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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Friday, Dec. 6, 1985
NCA invites cheerful squad
By Theresa Scott Of the Kansan staff
While most students will be relaxing at home during their Christmas vacation, 16 KU students will be jumping, yelling and climbing on each other in Orlando. Fla.
KU's varsity cheerleading squad will be one of 20 squads competing in the National Cheerleading Association's national championships Jan. 3, 4 and 5.
Steve Beaumont, captain of the squad, said yesterday that about 380 teams sent three-minute video tapes of original routines to the NCA headquarters in Dallas. These tapes were judged and 20 finalists were chosen, including the University of Kansas. Other teams chosen include the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma
State University, the University of Nebraska and Wichita State University, said Beaumont, Roeland Park park
The KU squad danced, built pyramids and did partner stunts to "Dangerous" by Natalie Cole. Neil Ballard, KU's variety cheerleading coach, and Beaumont choreographed the routine, which earned KU its first berth ever in the finals.
The tape was especially difficult to make because of the busy sports schedule in November when the tapes were due, Beaumont said.
"We had to fly to Denver for a basketball game one day, come back for a football game the next day and try to get the tape done by November 18," he said.
Beaumont said the squad was notified Nov. 22 that they had been
selected for the final competition. Now, he said, they were slightly revising the taped routine and were practicing for the competition during their daily two-hour practices.
"This is extracurricular and is in addition to the other duties, which include cheering at basketball and football games," he said. "We go over our stuff for the games first and then spend the extra time practicing for the national competition."
He said, however, that the squad would not be able to cheer at the Kansas-Memphis State basketball game at Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 4 because they would be at the competition. He said that they might not have gone to the game anyway.
Beaumont said the squad will fly to Orlando on Jan. 3 to practice and to do promotions, which may include
making some television commercials.
The squad will stay in villas between Walt Disney World and Epcot Center and is invited to a black-tie bell.
On Jan. 4, a preliminary competition will limit the field to 10 squads. The finals, on Jan. 5, may be televised. Beaumont said that ESPN and NBC were squabbling over broadcasting rights to the competition.
He said all the squads that made the finals were able to perform the same level of stunt difficulty, such as building three-level pyramids.
"We need to get on our horses," he said. "We let up a bit after we made the finals so we'd have a chance to soak it all in. Now we have to get back in the swing of nationals.
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