More than 70 young cheerleaders experienced a day of fun with the Spring Hill College Cheer and Dance Team at SHC’s third annual Little Badgers Cheer Clinic on Feb. 5.
SHC Cheer and Dance coach Alyssa Paesano said, “We love having it. It’s really fun for us to have and it’s a great time for the kids as well.”
During this fundraising event, the SHC Cheer and Dance team welcomed over 70 kids ages four to 13 to learn about cheerleading. The SHC Cheer and Dance team worked as teachers and mentors. Both teams spent weeks preparing both music and choreography in order to host the clinic.
“It’s a lot of work but it’s definitely worth it for us. Everyone looks forward to it. It’s something that’s just an exciting change of pace and getting to work with the little kids is different, but it’s a lot of fun,” Paesano said.
This event got the cheer team involved in the community and kids from local catholic and public schools. No cheer experience was necessary for the kids to participate. The participants had three hours of instruction on the basics of cheerleading and learned a cheer routine to perform alongside the cheer team for their families at the end of the day.
Freshman cheerleader Kaitlyn McCormick said, “Even though this was my first kids clinic, I really enjoyed it because it gave them an entrance into our world of collegiate cheer. I think it is a really good early start from them and then just to get that experience right here in the community and it benefited how we operate as a team here at Spring Hill.”
Freshman cheerleader Allie Berg said, “It was definitely very hectic. There was a lot going on at once, but I think that it’s good that we got our name out there and a lot of people in the community know who we are. It was good to see all the little kids.”
The money raised will help the Cheer and Dance team go to nationals, get new gear and new uniforms this season.
For more information about the SHC Cheer and Dance team go to: https://shcbadgers.com under the spirit squads section.
To learn more about the National Cheer Association’s college nationals that SHC cheer will compete at in April go to: https://www.varsity.com/nca/school/competitions/college-nationals/.
