Topic 6: Cheer Dance

Question 1

This is relatively new in the fields of sports and dance as it has only emerged during the early 1990’s as part of the cheerleading events.

Answer 1

Cheer dance

Question 2

The first pep club was established at Princeton University. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 2

1870’s

Question 3

The first organized yell was recorded at Princeton University. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 3

1880’s

Question 4

Organized cheerleading was initiated at the University of Minnesota as was the first school “fight song”. Megaphone was use on the day cheerleading began in 1898. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 4

1890’s

Question 5

Usage of the megaphone was becoming popular. The first cheerleading fraternity was organized. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 5

1900’s

Question 6

The first “homecoming” was held at the University of Illinois. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 6

1910

Question 7

Women became active in cheerleading. The university of Minnesota cheerleaders began to incorporate gymnastics and tumbling into their cheers. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 7

1920’s

Question 8

Universities and high schools began performing pompon routines and using paper pompons. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 8

1930’s

Question 9

The first cheerleading company was formed by Lawrence R. Herkimer of Dallas, Texas. The first national organization for cheerleaders, the American Cheerleaders Association was formed by Bill Horan.

What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 9

1940’s

Question 10

College cheerleaders began conducting cheerleading workshops to teach cheerleading skills. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 10

1950’s

Question 11

The vinyl pompom was invented by Fred Gasthoff and introduced by the International Cheerleading Foundation. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 11

1960’s

Question 12

In addition to cheering for the traditional football and basketball teams, cheerleaders began supporting all school sports. What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 12

1967

Question 13

The first nationwide television broadcast of the National Collegiate Cheerleading Championships initiated by the International Cheerleading foundation. Cheerleading began to receive recognition as a serious athletic activity as the skill level dramatically increased in areas such as gymnastics, partner stunts, pyramids, and advance jumps.

What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 13

1970’s

Question 14

National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) trained hundreds of thousands of cheerleaders. The former General Manager and Vice President of NCA, Jeff Webb, founded the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) to teach higher levels of skills to cheerleaders around the United States. A new era of cheerleading begins.

What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 14

1974

Question 15

The birth of “cheerleading routine”. UCA used cheerleading skills with music.

In July, Jeff Webb’s UCA College Spirit Camp Instructors opened their university cheerleader training camp held at Memphis State University in Tennesse with a demonstration of cheerleading skills incorporating music; the “cheerleading routine” is born.

What year in the timeline of Cheerleading does this happen?

Answer 15

1975