HOPE 12

SECOND QUARTER
CHEERDANCE
CHEER DANCE IS A LARGE GROUP OF DANCE, A SPACIOUS FACILITY IS
REQUIRED. FOR CONDUCTING PRACTICES AND HOLDING PERFORMANCES,
VENUE FOR FESTIVAL DANCE PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCES SHOULD BE
EQUIPPED WITH A SOUND SYSTEM AND MEGAPHONES FOR MUSIC AND
SOUND SUPPORT. FIRST-AID KITS AND BASIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MUST BE
ON-HANDS FOR IMMEDIATE MEDICAL AID SHOULD MINOR OR SERIOUS
INJURIES OCCUR.
GET YOUR ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK!
AGREE (+) OR DISAGREE (-)
1. TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.
2. TRY TO WIN BY CHEATING
3. PLAY BY THE RULES AND BE HONEST.
4. SHAKE HANDS WITH THE OPPONENT BEFORE AND AFTER REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME.
5. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOUR OPPONENT HAS DONE, RAISE HAND AND SHOUT.
6. STAY HYDRATED WHATEVER DOING AN ACTIVITY.
7. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PAIN IN AN ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE, CONTINUE BECAUSE IT IS PART OF AN EXCUSE.
8. PEOPLE EXPECT PLAYERS TO BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY AS IT PROMOTES SOCIAL VALUES.
9. DO AN EXERCISE IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FULL MEAL.
10.PARTICIPANTS MUST FOLLOW THE RULES AND ETIQUETTE OF THE SPORT.
PRECAUTION OF CHEERLEADING
•ACCORDING TO AMERICA ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS COUNCIL ON SPORTS
MEDICINE FITNESS, HIGH RATE OF CATASTROPHIC INJURIES COMMONLY
OCCURS IN CHEERLEADING/CHEER DANCING. AROUND 66% OF THE
CATASTROPHIC INJURIES ARE USUALLY SEEN IN FEMALE CHEERLEADERS.
•IN A STUDY CONDUCTED BY SHIELDS (2009), 60% OF INJURIES WERE
STUNT-RELATED SUCH AS TOSSIN, PYRAMIDS AND TUMBLES. AROUND
84% OF INJURIES OCCUR DURING PRACTICES WHICH IS A CONTRAST IN
OTHER SPORTS WHERE INJURIES OCCURS MOSTLY DURING GAMES.
THE AACCA SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING TIPS ON
PREVENTING CATASTROPHIC INJURIES IN CHEER
LEADING:
1. CHEERLEADING/CHEERDANCE MUST BE DESIGNATED AS A SPORT TO ALL STATE.
2. ATHLETES SHOULD HAVE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND MUST BE ASSESSED BY
CONDITIONING TRAINERS BEFORE ALLOWING TO JOIN CHEERING SQUADS.
3. CHEERING SQUAD MUST BE SUPERVISED BY QUALIFIED COACHES WHO ARE CERTIFIED
IN PROPER SPOTTING FOR STUNTS, SAFETY AND BASIC PREVENTION OF INJURIES.
4. ATHLETES ESPECIALLY THE BASES AND SPOTTERS MUST HAVE ADEQUATE BODY
STRENGTH, CORE STABILITY AND BALANCE.
PRACTICING OF THE TECHNICAL SKILL OF THE STUNT SUCH AS PRAMAIDS, TOSSING AND
TUMBLES MUST BE DONE IN A SPRING/FOAM OR GRASS/TURF TO LESSEN TO MUCH
CONTACT.
COACHES, ATHLETES AND PARENT MUST HAVE ACCESS EMERGENCY PLANS.
CONDITIONING COACHES AND PHYSICIANS MUST BE ALSO PRESENT DURING TRAININGS IF
POSSIBLE.
ATHLETES WHO HAVE A HISTORY IN INJURY MUST BE STRICTLY ASSESSED BY
PHYSICIANS FIRST BEFORE LETTING HIM/HER JOIN THE CHEERING SQUAD.
COACHES, PARENTS AND ATHLETE MUST A WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY ALL
PARTIESS INDICATING THE LNOWLWDGE REGARDING RISK, TENDECIES AND BENEFITS IN
JOINING TO A CHEERING SQUAD.
DO’S AND DONT’S
DO SIGN UP FOR TRAINING CAMPS
DO EAT THE RIGHT KIND OF FOOD AND TRY VARIOUS PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES.
DO WEAR APPROPRIATE ATTIRE. USE THE RIGHT CLOTHES ABD RIGHT
SHOES DURING CHEERLEADING PRACTICE AND COMPETITION.
DON’T TAKE PRACTICE FOR GRANTED.
DON’T PUSH YOURSELF TO MUCH. IF YOU’RE HURT OR INJURED.
DON’T PUSH YOURSELF TO ATTEND PRACTICE.
CHEERDANCE EQUIPMENTS
•BAGS • PRACTICE WARM UP CLOTHES
•UNIFORMS • SAFETY PITS
•FIRST AID KITS • SHOES
•FLOOR MATS • SOCKS
•HATS AND CAPS
• SPORTS BRAS
•LANDING MAT
•MEDICINE BALLS • TRAINING SHAPES
•MEGAPHONES • WATER BOTTLES
•POMS • WRISTBANDS
 FESTIVAL DANCE
• FESTIVAL IS AN EVENT USSUALLY MARKED AS LOCAL OR NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATED BY A
COMMUNITY AND CENTERING ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS ASPECT OF THAT COMMUNITY AND ITS
RELIGION AND ITS OR TRADITION.

• FESTIVALS ARE USSUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HARVEST, THANKGIVING, APPRECIATION AND

RELIGIOUS COMMEMORATION.

• FESTIVALS OR FIESTAS ARE COLORFUL AND IMPORTANT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE CULTURE AND
TRADITION.

• MANY OF THESE FIETAS FEATURE LARGE SYNCHRONIZED GROUP DANCES WHERE PERFORMERS
WEAR COLORFUL COSTUMES AND MAKE UP AND USE VARIOUS PROPS.
ON A ½ SHEET OF PAPER ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:
1.WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES YOU’VE DONE ON YOUR
PREVIOUS LESSON? THINK ABOUT IT.
2.HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES?
3.WHAT IMPORTANT VALUES DID YOU LEARN FROM
THOSE ACTIVITIES?
 PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL DANCES
FIESTAS ARE IMPORTANT TO MANY FILIPINO BECAUSE OF THE
MIRACULOUS POWER OF THEIR PATRON SAINTS. IT IS ONE WAY
OF EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THE SAINTS FOR BEING
REPONSIBLE ON ALL GOOD FOETUNE AND FAVOR RECEIVED.
FILIPINO RELIGION AND FAITH, WHICH ARE THE MOST ESSENTIAL
PART OF THE SOCIETY.
 1. PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL, BAGUIO
THIS FESTIVAL IS A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN BAGUIO EVERY
FEBRUARY.

THE TERM PANAGBENGA MEANS “SEASON OF BLOOMING”.

IT WAS CREATED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE CITY’S FLOWERS AND AS A WAY TO RECOVER
AND RISE UP FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE 1990 LUZON EARTHQUAKE. AMONG
ATTRACTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL ARE THE PARADE OF THE FLOWER-COVERED FLOATS
AND STREET DANCING [ERFORMANCES WHERE STREET DANCERS WEAR FLOWER-
INSPIRED COSTUMES.
2. FERTILITY DANCE

POPULARLY KNOWN AS SAYAW SA OBANDA-THIS FERTILITY DANCE IS

PART OF THE OBANDO FERTILITY RITES, A FESTIVAL CELEBRATED
ANNUALLY EVERY MAY IN OBANDO, BULACAN.
DANCE AND SING THE STREET TO HONORS THE THREE PATRONS SAINTS:
SAN PASCUAL, SANTA CLARA AND NUETRA SEÑORA DE SALAMBAO.
3. PAHIYAS FESTIVAL
THE NATIVE TAGALOGS WERE OBSERVER OF PAHIYAS FESTIVAL AS GIVING THANKS TO
ST. ISIDORE FOR PROSPEROUS HARVEST OF FARM PRODUCTS SUCH AS PALAY,
VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND FISH.
EVERY MAY 15, THE TOWNFOLK OF LUCBAN, QUEZON, DO THEIR HOUSES WITH FRUITS,
VEGETABLES AND COLORFUL KIPING (A LEAF-SHAPED WAFER MADER OF RICE AND DYED
WITH FOOD COLORING) IN CELECBRATION OF THE PAHIYAS FESTIVAL.
THE WORD “PAHIYAS” WAS DERIVED FROM THE WORD “ PAYAS” WHICH MEANS
DECORATION OR TO DECORATE.
4. MASSKARA FESTIVAL
STREETDANCING IS COMMON DURING MASSKARA FESTIVAL DANCER WEAR
LUMINOUS AND SHINNING COSTUMES AND SMILLING MASK WHICH
SYMBOLIZES THE BACOLOD AS THE “CITY OF SMILE”.
THE MASKS REFLECTS THE PEOPLE’S GRIEF OVER THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED, IN
1979, PASSENGER CARRYING VESSEL MS.
DON JUAN CRASHED WITH A TANKER. IT LED TO THE BIG DROP OF THE SUGAR
PRODUCTION. THESE EVENTS PROCEEDED TO THE OBSERVANCE OF THE FIRST
MASSKARA FESTIVAL IN 1980.
5. SINULOG FESTIVAL

SINULOG IS HELD IN CELEBRATION OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY;S MOST FAMOUS HISTORIC RELICS: THE
SANTO NIÑO DE CEBU.
6. KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL
IS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE PLACE OF DAVAO ON THE THIRD
WEEK OF AUGUST. THE NAME OF THE FESTIVAL IS DERIVED FROM A WARM AND
FRIENDLY GREETING “MADAYAW” WHICH DESCRIBED SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD,
VALUABLE, BEAUTIFUL, OR SUPERIOR.

THE FESTIVAL THANKS GIVING FOR PLENTIFUL BOUNTIES AND GOOD HARVEST.
CELEBRATE THE RICH ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF DAVAO AND MINDANAO’S
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
SAYAW MINDANAW, A DANCE COMPETITION WHICH
FEATURES A SET OF DANCES FROM EACH OF THE 11 TRIBES,
IS ANOTHER PROMINENTS FEATURE OF THE KADAYAWAN
FESTIVAL. IN SAYAW MINDANAW, THE PARTICIPANTS ARE
NOT NECESSISARILY MEMBERS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE TRIBES.
I WHOLE SHEET OF PARER

• CHOOSE AT LEAST THREE (3) FESTIVAL DANCES OF THE PHILLIPINES. DESCRIBE THEIR HISTORY AND
EXPLAIN HOW THEY INFLUENCED YOU.
30 POINTS…………!
FESTIVAL DANCE PROTOCOLS

FESTIVAL DANCES ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER STYLE OF DANCING SINCE SOME OF THE ROUTINE
CREATED AND DEVELOPED FOR THESE DANCES CAN BE CONSIDERED AS MODERATE TO VIGOROUS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

PARTICIPANT IN SOCILA GROUP DANCES CAN BOOST ONE’S SELF-ESTEEM DEVELOP TRUST TO OTHERS,
AND CREATE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK IN LIFE.
OBJECTIVES:

DISSCUSS THE REASON OF THE FESTIVAL TO BE CELEBRATED ;AND

OBSERVED PERSONAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION, OVEREXERTION, HYPO-AND
HYPERTHERMIA DURING MVPA PARTICIPATION.
YES OR NO
1. I DO WARM-UP BEFORE ENGAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
2. I DRINK 8-10 GLASSES OF WATER
3. I OBSERVED SAFETY WHEN ENGAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
4. I WEAR PROPER ATTIRE WHEN ENGAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
5. I APPLY CORRECT TECHNIQUES TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF INJURIES
6. I EAT RIGHT FOOD
7. I COOL DOWN AFTER ENGAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
 I DON’T PUSH MYSELF TOO MUCH ENGAGING
8.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
9. I UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE OF THE OTHER
COMMUNITY.
10. I LIKE WATCHING FESTICAL DANCE.
REASON WHY FESTIVAL NEED TO BE CELEBRATED:

1. THE MORE VIRTUAL WE GET, THE MORE RITUAL WE NEED.

2. FESTIVAL REDEFINED “VACATION”