Cheer Camp

A few weeks ago, Hayley came home with a paper from school, beside herself with excitment. The paper was about a one day Cheer/Dance Clinic at Lamar High School (Michael's high school).  She was so excited, she offered to pay for it herself. I don't think Hayley has stopped smiling yet...


The big Saturday finally arrived. Hayley was up by 6, excited to go (it started at 8:30!). The clinic was 4 hours long, complete with snacks in the cafeteria & busy with dance routines and cheer stunts. At 12 they put on a show for the parents.

All afternoon Hayley practiced her cheers and her sweet moves. Then it was finally time to head off to perform at the football game.

Before the game, the girls got to line up with the cheerleaders to form a tunnel for the football players to run through.

Then it was down to some serious cheering business. They cheered for most of the first two quarters.  Hayley loved doing the cheers, but the stunts were definitely her favorite part.  One of the senior cheerleaders is Mallory H., whose mom is Hayley's math/science teacher.  She took Hayley under her wing & they had a blast together.

Here is a clip of her doing the cheer after the Redskins scored one of their many touchtowns.  She learned this cheer really well...the final score was 56 to 0!

Right before halftime, the cheerleaders took the girls over to the Rangerette Drill Team to get ready to peform in the halftime show.  Hayley did a great job!

After the halftime show, Hayley got to sit in the crowd.  She wanted to stay and watch the rest of the game.  She love cheering in the stands, and everytime they scored a touchdown, she stood up and did the LHS cheer along with the cheerleaders. 

After the game she said good-bye to Mallory, one of her favorite cheerleaders.

Ever since that day, we have had a lot of cheering at our house.  Even Jake knows the words of Hayley's favorite cheer and can be heard singing along... 

"All across the nation, there's an LHS sensation. 

That will make you want to S-L-I-D-E and move from side to side!"

Go ahead, get up and cheer.  I know you want to!  :)