the neuroscience department. She moved to Belmont “because it was one of the only schools in the Nashville area that had a neuroscience major” and soon “started thinking about nursing after hearing how great Belmont’s program was.” Once in the nursing program she quickly formed a bond with Mrs. Keary Dryden, her clinical instructor her first semester. Kristin recalls, “I was so nervous for my first clinical, and she made it easy for me to relax and learn as much as I could. She still challenged me, but she did it in a way that made me comfortable.”
Despite finding nursing a highly rewarding career, she sought to fulfill another desire: her passion for dance. She began her dance career at only four years old and eventually danced her way onto her high school dance team. After graduation she started to miss dancing so when she moved to Nashville her sophomore year she decided to try out for the Titans.
When asked about the connection between her work as a Titans cheerleader and her nursing preparation, Kristen had an interesting story to tell. “We do many charity events that involve the healthcare community. I had the opportunity to go to an appearance at the V.A. hospital about a month ago. I did my clinical there last year and was able to visit patients on the floor that I worked [on]. It was very neat to go back and see everyone that I worked with during my clinical rotation. However, it was different being there in my cheerleading uniform. I never told anyone that I was a cheerleader, so the other nurses that recognized me were a little surprised that I had this other life. It made me so happy that I was able to relate my nursing experiences to cheerleading. It also pleased me to help the patients in a different way by visiting them as a Titans cheerleader rather than a student nurse.”
Kristin loved being a cheerleader and positive role model for the community, but her upper-level nursing classes were making it “more difficult to juggle both school and cheerleading.” She says that her “education is by far more important than cheerleading” which is why you won’t see her again this year on the Titans sidelines. Soon she will graduate with her nursing degree and is excited to start her new career.
By Jason Seidling
Pittsburgh Penguins
8.12.2010
Two weekends ago the Penguins picked half of the team’s first-ever Ice Crew when team coordinator Laura Spencer chose eight females. Spencer rounded out her squad on Wednesday night with the addition of six males following tryouts at the Penguins’ Iceoplex at Southpointe practice facility.
The night began with about 80 male candidates vying to join the girls. Following a pair of group interviews and an on-ice session, Spencer and her panel of judges narrowed the field down to 18 finalists. Those 18 then went through a longer individual interview before Spencer emerged to deliver the good news to the six who made the final cut.
“I couldn’t be more satisfied with the six guys we chose,” Spencer said. “Their personalities both on and off the ice really shined through. These guys are exactly what we are looking for on this team.”
With a plethora of talented skaters competing for the few openings on the final roster, Spencer and her judges had their work cut out for them.
“It was a huge challenge picking from this group of guys because they were all really great skaters and they came from hockey backgrounds,” Spencer said. “It was also challenging for them because they couldn’t spray stop. They are used to hockey skating but as members of the Ice Crew we have to clean up the ice not mess it up more.”
Now that the Ice Crew roster is complete, Spencer plans to get started right away getting the team ready to perform when the Penguins’ home preseason opener against the Detroit Red Wings rolls around on Sept. 22 at CONSOL Energy Center.
“It is going to be so exciting to have the whole group together,” Spencer said. “I can’t wait for them to all meet each other and then to get on the ice and get them practicing as a whole unit.”
Each of the men picked for the Ice Crew were ecstatic when they glanced at the board where the final numbers were posted.
“I am very excited to be chosen to the team,” Dan Dugan said. “I can’t wait to get on the ice. I am getting goose bumps just thinking about it. To be able to be a part of the games is going to be amazing.”
“This was a really amazing experience, especially getting picked for the team,” Dan Thiessen added. “I was pretty nervous getting on the ice with a lot of guys there. I wasn’t sure how I would shape up compared to the other guys, but once I got skating some of the nerves got out.”
Wednesday’s evaluation process began with each of the competitors interviewing twice before the panel of judges. Each was asked to provide their name, how long they played hockey and why they wanted to join the Ice Crew the first time. The questions were more in-depth the second time around and included a little Penguins trivia.
“I like talking to people so I wasn’t too nervous,” Thiessen said. “I like interacting with people and answering questions. That’s all that it is.”
“I feel like I have a good personality so I wasn’t really worried about the interview,” Dugan said. “I wasn’t going to be tripped up on Penguins trivia either.”
While the interview process for the men was very similar to what it was for the females, the on-ice portion of tryouts differed slightly.
The men did not have to use any of the snow shovels, but rather the first time through they skated to center ice, did a hockey stop without spraying snow and skated backwards to the opposite goal line. When they came back down the ice they were allowed to perform a trick for the judges.
“On the way back we got to do a trick, so I shot the duck,” Dugan said. “It was a lot of fun.”
During the second run the guys had to stop at the near blue line, center ice and the far blue line before coming back along the player benches.
Now that the final roster is complete the men who made the squad can begin looking forward to the different things Spencer will have them doing over the course of the coming season.
“I am really excited about the charity events,” Dugan said. “The Penguins always do a nice job in that regard. I think it will be fun to be a part of that.”
“I am really excited to just interact with the fans and talk to people,” Thiessen said. “This should be an exciting endeavor.”
Marla Payne
DallasCowboysCheerleaders.com
8/12/2010
After 2 weeks of spring auditions, 3 arduous rounds of eliminations and 8 weeks of vigorous fitness conditioning and rehearsals, a select group of ladies have been chosen to wear the elite Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders uniform for the 2010-2011 season.
The final team is comprised of 34 young women ranging in age from 18 to 30, representing 12 states. There are 26 returning veterans and 8 rookies on this year’s squad. Their first official appearance together will be on August 12, 2010 at the Cowboys preseason game against the Oakland Raiders.
Formed in 1972, the organization redefined cheerleading history when then Cowboys President, Tex Schramm, decided to bring a new era of sports entertainment to the field of Texas Stadium. The team added glamour and excitement to the NFL game day experience, and quickly became a symbol of American pop culture. Today they are recognized around the world for their unparalleled talent and professionalism, as well as their iconic star spangled uniform.
The cheerleaders perform at all of the Cowboys home games, make countless appearances for charities and organizations across the United States, and star in their own reality TV show on CMT, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team. The DCC show group has proudly entertained U.S. military personnel around the world since 1979, making more international tours with the USO than any other entertainment group in the world.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders exemplify the high standards of the Dallas Cowboys Football Club and proudly represent their hometowns, their country and fans everywhere. Visit the DCC Web site at www.dallascowboyscheerleaders.com or contact the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at (972) 556-9932 to learn more about America’s Sweethearts.
By Pat Stoetzer, Staff Writer
Carroll County Times
August 12, 2010
When Ravens fans flock to M&T Bank Stadium this season, they’ll have two chances to watch local cheerleaders in action.
For the past four seasons, the football team’s cheerleading unit has featured South Carroll graduate Adriene B. on the squad (the team’s policy is to use first names and last initial, so she goes by that on the Ravens’ website). This fall, she gets a county companion and fellow SC alum in Megan A., who graduated in 2008 and has plenty of cheerleading background.
Megan cheered at South Carroll and competitively for the Maryland Twisters, which earned her a trip to Orlando, Fla., in 2006 for an international all-star event. She spent some time cheering for the Baltimore Blast, but when this year’s Ravens’ tryouts came around Megan didn’t balk at the chance to make the team.
“I’ve wanted to forever,” she said July 30 at a training camp appearance with Adriene and two other teammates. “Since I started cheering in fifth grade, I’ve wanted to do it with the Ravens.”
Megan said she survived a series of cuts and an interview process before making the team. Once she joined the squad in March, it was time to gather for the annual calendar shoot.
The calendars were unveiled in late July and this year’s includes photos of every cheerleader on the squad.
And that means two former South Carroll students.
“I like it, I mean it’s Carroll County, represent!” said Adriene, a University of Maryland grad. “It was a big thing when I went to Maryland to cheer, and then with the Ravens. I was waiting for someone else to come around with me.”
Adriene, a Mount Airy native, is a popular Ravens cheerleader and a calendar veteran – she was chosen for the cover in 2008 and 2009.
Megan, a Westminster native who attends Stevenson University, was part of the Blast’s calendar last year. Now, she joins her fellow former Cavalier, and the rest of the Ravens cheerleaders, in the current calendar.
“It’s awesome,” said Megan, who got to travel to the Bahamas for the photo shoot. “It was so exciting, but it was completely different because we went out of the country. It was so much fun, like a free vacation. I think the shots turned out great.”
The Ravens’ cheerleaders have been making appearances around the region as the football season nears. At the McDaniel College appearance in late July, the four cheerleaders posed for pictures with fans and signed just about anything placed before them.
Spectators had footballs, jerseys, calendars and T-shirts, among other items waiting for personal signatures from the cheerleaders. A line quickly formed and the afternoon temperatures were hot, but the quartet of girls never stopped smiling and chatting with their fans.
“I’m trying to get involved as much as I can in my rookie year,” Megan said. “I love what I do, it’s just fun to me.”
Tuesday, Aug. 31
Cabana
1910 Belcourt Ave.
Doors: 5:30; Show: 7:30
$25 – ticket includes calendar, show and autographs
Purchase tickets at the door or in advance by calling 615-565-4172
