2017 Tryouts and Training Camp: Candidates Included

[scorpio1031]

40 minutes ago, Jazzmom said:

Kelsey Bond is an example of this.  She was very demure, quiet & her hair was a mousy color when she first tried out & didn't make training camp.  I think she did make the team ( maybe the following year) & every year she improved on her looks & skill.  

 

This reminds me..........Candace Carr!! 

Now when Christina came back this year with the shorter hairdo, that made her stand out, but she will need to improve the kicks and showmanship for next year. 

This also reminds me, I missed the podcast:(  Oh well, something to watch after NCIS.

[RazzleberryPie]

7 hours ago, hannahbanana said:

Maybe, but the topic being discussed was the photo shoot and whether or not she should have been there.

I guess I don't have my "Cassie radar" tuned in because I don't even really remember seeing her this season. I guess I just don't care enough about her one way or the other to make a lasting impression.

Has Cassie been on this show this season? I don’t recall either. This pic was on her personal page. I’m so over the Cassie hate. 

[HowdeeDo]

1 hour ago, RazzleberryPie said:

Has Cassie been on this show this season? I don’t recall either. This pic was on her personal page. I’m so over the Cassie hate. 

She was a part of the alumni mentor episode. 

[English Teacher]

11 hours ago, hannahbanana said:

 

 

 

 

Wow. A lot of venom for a little girl who has no say in where she is/what is happening to her. She looks to be at the age where it's very common to be shy/scared of strangers. Don't blame the kid for mom/grandma's actions

 

 

 

I think this is more of a Judy/loving grandma thing:

 

This.   Cassie isn’t getting in the picture...Judy’s granddaughter is. 

[ShellyB]

On 10/30/2017 at 10:45 PM, DCCroutineFAN said:

 So, @ShellyB, what is the likelihood of CMT signing DCC on for a season 13? 

Not sure but this was tweeted this morning....

[Katherine1904]

Does anyone know what season Angela injured herself practicing the jump kick at the stadium? Paige was next to her and I know she only did two years or so I just can’t place which ones they were 

[viccib]

8 minutes ago, Katherine1904 said:

Does anyone know what season Angela injured herself practicing the jump kick at the stadium? Paige was next to her and I know she only did two years or so I just can’t place which ones they were 

was Angela's last year as a DCC in 2016. Paige was a 3 yr vet who retired early.

Edited November 1, 2017 by viccib

[Katherine1904]

6 minutes ago, viccib said:

was Angela's last year as a DCC in 2016. Paige was a 3 yr vet who retired early.

Thanks! I checked and there’s a retiring DCC picture that has both Angela and Paige reitiring at the same time in 2016. Now I just have to figure out which year she injured herself! 

[viccib]

Just now, Katherine1904 said:

Thanks! I checked and there’s a retiring DCC picture that has both Angela and Paige reitiring at the same time in 2016. Now I just have to figure out which year she injured herself! 

was that same year in 2016 :-) no problem :-)

[Katherine1904]

2 minutes ago, viccib said:

was that same year in 2016 :-) no problem :-)

Oh was it?! Brill thanks! 

[Calicocats]

Questions:  Does anyone know what happened to Erica?

Who are group leaders and seconds? 

Thanks!

[cherryblossom]

11 minutes ago, Calicocats said:

Questions:  Does anyone know what happened to Erica?

Who are group leaders and seconds? 

Thanks!

Please read previous posts as it had been covered toooooo death!

[Katherine1904]

42 minutes ago, Calicocats said:

Questions:  Does anyone know what happened to Erica?

Who are group leaders and seconds? 

Thanks!

Read up, but in short she got caught breaking rules.

Jenna, Lacey, Jinelle, KaShara are first leaders. 

Bess, Amy, Robin and Heather O are second leaders. 

(Don’t know who is paired with who) 

[hannahbanana]

While I was kind of shocked at the venom for Cassie & Lennon that came out here over Lennon getting her picture taken with the squad, I saw this on Cassie's insta while looking for Lennon's age and was flabbergasted. It's one thing to go on a board & blast her for things you don't like, but to actually go on her facebook FOUR years after she was on the squad and rant at her? Just why?

[Katherine1904]

Not that it matters but does anyone know if Tasha’s husband is her daughters father? Or was Ivy conceived from a previous relationship? 

[dccfan204]

1 hour ago, Katherine1904 said:

Read up, but in short she got caught breaking rules.

Jenna, Lacey, Jinelle, KaShara are first leaders. 

Bess, Amy, Robin and Heather O are second leaders. 

(Don’t know who is paired with who) 

Jenna + Amy, Jinelle + Bess, Lacey + Robin, KaShara + Heather O

[Calicocats]

On 10/26/2017 at 10:12 PM, sleepyjean said:

From what I recall, Jacie didn't show up with natural hair until after she retired. I don't know what the deal is with Sasha, but if that's her natural hair, good for her. We've yet to see a girl with naturally kinky hair on this team. Not since the 70s anyway.

Sasha's hair is natural.  She is half Filipino and half African American.  She stopped processing it when her daughter was born due to time constraints.  

1 hour ago, Katherine1904 said:

Read up, but in short she got caught breaking rules.

Jenna, Lacey, Jinelle, KaShara are first leaders. 

Bess, Amy, Robin and Heather O are second leaders. 

(Don’t know who is paired with who) 

Thanks.

Weird that they went into so much detail with J/H and just skipped over Erica.  

[sleepyjean]

1 hour ago, Katherine1904 said:

Not that it matters but does anyone know if Tasha’s husband is her daughters father? Or was Ivy conceived from a previous relationship? 

He isn't her biological father, but she has taken his last name so he may have adopted her.

Edited November 1, 2017 by sleepyjean

[Jess14]

I know lots of people think that several of the rookies could get cut at finals this year, but I wonder if K&J will be more cautious about cutting vets. While I’m not sure they would admit it, they probably regret cutting Raylee and Heather at least (Allie’s weight issues were more obvious). I don’t think taking a bunch of borderline girls worked out for the team at all, as this is the weakest team in a while IMO.

Of the best dancers on this year’s team, Jenna is the only one who I think is certain to retire IMO, but I also agree with a poster a few pages back that Lacey coming back could be dependent on Kashara. I don’t really see both returning next year. I’m interested to see what Robin and Cersten do.

[Katherine1904]

6 minutes ago, Jess14 said:

Of the best dancers on this year’s team, Jenna is the only one who I think is certain to retire IMO, but I also agree with a poster a few pages back that Lacey coming back could be dependent on Kashara. I don’t really see both returning next year. I’m interested to see what Robin and Cersten do.

I can see KaShara coming back. That is of course unless she gets pro bowl this year, which is possible but I’m thinking Lacey may get it or Jinelle. 

I think Jinelle will retire also. If KaShara comes back she’ll be point again, she’s doing nothing to lose it 

[Glamourdoll]

2 hours ago, hannahbanana said:

While I was kind of shocked at the venom for Cassie & Lennon that came out here over Lennon getting her picture taken with the squad, I saw this on Cassie's insta while looking for Lennon's age and was flabbergasted. It's one thing to go on a board & blast her for things you don't like, but to actually go on her facebook FOUR years after she was on the squad and rant at her? Just why?

Hope you don't mind, I am going to take my response on this over to former DCCs. Any idea if the mods are going to shut down this thread now the season is over?

[hannahbanana]

18 minutes ago, Glamourdoll said:

Hope you don't mind, I am going to take my response on this over to former DCCs. Any idea if the mods are going to shut down this thread now the season is over?

Don't mind at all. Didn't think it really belonged on this thread (almost put it in small talk), but just wondered about continuity since I connected it to previous posts on this thread. You put it in a much better place. ? 

[Katherine1904]

Hold on a minute, are Chantel and Kyndall actually sisters?! Just seen her Instagram post. I always thought they just were friends who played on their similar looks but the hashtags eg. Twins, I’m 30 seconds older?? 

[missmansfield]

4 hours ago, hannahbanana said:

While I was kind of shocked at the venom for Cassie & Lennon that came out here over Lennon getting her picture taken with the squad, I saw this on Cassie's insta while looking for Lennon's age and was flabbergasted. It's one thing to go on a board & blast her for things you don't like, but to actually go on her facebook FOUR years after she was on the squad and rant at her? Just why?

I was under the impression people did not personally invest in Cassie.

I am very aware that she could not care less what I think, but I still have a right to express my opinion of her.

Also, she may have retired a few years ago but she is still shown on the show acting like a bitch.  She brings the hate on herself.  I don't think she has any real friends, only hanger-ons because of her DCC status and her mother being their choreographer and having a lot to say in who makes the team.

Anyway, I have said what I have to say about Cassie.  I am tired of talking about her, and I am sure people are tired of me talking about her as well LOL!

Edited November 1, 2017 by missmansfield
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[LadyMsJay]

36 minutes ago, Katherine1904 said:

Hold on a minute, are Chantel and Kyndall actually sisters?! Just seen her Instagram post. I always thought they just were friends who played on their similar looks but the hashtags eg. Twins, I’m 30 seconds older?? 

LOL no they aren't

[Law Mom]

Whoever wrote that rant has some serious issues. I'm glad Cassie laughed it off, but anyone who thinks that's ok needs to get their head examined.

[missmansfield]

6 minutes ago, Law Mom said:

Whoever wrote that rant has some serious issues. I'm glad Cassie laughed it off, but anyone who thinks that's ok needs to get their head examined.

You mean what I just wrote?

[KickPretty]

7 minutes ago, Law Mom said:

Whoever wrote that rant has some serious issues. I'm glad Cassie laughed it off, but anyone who thinks that's ok needs to get their head examined.

Truth!  What was funny is the girl that wrote it continued to comment on the post.  Clearly the girl has no life... I mean love or hate Cassie, there’s no need to seek her out to call her names ??? 

[hannahbanana]

9 minutes ago, missmansfield said:

You mean what I just wrote?

No, I think she is referring to the one that was posted on Cassie's facebook & she copied to her insta.

You want to rant/vent on a forum/board -- more power to you (if Cassie comes on here and reads it, she's choosing to come here & read negative things about herself), but to post a rant like the above on her facebook 4 years later is a little much IMO.

[tinabee1967]

14 hours ago, HowdeeDo said:

She was a part of the alumni mentor episode. 

Yes, and she so did not need to be there. She had nothing to offer and was not even very nice to the girls.

[RazzleberryPie]

4 hours ago, Katherine1904 said:

Not that it matters but does anyone know if Tasha’s husband is her daughters father? Or was Ivy conceived from a previous relationship? 

Tasha’s first husband is her daughter’s bio father. 

[LadyMsJay]

9 minutes ago, tinabee1967 said:

Yes, and she so did not need to be there. She had nothing to offer and was not even very nice to the girls.

that we saw!

[tinabee1967]

Just now, LadyMsJay said:

that we saw!

Yes....I should have added that!?

On a more positive note, Judy still has it going on....she looks lovely in those photos! 

[sleepyjean]

1 hour ago, hannahbanana said:

You want to rant/vent on a forum/board -- more power to you (if Cassie comes on here and reads it, she's choosing to come here & read negative things about herself), but to post a rant like the above on her facebook 4 years later is a little much IMO.

Everyone draws that line in a different place. I've seen similarly venomous comments posted here. I've seen cheerleaders referred to here as "disgusting," "a piece of trash," "garbage," and "looks like a whore". It's fine for anyone to write whatever they want about the people on the show, but it's really made me rethink the critical comments I've posted here, because to me, it's not a good look for me, whether it's posted here or on someone's personal social media. I just don't want to put that kind of energy out in the universe.

 

Plus, they're just cheerleaders. I like the show but I don't care enough to work up really strong emotions about any of it.

Edited November 1, 2017 by sleepyjean

[Katherine1904]

33 minutes ago, RazzleberryPie said:

Tasha’s first husband is her daughter’s bio father. 

She married her current husband in 2015. She was 25 when she made DCC her first year, which means she must have been married and divorced by 23 at the latest. Tough deal

[HowdeeDo]

For those interested in numbers and statistics like I am, went through all the twitters to see who’s most followed. Rookie twitters will have been up a week tomorrow, so I find it interesting to see who’s grabbed attention or at least has a good support system. Long post ahead, sorrynotsorry. Rounded to the nearest hundredth. 

Ironicaly enough, GL are in order as their group number. 

Jenna 25.8

Jinelle 17.7

Lacey 11.9

Kashara 9.8

Amy and Chantal 8.5

Stephanie 8.0

Bess (Elizabeth) 7.6

Simone 7.4

Kelsey 6.9

Maddie 6.7

Robin 6.4

Maggie 6.3 

Tasha and Heather 5.4

Kelli 5.1

Tess 4.9

Milan 4.8

Yuko and Selina 4.4

Jessika 4.2

Cersten 4.0

Khalyn 3.8

ROOKIES

Kalyssa 1.3

Lexie 1.2

Lauren 1.2

Christina 1.1

Alexis 1.1

Savannah and Tara 1.0

Molly 892

Gina 820

Keyra 812

Rachel 651

Miranda 625

[Jess14]

I’ve never liked Cassie because she oozes bitchiness, evidenced by her remark about “laying down the law.” I’m sure it’s easy to do that when mama is one of the bosses, and you get special perks and passes for stuff that older girls would not. With that said, I respect the fact that Cassie seems tough. She has probably taken double the amount of hate as any other DCC and some of it is flat out irrational. When I see people complain about their favorites getting hate, I want to be like “Cassie says hi” lol. Yet, Cassie keeps on rolling. I respect that. 

I have always wondered why she didn’t try to cheer in college. My understanding from posts here is that she was quite a good cheerleader in all stars. I guess it was just the DCC dream. 

[cgloss]

27 minutes ago, HowdeeDo said:

For those interested in numbers and statistics like I am, went through all the twitters to see who’s most followed. Rookie twitters will have been up a week tomorrow, so I find it interesting to see who’s grabbed attention or at least has a good support system. Long post ahead, sorrynotsorry. Rounded to the nearest hundredth. 

Ironicaly enough, GL are in order as their group number. 

Jenna 25.8

Jinelle 17.7

Lacey 11.9

Kashara 9.8

Amy and Chantal 8.5

Stephanie 8.0

Bess (Elizabeth) 7.6

Simone 7.4

Kelsey 6.9

Maddie 6.7

Robin 6.4

Maggie 6.3 

Tasha and Heather 5.4

Kelli 5.1

Tess 4.9

Milan 4.8

Yuko and Selina 4.4

Jessika 4.2

Cersten 4.0

Khalyn 3.8

ROOKIES

Kalyssa 1.3

Lexie 1.2

Lauren 1.2

Christina 1.1

Alexis 1.1

Savannah and Tara 1.0

Molly 892

Gina 820

Keyra 812

Rachel 651

Miranda 625

I'm surprised Bess and Chantal have so many followers. They seem to fly under the radar. Doesn't surprise me that the GLs are the top four. They've been there the longest and are the most visible.

[HowdeeDo]

11 minutes ago, Jess14 said:

 

I have always wondered why she didn’t try to cheer in college. My understanding from posts here is that she was quite a good cheerleader in all stars. I guess it was just the DCC dream. 

I think her all star career and beginning of DCC coincided when she was in college, so probably physically impossible. She left college didn’t she? 

[Jess14]

5 minutes ago, HowdeeDo said:

I think her all star career and beginning of DCC coincided when she was in college, so probably physically impossible. She left college didn’t she? 

Oh did she? I thought she tried out right out of high school. I haven’t watched season 3 in ages though, so I could be way off of the mark.

[hannahbanana]

1 hour ago, RazzleberryPie said:

Tasha’s first husband is her daughter’s bio father. 

 

45 minutes ago, Katherine1904 said:

She married her current husband in 2015. She was 25 when she made DCC her first year, which means she must have been married and divorced by 23 at the latest. Tough deal

This is Tasha's first husband. She wasn't married when she had her daughter. There was some big to-do about it because she got pregnant when she was Miss Teen Utah or something like that and had to give up her crown. I think it was talked about in the season 11 threads somewhere.

[hannahbanana]

1 hour ago, sleepyjean said:

Everyone draws that line in a different place. I've seen similarly venomous comments posted here. I've seen cheerleaders referred to here as "disgusting," "a piece of trash," "garbage," and "looks like a whore". It's fine for anyone to write whatever they want about the people on the show, but it's really made me rethink the critical comments I've posted here, because to me, it's not a good look for me, whether it's posted here or on someone's personal social media. I just don't want to put that kind of energy out in the universe.

 

Plus, they're just cheerleaders. I like the show but I don't care enough to work up really strong emotions about any of it.

Yea, I don't agree with all the venom we see either (not just here, the internet makes it so easy to be nasty), but if you feel like you (the general you, not anyone in particular) must do it, do it somewhere they don't have to see it, not on their social media pages.

[HowdeeDo]

15 minutes ago, Jess14 said:

Oh did she? I thought she tried out right out of high school. I haven’t watched season 3 in ages though, so I could be way off of the mark.

Yeah, she was with Cheer Athletics before DCC which takes up a lot of time. Most girls choose DCC over college dance teams or audition after graduating. Doing both at the same time would be almost impossible concidering each teams practice schedules. 

[missmansfield]

58 minutes ago, HowdeeDo said:

For those interested in numbers and statistics like I am, went through all the twitters to see who’s most followed. Rookie twitters will have been up a week tomorrow, so I find it interesting to see who’s grabbed attention or at least has a good support system. Long post ahead, sorrynotsorry. Rounded to the nearest hundredth. 

Ironicaly enough, GL are in order as their group number. 

Jenna 25.8

Jinelle 17.7

Lacey 11.9

Kashara 9.8

Amy and Chantal 8.5

Stephanie 8.0

Bess (Elizabeth) 7.6

Simone 7.4

Kelsey 6.9

Maddie 6.7

Robin 6.4

Maggie 6.3 

Tasha and Heather 5.4

Kelli 5.1

Tess 4.9

Milan 4.8

Yuko and Selina 4.4

Jessika 4.2

Cersten 4.0

Khalyn 3.8

ROOKIES

Kalyssa 1.3

Lexie 1.2

Lauren 1.2

Christina 1.1

Alexis 1.1

Savannah and Tara 1.0

Molly 892

Gina 820

Keyra 812

Rachel 651

Miranda 625

Wow, this is really interesting.  Thanks for posting!

[hannahbanana]

18 hours ago, RazzleberryPie said:

Has Cassie been on this show this season? I don’t recall either.

 

16 hours ago, HowdeeDo said:

She was a part of the alumni mentor episode. 

 

2 hours ago, tinabee1967 said:

Yes, and she so did not need to be there. She had nothing to offer and was not even very nice to the girls.

 

1 hour ago, Jess14 said:

I’ve never liked Cassie because she oozes bitchiness, evidenced by her remark about “laying down the law.” 

Is she the one who went on about something like, "it's okay not to be best dancer, the prettiest, always smiling ... it's okay to be the one to enforce the rules/lay down the law if that's who you are"?

After I said I didn't remember seeing her this season, I thought back over the episodes and thought, is she the one who said the crap above and, yea, it was her. But then I thought, no, maybe that was Melissa. Must have been Melissa (when in doubt, blame Melissa ?). So that was Cassie? Was that the only time she was on?

(I obviously just discounted whoever said it at the time and rolled my eyes because it is a bunch of crap.)

Edited November 1, 2017 by hannahbanana

[Jess14]

5 minutes ago, hannahbanana said:

Is she the one who went on about something like, "it's okay not to be best dancer, the prettiest, always smiling ... it's okay to be the one to enforce the rules/lay down the law if that's who you are"?

After I said I didn't remember seeing her this season, I thought back over the episodes and thought, is she the one who said the crap above and, yea, it was her. But then I thought, no, maybe that was Melissa. Must have been Melissa (when in doubt, blame Melissa ?). So that was Cassie? Was that the only time she was on?

(I obviously just discounted whoever said it at the time and rolled my eyes because it is a bunch of crap.)

Yep, it was her. She didn’t even annoy me that much in the episode, but that comment. .....girl please! She can not be smiley and “lay down the law” because Kitty, nor anyone else, is gonna go to Judy and Kelli and talk about Cassie’s bad attitude. I’m not a ”I’m just so happy to be here,” fake-smiley person either, so I feel her on that, but other girls don’t have the luxury to not put on their happy faces at all times. 

[Acromantula]

10 hours ago, hannahbanana said:

While I was kind of shocked at the venom for Cassie & Lennon that came out here over Lennon getting her picture taken with the squad, I saw this on Cassie's insta while looking for Lennon's age and was flabbergasted. It's one thing to go on a board & blast her for things you don't like, but to actually go on her facebook FOUR years after she was on the squad and rant at her? Just why?

This is absolutely disgusting. I can't believe someone would say these things about someone who they've probably never met, don't know outside of watching MTT (based on their statement that they were "watching DCC"), etc. It's a show, folks, you don't get to see every single second of every single day for every single girl. Shows are edited like crazy to fit time constraints,  keep things flowing, etc. I don't understand how anyone could think they know who Cassie is as a person based on snapshots from a reality show. 

I'm glad Cassie can pretend laugh it off online at least, although I'm sure on a personal level this has got to sting. This type of bullying, anywhere, on any platform, is just wrong. 

[missmansfield]

14 minutes ago, Acromantula said:

This is absolutely disgusting. I can't believe someone would say these things about someone who they've probably never met, don't know outside of watching MTT (based on their statement that they were "watching DCC"), etc. It's a show, folks, you don't get to see every single second of every single day for every single girl. Shows are edited like crazy to fit time constraints,  keep things flowing, etc. I don't understand how anyone could think they know who Cassie is as a person based on snapshots from a reality show. 

I'm glad Cassie can pretend laugh it off online at least, although I'm sure on a personal level this has got to sting. This type of bullying, anywhere, on any platform, is just wrong. 

When people go on a show they take the chance of that happening.  This is a forum where people can express their opinions on the show and DCC overall.

[Katherine1904]

I think this year has just come as a massive shock to everyone including Kelli and Judy. They lost so many amazing dancers (arguably some of the best they’ve ever had) eg Megan, Holly, Melissa, Erica etc. They lost 3 strong and senior group leaders , had issues with the fourth. They had three scandals, a rookie cheerleader retire only a short time into the season. 

I’m hoping this gives them guidelines for next year in regards to vets at auditions and who to put in leadership positions 

[missmansfield]

I guess Kelli changed her mind on loving Tess's curly hair!