Category: Spirit

Dear USASF, Please consider splitting Worlds into multiple events. One event will be the USASF Championship and the other remains the World Championship. The USASF Championship event would take place on Friday and Saturday and be limited to American teams. The World Championship would take place on Sunday and have the American medalists compete against…

Dear USASF, Concerning American Junior team qualifying for Worlds via videotape, we suggest adding a requirement. Please make the tapes be from a competition and have them submitted to the USASF directly from the event producer upon request of the team. We ask you to implement this for a few reasons. The first reason is…

The Confident Cheerleading Blog published a post about the difference between “I Can’t” and “I Won’t” about a week ago. Confident Cheerleading

USASF’s Steve Peterson sent the following email: As most of you know, there has been much debate about whether the IASF / USASF should continue to offer the International Junior Level 5 Divisions at The Cheerleading Worlds. The decision to keep the International Junior Divisions came after hearing input at various international meetings and our…

We’ve heard plenty of rumors about Juniors being at Worlds in 2010 and figured we’d share some of what we’ve heard: USASF has announced the divisions for Worlds 2010 and it includes Junior divisions. This is the only official announcement concerning Juniors at Worlds. Rumor: USASF is reconsidering keeping Juniors at Worlds and has a…

JAMfest and NCA have both adopted the phrase “Game Day” for events for school teams. JAMfest started the Game Day Spirit Championships last season with an event in Louisville and appear to have plans to make a significant expansion this season. NCA announced their new Game Day Grand Championship recently. NCA’s event will be held…

US Finals has announced dates and locations for 5 of their 6 championship sites in 2010. Kansas City and Orlando have joined Cincinnati, Las Vegas, and Virginia. The South Central site, formerly Oklahoma City, has yet to be announced. April 16-17 – Kansas City, MO, Las Vegas, NV, and Orlando, FL April 23-25 – Cincinnati,…

USASF sent an email listing the dates and locations of the regional meeting. June 22-23 – Charlotte, NC July 19 – White Plains, NY July 25-26 – Sacramento, CA July 31-August 1 – Orlando, FL August 1-2 – Atlanta, GA August 15-16 – Chicago, IL August 22-23 – Dallas, TX September 19 – Anaheim, CA…

The USASF sent an email listing the dates for Safety Judge Training. August 22nd – Dallas, TX (coincides with the USASF Regional Meeting) August 29th – Cleveland, OH September 19th – Sacramento, CA (coincides with the USASF Regional Meeting) USASF Email

NCA will host a High School National Competition on February 27-28 in Loiusville, KY. This will not change the National Championship in Dallas around Christmas, but will give NCA teams an alternative that is not during the holiday.

Over the past few month we’ve had many conversations about things that are wrong with our industry and how to fix them. Both, the problems and the solutions, have had many varying points of view and have led to interesting and often long conversations. We bring this up because over the summer we plan on…

PacWest announced their 2009-10 competition schedule. The email pointed out PacWest did not change competitor or spectator pricing. PacWest Schedule

The 2008-09 season marked a turning point for cheerleading and dance, end of the season championships. Varsity Brands and friends started the International All Levels Championship (IALC) with 5 championship sites while JAM Brands joined with the Nation’s Leading Cheer Companies (NLCC) to convert the one site Final Destination into the 4 location US Finals.…

The National Cheer Safety Foundation has released their summer safety campaign. NCSF (PDF File)

JAMfest has redesigned their website. JAMfest

The USASF sent an email promoting a “Positive Image Campaign” for All Star Cheerleaders and Dancers. Hopefully there is more to come. USASF Email

SITA Spirit Industry Awards nominations are due June 1st. SITA Awards

The final rankings for the 2009 U.S. Finals have now been posted. Video of the results announcements and listings of the teams can be found here.

Varsity’s International All Levels Championship announced the 2010 dates and locations: April 17-18 – Atlanta, GA & Dallas, TX May 1-2 – Atlantic City, NJ, Cincinnati, OH, & Long Beach, CA All Levels

The USASF sent the following email about Worlds 2010: The decision to keep the International Junior Divisions came after hearing input at our various International meetings and from our members during and following the Coaches Conference.  Some International event producers have already awarded 2010 bids to Junior teams that are already fund raising to attend. …

There’s a rumor floating around that Tammy Van Vleet has decided to leave Golden State Spirit Association.

The Worlds Advisory Board has released the divisions competing at the 2010 Worlds event. The big questions were regarding Juniors and Junior coed.  They are included and Semi-Limited coed has been added. Additional information and updates can be found here.

USASF had awards night to kick off Worlds. Hall of Fame Inductees – Victor Rosario, Top Gun & Bill Presson, ACE Chairman’s Cup – Pro Spirit College Scholarship – Patricia Fitzgerald (Maryland Twisters, $10,000), Jordan Snow (Cheer Extreme, $5000) & Alex Doran (Cheer Athletics, $3000) Young Athlete Scholarship – Kiara Nowlin ($3500), Whitney Love (Showtime…

ESPN2 has released the air dates for Worlds. The first date is May 31, 2009. May 31, 2009 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern 12:00 – 1:00 pm Central 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Mountain 10:00 am – 11:00 pm Pacific This is a tentative date, any changes will be announced through the USASF website. June…

The continuation of the Junior Divisions at Worlds is still under consideration. A final decision is not expected until after the USASF/IASF International meetings taking place in the near future.