CHEERDANCE/CHEERLEADING

Cheerleading is an organized sports activity involving short routines that combine dance, gymnastics, and stunt
elements to cheer on teams, most commonly football. Performers of these one to three-minute routines are called
"cheerleaders". Cheerleading originated in Britain and spread to the United States where it remains most common,
but has also become popular in other parts of the world, such as Europe, Central America, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, and Asia.Lawrence "Herkie" Herkimer is a legend and innovator in the field of cheerleading. He founded
the National Cheerleaders Association at Southern Methodist University, holding cheerleading camps since 1948.
His first camp drew 52 girls and one boy. His camps have since grown to more than twenty thousand attendees. He
founded the Cheerleading Supply Company in 1953, patenting the first pompoms, or pom-pons. Herkimer chose to
call them "Pom-pon" when he learned that the word "pom-pom" in other languages contained vulgar meanings.
His pom-pon with the hidden handle was patented in 1971. Herkimer created the "Herkie" cheerleading jump by
accident when he intended to perform a split jump. Herkimer founded a national cheerleading magazine called
Megaphone while at SMU. In Herkimer's words, he's taken the world of cheerleading "from the raccoon coat and
pennant to greater heights".

Last year 2018 was the date of our competition. We participated because of our subject which is the Physical
Education but in everything you do there is a corresponding lesson you will get. I realized that unity is very
important because you will not achieve your goal if everyone is not participating properly and unity is the key to
success of every game. Patience is a must, some of our classmates are not participating properly they didn't take it
serious because they see it as play game. Lastly, following the rules is one the value that I learned, you need obey
all the rules that they set because following the rules means you're already near to your goal.