Vikings.com: Follow along the audition process for the 2013 Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders by watching “Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders: Making The Team” on Fox Sports North. This three-part series will chronicle auditions which start with 150 ladies all the way through the final selection of 35.
Click here to watch Episode #1.
SouthFlorida.com has a collection of phtoos from last weekend’s auditions. Click here to check it out!
MDC vetarans/alumni Amy, Ariana, and Tatiana
Random thought: the Dolphins recently unveiled their new logo. So now all the cheerleader uniforms are S.O. L. What a shame. They got some really cute new alternate uniforms last season, and now they’re no good. It will be interesting to see if the cheerleader uniforms change, or if they just update the existing uniforms to carry the new logo. They’ve had the current main uniform for the past four seasons. Maybe it’s time to switch it up?
MiamiDolphinsCheerleaders.net has some photos from the 2013 MDC preliminary auditions. Click here to check them out.
Miami New Times: Saturday, the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders held open auditions at Sun Life Stadium. Hundreds of women turned out hoping to make the cut and be part of the prestigious squad.
By Carlos Monarrez
Sports Writer
Detroit Free Press
April 13, 2013
Can 26 of 32 NFL teams be wrong about having cheerleaders? How about 34 of 47 Super Bowl winners?
During a town-hall meeting Tuesday at Ford Field, Lions president Tom Lewand reiterated the team’s opposition to cheerleaders.
“I’m a traditionalist,” he said. “… The Packers, the Giants, the Steelers, the Bears — those original teams in the NFL, those are teams that also don’t have cheerleaders.”
Lewand is only partly right. The Honey Bears cheered in Chicago from 1976-85. The Packers were cheerleader pioneers in 1931 and Vince Lombardi himself ordered the creation of a more professional squad that used various names in 1961-86. The Steelerettes were amateur coeds who performed in Pittsburgh from 1961-69.
While six teams don’t have cheerleaders, the Lions, Browns and Giants remain the only teams that never have used them. Lewand equated that with winning.
“And I think there’s something about keeping the focus on the field,” he said, “and something about making sure that winning the game is the most important thing.”
The Detroit Pride are the unofficial Lions cheerleaders. Sounds like an official crew is not on the horizon. / DFP file photo
Cheerleaders definitely don’t distract anyone at Ford Field from the constant commercials that play on giant video screens or the silly races that are run during time-outs between actors in sponsored doughnut costumes.
As for that winning focus, the Dallas Cowboys have managed to ignore football’s preeminent cheerleaders on their way to five Super Bowl titles. General manager Tex Schramm knew pompoms and pigskins both were forms of entertainment.
“I think a lot of people do come to see what takes place at time-outs and at halftime, (which are) the cheerleaders that are involved,” said Gil Brandt, Dallas’ vice president of player personnel in 1960-89. “I don’t think that it took away from people’s appreciation of the football game. I don’t think they came to see the cheerleaders; I think they viewed the cheerleaders as a complementary piece to the football game.”
This year’s squad is looking for 15 rookies to fill out the 40-woman roster. About 170 tried out on Saturday at MetLife Stadium.
By Joseph Stepansky AND Corinne Lestch
New York Daily News
Saturday, April 13, 2013
The New York Jets hosted their 2013 Flight Crew Cheerleaders auditions at MetLife Stadium.
Dozens of fresh-faced New York Jets fans hoped to fulfill life-long dreams — dressed in skimpy sports gear — by competing in Flight Crew Cheerleaders tryouts Saturday.
Crew director Denise Garvey said it was the “Year of the Rookie” — 15 spots out of 40 needed will be filled by beginner beauties who can shake their stuff and stand out in a crowd.
Tia Dipietro dances during the Flight Crew Cheerleaders auditions.
“I want no regrets,” said Lauren Strumpf, 22, a graduate student at Hunter College. “I’ve been hitting the gym really hard.”
A Flight Crew hopeful kicks things into high gear during tryouts.
A Flight Crew hopeful kicks things into high gear during tryouts.
Wearing a sequined Jets tank top, the Hoboken, N.J., native echoed many other hopeful Gang Green girls who said they jumped at the chance to combine two passions: football and performing.
Mary Papuyo competes during the Flight Crew Cheerleaders preliminary round.
About 170 flexible females between ages 18 and 30 stretched, twirled and did splits in the Lexus Club, overlooking the 50-yard line at MetLife Stadium.
“It’s very important being in the right technique, but holding your core for that long can be difficult,” said a nervous Tia Dipietro, 23, wearing a gold-sequined sports bra.
Dana Gioia takes a minute to pose during Flight Crew auditions at MetLife Stadium.
Dana Gioia, a special education teacher from Long Island sporting a tiny Jets tank top, came back to audition a second time.
Kathleen Christatos does the splits while competing during the Jets' Flight Crew Cheerleaders auditions.
“I’m more mentally prepared,” the 27-year-old said. “This would mean the world to me. It’s pursuing a career in something I love.
Victoria Nunez (left) from Long Island, Beth Sergeant (center) from Manhattan and Christie Kascak (right) from Manhattan pose during the auditions at MetLife Stadium.
Dana Gioia takes to the dance floor during tryouts for the Jets' Flight Crew. About 170 hopefuls showed up for the auditions.
Dancers wait for their turn to try out during the Jets' Flight Crew Cheerleaders auditions.
Tia Dipietro warms up before the auditions. There are 15 spots open for rookies on this year's squad.
They have a problem in India. Sri Lanka too. Over there, cricket is their football, and the IPL (Indian Premier League) is there NFL. A few years back, the owners of the IPL began to experiment with the idea of adding American style razzle-dazzle to their cricket matches. They brought the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders over for a few games to see how that would work. Reviews were mixed. There were a lot of complaints that cheerleaders weren’t needed, that the “sexy” was just wrong for their culture. Conservative clergy and women’s groups were the loudest voices heard. But enough people loved the idea that they still have cheerleaders in the league today. A look at the cheer teams across the league shows that the argument still rages on between the two factions. Some teams have western style cheerleaders, consisting primarily of Aussie/Kiwi rugby cheerleaders, and South African cricket cheerleaders. Girls have started coming over from Russia and Ukraine to get a foothold in the glamour industry in Bollywood, or as IPL cheerleaders.
The Bangalore Royal Challengers “White Mischief” girls are one of the westernized teams.
Other teams responded to the backlash by fielding teams of Indian girls performing traditional Indian dances in traditional Indian performance wear.
The cheerleaders for the Pune Warriors represent the more traditional perspective.
The league has also been plagued by controversy. There were complaints of racism when two African American cheerleaders were asked to sit out because of the color of their skin. Fans have scoffed that the on some teams, the cheerleaders aren’t hot enough, that some of them are out of shape, or even ugly. Fans have complained that the idea of cheerleaders in traditional dress is just ridiculous. Scandal raged a couple of years ago when a cheerleader for the Mumbai Indians team blogged about all the partying the cricket players were doing after hours. The blog was relatively tame, and it certainly isn’t news that the cricketers were up to shenanigans (professional athletes have the same reputation world over), but she probably shouldn’t have named names. There is still a deep divide in the IPL on the topic of cheerleaders. Some teams, like the Bangalore Royal Challengers, However, the latest development in Indian cricket is the first that has truly horrified me.
CLOWNS. They are replacing the cheerleaders with clowns.
Not “Cirque du Soleil” clowns (although that would still be weird and creepy), I’m talking about rubber nosed, floppy footed, big wigged, let’s see how many of us we can cram in a VW bug, clowns.
Raise your hand if you’ve been freaked out by clowns ever since Stephen King’s “It.” That is why you will not see any clown photos in this post. Or ever on this blog, if I have anything to say about it.
If I may editorialize for a moment: Despite our collective obsession with sex, violence, and D list celebs, despite the ridiculous political machinations that go on in our Nation’s capital, our insane deficit, and our problems with homelessness, healthcare, and loss of community, there are many things I love about the US of A. I’m glad to live here, glad to be a citizen, proud to be an American. And now I have one more reason to love this country: We will NEVER, EVER, replace our cheerleaders with clowns.
God bless America!
Redskins.com has more photos from this year’s audition proceess. Check out round 2 and round 3
MiamiDolphinsCheerleaders.net: Finatics, it’s your turn to help us choose the 2013 Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders! Vote on your top five by clicking on your favorite photos. [HERE]. Voting is open until Friday, April 26th at 12:00pm.
Also, don’t miss the live Final Auditions at Fin Fest on Saturday, April 27th at Sun Life Stadium at 10:00am, where you will have your last chance to vote for your favorites via text. Fin Fest is free of charge and open to the public!
Final auditions for the 2013-14 Oakland Raiders cheerleaders are tomorrow. Earlier this week, the finalists learned the dance routine for tomorrow’s dance off. Click here to check out the photos.
