Here’s a nice video of the lovely Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders performing in their past uniforms for their throwback game.
CMT’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Every Single DCC Uniform Fitting Video
Like most of you, I am a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Every year, I watch CMT’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team series and, by far, my favorite segment is the uniform fittings. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have the most iconic uniforms in all of professional cheerleading and to see the excitement of those women who have made it to training camp and are wearing the uniform for the first time is priceless.
To see more of CMT’s video series on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, click here.
If there is any phrase that exemplifies our American culture, it’s the iconic jingle, “Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet, they go together in the good ol’ USA.” If I may editorialize, I would add the “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” to that phrase. The DCC are as about “American” as any other icon I can think about.
And we should say thank you to Kelli McGonagill Finglass, the Director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, for shaping the iconic squad to what they are today.
Check out the Latest from the Pro Cheerleading Podcast: Interview with Terra Saunders
This special bonus episode with Terra Saunders, Owner of Dallaswear Uniforms, is just what our pro cheerleading community needs to feel inspired during this pandemic. Terra’s love for her country and awesome @dallaswear team inspired her to turn a crisis into an opportunity to help make a difference in her community. She openly shares some of her ups and downs as a business owner and her journey of learning to overcome her fears.
Check out this podcast episode here.
The Three Best Color Options for College and Pro Cheer Audition Outfits
Editor’s note: Its audition season and The Line Up, a long time sponsor of UltimateCheerleaders.com, has published, “The Three Best Color Options for College and Pro Cheer Audition Outfits”. They have graciously agreed to let us share their information with our readers.
The Three Best Color Options for College and Pro Cheer Audition Outfits
By Stephanie from The Line Up
You’ve found your perfect outfit for your pro cheer audition and are ready to order! Now the question is, “What colors do I get?!” With endless possibilities for color combinations for made-to-order styles, we get that it is no easy task to decide!
Every year, we get a lot of questions about the best color combinations for tryout wear, so we’ve compiled a list of the top three color options for your pro cheer audition apparel. Check out the list below!
1. Team Colors
Team colors are the most common choice for tryout apparel – and some NFL and NBA cheer teams even require it! For example, the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders require their candidates to wear purple, white, gold, or black to team auditions.
Despite these color restrictions, there are plenty of ways to get creative with incorporating your team’s limited color palette into your audition apparel, while still putting your own spin on it to reflect your personality and style. If you’re a sporty kind of lady, apply your team colors to a style with an athletic look. If you’re more feminine, apply your team colors to an outfit with ruffles or a skirt!
[Photo via Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders]
2. Bright Colors
3. All Black Everything!
To see more audition outfits from The Line Up, please click here.
Sponsor Spotlight: Dallaswear
Editor’s note: The NBA audition season is here and if you are a dancer who is planning on trying out this year, you may want to consider an audition outfit by one of our longtime sponsors, Dallaswear.
THERE IS ONLY ONE DALLASWEAR
For over 20 years Dallaswear Uniforms has designed some of the most iconic uniforms in the industry. From the Laker Girls to the Atlanta Falcons, our uniforms can be seen on beautiful Pro Cheerleaders in the NFL, NBA, NHL and many college and semi-pro leagues. Our clients come back time and time again because we deliver the hottest, best fitting uniforms in the business… always on time! Take a look at our Gallery to see our hundreds of gorgeous clients!
Excellent Fit
Our outfits are specifically made to flatter all of your best assets. Our signature ‘Dallas Shorts’ are cut to give you the best low-rise look with the perfect cheek coverage. Our waistbands don’t dig into your skin so there’s no ‘muffin-top’ or bulges. Mostly all of our tops are designed to cover your own personal halter bra, so you can feel secure and comfortable at your audition or on the field. Fashion changes fast, and so do we. Keeping our styles sexy and modern is what makes you stand out in the crowd.
Best Quality Fabrics
We only use the best Spandex Tricot and Poly Blends in our uniforms. Our fabrics are perfectly stretchy and washable. You’ll love the selection of colors that will surely match your team’s colors or your dream outfit. The fabric we use for the NBA and NFL is the same fabric we use for your dancewear and audition outfits. We believe that when you look good, you feel good (and you dance good!), so all of our Lycra, sequin and prints are top quality. In addition to our wide selection of solid color fabrics, we also have several Limited Edition prints. One of the things that can really make your audition or team outfit stand out is to use fabric with a cool pattern. We add new prints often to keep the style and looks fresh!
If you are a team director, send us an email from our Contact Us page and we’ll help you design something special. So have fun mixing and matching all of our styles and prints and create the outfit of your dreams.
Cheers and Love!
Sponsor Spotlight: Satin Stitches New Audition Styles
Editor’s note: The 2019 audition season is right around the corner and if you are a dancer who is planning on trying out this year, you may want to consider an audition outfit by one of our longtime sponsors, Satin Stitches.
By Deborah Nelson, Satin Stitches
Every February our designers at Satin Stitches Ltd create new Pro cheer and dance team uniform and audition looks to present at the NFL Cheerleader Directors Conference. This year’s event was hosted last week, by the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders and held in our home state of Minnesota!
How do we come up with fabulous new styles, you wonder?
Well, we start with brainstorming on what may be trending in the dance and cheer world, and we all come up with design ideas. Once the final designs are decided upon, our team creates the CAD patterns and then starts to cut, sew and embellish all the new garments, after fabrics are determined. We check to see how the garments look and fit, before the final rhinestones are added. Then these fabulous new styles are ready for their ‘moment in the spotlight’, at our Pro-Cheer photo shoot.
We scheduled a photo shoot with a former Satin Stitches’ designer who is also a skilled photographer, hire our fabulous models, and the rest is history. We choose what photos look the best, and publish our official 2019 Look Book to distribute to all the NFL Cheer Directors and simultaneously determine pricing, fabric availability, titles with descriptions and upload all the new styles into our Web Store.
Trending this year? High-rise waistlines on shorts and skirts, along with longer crop-tops, in addition to the traditional bra-top. Sporty banding and rhinestone embellishments continue to trend, as well as lace and fringe. As seen on the Oscars Red Carpet: pink, red and blush colors are very popular, besides official sports’ team colors. Sublimation fabrics and branding with team logos continue to be perfect for all teams! Check out our ‘Huskies’, ‘Foxes’ and ‘Sharks’ prototypes.
In our Web Store, every month we advertise a special offer. This month we are offering free shipping (with our coupon code). We also expedite most of our audition orders, so you can receive a fabulous customized outfit in even less than a week from www.shop.satinstitches.com! We don’t recommend that you wait for the last moment to decide on your personal audition costume, but if you do, we’ve got you covered!
Sponsor Spotlight: Dallaswear Uniforms
Editor’s note: The 2019 audition season is right around the corner and if you are a dancer who is planning on trying out this year, you may want to consider an audition outfit by one of our longtime sponsors, Dallaswear Uniforms.
THERE IS ONLY ONE DALLASWEAR
For over 20 years Dallaswear Uniforms has designed some of the most iconic uniforms in the industry. From the Laker Girls to the Atlanta Falcons, our uniforms can be seen on beautiful Pro Cheerleaders in the NFL, NBA, NHL and many college and semi-pro leagues. Our clients come back time and time again because we deliver the hottest, best fitting uniforms in the business… always on time! Take a look at our Gallery to see our hundreds of gorgeous clients!
Excellent Fit
Our outfits are specifically made to flatter all of your best assets. Our signature ‘Dallas Shorts’ are cut to give you the best low-rise look with the perfect cheek coverage. Our waistbands don’t dig into your skin so there’s no ‘muffin-top’ or bulges. Mostly all of our tops are designed to cover your own personal halter bra, so you can feel secure and comfortable at your audition or on the field. Fashion changes fast, and so do we. Keeping our styles sexy and modern is what makes you stand out in the crowd.
Best Quality Fabrics
We only use the best Spandex Tricot and Poly Blends in our uniforms. Our fabrics are perfectly stretchy and washable. You’ll love the selection of colors that will surely match your team’s colors or your dream outfit. The fabric we use for the NBA and NFL is the same fabric we use for your dancewear and audition outfits. We believe that when you look good, you feel good (and you dance good!), so all of our Lycra, sequin and prints are top quality. In addition to our wide selection of solid color fabrics, we also have several Limited Edition prints. One of the things that can really make your audition or team outfit stand out is to use fabric with a cool pattern. We add new prints often to keep the style and looks fresh!
If you are a team director, send us an email from our Contact Us page and we’ll help you design something special. So have fun mixing and matching all of our styles and prints and create the outfit of your dreams.
Cheers and Love!
Dallaswear Uniforms
A Special Offer From The Line Up!
It’s audition season and one of our longtime sponsors, The Line Up, is offering for a limited time, a 10% discount on all orders $150 or more. To take advantage of this offer, simply use the code: TRYOUT19 at checkout at www.thelineup.com. See the image below for more details.
Here’s a sneak peek of The Line Up’s new pro audition and pro team apparel. Click on the image above to see the full line up of audition wear.
Sponsor Spotlight: Satin Stitches
Editor’s note: The 2019 audition season is right around the corner and if you are a dancer who is planning on trying out this year, you may want to consider an audition outfit by one of our longtime sponsors, Satin Stitches.
Real Custom…Real Quality For nearly 40 Years!
At Satin Stitches, we pride ourselves on producing hand-crafted, couture quality custom dance costumes and uniforms, right here at our showroom and production facility in Minneapolis. We do not cut corners on the quality, fit or construction of our custom designed performance costumes. You can only appreciate and understand our superior Satin Stitches quality if you see and wear it yourself. So don’t hesitate to call or email with questions about what we can do for you!
Shop Online at Satin Stitches 24/7!
We are now offering a variety of customizable Dance, Pom, and Cheer team costumes and uniforms, along with solo audition tops and bottoms. These items are made to order and will be ready for you in a matter of weeks (subject to fabric and trim availability). If you are interested in any of the styles we will offer, but want to order them in a different fabric/color combination that is offered in our Web Store, or with slightly different features or sizes, please contact Satin Stitches directly!
Sponsor Spotlight: The Line Up
Editor’s note: The 2019 audition season is right around the corner and if you are a dancer who is planning on trying out this year, you may want to consider an audition outfit by one of our longtime sponsors, The Line Up.
Your Imagination, Our Creation
Our passion is creative performance apparel that fuels your imagination and captivates your audience.
The Line Up got its start 28 years ago designing fitness apparel during the aerobics craze of the 90’s. What started as a side project for Deb, our creative director, has evolved into a team of 45 talented individuals.
As a women-led business, we take pride in supporting our family of clients and employees. They are studio, high school, and collegiate dance teams, NFL and NBA cheerleaders, synchronized skaters, and artistic athletes from around the world.
We believe the best designs are created from our customer’s imagination. We’re just here to make them possible.
Our Customer Service Philosophy
You’re a part of our Line Up Family.
You aren’t merely a client; you’re a friend and a partner. We know coaching is personal, and we want to get to know you.
We’ll jump through hoops for you.
Everyone at our office is empowered to make things happen for you. We’ll work together across departments for our mutual success. If you aren’t successful, neither are we.
We’ll advise with honesty.
We’re your trusted adviser – we only advise with your best interest in mind (even if it may not be what you want to hear). We’re honest when we make a mistake. We’ll always do what we say we’re going to do. Missed deadline isn’t an option for us.
We’ll always put ourselves in your shoes, even if they’re a tight fit.
We want to prevent and solve challenges by seeking to understand your perspective.
Made in the USA
All apparel at The Line Up is made by real people, at home in Minnesota. “Made in America” is essential to us; it’s apparel that’s:
Crafted with intimacy.
To us, producing locally is about creating a community that we know and trust. It’s about knowing who’s doing it, how they’re doing it, and how our people are valued.
Created with care.
Producing custom apparel is also a complicated thing, and we want to make sure that we’re doing it right. Everyone on our team – from design to production – works under one roof, making collaboration, innovation, and quality assurance possible.
