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The origin and date of first use are not known, [1] but is said to have started in the 1920s when people attempted to encourage a Razorback football team that was losing. [2] The next home game produced a group who repeated the cheer often. [2] The cheer is the best-known cheer at the University. [3]
The organization continued to stress that the squad was not cheerleaders but rather a unique flag carrier/dance team. [ 6 ] Following their inaugural season, the Flight Crew held open auditions for the first time in 2008, increasing the number of members from 10 to 22, as the squad had been well received among the fans in 2007.
Olé is a Spanish interjection used to cheer on or praise a performance commonly used in bullfighting and flamenco dance. [2] In flamenco music and dance, shouts of "olé" often accompany the dancer during and at the end of the performance, and a singer in cante jondo may emphasize the word "olé" with melismatic turns.
Some cheerleaders join all-star teams or cheer at their high schools before going on to the pros. For others, dance paves the way. "I had not cheered before," said Thomas.
Youth cheerleaders during a football halftime show. Youth cheer—high school ages and younger—make up the vast majority of cheerleaders and cheer teams. Organizations that sponsor youth cheer teams usually sponsor either youth league football or basketball teams as well. This allows for the two, under the same sponsor, to be intermingled.
The Indianapolis Colts were the first NFL team to have cheerleaders when they were known as the Baltimore Colts. National Football League Cheerleading or simply NFL Cheerleading, is a group of professional cheerleading organizations in the United States. [1] 24 of the 32 NFL teams include a cheerleading squad in their franchise. [2]
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