Dance Demo,Saturday Mikayla had her first dance demo. She performed at the Annual Borah High Chili Festival. She was very excited to dance in front of people and thrilled that she had so many of her fans there.
Mikayla and just one other girl only had 3 dance classes prior to the show and they did GREAT! Her dance class is a cross between hip hop and cheer, so she got to use pom poms in the first part of the show. This is a picture of Kaylie on her tummy in very wet grass during the demo. What a trooper!
After the little kids danced the older kids got their turn. Some did a dance demo and then there were 2 cheer teams. Caitlin loved watching the cheer teams perform and wants me to sign her up for it after Christmas.
Mike has a different view on that and just wants to encourage soccer and other sports. I don't mind Caitlin being a cheerleader, but Mike's thoughts are that it's all based on looks. I agree that most cheerleaders are cute but you have to have to have skill as well. Gymnastics is a big part of cheerleading as well as dance.
I would like to hear what you all think about it.
2 comments:
I was a cheerleader for three years in High School. At that level there is a Student body vote as well as a Judges vote. If you don't have the skill, you don't pass the Judges portion to the student body. At her level I think it could increase her balance and help her to work with others as a team. As long as you/she doesn't make it more than a fun activity such as dance I don't think it is a horrible idea. A
I was a cheerleader from 7th – 12th grade and I started in pee wee cheerleading when I was 6. I think that cheerleading is a sport. I lettered in high school from cheerleading. We were voted 80% by judges, 10% by student vote and 10% by teachers. So you also had to be a good student. We did not just cheer at games we went to Nationals and anyone who says that it is not a sport needs to watch ESPN and check out the athletic ability!! I hope you keep her in it and have her know that it is a true sport.
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