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I love every bit sassiness in this post. Just made my day.As a prior all-star dancer; now mom to a cheer kid (who knew, I tried dance with her first)...you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Like literally---only a All-Star and USASF community doesn't freaking exist. My prior studio has a very simple opinion on Dance World's---if they get a paid bid, they attend because it's only an hour and a half from home, if they don't; they still travel out of state to attend the competitions they CARE about. Is having a ring cool? Sure. Globing fun? Absolutely, and my old team took gold not that long ago...BUT, and this is a very big but, Dance World's in the Dance World is not the same as Cheer World's in the Cheer community. It's just not.
And stop saying you mainly do all-star dance if you didn't make your HS team...first and foremost, in my day (which isn't that long ago) most of us did both. Next, if you can't make your HS team; chances are you ain't making a good all-star team either. The Prep division of now is nothing like it was when I danced so that part may have changed. Plus, you're ultimately forgetting the most important part---dance studios have COMPETITION dance teams/groups without calling it All-Star. And you can get into classes at just about any point in your life these days---hell, I think we have Salsa tomorrow in a place 15 minutes away.
If you want to talk strictly pom, I could understand the constant references to all-star because there isn't much pom at competitions outside of the strict 'all-star' connotation. But Hip-Hop and Jazz? The competitions those teams can attend are ENDLESS and most have nothing to do with USASF.
What you're trying to say, makes no sense. And you're clearly talking out of your a** so stop pretending to know anything about the cheer or dance world...and for your comment about one day being a cheer coach? Lord help us all.