Cheerleading today is much different than cheerleading in the past! There is no more "Ready? Okay! slap" to start a cheer....there is no more half-way jumps, there is no more half-way tumbling......you're either in it totally or your not! Last month, we enjoyed watching Brittany enter a new phase! She has been on a competition cheer team out of Redwater, Texas for this school year. Roy and I had not been able to go due to conflicts in scheduling until this past weekend. Sunday night, she cheered in Little Rock and we made the trip to go watch. We had a lot of fun and Brittany and her team were really good! A few dropped stunts moved them into 3rd place, but we were very proud of how well Brittany cheered!
The Friday before that was cheerleader tryouts for Nashville Jr High Cheerleader squad. Rylee and I were able to go to the Mock tryouts on the Thursday before the "real thing". I could tell Brittany was nervous but she did so good! There were a LOT of people in attendence to watch the mocks. I told her that if she could cheer in front of the crowd on Thursday, Friday's 3 judges would be a BREEZE! HA!
When Friday afternoon rolled around, tryouts began at 4:00. I met Mandy at the gym to pick Zach up at 4:45 and waited for Brittany to come out. She came out and was very excited about how she performed. She said she didn't fall and got all her jumps and tumbling so she felt good about it.
Tryouts in my day consisted of trying out and then being told who made it when we left the gym. That's "old-school"! Today, the decision of the judges is told over the Nashville radio station. Soooooo......Rylee, Zach and I returned home and anxiously awaited with Roy to listen to the radio for the results. We were SO excited to hear Brittany's name! We yelled and screamed and I'm sure everybody in Mineral Springs heard us!
We are so proud of her and of all of the other girls who made it! My cousin, Brooke Bowden, also made it and we are very proud of her too! They are both very good, Christian girls and are proud of what they do in everything in life, not just cheerleading! Nashville Jr. High will be represented well, as far as I'm concerned!
Here are some pictures and videos of the tryouts and of Britt's Competition in Little Rock.......
Brittany and Rylee after Mock Tryouts - Rylee was more interested in what was in "Sissy's" bag than taking a picture!
Roy, Zach, Brittany and Rylee at Cheer Competition in Little Rock. Rylee had been asleep.....LOL!
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