Cheerdance Flashcards
It is an event that consists of cheers and organized routines for sports team motivation, audience entertainment, or competition.
Cheerleading
They consist of yellers, dancers, and athletes involved in cheerleading
cheerleaders
When they are gruped together as one, they are called a _____
Squad
He is the father of American cheerleading
Thomas Peebles
recognized as the first cheerleader in history.
Johnny Campbell
When were women involved in cheerleading?
1920s
When was the first pep club established in Princeton University?
1870s
First organized yell
1880s
- First school “fight song”
- First time megaphone was used
1890s
First cheerleading fraternity
1900s
First use of pompons(paper) in cheerleading
1930s
when was the first cheerleading company formed?
1940s
Who founded the first cheerleading company?
Lawrence R. Herkimer
When were vinyl pompons invented?
1960s
who invented the vinyl pompons?
Fred Gasthoff