Cheer Showcase

For the last three of four weeks, Sarah has been having a cheer practice once a week. It all culminated Monday night in their annual cheer showcase. It is basically a show that the cheerleaders put on for the parents (and friends I guess) that shows off their talents, and pretty much springboards them into the next year. Registration for cheer is next month, and sizing for uniforms in May (I think... Thankfully Kris knows the dates).

Sarah got moved from her regular spot during their routine and she was worried she wouldn’t have the moves memorized in time. Luckily she was wrong. She did a very good job. Next year, she can be a cheerleader year ‘round, not just for football. She can cheer for boys and girls basketball games as well. Now while I think she would be a very good cheerleader, mainly because she is loud, which is a pretty good quality to have if you’re a cheerleader.

However, I think she is hesitant to become a cheerleader through the Junior High because she can’t do the flips and other stunts that they start requiring you to do. Her babysitters from last summer are cheerleaders at the high school (triplets) and one of them is a varsity cheerleader as a sophomore. From what I was told by Kris, the girls didn’t get into cheering until 6th grade, so there is nothing that says you can’t learn it. This summer Kris and I were going to have Sarah babysit Alison rather than hire the triplets again, but now we are thinking that maybe if they want to earn a little extra money, we could hire them to give Sarah some lessons for cheering, helping her with her stunting. When we brought up the idea to Sarah, she whined about it, and basically said she didn’t want to do cheer next year, but I wonder how true that really is. I am going to keep after her to at least give it a try. It can’t hurt and who knows, once she gets the stuff down, she may like it.