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Congratulations to Olivia Taylor, an Indian Valley
Cheerleader, on her recent accomplishment being named to the Big 33
Cheerleading squad. Olivia is the first cheerleader in school history to
be named to the squad. To be invited to tryout, your coach must nominated
you to the Big 33 organization. For a coach to consider a cheerleader to
be nominated, the cheerleader must have basic skills in dancing, cheering
and tumbling. In tumbling skills, they must be able to perform a standing
back handspring. In addition, you must be able to perform your basic
skills when it comes to stunting. Since Olivia is usually a flyer, Olivia
had to be able to perform one legged stunts on her right leg.
Once Olivia was nominated, she was invited to a tryout that
was held on February 3. At the tryout, Olivia was taught a dance and
cheer that she learned at the tryout. She then had to perform the dance
and cheer in front of a panel of judges as well as show off her tumbling
and stunting skills. The judges were impressed with Olivia since she was
able to fly not only on the required right leg but also her left leg.
When asked about the nomination and being named to the
squad, Olivia commented, "It was a great honor for Coach Singer to
nominate me. It shows me that she cares and sees the hard work and
dedication I have put in to acquire outstanding skills in the sport of
cheerleading. I was nervous about the tryout because I knew that I was
going to be the only one from Indian Valley and that some of the best
across the entire state would be there."
Olivia will get to attend several functions as a member of
the Big 33 squad. Her first function will be a media day on March 3, in
Hershey. After that she has many other obligations such as tailgating
with the Eagles or the Steelers, Big Brother / Big Sister functions,
Special Needs Buddy activities and much more. The week of June 7 - 14 will
be her biggest commitment. This is the week filled with practice,
practice, practice. Olivia will be cheering then at the game in Hershey
on June 14.
Olivia will be asking our local number one fan, Bobby
Fisher, to be her buddy for the game. Bobby was a buddy last year to a
local cheerleader who was named to the squad from Juniata.
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