Last Cheer Competition

Turn out the liiiiiiiights..... the party's overrrrrrrr....

And what a party it has been! DD performed in her final all-star cheerleading competition, Cheer America Nationals, this weekend in Houston. She's going to be diving head first into marching band from here on out. Spring band camp (this one time... at band camp...) is coming up and I'll be switching out my "cheer mom" tshirts and doo-dads for "band mom" tshirts and doo-dads. Something tells me the "band mom" stuff isn't quite as sparkly as the "cheer mom" stuff. I imagine it's just as overpriced.

So, Seniors were hoping just to place in the top three in their division at this Nationals. We were up against several awesome teams there. More huge gyms. Seniors came out of the first day in second place (whoa!!) and then the second day, they actually pulled past the number one team to take the National Championship for Senior Open. AMAZING.

The little girls got third (bah) and Juniors got second.

Senior video is forthcoming. Stay tuned for the final '07-'08 choreography that rocked the house.

A funny story-
Cheer America brings up the top two teams of the division onto the stage, then announces 2nd place, and then the champion. This is a new thing, and both teams were sometimes confused in the excitement of it all.

Our team was up with what we all thought was probably the 1st place team. The first-day's 1st placers were totally psyched, doing their chant and jumping around. Our team was just kind of standing there. Finally our team started their chant and while they were chanting, the announcer said 2nd place went to the other team.

The parents were freaking out and jumping around high-fiving each other, and the team was on stage, still just standing there. We were like, "What are they doing?" Ahaha. DD said all they heard was the other team's name, and they weren't sure who had won. Finally the announcer said, "And your national champion..." and they got it. HI-larious. I hope someone got that on tape.

Definitely a great day for Seniors. A nice end to DD's cheerleading, at least for now anyway.