As summer comes to a close and school goes back in session, it brings us to my favorite time of year…Competition Season! Some of the best performances in cheerleading and dance history were performed in the 2011-2012 season. Unforgettable routines were displayed week after week from the East coast to the West coast and many of them were caught in action! Take some time to look back at all of the memorable moments from last season on Varsity TV:
Read MoreAt the 2012 Universal Cheerleaders Association National High School Cheerleading Championship there was an emotional family reunion. Matt Wigle, of the US Forces Afghanistan, found out he would be returning early from his last stint as a civil engineer overseas. His daughter, Jill, was competing with Columbine High School for the last time before graduating.
Read MoreThere comes a time in every person’s life when they finally have to say goodbye to something they love the most. It may be a best friend, their childhood home, or in my case, cheerleading. I’ve been involved in cheerleading for as long as I can remember, and always assumed I could just cheer forever.
Read MoreThe Sparkle Effect has been hard at work touring the nation’s largest cheerleading and dance camps, and we’re having an absolute blast! So far, we’ve hit up camps in Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri, and Arizona with our new Are you IN campaign. The welcome has been incredibly warm. UDA staff members at Tan-Tar-A resort in Missouri even rocked our Are you IN t-shirts during their opening demos!
Read MoreHey everyone! Sarah Cronk here, coming to you with all the latest information about The Sparkle Effect, my organization that helps cheerleaders and dancers nationwide create teams including students with disabilities. Thanks to awesome leaders like you, The Sparkle Effect has more than doubled in size over the past year, generating a total of 61 teams! We have a very exciting summer in store but, before I tell you about that, let’s get caught up!
Read MoreHello everyone, this is Katie Kindred here, reporting from the Homecoming game at the University of Tennessee. I am a fourth year senior on the coed cheerleading squad here at UT. Homecoming games are always extremely fun to cheer with so many alumni returning to their alma mater, but this one was special to me because it was my last homecoming as a student-athlete!
Read MoreLong ago, I was unfamiliar with the adventures of traveling. When I made UCA staff my senior year of high school, I had no idea that I would soon be traveling the world in the name of cheerleading. Here are my Top 10 favorite places cheerleading has led me to. Let the countdown begin!
Read MoreRelationships. Ask a friend what this word means to them, and you’ll probably find that it has a variety of interpretations depending on who you ask.
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