- Mar 19, 2012
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So, when worlds repeat aired on ESPN, I was in the gym running. The TV channel was as always tuned into ESPN. This time, instead of the usual baseball game, Worlds was on. There were quite a few people in the gym, and as I looked around, I could literally see almost the whole gym staring at the screen, confused and amazed. I was wearing a cheer worlds shirt, and I am sure I was mouthing the words of a couple of teams music and cheering them on as I ran. As this all transpired, a guy came up to me and asked if "I wear those huge bows, cool uniforms, and do those crazy flips and tricks" that are on tv. I laughed, told him yes, and shared some cheer knowledge with him. He was completly amazed. He told me he never considered cheer as a sport, and only thought of cheerleaders as the school kind or the NFL kind. Never before had he heard or seen the world of the allstars. After talking to me and seeing worlds on tv, he became a believer. As we had our little cheer talk, a couple other bystanders listened in, obviously impressed.
This got me wondering... how do the "normal" people who accidentally become introduced to allstar cheer react to the cheer world? There have been so many team dinners after competition where we arrive in full out uniform and makeup, bow and poof, and have gotten the confused stares. Walking to a competition venue where there are other conventions, stopping at a gas station on the way to and from a comp, all sorts of times where we cheerleaders inadvertently interact with the "normal" world. Even at disney, when normal families come for what they think is an average week at the parks, and find out that the allstar cheer world exists and has taken over disney. The stares of those who see a stunt group pose for a picture, a flyer pulling her needle, or when teams practice outside. I can only imagine what runs through their heads! So, I created this board because I wanted to see if anyone else had some fun run ins and stories with some outsiders
This got me wondering... how do the "normal" people who accidentally become introduced to allstar cheer react to the cheer world? There have been so many team dinners after competition where we arrive in full out uniform and makeup, bow and poof, and have gotten the confused stares. Walking to a competition venue where there are other conventions, stopping at a gas station on the way to and from a comp, all sorts of times where we cheerleaders inadvertently interact with the "normal" world. Even at disney, when normal families come for what they think is an average week at the parks, and find out that the allstar cheer world exists and has taken over disney. The stares of those who see a stunt group pose for a picture, a flyer pulling her needle, or when teams practice outside. I can only imagine what runs through their heads! So, I created this board because I wanted to see if anyone else had some fun run ins and stories with some outsiders