- Jan 5, 2011
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A couple of people have mentioned "the direction all-star cheer is heading" in this thread… what direction are you talking about? What do you find problematic with it? (This may be a whole other thread…"
Too pageant-y. The makeup is awful - glitter stars are OK, the smoky eyes and red lips is too much for me. The uniforms are getting way too sexy. The whole thing is definitely more about being fierce than athletic, and that's not what I want for my kids. Other people love it, so it's fine by me - it's just not for us. If you showed me a child from the neck up, I'd be hard pressed to tell you if they were entering a glitz pageant or a cheer competition.
The politics are certainly not exclusive to cheer, but I don't like it either way. The money is outrageous. My daughter dances now (Irish dance), and it's equally as expensive, but where the money goes is different. The EPs are the dance schools and the judges are certified and come from an international panel of judges.
Cheer just seems to be heading down the wrong path, with the wrong people making the decisions. The behind-the-scenes "wheeling and dealing" that goes on is just not worth my hard earned money. (again, not exclusive to cheer, but it's sooooooo prevalent in cheer it's disturbing)
It's hard to put into words but I hope this made sense.
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