CHEERDANCE

• IS COINED FROM THE WORDS, CHEER AND DANCE.

• TO CHEER IS TO SHOUT OUT WORD OR PHRASES THAT MAY HELP MOTIVATE AND BOOST THE MORALE OF A
PLAYING TEAM AND PERFORM BETTER DURING A GAME.

• DANCE, ON THE OTHER HAND. IS A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WHERE ONE EXPRESSES EMOTIONS OR GESTURED WHILE
PERFORMING BODILY MOVEMENT USUALLY IN TIME WITH RHYTHM.

CHEERDANCING ROOTED FROM CHEERLEADING

-PERFORMANCE OF A ROUTINE, USUALLY DOMINATED BY GYMNASTIC SKILLS SUCH AS JUMPS, TUMBLING SKILLS, LIFTS
AND TOSSES COMBINED WITH SHOUTING OF CHEERS AND YELLS TO LEAD THE CROWD TO CHEER FOR A CERTAIN TEAM
DURING A GAME OR SPORT.

• TODAY, CHEERDANCING IS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR EVENTS IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST
COLLEGIATE SPORTS EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY, THE UAAP (UNIVERISTY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES).

• CHEERLEADING/CHEERDANCE ORIGINATED IN USA. IN THE 1980S AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

• FIRST CHEERLEADING WAS MAINLY PERFORMED BY MEN. IT WAS NOT UNTIL WWII THAT WOMEN DOMINATED
THIS ACTIVITY.

• 1923 THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, WOMEN WAS PARTICIPATED.

• 1951 AFTER WAR, NATIONAL CHEERLEADERS’ ASSOCIATION WAS ESTABLISHED

• LAURENCE “HERKIE” HURKIMER WAS THE FOUNDER.

• 1965, FRED GASTOFF INVENTED THE VINYL POM-POM.

THE CHEERLEADING PHILIPPINES OR CP WAS FORMED IN 1993 AND WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF CHEERDANCE (IFC) IN 2007. BY EARLY 2008, THE CPF IS REPRESENTED 16 REGIONAL CENTERS IN KEY
CITIES AND PROVINCES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

IT INCLUDES AFFILIATE MEMBERS WHO ARE NATIONAL BUT RESIDING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE FIRST

IT INCLUDES AFFILIATE MEMBERS WHO ARE NATIONAL BUT RESIDING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE FIRST
MEMBER SOCIETIES REPRESENTING UNITED STATES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, AND CANADA.

THE CP HAD GROWN TO INCLUDE 49 NATIONAL CHEERLEADING CHAPTERS, REPRESENTING 3 INHIBITED SUB REGIONS
(LUZON, VISAYAS AND MINDANAO IN THE PHILIPPINES.