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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-02-16 15:30:00

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GOOSEBERRY CHEER TEAM TRYOUTS

Although the cheer teams may not be competing against anyone from Ilvermorny or Hogwarts, the competition within Gooseberry itself is fierce.

Mr. Thorn is holding these tryouts in the warmth and safety of the lodge, so a number of students have rearranged the couches and chairs to form an audience seating area to cheer for the cheerleaders. There's a lot of gymnastic and dance talent in the room today, and only a few minutes to size up the competition before Mr. Thorn gets things underway.

"First off, in alphabetical order, I'm going to call you up to the room to do your prepared audition," he informs the room. "After that, I'm going to teach you all a new routine, and we're going to perform it together." So Mr. Thorn can focus on judging, he has three assistants to teach the new routine: Mackenzie Prince, Cecil Honeychurch, and Olivia Sanchez. The three of them have decided not to try out for the Gooseberry team, but instead graciously agreed to help Mr. Thorn today.

HOW THIS WORKS

There are 12 spots on the Cheer Squad, give or take.

Cheerleaders will be judged on technical skill, athleticism and teamwork.

A captain will also be selected. If you have strong feelings about your character not being chosen as captain, please let us know.

The first half of tryouts are individual auditions. You have up to one minute of the floor, but your routine can be shorter if you don't need the whole minute. You may bring your own music if you wish, but if it's inappropriate (Mr. Thorn looks directly at Casey and Riley as he says this) he's shutting it off.

The second half will involve the three student volunteers teaching a new routine to the group. Mr. Thorn will be walking through the cheerleaders, taking note on how well they follow instruction and overall skill. This will be a relatively simple routine, with some lifts but no complex throws or pyramids.

You may come dressed in your cheer uniform or athletic clothes.

The tryouts are open to the whole student body but preference will be given to current cheerleaders.

» Individual Tryouts: Would-be cheerleaders come up to do their routines in alphabetical order. You have up to one minute to impress Mr. Thorn!

» Group Routine: Student volunteers teach a simple cheer and dance routine to the hopeful cheerleaders while Mr. Thorn judges them.

» Audience: Cheer on the cheerleaders!

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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	AUDIENCE solveforx 2017-02-17 02:01 am UTC (link)
	Xavier is a slacker who doesn't take a lot of classes, so he wanders in to watch at some point, lugging a giant bag of spicy puppy chow he made in Rudiments today. He "WOO!"s with varying levels of enthusiasm, depending on how full his mouth is, at pretty much everyone. Generally, he reserves his best "WOO!"s for Ribbonfins and Diego. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Ravi

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2017-02-17 05:16 am UTC (link)

Ravi is here, sitting with Xavier (and occasionally indulging in some puppy chow). It's his duty to represent Ribbonfin, which he does with waving an olive-and-copper pennant and enthusiastic applause, particularly for Sun-mi and Tabitha. Although normally reserved, Ravi will stand up for Sun-mi. He'll yell "WHOOO" for Sun-mi (but just once). And he'll reassure her before she goes up that she is wonderful and talented and he'll basically turn into some kind of overly anxious stage dad. Sorry.

And of course, Ravi is also here for Diego. He's not quite so loud or anxious, but he'll switch his pennant for an Azurcrest one whenever Diego goes up, and they spend the rest of the time sitting together and commenting on the routines with Xavier (when Xavier's mouth isn't full).

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	Ravi & Xavier & Diego morale 2017-02-17 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Diego is happy to sit with Xavier and Ravi, and is full of glowing compliments for everyone's auditions. He's much less conservative with his "WHOO"s, but Azurcrest, Vee and Ty get special attention. Diego can wolf whistle really loudly. Lung strength! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ravi & Xavier & Diego & Sun-mi henshinyo 2017-02-18 03:00 am UTC (link)
	This is, of course, where Sun-mi ends up after changing for the group auditions. "Good luck today," she says to Diego and smiles because she's trying. It's definitely a little weird to be sitting here when Tabitha auditions, but Sun-mi is loud and enthusiastic during everyone's turns, especially all the fishies. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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