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Cheer Hotline 11.21.24-12.5.24

Updated: Nov 21

*EXTENDED HOTLINE DUE TO THANKSGIVING BREAK*

GYM CLOSED 11.24-11.30- NO PRACTICES OR CLASSES. CAMPS AND CLINICS ARE RUNNING!!! Sign up and find info here: https://www.excitegym.com/_files/ugd/40d55e_654455c0371645999d8e0aebf9c19709.pdf

PREMIER PREP AND ALL STAR: THANKSGIVING WORK OUT SHEET

Below is the required work out sheet. Please be sure to complete correctly to avoid missing a gold star and conditioning! We all have big competitions coming up quickly after the break so it is important that we stay in shape!

*Tumble and Stunt videos MUST be done at the gym for safety. Here are some open gym times for athletes to come get these done: Monday 11/25 2:30pm-3:30pm, Tuesday 11/26 2:30pm-3:30pm, Sunday 12/1 12pm-2pm, Monday 12/2 4:30pm-5pm. These are FREE but are only open to Premier Prep and All-Star team members. If none of these times work for you or your stunt groups, please email into cheer@excitegym.com with your available times.

WORK OUT SHEET: https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_b1d6cb16d8434650bac6138990c22c1a.pdf

NOVICE AND PREP: BONUS GOLD STAR OR SMILEY!

If you are missing these from previous weeks, we are giving you the opportunity to earn a bonus one over break!

-Novice Teams: Film your athlete doing their routine dance 5x and post in the album your coach creates in the Parent BAND.

-Prep: Film your athlete marking through their routine start to finish with routine music 5x. Post in the album your coach creates in the Parent BAND.

ELECTRIC AND ALL STAR: SPIRIT CELEBRATION COMPETITION

TOY DONATION: This event is known for its amazing donations to multiple charities but they need our help to make it possible! We are asking that each athlete bring in a small toy to donate. Please bring these to practice between 12/1-12/3!

Schedule: The company has shared with us a block schedule for this event. The times listed are when the team could compete. Keep in mind that we could be meeting up to 2 hours before the first time listed and we do not know when the awards will be. We will not get the final schedule until the Wednesday before, as always, but wanted to give you the information that we currently have.

-Electric: Saturday 8:30am-11am

-Shock: Saturday 3:30pm-6:00pm/ Sunday 1:30pm-4:00pm

-Dynamite: Saturday 11:00am-2:00pm/ Sunday 9am-11:30am

-Intense: Saturday 3:30pm-6:00pm/ Sunday 1:30pm-4:00pm

-Gossip: Saturday 6:00pm-8:00pm/ Sunday 4:00pm-8:00pm

-Fever: Saturday 3:00-6:00pm/ Sunday 2:00pm-5:00pm

Event Information: This will be a big event so be prepared to hit traffic and have lines to get parking.

Spectator Tickets: These are all sold online! You can purchase at: https://www.showclix.com/tickets/spirit-celebration-christmas-grand-nat-ls-di-dii-l64gyf6

ALL STAR: TRAVEL FEE

Per the handbook, we charge a travel fee for our travel competition to Chicago. While this is a bigger travel trip than we have done the past few seasons, we were able to keep costs lower than anticipated! We had budgeted more than we needed for our choreography over summer which we will be able to utilize towards keeping the cost lower for our families! We are finalizing numbers and will announce the fee on the next hotline. We will NOT be charging this in November since we are late getting this information to you. We will announce the charge date next week as well but will not be until some time in January.

ALL TEAMS: 2026 NCA NATIONALS CHANGES

We previously posted about the big change for NCA to be moving up to January for 2026 to remain in Dallas. On November 8th, they decided to make a big adjustment. They will be moving NCA Nationals to Houston, TX for 2026, 2027 and 2028 (as of now) and bumping it back to be end of February or beginning of March. This change means, we can remove the mandatory practices previously set for over Winter Break of 2025! YAY!

NCA Nationals 2025 will remain in Dallas with no changes.

ALL TEAMS: BANQUET DIATARY RESTRICTIONS

Please email tammyh@excitegym.com with any dietary restrictions that you may need for your end of season banquet. Please email by January 9th!

1. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 11/14-11/20

Inspire: Not Given

Tiny Tikis: Not Given

Mini Moanas: Averie

Glitter Girls: Arabella

Believe: Raica

Dazzle: Charleigh

Tremor: Hope

Electric: Kiley

Shock: Not Given

Dynamite: Morgan

Intense: Not Given

Gossip: Not Given

Fever: Not Given

2. WHAT TO WEAR

*Reminder that all athletes, regardless of age, must have a sports bra on underneath their practice wear clothing.*

GYM CLOSED 11.24-11.30

SUNDAY 12.1 *MANDATORY ALL STAR PRACTICE $100 FINE AND ALTERNATE STATUS IF MISSED!

White tank, any shorts, high pony, hair bow and cheer shoes

MONDAY 12.2

Red Shirt, any shorts, high pony, hair bow and cheer shoes

TUESDAY 12.3

Red shirt, any shorts, high pony, hair bow and cheer shoes

WEDNESDAY 12.4

Black shirt, any short, high pony, hair bow and cheer shoes

THURSDAY 12.5

Black shirt, any shorts, high pony, hair bow and cheer shoes

*Potential extra practice for Gossip and Fever. Coaches will announce in band by end of day Wednesday if practice will be running*

FRIDAY 12.6

*Potential extra practice for Electric, Shock, Dynamite and Intense. Coaches will announce in band by of day Thursday if practice will be running*

SATURDAY 12.7

COMPETITION! Electric, Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever

SUNDAY 12.8

COMPETITION! Believe, Dazzle, Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever

3. PROSHOP

No updates this week.

4. INSPIRE

Reminders/ Updates:

-Gym closed 11.24-11.30

Practice 12.1: 12:45-1:30

-Athletes: Wear any red, black or white t shirt, athletic shorts and cheer shoes.

-Assistant coaches: wear practice wear assignment.

Practice 12.8: NO PRACTICE

5. HALF SEASON: SPARKLERS AND THRILL

Announcements/ Reminders:

-Gym Closed 11.24-11.30 for Thanksgiving Break. Enjoy!

-All practices are considered mandatory. If you have to miss, please use the absent request form: https://forms.wix.com/f/7096980674329968931

-Until your practice shirt comes in, athletes can wear any red/black or white based t shirt to practices. We ask that they wear athletic shorts, a sports bra underneath their shirt, cheer or athletic shoes, hair in a high pony tail with bow or ribbon in.

Important Dates:

-January 24th – Show of at Excite! Kids arrive 5:00pm – Show-off 6:00pm

-January 25th or 26th – United Cheer NTX Championship at Curtis Culwell Center **EDITED SINCE INFORMATION RELEASE** The event is having to use 2 days to fit all registered teams. Once we know which day we are going, we will alert you here. For now, keep both days open.

-February 1st: DCC Classic at AT&T Stadium

-February 6th: Celebration and last practice at Excite! Sparklers 4pm-4:45pm/ Thrill 5pm-5:45pm

-Gym Closings: October 31st, November 24th-30th, December 22nd-January 5th

6. IMPORTANT DATES

-November 24th-30th: Gym Closed. No practice or classes. Premier Prep and All Star will have required workouts to be completed over break.

-December 1st: *MANDATORY* All Star practices- $100 fine and athlete on alternate status if missed!

-December 5th: Potential Extra Practice- Times TBD. Gossip and Fever

-December 6th: Potential Extra Practice- Times TBD. Tremor, Electric, Shock, Dynamite, and Intense

-December 7th- 8th: COMPETITION- Electric, Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever. See Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-December 8th: COMPETITION- Believe and Dazzle. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-December 15th: COMPETITION- Inspire, Tremor, Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever. See Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-December 22nd- January 3rd: Gym Closed. No practice or classes. Premier Prep and All Star will have --required workouts to be completed over break.

-January 5th: *MANDATORY* All Star practices- $100 fine and athlete on alternate status if missed!

-January 9th: Deadline to email tammyh@excitegym.com with any dietary restrictions that you may need for your end of season banquet

-January 9th or 10th: Potential Extra Practice- Times TBD. Tremor, Electric, Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever

-January 11th-12th: COMPETITION- Tremor, Electric, Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-January 26th: Inspire Banquet

-February 1st: COMPETITION- Inspire, Tiny Tikis, Mini Moanas, Glitter Girls, Believe and Dazzle. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-February 8th- 9th: ALL STAR TRAVEL COMPETITION!! See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details and travel instructions.

-February 23rd-27th: NCA Week! Premier Prep and All-Star teams will practice each date listed. 26th will be show off and 27th will only require practice if necessary.

-February 24th-27th: No Novice or Prep Team Practices due to NCA Nationals. Classes will still be running.

-March 8th: COMPETITION- Believe and Dazzle. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-March 9th-15th: Gym Closed. No practice or classes.

-March 18th: Novice Banquet

-March 21st: Potential Extra Practice- Tremor and Electric. TBD for All Star

-March 22nd-23rd: COMPETITION- Tremor and Electric. TBD for All Star. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-March 28th: Prep, Premier Prep and All Star banquet

-March 30th: COMPETITION- Tiny Tikis, Mini Moanas, Glitter Girls, Believe and Dazzle. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-April 5th-6th: Regional Summit in New Orleans, LA. TBD for All Star. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details.

-April 24th-25th: Youth Summit in Tampa, FL. TBD for Shock. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details. Extra practice schedule for this event will be released later.

-May 1st-4th: The Summit in Orlando, FL. TBD for Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever. See the Detailed Competition Schedule for more details. Extra practice schedule for this event will be released later.

BILLING DATES:

*Reminder that if you need to set up a payment plan you need to contact the front office at office@excitegym.com* Monthly tuition will always be billed on the last business day of the month, below are the special billing dates only.

-November 29th: December Tuition and Banquet Tickets for one athlete and one adult. The athlete ticket is required whether they are attending or not. If you do not want to be billed for the adult ticket, you will need to email office@excitegym.com by November 1st. Additional parent tickets will be available for purchase at a later date. Cost= $60 per ticket

-December 30th: January Tuition and National Event Billing for Premier Prep and All Star. Tremor and Electric= $118/ Shock, Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever= $222

2025-2026 SEASON DATES:

-June 19th-23rd, 2025: All Star Camp *MANDATORY* (posted 8.22.24)

-July 14th-20th, 2025: All Star Choreography *MANDATORY* (posted 9.12.24)

7. ATTACHMENTS:

Competition Hair Tutorial Videos:

Novice and Prep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfhYurp40Aw

Premier Prep/ Dynamite, Intense, Gossip and Fever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nADtLDuA4

Shock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tALv8jiFcj0

Competition Make Up Tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4pb49OldsY

Competition Schedule 2024-2025:

Program Schedule: https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_cd13f73de1d045f2b8cfab1de2f81d08.pdf