Are you "Anxious Parents"?

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Are you "Anxious Parents"?
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Wed, 11-15-2006 - 8:24am

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Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:12pm
It matters because cheer at this time seems entirely dependent on a team sport as its reason for being, while ballet is an art form unto itself, just to name one of the important differences.

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Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:14pm
No.
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:16pm
I don't find ballet and cheerleading to be an appropriate comparison either ... but when you (general) start talking about the clothing being too revealing, then it can be a valid comparison, when limited to the clothing context. If it's too revealing for a cheerleader, then it's too revealing for a ballerina or a gymnast.
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:21pm
(sigh) No, because there is no such thing. But I do think you underestimate the time and dedication it takes to be the type of cheerleader that can be on a team that competes nationally. Comparing Billy Joel to Pavarotti is actually quite amusing, however, since both of them are very accomplished musicians. Billy Joel comes out a little bit ahead IMO. (Did you know that he is also a classical pianist?) I am equally impressed with Christina Aguilera as I am with Olga Borodina.
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:32pm
You are skewing the conversation to fit your needs. If we are talking about professional dancers vs. profession cheerleaders, that is one thing. But we have been talking about minors as cheerleaders, so by default we are talking about minors as ballet dancers. So all this garbage about someone paying $100 a ticket to see a ballet dancer, but noone paying to see a cheerleader is a red herring. Noone is going to pay $100 to see my 7yo daughter's ballet recital, just like noone is going to pay $100 to see a low level cheer competition. The point is, little girls put on tight revealing clothing, do their hair all fancy and wear makeup and glitter for ballet recitals and noone, including you, blinks an eye.
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:36pm
But there really isn't. There is pop garbage, yes. But even classical musicians themselves would say that there is often a similar amount of training and talent required to be a good pop musician and a good classical musician. IME, the only people who are snobs about "fine arts" are the patrons.
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:42pm
LOL... Ok.. this post, and your last one finally made me realize what the problem is. The problem is, you know absolutely nothing about modern cheer squads. My niece's squad, for example, is totally independent, not associated with any team, and it's entire point is to compete. This is the case with many squads. Even when a squad is associated with a school, the good ones often only cheer for the teams as a side note.
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:42pm
actually i will be doing that at least three times over the next couple of months as my dd cheer teams competition season is starting up. depending on how far they go at state i will pay to attend more than three competitions.
Jennie
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:46pm
honestly, the biggest part of cheerleading is the competitions they attend. football games they cheer at to raise school spirit, basketball games they cheer at are just opportunities to work on their competition routines in front of an audience, as will be the case at competition.
Jennie
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 11:00pm
exactly

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