Cheer Hotline 2.12.26-2.19.26

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Feb 12
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ANNOUNCEMENTS 2.12-2.19

NOVICE/ PREP/ INSPIRE/ HALF SEASON: COMPETITION

Please read all information! https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_6f1bc8f16ed3406c853979974a83307b.pdf

PREMIER PREP AND ALL STAR: NCA NATIONALS

Practices:

We are down to the final weeks and athletes’ attendance and readiness for practice will be a big factor in how teams perform! Be sure athletes are fueled up, mentally prepared and at team practices! Coaches have put all practices for this next week through NCA week into your Parent BANDS under ‘Events’. We have had a lot of changes and edits with absences to give athletes the most amount of time together as a team. Be sure you have all of the dates and times noted! We need everyone, including parents, focused and bought in!

Schedule:

We are supposed to get a first-round next week and will share those times on the next hotline. This event typically has minimal changes after the first round, but we will always update here if anything changes. Below are the days you need to plan to compete.

-Friday 2/27: Tremor, Shadow, Reckless will compete and have awards. Secret and Dynamite Day 1.

-Saturday 2/28: Secret Day 2 and Awards. Wrath and Smack Day 1.

-Sunday 3/1: Dynamite, Wrath and Smack Day 2 and Awards.

Planning Ahead:

As you know, this event is a massive one! There will also be other large events happening in Houston the same weekend. Plan for travel, parking or looking into public transportation from where you are staying. We want our athletes to have a great experience in all aspects- planning ahead to avoid stress is vital!

NOVICE AND PREP TEAMS: END OF SEASON

-We can’t believe our final event is this weekend! We are beyond proud of how much they have learned and how great they have performed!

-Although our competitions are done, our season is not over until March 30th. We will utilize practices next month to help train your athletes in all things cheer to be ready for tryouts and next season! As coaches, we love having this time to play and gain skills together!

-After March 30th, we will be offering a tryout training class option (details to come).

-Tryout process for our next season will begin the first week in May! Keep your eyes out for all information, handbook meetings and how to sign up!

ALL STAR: NASHVILLE

Travel:

Team Parents will be asking for your travel information. Please get this to them quickly so they do not have to track you down!

Performance Times:

We already have performance times for this event! They may slightly change but we wanted to go ahead and share so you can accurately plan your activities- no activities permitted before competing! These are just performance times; we will likely meet at least 2 hours before the time listed. Plan to be present for most if not all Excite! Teams!

-Friday 3/27: Secret 2:51pm

-Saturday 3/28: Smack 8:27am/ Secret 9:51am *Awards times have not yet been shared*/ Dynamite 10:33am/ Wrath 2:12pm

-Sunday 3/29: Smack 8:27am/ Dynamite 10:33am/ Wrath 2:12pm *Awards times have not yet been shared*

ALL TEAMS: SMARTY PANTS BANQUET AWARDS

If your athlete has received As and Bs this year, they are eligible to receive the Smarty Pants award at banquet! Please submit a copy of their report card to alisonh@excitegym.com or turn in a copy to the front desk to be placed in Alison’s box. If your athlete does not receive grades yet, then they will have to wait until that starts to receive this award.

Novice Team’s Deadline: FEBRUARY 20TH

Prep, Premier Prep and All Star Deadline: MARCH 6th

ALL TEAMS: BANQUET PHOTOS

We will be making Albums in your team Bands to put photos for our banquet videos! Photos should have at least 4 athletes in them to be considered- no individual photos please. Do your best to not insert duplicate images as well. Novice photos need to be put in the BAND by FEBRUARY 20TH. Prep, Premier Prep and All Star need to be in by MARCH 6TH.

ALL STAR: FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITES

We are currently looking at several different fundraising opportunities to help with travel fee costs for Nashville and Summits.

-Available Now:

*Hosting a Friday or Saturday Night Out! Invite your friends to come enjoy to gym for a few hours and get the benefits back to your Excite Account! The gym would only use fees to cover employees and food costs (if desired) and then everything else would go back to you! You can do this as a team, small group or individually. Email into directors@excitegym.com if that is something you would be interested in.

*SPIRIT NIGHT AT AWESOME TIMES: February 19th! We will get 10% from their in store and to go sales for the entire day! If you would like to be involved in using as credit towards your upcoming travel fees, here is what you need to do: Either your or someone who wants to support you needs to make a purchase at Awesome Times on 2/19. Save the receipt or take a picture of the receipt with the date showing. Turn in receipt by emailing to mgmtteam@excitegym.com or turn into the front office during business hours. Flyer has been made and sent in your team band! Please share!!!

-Looking into: More spirit nights at local favorite restaurants and food sales. More info to come soon!

ALL STAR: NASHVILLE TRAVEL FEES

Travel fees for Nashville will be billed on February 27th. The gym is covering more items than normal to help keep your costs down with rising lodging and airfare. The travel fee for this event will be $125. See above for fundraising options!

NOVICE: BANQUET TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE! (posted 1.15.26)

REMINDER: You were already billed for your athlete and 1 parent ticket on 11/28. This is if you would like to purchase an additional ticket for a parent or guardian. Due to space, siblings and grandparents will not be able to attend this event.

Tickets: Purchase here by February 16th! https://portal.iclasspro.com/excite/camp-details/35972?typeId=50&filters=%7B%22sorting%22:%22time%22%7D&campTypeName=Banquets&campTypeNamePlural=Banquets

Dietary restrictions: Please email any allergies or restrictions to tammyh@excitegym.com by February 16th.

DYNAMITE AND SMACK: THE SUMMIT (updated 1/15)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! We are so proud of both of these teams for earning their bid and all their hard work!

1/22 Updates:

-Thank you all for getting your registration fees paid! Final payments will be due FEBRUARY 12TH. This is just to cover their registration fee and does not mean you need to pay for all your add ons.

1/15 Updates:

-We are currently reviewing the contract sent from World Quest and should have our block ready to go soon! They have confirmed that they have the rooms available, we just have to hash out the details. We will send out how to book via email blast so keep an eye out.

1/8 Updates:

-Email blast was sent on 12/29/25 with information on how to register your athlete. Deposit deadline is JANUARY 21ST! If you did not receive this email, please email cheer@excitegym.com and we will forward it to you.

-WAIVERS: This event requires a specific waiver. Fill out the waiver online at: https://tinyurl.com/3tfk87w3

-Lodging Options: A message was posted in team BANDS on 1/6. Please comment on that post by 5pm January 8th if you’d like to be included in the room block!

12/18 Updates and Information:

-The Summit will be in Orlando, FL at ESPN Wide World of Sports. Competition will run from May 1st-May 3rd.

-Summit Show off at Excite!: Tuesday, April 28th. Time TBD.

-General Information: Both teams have a Wildcard bid to The Summit. This means we will go against other teams with the same bid type for our Day 1 of competition to be ranked against to earn a place in finals. They can still upgrade their bid, but only to a paid bid. This event requires a lot of details and offers a lot of different packages which can be overwhelming. We always try to make things as clear as possible but always reach out to us if you have any questions!

-Travel/ Dates: Wildcard bid teams must arrive on April 30th by 3pm. At large or paid bids teams must arrive on May 1st by 3pm. Practices will be held the evening you arrive. Time and location TBD. Wild card teams compete on May 1st in Semi-Finals, all other bid types compete on May 2nd for Prelims. Finals will be on May 3rd for all teams. Teams must advance to finals. Do not schedule return flights home until Monday, May 4th as we do not know what we will be competing for Finals. You may start booking your flights now!

-Lodging: Our program typically does the Commuter package which leave you open to book and stay wherever you please! If you’d like to stay on a Disney property, you will do that through your registration. Details on how to do this will be sent out later. Feel free to start booking your lodging!

-Costs/Fees: We are working on gathering all fees for this event and will update you with pricing once it is finalized. We hope to have that all ready by early January for you. We do know that deposits will be due by January 21st and final payments due by February 12th!

-Event Website: Feel free to view information but do not do any registrations or payments! https://www.varsity.com/all-star/competitions/end-of-season-events/fans-the-summit/

SECRET: THE YOUTH SUMMIT (updated 1/15)

1/15 updates:

Our booking link will be sent to us on 1/26 at 4:20pm. We will work quickly to get a block set and sent out to you all asap! Keep an eye on your band and emails. Reminder that if you are staying in a hotel, you MUST book through TTS. We will make an initial block and then unused rooms from blocks will become available at a later date for you to adjust if desired. We will do our best to find something as close as possible while being price conscience.

12/18 Information:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! We are so proud of these girls for working hard and getting their bid!

-The Youth Summit will be in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Convention Center! The event will run on April 23rd and 24th, 2026. **This is an adjustment from our original Competition schedule posting! It has been updated on all documents and in important dates.

-Youth Summit Show off at Excite!: Monday, April 20th. Time TBD.

-Travel/Dates: Athletes must arrive by 3pm on Wednesday, April 22nd. Practice will be held that night, time and location TBD. Prelims are on Thursday, April 23rd and finals are on April 24th. Teams will have to advance to finals for this event. Do not schedule return flights home until Saturday, April 25th as we do not know what time we will be competing for finals. You may start booking your flights now!

-Lodging: This is a stay and play event which means you must book through team travel source if you are staying in a hotel. We will update here with when our link will be available.

-Cost/Fees: We are working on gathering all fees for this event and will update you with pricing once it is finalized. We hope to have that all ready by February for you!

- Event Website: https://www.varsity.com/all-star/competitions/end-of-season-events/the-youth-summit-championship/

1. O.A.R. Outstanding Athlete Recognition 2/5-2/11

Inspire: Taylor

Wish: Cora

Tikis: Emma

Moanas: JudyAnn

Diamond Divas: Jessalyn

Believe: Landri

Dazzle: Harper

Tremor: Miranda

Reckless: Not Given

Shadow: Zoe

Dynamite: Savannah

Secret: Hadley

Wrath: Bri

Smack: Not Given

2. WHAT TO WEAR

*Reminder that all athletes, regardless of age, must wear sports bras underneath clothing. All shirts must be this year’s given practice wear to receive credit for gold stars and smiley awards*

*Bows and cheer shoes must be worn to all practices!*

THURSDAY 2/12:

-Wish, Tremor and Reckless: Black shirt and any color shorts

-Prep: White shirt and any color shorts

SUNDAY 2/15: Row the Boat nationals shirt and black shorts. *Secret practice time changed to 12:30-2pm. Shadow practice CANCELLED due to absences*

MONDAY 2/16: White tank and any color shorts *Secret practice cancelled*

TUESDAY 2/17:

Novice/ Prep and Secret: Black shirt and any color shorts *Secret Extra Practice 6-7:30pm*

Shadow: White shirt and any color shorts

WEDNESDAY 2/18:

-Tikis: Black shirt and any color shorts

- All Star: Red shirt and black shorts

THURSDAY 2/19:

Black shirt and any color shorts *Shadow and Smack Extra practice 7-8:30pm EXCITE! NIGHT WITH AWESOME TIMES! Go enjoy their amazing food and help our All Star teams with their upcoming travel fees! You can dine in or take out :)

SUNDAY 2/22:

Premier Prep and All Star regular practice times- start of NCA week! Practice wear theme: Row the boat! Be creative and find a fun way to play into our program theme!

MONDAY 2/23:

*NO NOVICE OR PREP PRACTICES 2/23-2/26 DUE TO NCA NATIONALS*

Premier Prep and All Star NCA Practices! Tremor, Dynamite and Secret 5-6:30pm/ Shadow and Reckless 6:15-7:45pm/ Wrath and Smack 7:30-9pm. Practice wear theme: Mix Match Monday!

TUESDAY 2/24:

Premier Prep and All Star NCA Practices! Tremor, Dynamite and Secret 5-6:30pm/ Shadow and Reckless 6:15-7:45pm/ Wrath and Smack 7:30-9pm. Practice wear theme: Team Color Tuesday! *Tremor will be white/silver, Shadow will be black, Reckless will be red*

WEDNESDAY 2/25:

NCA Show off! Tremor, Dynamite and Secret arrive at 6pm- parents enter at 6:45pm.

FRIDAY 2/27- SUNDAY 3/1:

NCA NATIONALS! See announcements section for times!

Sunday 3/1 and Monday 3/2: NO PRACTICES! Giving everyone a well deserved night off!

3. PROSHOP

No updates this week.

4. INSPIRE

Announcements: -Competition Info: https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_6f1bc8f16ed3406c853979974a83307b.pdf

-We are so sad to see another season end! We enjoyed every moment and thank you all for being a part of this amazing team!!! Our practices are officially done ☹ After competition this weekend, we will see everyone again on February 20th for our Banquet!

-BANQUET INFO!

When/Where: February 20th at the Courtyard Marriot at the Riverwalk- Flower Mound, TX

Dietary restrictions- please email to tammyh@excitegym.com by February 2nd.

Competition 2/14/26:

-Times are posted above!

-Assistant Coaches: Wear black practice tank with black sports bra and black leggings. Have on athletic shoes and hair half up half down and some make up.

5. Half Season Teams: Sparklers and Thrill

Announcements:

-Competition on Saturday 2/14! Times and information: https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_6f1bc8f16ed3406c853979974a83307b.pdf

-How to be comp Ready:

Hair Style- Slicked high ponytail with straight or natural hair. Follow tutorial below but ignore portion on curling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfhYurp40Aw

Make up and other items: Follow instructions on document here- https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0d0e1_07e65dcd63ab4adfae3cf616ab0aeaa6~mv2.png

What to wear:

2/12: Practice shirt, athletic shorts, cheer shoes, hair bow

2/19: Final practice! Still wear practice shirt and we will play some games and have pizza to celebrate a great half season!! See time changes in announcements section below!

Next Steps after Half Season:

-We can’t believe our half season is already ending! We hope your athletes have loved it as much as we have!! Here are some options and information for you for what to do next:

-At our final practice on 2/19, coaches will give athletes an evaluation to help guide you on what to consider for next season. This could be tumble classes, another year of half season, or one of our classifications for our full season teams. This is just our advice based on our experience with your child, it is not set in stone, and you are always free to choose your next step!

-TRYOUT TRAINING CLASS: for those wanting to continue their cheer journey, we will be offering tryout training classes to help get them ready for our full season tryouts in May. We will work on tumbling, stunting, jumps and all things cheer! This is also great for coaches to continue training and getting to know your athletes so we can place them on the best possible team for next season. This will start March 5th and run through April 23rd. Athletes 5-7 will come on Thursdays 4:30-5:30/ athletes 9 and up will come Thursdays 7pm-8pm. Cost $105 per month. *All half season members will automatically be enrolled to make it easy! Please email by February 20th to office@excitegym.com if you would NOT like to do this option.*

Important Dates:

February 14th: Bravo DCC Nationals at Irving Convention Center

February 19th: Celebration and last practice at Excite! Sparklers 4:45-5:30 (edited 11.6) pm/ Thrill 7pm-7:45pm

6. IMPORTANT DATES

-February 14th: COMPETITION: Half Season, Novice, Prep and Inspire. *edited 12.4*

-February 15th: Premier Prep and All Star teams (minus Smack and Shadow) WILL have practice. Secret will adjust practice time to 12:30-2pm.

-February 16th: Smack practice 7:15-8:15pm/ Wrath 7:15-9:15pm (no tumble or flyer- just team practice). Secret will NOT have practice.

-February 17th: Secret extra practice from 6-7:30pm.

-February 18th: Wrath and Smack practice 7:15-9:15pm (no tumble or flyer- just team practice)

-February 19th’: Smack AND Shadow extra practice 7pm-8:30pm.

-February 22nd: Premier Prep and All Star regular practice times- start of NCA week! Practice wear theme: Row the boat! Be creative and find a fun way to play into our program theme!

-February 23rd: Premier Prep and All Star NCA Practices! Tremor, Dynamite and Secret 5-6:30pm/ Shadow and Reckless 6:15-7:45pm/ Wrath and Smack 7:30-9pm. Practice wear theme: Mix Match Monday!

-February 24th: Premier Prep and All Star NCA Practices! Tremor, Dynamite and Secret 5-6:30pm/ Shadow and Reckless 6:15-7:45pm/ Wrath and Smack 7:30-9pm. Practice wear theme: Team Color Tuesday! *Tremor will be white/silver, Shadow will be black, Reckless will be red*

-February 25th: NCA Show off! Tremor, Dynamite and Secret arrive at 6pm- parents enter at 6:45pm. Shadow, Reckless, Wrath and Smack arrive at 6:45pm- parents enter at 8pm. Practice wear theme: War Wednesday! Wear camo!

-February 23rd-March 1st: No Novice or Prep Team Practices due to NCA Nationals. Classes will still be running.

-February 26th: Premier Prep, Dynamite and Secret must be in Houston by 9pm.

-February 27th: Wrath and Smack must be in Houston by 9pm.

-February 27th-March 1st: NCA Nationals in Houston, TX for Premier Prep and All Star. See Detailed Competition Schedule in attachments for your mandatory travel requirements.

-March 2nd: No All Star practices- travel home day.

-March 6th: Novice Banquet 6pm-8pm at Courtyard Marriott -March 8th-13th: Wrath Virtual Competition Filming

-March 14th-March 20th: Gym Closed. No practice or classes.

-March 22nd: *MANDATORY* return practice for All Star and Premier Prep!

-March 26th: No Novice, Prep or Premier Prep practices due to coaches travelling. Secret must be in Nashville by 9pm.

-March 27th: Dynamite, Wrath and Smack must be in Nashville by 9pm.

-March 27th and 29th: COMPETITION: Travel competition to Nashville for All Star teams! See detailed competition schedule in attachments section for mandatory travel requirements.

-March 29th: No premier prep practices due to coaches travelling.

-March 30th: No All Star practices- travel home day.

-April 11th and 12th: COMPETITION: Premier Prep and TBD for All Star. Extra practices and show off leading to event TBD.

-April 19th: Prep, Premier Prep and All Star Banquet 6pm-9pm at Circle R Ranch

-April 20th: Secret Summit Show Off- Time TBD

-April 22nd: Secret must be in Tampa by 3pm.

-April 23rd -24th: YOUTH SUMMIT in Tampa, FL. Bid required to attend. Secret only. Extra practices and show off leading to event TBD.

-April 28th: The Summit Show Off- Time TBD

-April 30th: Dynamite and Smack must be in Orlando by 3pm.

-May 1st-3rd: THE SUMMIT in Orlando, FL. Bid required to attend. Dynamite, Wrath and Smack only. Extra practices and show off leading to event TBD.

BILLING DATES: *Dates and fees are subject to change*

-January 30th: February Tuition

-February 27th: March Tuition and Nashville Travel Fees $125

-March 30th: End of season for Novice and Prep Teams. April Tuition for Premier Prep and All Star.

-April 30th: End of season for Premier Prep and All Star (unless competing at bid event in May). All bid event billing will be detailed out when bids are received.

2026-2027 TEAM DATES:

JUNE 12TH-15TH, 2026 All Star Travel Camp *Posted 7.10.25*

July 12th-19th: All Star Choreography *Posted 9.25.25*

July 28th-31st: Choreography and In House Camp for Novice, Prep and Premier Prep Teams *Posted 9.25.25*

7. ATTACHMENTS:

Coach Cell Numbers: To be used on day of absences, private lessons or emergencies:

*Please include ALL of your team coaches in your texts regarding practices/emergencies*

Alison Howard: 214-649-5624

Blake Covington: 972-286-0917

Danni Gray: 682-478-9877

Destiny Studer: 972-904-4939

Emily Reyes: 214-577-6659