Category: Spirit

Penn & Teller: BS!’s Season 8 Premier episode talks about Cheerleaders. The episode will debut on Thursday, June 10th at 10pm (Eastern).

SITA has announced the Hall of Fame Class of 2010. Bill Patterson (Vice President of NCA), Debbie Love (Coach & Judge), and Jeff & Diana Miller (Owners of Pro Spirit) will be inducted at Spirit Industry Awards in New Orleans on July 16th. Spirit Industry Hall of Fame

Cheer Cincy has published their June 2010 edition.

AACCA released American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators Introduces First Rules for Elementary, Middle and Junior High School Squads on May 12th. AACCA Press Release

The USASF has published First Friday for June 2010.

American Cheerleader Magazine’s Marisa Walker published The Truth Behind the Headlines on AmericanCheerleader.com.

Hi, my name is Mark Coleman and I am a full time cheer coach and choreographer. I am the owner of Performance Spirit, LLC, and I travel around the country and even around the world – I have been to Finland twice! – to do camps and clinics with cheer squads of all ages and…

This month we’ve added two new sections to Spirit Post, Squared (http://spiritpost.com/squared) and Priority Seating (http://spiritpost.com/priorityseating). Squared, which stands for Spirit Post 2, will be used to publish information sent to us, such as Press Releases and Opinions. Squared will also be used to help us see if there is anything we need to add…

From Glenn Amos (AAU): Attention Cheer Coaches and Administrators: The AAU Junior Olympic Games are coming to Hampton Roads, Virginia July 28th through August 7th, 2010. This is an amateur athletic tradition that has occurred annually since 1967. It is the largest national multi-sport event for youth in the United States!! Cheerleading teams from across…

Dear USASF, Thank you for creating the Rulings Notification page on the USASF website. This is a great step towards the full transparency so many of us would like to see from USASF and the entire industry. Thank you, Jim. Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Les. Thank you, Justin. Thank you to everyone that had…

US Finals has announced 8 locations for the 2011 championship: Baton Rouge, LA – April 2, 2011 Virginia Beach, VA – April 9-10, 2011 Orlando, FL – April 9, 2011 Las Vegas, NV – April 16-17, 2011 Kansas City, MO – April 16, 2011 Indianapolis, IN – April 16-17, 2011 Providence, RI – May 7-8,…

The USASF has updated information concerning NACCC Meeting and USASF Regional and Judges Safety training. USASF Meeting Information

The USASF has created a Rulings Notifications page on the USASF website. The initial 3 rulings listed clear Cheer Extreme from allegations of illegal substitutions at Worlds 2009, fine UCA for violating the consolidation rules at UCA Nationals in 2010, and stating the Kaepa Starlyte shoe model meets USASF guidelines. USASF Ruling Notifications

The International All-Levels Championship award shows and results have been posted. All-Levels Grand Champions

The International All-Levels Championship award shows and results have been posted. All-Levels Grand Champions

From Lisa Saline (UPA): Minneapolis (May 19, 2010) – UPA Cheer & Dance announces that the Cheerleading World’s Paid Bid will be awarded to a Level 5 team.  Level 6 teams may still capture an At-Large Bid from UPA for Cheerleading Worlds. “After surveying a variety of gym owners, it was expressed numerous times that…

Mississippi State University and Morehead State University have cheerleading coach news. Miguel Sanchez is no longer at Mississippi State. They are currently taking applications and would like to have a new skills coach in place by July 1st. Morehead State’s next coach will be Bill Mayo, a Team USA and University of Louisville cheerleader. Bill…

SITA has announced the nominees for the 2010 Spirit Industry Awards. SITA Nominees

Scott Cole from Athletic Championships sent the following email and asked us to share it with everyone. He also wanted us to let everyone know more information about Cheer for Wishes will be available in June. Gym Owners and Directors, Athletic Championships and Make-A-Wish Foundation have been working very hard during the off season to…

The American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators (AACCA) released the School Rules for 2010-11. The major changes are listed here with additional information in the AACCA Press Release. Changes affecting all school teams: Released stunt transitions must be braced on at least one side. This effectively removes skills such as free-standing Tic Tocs. Load-in…

SITA is looking for a spirit industry leader to manage membership, marketing and administrative functions of the association.  Resumes will be accepted through May 21, 2010 and the position will be filled by June, 2010. For inquiries, and to submit a resume for consideration, please contact:  [email protected]

From Lisa Saline (IEP & UPA): Members of the Independent Event Producers Organization met together in Orlando at the Cheerleading & Dance Worlds for a photo op and to support other independent companies.  Due to schedule conflicts with the photo time, other IEP members who also attended Worlds were unable to meet at the designated…

US Finals had over 1300 teams, from 43 states, with over 20,000 participants compete at 6 locations over 4 weekends. Total Teams – 1325 ( Note: US Finals sent an email stating there were 1350 teams. We assume the difference between the counts is due to us only counting teams that were scored and ranked,…

The largest All Star Cheerleading events of the 2009-10 season: Cheersport Nationals with 656 NCA All Star Nationals with 523 US Finals Virginia Beach with 439 JAMfest Cheer Super Nationals with 365 Spirit Sports Battle at the Beach with 345 Coastal Battle at the Capitol with 311 American Championships American Showcase 307 For those of…

Medalists from the 2010 World Dance Championships: Senior Jazz Gold – Pace Elite Silver – Eastern Washington Elite Bronze – Dancers Edge Senior Pom Gold – Dance Mania Silver – Pace Elite Bronze – Energizers Senior Hip Hop Gold – East Celebrity Elite Silver – (No one was listed as a Silver Medalist) Bronze –…