Auditions are over and the San Francisco 49ers have announced there new dance team for 2014. Click here to see head shots for those who made the team. Congrats ladies!
Who do YOU want to see on the team? Click here to cast your vote on Vikings.com!
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The Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders sure know how to do it up big. Not only are their final auditions open to the public, but so are the semis. This year’s semi final audition took place last night in Minneapolis. The 54 semifinalists competed in on stage interview, swimsuit walk, and dance solos. At the end of the evening, the ladies with the top ten highest scores were announced. Later this year, those ten ladies will compete for the cover of the annual MVC swimsuit calendar.
Click here to watch video from last night’s event.
And click here for more on the official MVC facebook page!
Congrats to the top ten: Kristin, Elyssa, Kayla, Blair, Brooklyn, Kristy, Kaylee, Lauryn, Taylor and Rachel!
LA KISS is the new Arena Football League team here in Southern California. I was privileged to cover the newly minted KISS Girls at their home game last night. It was only their second game ever, so it was all very exciting.
LA KISS plays their home games at the Honda Center in Anaheim, which is a little bit south of Disneyland.
I picked up my credentials and I was legit! Time to head inside.
This is where it all happens
I caught up with the dancers as they were rehearsing on the field.
The dancers rehearsed all three numbers they’d perform during the game.
Caroline
Jules
Lizzy
Xandi
After rehearsal, we all headed to the dressing room to get ready for game time.
Niaps hanging out in the dressing room. Niaps’ name is “Spain” backwards. No really. She has a brother named London Paris. (Or maybe it’s Paris London…?)
Sheldon showed me their uniforms. I was particularly interested in this top, since I’d seen a photo of it from last week’s game. Epaulettes? Really?
A closer look. Leather, crystals, spikes, and fringe!
The pants lace all the way down to the ankle, with these shoelace things that are so long, they have to wrap them around their ankles a few times. The belt is pretty badasss, but it’s noisy. Vanessa said it sounds like reindeer.
She’s SO right. When the whole team is walking down the hall. wearing those belts, it sounds like Santa is coming to town.
Several of the girls had to get ready early to go out and greet fans on the concourse.
Caroline
Alexis
Jules
Lynhthy (pronounced “Linty”)
Off we went, upstairs, to hand out this photo of the dance team:
The ladies split up to go to the various gates
Back row: Jenna, Sheldon, Niaps, Xandi, Julianne, Alexis, and Caroline
Front row: Vanessa and Jules
Julies and Julianne
Jenna and Xandi
Vanessa, Alexis, and Caroline
Niaps and Sheldon with team president Schuyler Hoversten
When they opened the doors, the fans were excited to see the dancers.
Heck, the employees were glad to see the dancers too
After handing out posters, it was time to go back downstairs and meet up with the rest of the dancers.
Lizzy heads to the tunnel
Lynhthy, Lizzy, and Natllely rehearsing before pregame
(FYI: Natllely’s name is pronounced Nazhelly)
Blowing off some steam
Aha! Found the cage dancers!
I’m so jealous. I want to go up in the cage.
Cage dancer gets ready to launch.
Pregame!
Lizzy and Natllelly at the coin toss.
This was the one time I managed to catch LeighAnn when she wasn’t moving around. LeighAnn is the team’s choreographer and performs with them on occasion. She’s also part captain/part director and it’s her responsibility to make sure the dancers are where they need to be, when they need to be there. She did a lot of running around.
Back: Jenna, Natllely, Jules, Xandi, Caroline, Niaps, Sheldon
Front: Lynhthy, Lizzy, LeighAnn, and Vanessa
Lots of waiting backstage.
Lynhthy and Lizzy
Getting ready for the t-shirt toss
Julianne, Vanessa, Lynhthy, and Jules
Watching the KISS Kam
Show time!
After the game was over (sadly, LA KISS lost), the dancers and some of the players headed out to the concourse to sign autographs
And that’s a wrap. Time sure flies when you’re having fun!
[Click here to see the rest of the photos in my photo gallery!]
This year’s team, which was announced last night, is evenly split between veterans and rookies, and includes two Angelas, two Angelicas/Anjelicas, two Bridgets, and a set of twins. Click here for photos from finals, and click here for video!
Charger Girl Final Auditions take place in downtown San Diego tonight. But before that, check out the photo gallery and video on Chargers.com.
Vikings.com has fantastic coverage of this year’s cheerleader auditions. Click here for video and lots of photos! As always, with The Line Up in their back yard, this is the best dressed group of candidates in the league. One dancer missed the memo about wearing team colors. If that was on purpose, it was kind of brilliant, actually.
Lots of great stuff on DenverBroncos.com. Click here for video, and click here for photos!
Dance team talks performances, Nets basketball and Jay-Z
Daniel Nee (Editor)
Brick Patch
April 3, 2014
Brooklyn, New York (My9NJ) – While many fans are focused on the Brooklyn Nets hard efforts during their playoff season, another team is gearing up to perform their hearts out for future home games. At the Barclay’s Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, the Nets Dance team is putting everything on the table and perfecting their dance routines to put on an unforgettable performance throughout the teams basketball season. Two team members, who are native to New Jersey, sat down and talked about their efforts to engage the crowd every time the Nets play at the Barclays.
Amanda Robinson and Alexa Kobylarz, born in Piscataway and Brick, New Jersey respectfully, both come from ballet backgrounds and do everything they can in order to bring-it on the dance floor.
“This season, I have to say it’s been amazing. We’ve really come out the gate strong and it’s been so exciting,” Kobylarz said.
The girls perform at almost every home game and they have an unlikely fan in hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. The New Jersey natives talked about their celebrity supporter and how they even got to perform for him and wife Beyonce!
“We’ve seen him sitting courtside him with Beyoncé, she’s fabulous sitting there, and you know, they’re here to see the entertainment, so it’s a really an awesome experience to perform in front of them,” Robinson said.
With this dance team being only a part time endeavor, it’s wonderful to acknowledge the dedication these women have to perform for others while also doing the thing that they love. If you want to catch the Brooklyn Nets Dance team perform their awesome routines, you can see them at the next Barclay Center home game against Detroit.
