Small Talk: 1, 2, 3 Non-Cheerleader Conversation

[scorpio1031]

31 minutes ago, Tootie said:

Not in the Dallas area, but probably not!  That would cut in to the Talking Heads' time. lol

What about the Salvation Army halftime?  Not even that!

[PBSLover]

On the networks that air football games, half-time consists of going directly to the in-house team of talking heads waiting to discuss the game. Whatever is going on on the field is for the stadium attendees only. Except for Thanksgiving, I have never seen a network air a half-time performance when living in NY or Cali.

Edited June 16, 2019 by PBSLover

[scorpio1031]

35 minutes ago, PBSLover said:

On the networks that air football games, half-time consists of going directly to the in-house team of talking heads waiting to discuss the game. Whatever is going on on the field is for the stadium attendees only. Except for Thanksgiving, I have never seen a network air a half-time performance when living in NY or Cali.

I guess I would have thought it would be different in Dallas considering the hype over the Cowboys.  But then if they aired halftime, they would have to acknowledge that they actually have cheerleaders:/

[dancerfan]

On 6/13/2019 at 4:00 PM, ByTor said:

LOL because they won't.  But this letter confirms something I've been thinking for a while.  I don't get all the "oh yay, guys are auditioning and making squads" hoopla.  In a world where men are involved in so much, it was nice having something that was for women.  I knew once guys started making it that women would start to be overlooked and now replaced.

Spot on comment.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a concerted response within the pro sports team dance industry to try to stem the elimination of opportunities for female dancers. This letter is a good start, but it only mentions three NBA teams--nothing about Spurs Entertainment, which started this phenomenon, or NFL teams that jumped on the bandwagon this season, such as the Titans, who replaced about half their spots for female dancers with co-ed stunters.

For the record: I'm all for ADDING gender-inclusive opportunities in dance/cheer/spirit teams. But not by ELIMINATING opportunities for female dancers.

[ByTor]

23 minutes ago, dancerfan said:

For the record: I'm all for ADDING gender-inclusive opportunities in dance/cheer/spirit teams. But not by ELIMINATING opportunities for female dancers.

Like Rhythm & Blue.  I've never been to a game, but I've seen videos of them performing along side the DCC during halftime shows.

[Holly85]

Just now, ByTor said:

Like Rhythm & Blue.  I've never been to a game, but I've seen videos of them performing along side the DCC during halftime shows.

They are amazing as well I’ve seen them preform last year at one of the games 

[ByTor]

@Holly85, I love watching their plaza performances!

[Holly85]

Just now, ByTor said:

@Holly85, I love watching their plaza performances!

Me to I can’t wait to go in August 

[ByTor]

@Holly85 please share some video with us if you can!  

[Holly85]

Just now, ByTor said:

@Holly85 please share some video with us if you can!  

I will and lots of pictures 

[scorpio1031]

6 minutes ago, ByTor said:

@Holly85 please share some video with us if you can!  

If you go to the IG account, you can see some audition videos if you like.  Pretty cool - very talented group of dancers.

[Holly85]

Just now, scorpio1031 said:

If you go to the IG account, you can see some audition videos if you like.  Pretty cool - very talented group of dancers.

Yes they are loved the energy they bring to the games 

[EricaShadows]

I know people like the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel, but has anyone listened to the cover by Disturbed?  That cover is my absolute favorite version of all (including the original).  It's just so powerful, unique and distinct, mainly thanks to David Draiman's voice.  

[onthebubble]

2 hours ago, EricaShadows said:

I know people like the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel, but has anyone listened to the cover by Disturbed?  That cover is my absolute favorite version of all (including the original).  It's just so powerful, unique and distinct, mainly thanks to David Draiman's voice.  

It's brilliant! Gives me shivers!

[ByTor]

I'm not a fan of that song, but for the most part I LOVE Disturbed 🙂

[EricaShadows]

Most people look at me and either give me a "Who's that?" look when I mention the band or a "You LIKE that type of group?" look since Disturbed is not a group that people think I would normally listen to.  They should expect it though because I listen to practically every type of music out there except for hip hop, rap and certain genres of metal, maybe a few others.

[ByTor]

30 minutes ago, EricaShadows said:

 They should expect it though because I listen to practically every type of music out there except for hip hop, rap and certain genres of metal, maybe a few others.

Sounds almost like me, except the only things I cannot listen to are rap/hip hop and country (but I like most Southern rock, go figure).  I love pretty much all metal, Liquid Metal is a staple on my satellite radio 🙂

[Kayce]

2 hours ago, ByTor said:

Sounds almost like me, except the only things I cannot listen to are rap/hip hop and country (but I like most Southern rock, go figure).  I love pretty much all metal, Liquid Metal is a staple on my satellite radio 🙂

I surprise most people because I'm a hard core metal head and hard rock fan 😉 Avatar, In This Moment, Lamb of God, Seether, Godsmack, Disturbed, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Anthrax, Behemoth, Halestorm (though I really consider them more hard rock), to name a few of the bands I listen to on a daily basis...I have a hard time with country and rap.  I can do some old school hip hop but not the new stuff.  😛 

[Teeniebopper1]

Hey everybody. Longtime lurker. These boards are a guilty pleasure.  For those that remember her, Catherine Dunne was announced this morning as part of the new Big Brother cast.  I am pretty sure she is the same one that tried out for DCC.

[Teeniebopper1]

[EricaShadows]

6 hours ago, Teeniebopper1 said:

Hey everybody. Longtime lurker. These boards are a guilty pleasure.  For those that remember her, Catherine Dunne was announced this morning as part of the new Big Brother cast.  I am pretty sure she is the same one that tried out for DCC.

6 hours ago, Teeniebopper1 said:

I wonder if Erica made it and, if not, that it bothers her any that a 2-time DCC Rookie candidate and ex-beauty pageant contestant made it and she didn't.  Or was that Jenna auditioning for BB?  I can't keep them straight sometimes and, for some of them, I don't want to.

Edited June 17, 2019 by EricaShadows

[scorpio1031]

11 minutes ago, EricaShadows said:

I wonder if Erica made it and, if not, that it bothers her any that a 2-time DCC Rookie candidate and ex-beauty pageant contestant made it and she didn't.  Or was that Jenna auditioning for BB?  I can't keep them straight sometimes and, for some of them, I don't want to.

Jenna was allegedly auditioning for BB and Erica was trying for the Bachelor.

[ByTor]

1 hour ago, EricaShadows said:

I wonder if Erica made it and, if not, that it bothers her any that a 2-time DCC Rookie candidate and ex-beauty pageant contestant made it and she didn't.  Or was that Jenna auditioning for BB?  I can't keep them straight sometimes and, for some of them, I don't want to.

Well in case you change your mind, it was Jenna who wanted BB, Erica auditioned for The Bachelor 🙂 

[DCCFanInKy]

nevermind

Edited June 18, 2019 by DCCFanInKy
found answer to question

[RedDelicious]

On 6/16/2019 at 4:07 PM, PBSLover said:

I’ve always thought this but never posted about. Why does the Cowboys organization play clips of the Cowboys during the Thunderstruck dance on the big board? I’m not sure if they still do it but why can’t they have their dance be on the board for the whole dance?

To me it’s just more rudeness and unappreciation from the Cowboys organization towards the cheerleaders. Just my thoughts.

This used to drive me nuts about our community television station broadcasting high school sports.  They would pan the camera during timeouts to the huddle instead of showing the cheerleaders doing their routines.  Even as a teenager (over 25 years ago) I thought that was complete BS.  

[ByTor]

I thought networks started doing that because lots of women watch football and you know damn well that as women we can't handle things like seeing attractive women on tv 🙄

[Opine]

I got the Star.  Q&D-couple of AMAZING Maddie pics.  Daphne, Lexie and Rachel W win the day.  Madeline Malloy did much better than I would have thought. Also old Rachel was generally better than expected.  Miranda had one that was stunning.  Worst pic in mag was a Savannah pic.  And there was a Savannah pulls her pants down pic :(.  Brennan's spread pic was so sad.  Bytor is gonna be pissed.  Bridget did not photograph well at all.  Alana was a girl among women.  The rest had some hot, some not.  Some of the bad ones (like Brennan's) were photographers fault.  Rachel Ws pic in the B&D suit was the best in the book.

[Holly85]

Just now, Opine said:

I got the Star.  Q&D-couple of AMAZING Maddie pics.  Daphne, Lexie and Rachel W win the day.  Madeline Malloy did much better than I would have thought. Also old Rachel was generally better than expected.  Miranda had one that was stunning.  Worst pic in mag was a Savannah pic.  And there was a Savannah pulls her pants down pic :(.  Brennan's spread pic was so sad.  Bytor is gonna be pissed.  Bridget did not photograph well at all.  Alana was a girl among women.  The rest had some hot, some not.  Some of the bad ones (like Brennan's) were photographers fault.  Rachel Ws pic in the B&D suit was the best in the book.

Who else was in the magazine besides the ones you said 

[Opine]

31 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

Who else was in the magazine besides the ones you said 

I think everyone was in it.  It is big!!!!  

[scorpio1031]

1 hour ago, Opine said:

I got the Star.  Q&D-couple of AMAZING Maddie pics.  Daphne, Lexie and Rachel W win the day.  Madeline Malloy did much better than I would have thought. Also old Rachel was generally better than expected.  Miranda had one that was stunning.  Worst pic in mag was a Savannah pic.  And there was a Savannah pulls her pants down pic :(.  Brennan's spread pic was so sad.  Bytor is gonna be pissed.  Bridget did not photograph well at all.  Alana was a girl among women.  The rest had some hot, some not.  Some of the bad ones (like Brennan's) were photographers fault.  Rachel Ws pic in the B&D suit was the best in the book.

Some guy on FB got his issue last night and he said that he never really thought that much of Maddie until he saw her photos

Edited June 19, 2019 by scorpio1031

[ByTor]

1 hour ago, Opine said:

Brennan's spread pic was so sad.  Bytor is gonna be pissed.

[Opine]

32 minutes ago, scorpio1031 said:

Some guy on FB got his issue last night and he said that he never really thought that much of Maddie until he saw her photos

Yeah the pic of her on the DCC suit is THAT good.

[PBSLover]

I thought the magazine did away with hard copies?

[scorpio1031]

6 hours ago, Opine said:

I got the Star.  Q&D-couple of AMAZING Maddie pics.  Daphne, Lexie and Rachel W win the day.  Madeline Malloy did much better than I would have thought. Also old Rachel was generally better than expected.  Miranda had one that was stunning.  Worst pic in mag was a Savannah pic.  And there was a Savannah pulls her pants down pic :(.  Brennan's spread pic was so sad.  Bytor is gonna be pissed.  Bridget did not photograph well at all.  Alana was a girl among women.  The rest had some hot, some not.  Some of the bad ones (like Brennan's) were photographers fault.  Rachel Ws pic in the B&D suit was the best in the book.

Hopefully there are pics of Savannah, Brennan, Bridget or Alanna that are so good they are being saved for the calendar.  For all the pics that they take, there has to be one great shot of each girl.

[Opine]

5 hours ago, scorpio1031 said:

Hopefully there are pics of Savannah, Brennan, Bridget or Alanna that are so good they are being saved for the calendar.  For all the pics that they take, there has to be one great shot of each girl.

There was at least one good pic in there of Savannah and Brennan.  Bridget's weren't bad - they were just like a friend at the beach pics, not calendar pics.  Alanna had multiple pics and she just wasn't photogenic.  Oh, and the pics I really hope would be amazing of Gina (the ones in the suit everyone hated but I loved) are bad.  She was fine, but they had shoveled the makeup on her and the lighting they used showed that.

[5678Pixie]

Look who worked out  at Cowboys Fit today.

Edited June 26, 2019 by 5678Pixie

[Kayce]

12 hours ago, 5678Pixie said:

Look who worked out  at Cowboys Fit today.

Jennifer Lopez= GOALS....She is amazing!!! ARod...eh...don't give a flip about him.  

[raindancer]

On 6/27/2019 at 6:56 AM, Kayce said:

Jennifer Lopez= GOALS....She is amazing!!!

YES!!!!!  When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a Fly Girl....and a veterinarian....and raise horses in Colorado.  But mostly, I wanted to be a Fly Girl.  I would still love to be JLo 😂

[ByTor]

I did consulting work for Knoll furniture (I love their pieces, but WAY out of my price range).  In the lobby they played a video in which A-Rod discussed the Knoll furniture he owns.  That's what I always think of when I see him.

[Kayce]

8 minutes ago, raindancer said:

YES!!!!!  When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a Fly Girl....and a veterinarian....and raise horses in Colorado.  But mostly, I wanted to be a Fly Girl.  I would still love to be JLo 😂

I would be a happy camper if I even remotely looked like her 😉 

[raindancer]

39 minutes ago, Kayce said:

I would be a happy camper if I even remotely looked like her 😉 

Omg yes.  And she seriously just gets even more beautiful over time.  I still covet Body Bling.....never could get my hands on any.  Probably a good thing, or I'd be sparkling like a Twilight vampire 😂

[DCCFanInKy]

OK so I think I remember seeing the cheerleaders dance to "Grown Woman" by Beyonce but for the life of me I can't find the video again.  Someone help?!

[Kayce]

3 hours ago, raindancer said:

Omg yes.  And she seriously just gets even more beautiful over time.  I still covet Body Bling.....never could get my hands on any.  Probably a good thing, or I'd be sparkling like a Twilight vampire 😂

I'd twinkle like every star in the sky if I could!! 🙂

[Laurendcc]

On 6/17/2019 at 7:01 PM, scorpio1031 said:

Jenna was allegedly auditioning for BB and Erica was trying for the Bachelor.

I love kat Dunn on bb21!!!

[UnicornKicksBack]

On 6/26/2019 at 7:14 PM, 5678Pixie said:

Look who worked out  at Cowboys Fit today.

I would literally fall over dead if I went to the gym and JLo was there. She is unreal. Way too big of a star to be on MTT, but she would put every single DCC to shame if they put her 50 year old body in that uniform and let her do one 8 count. 

[Michele Butler]

Can you even imagine JLo doing a sideline dance for the DCC? Throw in a little Jay Z. rap mid-song? They should showcase the hip hop aspect of these dancers. They're so talented. I can only imagine how great it would be to see them as dance troupes in tight formations- laying it all out there. It would modernize the team, for sure, no stale choreography. My ass would be on the next plane from New Jersey to Dallas to see that..

[tteek74]

On 6/7/2019 at 6:01 PM, PBSLover said:

Anyone ever read Jeff Pearlman’s book, Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty? Holy Hell. Audible is so great because of the number of credits they give you so I downloaded and listened. If you ever want to hear the history of Jerry Jones arrival and subsequent years after him taking over, it’s football and drugs with nights reminiscent of Caligula.   

I’d heard about things written in the book for years but decided to finally read/listen to it myself. Again, holy hell. And for the record, Skip Bayliss, the at the time Dallas-based sport’s journalist, MADE UP that Troy Aikman is gay. And that rumor has never gone away. It has followed Aikman since Bayliss’s book was released in the mid/late ’90’s and it’s completely shameful. I had no idea.

That’s only one of hundreds of gems in the book. The cheerleaders are only mentioned peripherally so nothing to talk of there. BUT, since I am speaking of the debauchery of the team, had Suzanne Mitchell not shut down Jones when he was looking for more scantily clad uniforms and wanted to watch the DCC practice, I am certain he would have wanted the squad to be available to himself and the team after hours. Jones does not come across well in the book, in either his business practices nor his personal life.

I’ve read Boys Will Be Boys. I cannot STAND Skip Bayless because of that bs. He just seemed like an underhanded ass hole. I know there was some crazy stuff going on in the 90s, but that book was crazy. Now I’m going to read it again! 

[ElenaFR]

I'm obsessed with Todrick. All these kids can out dance the DCC. So much pop and energy. I want to see fun and young with the DCC. 

Would love to see Todrick on the show. He is a Texas native.

Edited July 8, 2019 by ElenaFR

[Law Mom]

I loooove Todrick. His tour is coming to my home town and I am thinking of getting a ticket. I have seen the NHHH video 6,332 times. My daughter did a class with Stevo to that song and it's really cute but it's not Brian Friedman level, lol.

[Holly85]

Who else thinks it’s wrong for the Mavs organization to still be hosting dance camps when there is no dance team