contortions in mid-air by the FEU Cheering Squad
“After several years of being second or third place, we decided to adopt the sarimanok concept because it’s a bird that soars high."
The FEU Cheering squad bagged the 2009 Samsung-sponsored UAAP Cheerdance Competition Championship, clinching away the crown from title-favorites, the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe and the defending champions, the UP Pep Squad in a jam-packed Araneta Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The Tamaraw Cheering Squad performed a clean and powerful routine showcasing the Sarimanok theme of the 72nd UAAP season. The Sarimanok concept was originally followed from the school’s logo, it is a mythical bird with colorful wings thus the theme of this year’s UAAP, “One Color, One Goal”.
The FEU squad went home with a prize of 225,000 pesos plus 35 units of cellphone from Samsung, but more than anything else the cheerdance title which they last won in 1998. FEU garnered a score of 86.1%, besting out Ateneo’s Blue Babble Battalion (last year’s fourth place) which came in 1st runner up at 83.4% and UP Pep Squad (defending champion) at 83.1%. Meanwhile the perennial favorite, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe (last year second place) fell to fourth place for the first time in many years which drew an 81 percentage score.
The board of judges were composed of Dr. Sylvia M. Chua, President and Founder of Cheerleading Association of the Philippines; Douglas Nierras, Artistic Director of Powerdance; Evan Alva, President of Pilipinas Cheerleading Federation; Joy Garcia Valenton, National Judge Gymnastics Association of the Philippines and Ai Hesagawa, International Judge of Federation of Japan Cheerleading Association.
Watch the FEU Cheering Squad's championship routine!
photo credit: Mr. Scott Kho
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