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Currently suffering and weeping my way through season 15 episode 8. 😭😭

I’ve been doing my most-recent watch-through on Paramount+, too! Just got past the part in season 7 where Rainer from Premier Atelier argues with Kelli at Danielle’s makeover and then is never heard from again. 😂😂

Great! I just hadn’t seen the article posted so I thought others might want to read it, too.

This is a bit of a long read, but it goes into the history of the squad and the scandals that may have caused the cancellation of the show. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/fifty-years-of-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders/

… okay.

I was so proud of my home team last year for selecting male cheerleaders, and this year I get to be proud of them all over again. 🏳️‍🌈❤️

I think for cheerleaders who take a year off and come back, they are considered a vet as soon as they get into TC, with their total years of tenure attached. So if she did get into TC then she is technically a 3rd year vet!

I know in past seasons there have been comments that indicated that not everyone gets one. Rainer says “Some girls come in looking great. We don’t do makeovers just to do makeovers.” And in Brandi Kilby’s second training camp she says “I was excited to hear that I was getting a makeover this year.”

Yeah, every time I’ve seen the board shown this year it had Lea “not making the team”, which is bonkers. Just further evidence that the board doesn’t matter at all.

Also, I remember in Kaitlin LeGrand’s veteran training camp, one of her transgressions is that she missed her “uniform sizing up”, so maybe they do check it annually and make adjustments? But then you get Meagan Sharp being criticized on cameo day for “outgrowing her first year shorts”, so I’m not sure.

It just looks so dangerous, too. I mean I’m sure jump splits hurt under the best of conditions, but she must have landed awkwardly. Plus, they’re always talking about when people are off it can hurt those next to them. I just hope everyone’s okay.

“Melt them off!!” 😂 Part of me wonders if some of this is because of COVID and girls maybe doing their own hair and makeup?

Annual(ish) rewatch is underway, and I’m in season 7. So… I’m always reminded that this is the season where Kelli and Rainer argue about Danielle’s makeover, and then he is just never heard from again, haha. The next season they use a different stylist. Poor guy may be in a shallow grave somewhere for disagreeing with Queen Kelli. Jasmine Goode is clearly looking for exposure in her rookie training camp. There’s even one time where she’s giving this little speech about how lucky she feels on cameo day, and she even peeks over her shoulder to make sure the camera is on her. Poor thing just wanted her 15 minutes.

Correct, (and I love your username!) but I don’t see how that would be necessarily more difficult than the choreography in general, for a dancer that’s skilled enough to make the squad. Of course I can’t do any of it, so. 😂

I would imagine that it is in fact “harder than it looks”, but I also refuse to accept that “five yards in four counts” is a complicated notion. Like… there are yard-lines. You don’t need to break out the ole graphing calculator.

I couldn’t get that link to work without a subscription, but here’s a link to a similar article on the story: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thewrap.com/travis-wall-sexual-misconduct-break-the-floor-dance-company/amp/ Looks to be pretty serious.

I think she may be my favorite of all time. She beat out McKenzie Lee, who had held that spot for years. Honestly, she and Hannah both. What a rookie class it was that year. Bridget, Amber, Hannah, Jalyn, Rachel, Ashlee… so many rockstars.

They look lovely, but these have got to be my least favorite of their costumes. I understand what the “shorts” are going for, but they still miss the mark (ha ha). It’s mostly the half-hoodie-half-sports-bra-open-armpit top that I will just NEVER understand.

It’s going to be really interesting to see exactly what leads to Ava’s cut. Maybe it’s her immaturity or her stamina, but Denise’s saying that Ava is “one of the best on the team” is incredibly high praise for someone that doesn’t make it. She and Lea both seem to be dancing circles around several of the veterans. She also (to me) seemed legitimately contrite after the social media conversation. So unless she’s really a dingbat, I don’t think she would make that mistake again.

I had heard it was financially restrictive as well as they only design the locker room, etc. for 36 women. But we all know anything goes if Kelli wants otherwise, haha.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0Zx19MRcV/?utm_medium=copy_link Jada is on FIRE. 🔥🔥

So I don’t know how severe/life-threatening Marissa’s fiancé’s cancer diagnosis was, but getting a diagnosis like that can make you make a lot of long-term decisions thinking that you no longer have much of a future. Maybe once he got healthy they realized they had rushed into it and weren’t ready for a long and healthy life together.

And she looks GORGEOUS in the uniform. That blue is 100% her color.

I just think she’s beautiful, and her attitude and personality really elevate the team from an ambassador standpoint. I’m very glad she made it this year. I will say that my favorite rookie (definitely unexpected) is Lea! She’s adorable and seems perfect in the DCC style of dance.

I think she’s a wonderful dancer, but her talking heads/office visit have certainly made her look ditzy to me. Like when Kelli showed her the comment that she had made of ”best solo” and Ava asked if that was good. She makes me think of a more demure Taylor Lowry. Lovely and talented but just a very young girl maturity-wise. They can’t all be Laceys.