The Process: Auditions, Training Camp and Squad

[mizzhyer]

My wildcard retirees would be Zhenya, Armani, Jada and Darian.

[Christineelgene]

On 4/22/2023 at 3:08 PM, StepKickClunk said:

I was also shocked and saddened by Marissa’s injury/retirement.  Crap happens, injuries happen, but I really wanted to see her go 5 or 6 years old school style.  

I suppose there is always a chance she could return next year.  I have heard that she is going to be an All Star, so will keep connected.  But, with getting married, who can tell.

[StellaCL]

1 hour ago, Christineelgene said:

I suppose there is always a chance she could return next year.  I have heard that she is going to be an All Star, so will keep connected.  But, with getting married, who can tell.

Any idea who the other All Stars will be? Returning and new?

[Christineelgene]

7 minutes ago, StellaCL said:

Any idea who the other All Stars will be? Returning and new?

Jalyn and Kat for sure.  Not sure about the rest

 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by Christineelgene
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[Christineelgene]

This looks like footage from last season, check the makeover pics in the lower left corner.

[DCC-UK]

32 minutes ago, Christineelgene said:

This looks like footage from last season, check the makeover pics in the lower left corner.

When the cheerleaders themselves are so good at social media/video editing, why not just have them run the official DCC channels? Of course, pay them for when they do too!

[Christineelgene]

11 minutes ago, DCC-UK said:

When the cheerleaders themselves are so good at social media/video editing, why not just have them run the official DCC channels? Of course, pay them for when they do too!

Kleine has a degree in Computer Animation and Design, so your idea is definitely a good one

[DocBrown]

If auditions can start being submitted tomorrow… have I missed the end of season banquet, rookie/vet of the year etc? 
Or has it not been announced? 

[Holly85]

3 minutes ago, DocBrown said:

If auditions can start being submitted tomorrow… have I missed the end of season banquet, rookie/vet of the year etc? 
Or has it not been announced? 

Looks like banquet hasn’t been done yet 

[Christineelgene]

43 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

Looks like banquet hasn’t been done yet 

May 4 is the banquet

47 minutes ago, DocBrown said:

If auditions can start being submitted tomorrow… have I missed the end of season banquet, rookie/vet of the year etc? 
Or has it not been announced? 

The banquet is this Thursday May 4

[Holly85]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CruBRfPAZtm/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
 

Kat officially announced her retirement 

[StellaCL]

2 hours ago, Christineelgene said:

May 4 is the banquet

The banquet is this Thursday May 4

Seriously late banquet this year 🤯

[kacesq]

Are they still doing auditions where people submit clips as opposed to the glory days of the cattle call at the stadium?  (Those were always my favorite episodes of the season.)

[Christineelgene]

41 minutes ago, kacesq said:

Are they still doing auditions where people submit clips as opposed to the glory days of the cattle call at the stadium?  (Those were always my favorite episodes of the season.)

Yes.  Auditions are video.  Submissions start today and go through May 12

[Kamal]

It's amazing how Marissa got hate her Rookie year and now everyone is crying for her retirement. She was great. I really wanted to see her become a GL.

[Christineelgene]

3 hours ago, Kamal said:

It's amazing how Marissa got hate her Rookie year and now everyone is crying for her retirement. She was great. I really wanted to see her become a GL.

I think, but for her injury, she would have stayed longer.  I heard she will be an All Star, but no confirmation on that

[go4luca]

On 5/3/2023 at 8:17 AM, Kamal said:

It's amazing how Marissa got hate her Rookie year and now everyone is crying for her retirement. She was great. I really wanted to see her become a GL.

I think "hate" is too strong a word.  I see it over used so much on SM. 

Isn't it great though that many of us, myself included, came around to seeing Marissa in a new light?  Once she moved on from her former fiancé, she really grew on me.  I think she would have made a dynamic point girl and hope she's able to perform as an All Star.

[Uk-Eve]

3 hours ago, go4luca said:

I think "hate" is too strong a word.  I see it over used so much on SM. 

Isn't it great though that many of us, myself included, came around to seeing Marissa in a new light?  Once she moved on from her former fiancé, she really grew on me.  I think she would have made a dynamic point girl and hope she's able to perform as an All Star.

Wait, what? I don’t remember the gossip on that. Please explain

[go4luca]

10 minutes ago, Uk-Eve said:

Wait, what? I don’t remember the gossip on that. Please explain

Explain what?  What gossip?  If you know her history, you know.  Unless someone else here wants to explain. 🤷‍♀️

[MrsEVH]

1 hour ago, Uk-Eve said:

Wait, what? I don’t remember the gossip on that. Please explain

Marissa & her former boyfriend made dumb videos on tik tok. Her parents were posting on here (anonymously) when she was auditioning. She ended up leaving the boyfriend because her was abusive to her. That's all I can remember.

[Uk-Eve]

3 hours ago, MrsEVH said:

Marissa & her former boyfriend made dumb videos on tik tok. Her parents were posting on here (anonymously) when she was auditioning. She ended up leaving the boyfriend because her was abusive to her. That's all I can remember.

Oh what were her parents saying? I haven’t read forums in ages

[DizzySometimes86]

The DCC Banquet was last night. I haven't been able to catch who were ROTY & VOTY, and the confirmed retirees this year! 

Does anybody know? 

[Christineelgene]

2 hours ago, DizzySometimes86 said:

The DCC Banquet was last night. I haven't been able to catch who were ROTY & VOTY, and the confirmed retirees this year! 

Does anybody know? 

Seems like they are being tight with the info.  Nothing has been posted.

[go4luca]

2 hours ago, Christineelgene said:

Seems like they are being tight with the info.  Nothing has been posted.

ETA:  Caroline won VOTY and Amanda won ROTY!

Edited May 5, 2023 by go4luca

[TheGenuineBeauty]

1 hour ago, go4luca said:

ETA:  Carolyn won VOTY and Amanda won ROTY!

Not surprised tbh. For me it was between Amanda and Zhenya for ROTY and Kelcey and the 5th year vets for VOTY. Congrats to both girls 😊

[J-R]

Any news on who is retiring?

 

[MrsEVH]

Caroline not Carolyn. 

[Christineelgene]

30 minutes ago, J-R said:

Any news on who is retiring?

 

No one that has not already announced:  Caroline, Jalyn, Kat, Ashlee, Marissa, And Tyra.  But they are keeping a tight lid on the banquet so there may have been more, but not yet made public.

[go4luca]

46 minutes ago, MrsEVH said:

Caroline not Carolyn. 

Fixed.  That's what happens when you post ahead of your morning IV of caffeine. 😁

Edited May 5, 2023 by go4luca

[StellaCL]

5 hours ago, Christineelgene said:

No one that has not already announced:  Caroline, Jalyn, Kat, Ashlee, Marissa, And Tyra.  But they are keeping a tight lid on the banquet so there may have been more, but not yet made public.

Speaking of keeping a tight lid on the banquet.

It looks like McKenzie did not attend. I guess that makes sense since her wedding is in her hometown this weekend.

I have not seen one photo (or post) from Jalyn, Kelcey, Ashlinn, or Lea. I can't image the first group leaders not attending, but I am curious if anyone else missed the banquet besides McKenzie.

Edited May 5, 2023 by StellaCL

[J-R]

I just saw a photo of Lea

 

[StellaCL]

Only six retirements (Caroline, Ashlee, Jalyn, Kat, Marissa G., and Tyra)

Not sure if this post is accurate, or intentionally exclusive, but it does elude to only six.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr333QlOAON/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[go4luca]

2 hours ago, StellaCL said:

Speaking of keeping a tight lid on the banquet.

It looks like McKenzie did not attend. I guess that makes sense since her wedding is in her hometown this weekend.

I have not seen one photo (or post) from Jalyn, Kelcey, Ashlinn, or Lea. I can't image the first group leaders not attending, but I am curious if anyone else missed the banquet besides McKenzie.

Here you go.

[EricaShadows]

38 minutes ago, go4luca said:

Here you go.

I love the white and the blue dresses, but that peachy one is not to my taste.  The color always seems a little too close to flesh tone on some people and it's a little short.  It does look good on her though.

[Kamal]

Tomorrow is McKenzie's wedding

[Christineelgene]

Amanda also got married today.  Chandi, Kelcey, and Kat were bridesmaids 

[StellaCL]

48 minutes ago, Christineelgene said:

Amanda also got married today.  Chandi, Kelcey, and Kat were bridesmaids 

And their rookie sister Kristin also attended. Not sure about other DCC.

[parrotfeathers]

On 5/4/2023 at 4:26 PM, MrsEVH said:

Marissa & her former boyfriend made dumb videos on tik tok.

Baby carrots.  That boy was an idiot.

 

[DCCFan2021]

On 5/4/2023 at 3:14 PM, Uk-Eve said:

Wait, what? I don’t remember the gossip on that. Please explain

It was more that everyone was getting annoyed with her, IIRC. Like @MrsEVH said, she and her boyfriend posted a bunch of very immature and occasionally insensitive or disrespectful TikToks. A lot of people were surprised TPTB let that happen since some of them could have been construed as damaging to the DCC brand. Her friends and family were also super OTT on social media supporting her, and there was definitely speculation that they were creating fake accounts on various platforms to make it seem like she had more fans than she did. It was just a lot of exposure and everyone got really fed up with it.

[Kamal]

With Kelcey probably getting point next year as well, who is your pick for 2nd point? 

Chandi and Claire have the biggest supporters.

https://strawpoll.com/polls/e6Z28ORwJnN

[Kamal]

Finals is on June 17th

[Holly85]

23 minutes ago, Kamal said:

Finals is on June 17th

It’s going to be interesting to see how they will do finals since the stadium won’t have a field down 

[TheGenuineBeauty]

5 hours ago, Kamal said:

With Kelcey probably getting point next year as well, who is your pick for 2nd point? 

Chandi and Claire have the biggest supporters.

https://strawpoll.com/polls/e6Z28ORwJnN

I am a HUGE supporter of Claire as point alongside Kelcey. She has a unique look and she's a great dancer. What's not to love? Lol

[dccfan204]

Prediction for triangle: (For the second formation, Kelcey/Claire switch and Chandi/McKenzie switch)

                                    Kelcey

                          Claire         Chandi

                    KD           Dani        McKenzie

         Darian       Tori           Armani           Elli

Ashlinn       VK          Jada          Jessica         Kelee

[Survivor197]

Any updates on who is trying out for DCC this year? I remember in years past there being a list with Instagram handles

[Kamal]

8 hours ago, dccfan204 said:

Prediction for triangle: (For the second formation, Kelcey/Claire switch and Chandi/McKenzie switch)

                                    Kelcey

                          Claire         Chandi

                    KD           Dani        McKenzie

         Darian       Tori           Armani           Elli

Ashlinn       VK          Jada          Jessica         Kelee

Seeing Armani, Darian, Ellie, behind KD makes me sad.

I'm not all for seniority but, I don't they are weaker than KD hence would like the 4th years in front of a 3rd year...

I know they love KD though

[HitItHarder..BAM]

1 hour ago, Kamal said:

Prediction for triangle: (For the second formation, Kelcey/Claire switch and Chandi/McKenzie switch)

                                    Kelcey

                          Claire         Chandi

                    KD           Dani        McKenzie

         Darian       Tori           Armani           Elli

Ashlinn       VK          Jada          Jessica         Kelee

      My predictions for the 1st few rows of the triangle:

 

                        Kelcey

           McKenzie         Chandi

       Armani       Claire          Tori

 Jessica    Jada          VK      Darian 

KD     Kelee      Dani     Elli     Kleine 

 

I've got Claire and Kelcey switching off as point (it seems like they usually put 2nd point in diamond position) & McKenzie completing the diamond since she made SG as a rookie

I imagine VK wouldn't be too far back in the formation and she needs Jada to balance her height

Working on this made me wonder, is it better to be further up in the formation or more on the outside? Like would you rather be in the middle of the 4th row or the outside of the 6th row?

Edited May 10, 2023 by HitItHarder..BAM
Tried to fix formatting

[Kamal]

2 hours ago, HitItHarder..BAM said:

I imagine VK wouldn't be too far back in the formation and she needs Jada to balance her height

Jessica can match her hight. 

Jada is too tall to be put anywhere else than the middle of 5th row.

[DizzySometimes86]

On 5/6/2023 at 12:10 AM, go4luca said:

ETA:  Caroline won VOTY and Amanda won ROTY!

Thanks for sharing!

What a way to end a DCC career, for Caroline. She was ROTY, point girl and VOTY.

[StellaCL]

Congrats to McKenzie and her husband. They got married on May 6th.

I waited for a photo of both of them to post.