Author: Andre
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Kansas City Christmas Celebration 2010
Kansas City Christmas Celebration took place on December 12th in Stillwell, KS. This event had 21 All*Star Cheer teams compete. This event was a qualifier for the International All Levels Championship. Paid Bids were awarded to: G-Force Cheer “Hawks” (Senior L3) Shockwave Cheer (Senior Coed L4) Event Page The event had 21 All*Star Cheer Teams…
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Athletic Championships: Atlanta 2010
Athletic Championship Atlanta took place on November 21st in Atlanta, GA. This event had 76 All*Star Cheer, 1 Traditional Cheer, and 6 Exhibition Cheer (including 2 Special Needs) teams compete. This event was a qualifier for the International All Levels Championship. Paid Bids were awarded to: C4 Longhorns (Junior L4) Stingrays (Youth L5) Event Page…
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Universal Spirit: North Carolina All Star Championship 2010
Universal Spirit North Carolina All Star Championship took place on December 11th in Greensboro, NC. This event had 110 AllStar Cheer, 1 Exhibition Cheer, and 8 AllStar Dance teams compete. Event Page The event had 110 AllStar Cheer Teams in 33 Divisions for an average of 3.33 teams per division and 8 AllStar Dance teams…
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JAMfest: Gatlinburg Nationals 2010
JAMfest Gatlinburg Nationals took place on December 4-5 in Gatlinburg, TN. This event had 99 AllStar Cheer, 22 Traditional Cheer, 2 Exhibition Cheer (including 1 Special Needs), 24 AllStar Dance, 11 Traditional Dance, and 1 Exhibition Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for US Finals. Event Page The event had 99 AllStar Cheer…
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Forgiveness
The other day I was thinking in the car, which is a way of saying I was over-analyzing something simple and turning it into something difficult. The thoughts this time centered around forgiveness, specifically what it takes to forgive someone. So let’s start by having our friends at Webster define Forgiveness: the act of forgiving…
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Spirit Unlimited: New England Championship 2010
Spirit Unlimited New England Championship took place on December 4th in Hartford, CT. This event had 25 AllStar Cheer and 8 AllStar Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for US Finals. Paid Bids were awarded to: Bay State All Stars (Senior L4) Xtreme Cheer CT (Senior Coed L3) Event Page The event had…
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American Championships: American Grand 2010
American Championships American Grand took place on December 18-19 in Las Vegas, NV. This event had 98 AllStar Cheer, 8 Traditional Cheer, 8 AllStar Dance, and 5 Traditional Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds and the International All Levels Championship. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to: California All-Stars (Senior Small L5)…
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USA Today: Pa. Boy, 12, to be Tried for Murder as Adult; Historic Sentence Looms
The USA Today published a story about a 12 year old that is going to be tried as an adult. I disagree with minors being tried as adults because I don’t think it’s right to say someone is too young and irresponsible to drive, vote, or drink, but when they make a mistake, albeit a…
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Xtreme Spirit: Midwest Grand National Championship 2010
Xtreme Spirit Midwest Grand National Championship took place on December 18-19 in Wisconsin Dells, WI. This event had 28 AllStar Cheer, 2 Traditional Cheer, and 28 AllStar Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to: Allstar Rebels (Senior Small L5) Heat Athletics “Firestorm” (Senior Small L5) Worlds…
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USASF Voting Slate 2011 Part II
The slate of items to be voted on at the NACCC meeting in January is available on the USASF website. Here is my 2 cents on each of them, Part II. Divisions 24. Change the max number of participants for the Large Division (Yes or No) Yes. I’m really in favor of 24 for all…
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UCA: Mid America Xtreme Challenge 2010
UCA Mid America Xtreme Challenge took place on November 21st in Council Bluffs, IA. This event had 53 All*Star Cheer teams compete. UCA All Star Events The event had 53 All*Star Cheer Teams in 17 Divisions for an average of 3.12 teams per division. All*Star Cheer By Level Level 1 – 16 Teams in 4…
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USA Cheer: First Stunt Exhibition Held at Methodist University
Administrators and Coaches from 16 Universities represented at first STUNT event. STUNT to apply for Emerging Sport Status in June 2011. Memphis, Tenn. (December) – The first official exhibition of the newly developed sport, STUNT, took place at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Sunday December 13. Participating in the exhibition game were the…
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Mardi Gras: Jester Jingle 2010
Mardi Gras Jester Jingle took place on December 5th in New Orleans, LA. This event had 41 All*Star Cheer, 4 Traditional Cheer, 7 Exhibition Cheer (including 1 Special Needs), and 1 Traditional Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for the International All Levels Championship. Paid Bids were awarded to: Crescent City Cheer Dynasty…
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USASF Voting Slate 2011 Part I
The slate of items to be voted on at the NACCC meeting in January is available on the USASF website. Here is my 2 cents on each of them, Part I. Level 1 1. Allow Level 1 teams to do straight ride basket tosses (Yes or No) No. As long as we have 5 standard…
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Athletic Championships: Oklahoma City 2010
Athletic Championships Oklahoma City took place on December 4-5 in Oklahoma City, OK. This event had 52 AllStar Cheer, 2 Exhibition Cheer (including 2 Special Needs), and 3 AllStar Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for the International All Levels Championship. Paid Bids were awarded to: Empire Elite (Junior Large L2) Empire Elite…
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Universal Spirit: Mid Atlantic Grand Championship 2010
Universal Spirit Mid Atlantic Grand Championship took place on December 4th in Richmond, VA. This event had 53 AllStar Cheer and 1 AllStar Dance teams compete. Event Page The event had 55 AllStar Cheer Teams in 26 Divisions for an average of 2.12 teams per division and 1 AllStar Dance team in 1 division for…
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CNN: Parents, Don’t Blame Happy Meals
I read this article on CNN and thought I would share it. I’ll probably start linking to more articles I find interesting since I haven’t been writing anything interesting lately. Parents, Don’t Blame Happy Meals
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American Championships: American Spectacular 2010
American Championships American Spectacular took place on December 4-5 in Kansas City, MO. This event had 27 All*Star Cheer teams compete. This event was a qualifier for the International All Levels Championship. Paid Bids were awarded to: Dakota Spirit “Blaze” (Youth L3) Dakota Spirit “Magnum” (Senior L4) Event Page The event had 27 All*Star Cheer…
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WSA: Shreveport 2010
WSA Shreveport took place on December 4th in Shreveport, LA. This event had 43 AllStar Cheer and 8 AllStar Dance teams compete. Event Page The event had 43 AllStar Cheer Teams in 18 Divisions for an average of 2.39 teams per division and 8 AllStar Dance teams in 5 divisions for an average of 1.60…
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WSF: Indy Showdown 2010
WSF Indy Showdown took place on December 11-12 in Indianapolis, IN. This event had 191 AllStar Cheer, 10 Exhibition Cheer, 14 AllStar Dance, and 1 Exhibition Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for the International All Levels Championship & Worlds. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to: Gym Tyme “Black” (International Open Coed L5)…
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Event Statistics II
So far Priority Seating has published (or scheduled) summaries for 73 events, covering 3,603 teams competing in 1,374 divisions. We also recently published the Spirit Post Statistics page. Here are some of the interesting stats: Average Number of Teams per Event – 49.36 Average Number of Divisions per Event – 18.82 Average Number of Teams…
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GSSA: Championships 2010
GSSA Championships took place on December 11-12 in Sacramento, CA. This event had 122 AllStar Cheer, 7 Traditional Cheer, 2 Exhibition Cheer, 7 AllStar Dance, and 1 Traditional Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to: CheerForce “Diamonds” (Senior Small L5) Worlds At Large Bids were awarded…
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WomensRadio: Raped Cheerleader’s Suit Misses Title IX Complaint
WomensRadio published Raped Cheerleader’s Suit Misses Title IX Complaint. Cheerleaders claim to be serious women who don’t tolerate sexual exploitation and who care about social issues. They should come together in a show of unity and support for the girl in Texas by crossing their arms and turning their backs on the field for one…