Today was the first full day of cheer camp, so chances are the girls will be sleeping well tonight! We were able to stick to the schedule I posted this morning pretty closely, needless to say the girls had a busy day!
Today the girls learned the Hip-Hop dance to Stunna Glasses . . . its hard, but the girls look great and worked really hard to learn the entire dance in one-hour! Caitlin Capper was crowned Williamsburg's "dancing diva" today. During stunt class the varsity cheerleaders mastered two extensions and the freshman are working on getting, nice, controlled elevators (the girls are in the air, but its not exactly the prettiest stunt yet!). Both squads worked on skills they had never even attempted before and had great success, because of their teamwork.
After dinner the girls were evaluated on a cheer they learned and perfected at camp. The freshman earned a red ribbon and the varsity squad was the ONLY team at camp to earn a blue ribbon today (although I'm not telling them until after we get home from camp). The staff at this UCA camp is very strict and has high expectations for the campers, so blue and red ribbons are certainly something to be proud of! Williamsburg also competed in the camp jump-off tonight. Both Samara Schmidt and Alison Brinkman were semi-finalists in the competition.
The highlight of the day was the varsity cheerleaders do their "Banana Rap." During the day the staff tries to steal unattended bananas. If the staff steals the banana the squad its stolen from must to a rap to get it back. I'm typing the words below, for those of you that are interested. I also took a video of the performance on my camera and when I can figure out how to upload that I will (the girls tell me its easy, but so far I've had no luck!) The girls went all-out and even put together make-shift gansta outfits (UCA staff tells us this is a first :).
We have the official schedule for the final day. Final evaluations will start at 9:15 and camp champs will start after evaluations. I'm guessing camp champs will probably start around 9:45. We will be in the Knapp Center for the evaluations. For those of you that go to Drake Relays, the girls tell me the Knapp Center is where you buy tickets for admission to the relays. Otherwise, you can download a PDF file of the Drake campus map and look for the Knapp Center. (It's on 25th street). The best place to park will be the public lot behind Jewell Hall. Jewell Hall is where the girls are staying, so it will also be easy to load their luggage in to your cars if you park there.
Tomorrow is typically a VERY long day for the girls at camp. Its the second full day of camp and the end of camp is in sight, so a lot of girls get anxious about getting to go home. If you have time tomorrow try to send your daughter an encouraging text or phone call around dinner time. They will really appreciate it!
Official Ribbon Count:
White: 0 Red: 2 Blue: 2 Banana: 1
Banana Rap Lyrics
Ooooh . . .
We got the pep
We got the energy!
We got the banana, but they took it from me!
Hey! Now what we gonna do?
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh . . .
Then we were sneakin' around,
We peeked around the corner and what did we see?!
The banana in a bin just starin' at me!
We looked at each other and said this is WACK!
So we used our ninja skills and took the nanna back!
We got oursevles in trouble,
but that's OK,
'cuz we're layin' down this rap for you today!
We still got the pep,
We still got the spirit,
This is the end,
we're glad you could hear it!
