Milwaukee Bucks: Only twenty nine dance hopefuls survived the first round of 2013 Energee! Dance Team Audition cuts. This year the judges are looking for some help from Bucks fans to determine which talented ladies make the team. Use the form below to drag and drop your “top 10” finalists, enter your contact information and click “vote.” All voters will be entered to win the SURG Audition Prize package which includes:

Four (4) lower level tickets to the Bucks 2013 Home Opener
One (1) autographed dance team poster
One (1) $150 SURG Restaurant gift card

Fan votes will be compiled with judges’ scores to determine who makes the squad. The Energee! Live Audition Finale presented by SURG will be held at the Peck Pavilion on Thursday, July 25 beginning at 6:30 pm. The audition is free and open to the general public. Fans are also invited to the Audition Finale After Party at Ryan Braun’s Graffito beginning at 8:30 pm.

by Alexandra Olivia
Pegasus News

Saturday at the Hilton Anatole, more than 150 hopeful women auditioned to be part of the Dallas Mavericks Dance team. As each participant performed a 30-second routine, a panel of judges whittled down the finalists. The squad has 15-20 spots, says Mallory Mills, director of the dance team.

By the end of the day Saturday, 40 girls were called back to try out Sunday with the 13 veteran Mavs dancers. By the end of the day Sunday, 34 are headed to training camp. We’ll update you when we have the final roster of your Dallas Mavericks Dancers, 2013-2014.

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Spoiler Alert!
If you are a fan of “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team” and you do NOT want any advance notice of the cuts, don’t look at the video or these photos. There are a couple of finalists and at least one DCC Training Camper among the Mavs’ auditionees.

The Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders site has been updated with uniform shots of this year’s squad. Click here to see who is on the team!

UPDATE: the link is fixed!

Swear to God, Clippers Spirit auditions are one of my favoritest times of year. You know how it is. You get busy doing other stuff, and the next thing you know the season is over. When I walked in the door this year, I realized how much I’d missed my peeps.

Anywho, I decided to shock the hell out of myself (and some of you) by posting this year’s audition photos the day after auditions. That never happens. I usually spend a day thinking about how many hundreds of photos I have to sort through. Then I spend a day jotting down some witty observations. Then it occurs to me the the observations actually weren’t that witty. So then I spend another day writing and re-writing. And another day looking through photos. Next thing I know, not only is the open call over, finals are over, the team has been named, and I still haven’t posted one thing.

So this year: Photos. Click here to go get ’em.

Also, a few relevant points:

• It was East Coast humid in there. This is why some of the girls look like they need to wring their hair out. Or just rung their hair out. And need to do it again.
• This is the first time (in my recollection) that Laker Girl auditions were on a Saturday and Spirit auditions the very next day. Most of the women were sane enough not to attempt that. The ones who weren’t, were in a world of hurt. If you ask me, save your energy for the team that’s going to KICK BOOTY this year.
• 12 members of last year’s team are determined to hang on to those white boots. And I don’t blame them. It’s just getting good around here! (Retiring this year: Anasheh, Michelle, Katrina, and Jessie)
• Awesome awesome awesome dancer turnout. This year’s team is going to be stellar.
• There was an unusually large number of women wearing bows. Mostly on their fannies. Some on their backs, some on their fronts, some (well, really just Candace) in their hair. I enjoy a bow, so I had no problem with this. There was also a girl in shorts with a little anchor on her butt, and it was adorable.
• I have no idea what the songs were and I haven’t looked them up yet. All I know is one went like this “work hard, play hard, work hard, play hard, work hard, play hard.” It probably wasn’t really that repetitive, but it was darn close. The only lyrics I recognized from the hip hop song were “pop pop pop pop pop.” Stay tuned, there will be video and perhaps some of y’all can help me sort it out.
• Choreographer Jon Peters had one piece of advice that I feel should be repeated multiple times, at every NFL and NBA audition and/or workshop, everywhere, every year: Sometimes, when you think you are doing “sexyface,” mostly you just look evil. So knock it off. (I’m paraphrasing.)
• Finals are on Thursday. 33 dancers are still in it, including all 12 veterans. I assume the team will be announced on Friday, because it would just be cruel to make everyone wait over the whooooole weekend.

Check out the bios and wallpapers for this year’s team!

By Matthew Hoekstra
Richmond Review
July 11, 2013

Kara Gerlach is known to turn a few heads on game day. The Richmond woman is a member of the Felions, the dance team for the B.C. Lions tasked with cheering for the Canadian Football League team—and meeting fans.

“Interacting with fans is one of my favourite parts of being a Felion,” said Gerlach, 25. “It’s great to interact with them and feel all the love that they show for us.”

The Felions prowl outside B.C. Place before games, selling calendars, signing autographs and, of course, posing with fans for lots of smartphone photos.

This is Gerlach’s second season with the Felions, who cheered the home team to its first win of the season July 4. She’s among 35 dancers in the group, many who balance full-time jobs, university schedules and dance training with their Felions commitments.

Gerlach grew up in Richmond and has been involved with dance throughout her life. She trained at Richmond Academy of Dance and Vancouver Academy of Dance, and was a cheerleader at H.J. Cambie Secondary. As a recent BCIT graduate, she’s now interning at a public relations firm.

“The Felions combined my love for cheerleading and dance, so I was naturally drawn to it.”

The squad rehearses weekly and don orange uniforms every home game to cheer on the Lions from the sidelines. Felions also make regular appearances in the community, representing the team at numerous charity and corporate events—about the only time they interact with players.

“The players are there to play football and we’re there to cheer them on,” she said.

As for how the Lions—now 1-1 on the season—will follow up last year’s Western Final finish, Gerlach is hoping to cheer the team on in Saskatchewan for the championship game.

Said Gerlach: “I’m hoping that they’ll make it to the Grey Cup and we’ll get a chance to cheer them on in Regina.”

B.C. visits the Edmonton Eskimos this Saturday before returning home to B.C. Place to host the Eskimos on July 20.

Click here to check out a gallery of photos from a recent MDC rehearsal.

Seahawks.com has been updated with bios and uniform shots for this year’s group of Sea Gals. Click here to learn more about the team!

University of North Texas
July 5, 2013

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – A love of dance – and the stamina to dance for hours on end – brought a University of North Texas student and three alumnae together to audition and ultimately make the Dallas Cowboys Rhythm and Blue hip-hop team.

The Dallas Cowboys, in partnership with Miller Lite, selected 17 women to represent them this season as the 2013-2014 Rhythm and Blue Dancers. The final squad was selected on June 7.

UNT dance junior Jessica Stewart, of Dallas, joins the team for her second year. Alumnae Kara Robinson, from The Woodlands, and Kendra Dorsey, from Mansfield, are also back on the team. Robinson is in her second year as captain of the dance team. Alumna Sammi Paradice, from Killeen, just graduated in May with a BFA in dance, and joins the team for the first time.

Kara, Jessica, and Kendra

The Dallas Cowboys introduced the Rhythm and Blue in 2009, a high-energy hip-hop dance team, break crew and drum corps. The Rhythm and Blue Dancers, presented by Miller Lite, were conceptualized under the direction of Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President of Brand Management Charlotte Anderson and is the first of its kind in the National Football League. Over 65 dancers auditioned for the team. Dancers traveled from Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Osaka, Japan for a chance to audition for the team. The audition process consisted of three rounds; preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals, which were held on April 25th at The Draft Day Party that was presented by Miller Lite and held at Cowboys Stadium. The audition process included choreography, interviews and a test on the Dallas Cowboys franchise history. After a month of training camp, which consisted of 22 finalists, the squad was selected by a panel of judges.

While the audition process may seem intense, it’s necessary to see which dancers can fulfill the requirements of the team. Robinson, who graduated this year with a BS in merchandising, notes that the team practices three nights a week for a minimum of three hours. The team also dances before games begin as well as during the game on the Miller Lite Landing, she said.

“This can be extremely tiring and we have to be in great shape in order to be able to dance for that long,” Robinson said. “We are held to the highest standard and much is expected of us because we carry the Dallas Cowboys name.”

The hard work is worth it though when the team sees the reaction of the fans, said Stewart, who was first inspired to start dancing at a young age after watching her aunt salsa dancing.

“My favorite experience was my very first preseason performance in the plaza,” recalled Stewart. “I loved seeing how excited the crowd was when we first stepped out there. We are all so happy to being out there doing what we love.”

The team is a great organization to be a part of and members treat each other like family, she said.

For the newest member of the “family,” the experience so far has furthered her passion for dance.

“This was my first experience auditioning for a professional team and it was nerve-wracking,” said Paradice. “But, I had a solid support system from my family, friends and boyfriend and I knew once I made it that being a part of this team is exactly what I should be doing. If you work hard and show your passion, it will ultimately pay off.”

Paradice credits the strong modern-based dance program at UNT for helping her grow and notes that while she is excited to begin her new journey with the Rhythm and Blue dance team, UNT will always have a place in her heart.

For media interviews about the team and photos, contact

Jenny Durbin Smith, director of the Dallas Cowboys Rhythm and Blue Dancers,

at 214-762-9016 or jdurbin@dallascowboys.net.

About Dallas Cowboys Rhythm and Blue dance team

Rhythm and Blue brings an innovative, unique and exciting element to the Cowboys legendary game-day entertainment line-up. Audiences have been entertained by the talented group of men and women upon entering the plazas of Cowboys Stadium before each game. After every Cowboys’ score during the game, the Rhythm and Blue Dancers dazzle fans with thunderous celebration dance performances from their elevated placement on platforms in the west end zone.

UNT News Service Phone Number: (940) 565-2108

The Houston Texans have updated the cheerleader pages for the upcoming season. Click here to go there now!