Photo Gallery: THS Cheer and Dance Kids Clinic

Tessa Duncan, Opinion Editor|September 30, 2015

Vincent Carper

The kids perform “Shake it Off” at half time of the game.

The cheer and dance teams held a kid’s clinic for children ages 4-13. The clinic was held from 9 am-12 pm two Saturdays ago and a wide range of ages attended.

For the first part of the clinic, the dancers and cheerleaders played games with the children, including “Little Sally Walker”, “Duck Duck Goose,” and “Down by the Banks.” After the kids were adjusted, they were split into two groups.

The cheerleaders taught the kids different cheers they could do on sidelines, worked on stunts with them, and taught them jumps. The dancers taught the kids stretches as well as a routine choreographed to the song “Shake it Off’ by Taylor Swift that they could perform at the halftime show of a football game.

The children showed off all the things they learned at the clinic during the game Friday September 25 against Emporia High School at Hummer Sports Park.

 

The Cheerleaders and kids walk the track during pre game.
The Cheerleaders and kids walk the track during pre game.
Shalma Reyes, Senior dancer, dances with a kid off the field after the half time performance
Shalma Reyes, Senior dancer, dances with a kid off the field after the half time performance.
The kids perform "Shake it Off" at half time of the game
The kids perform “Shake it Off” at half time of the game.
A girl from the kids clinic does the cheers she has learned
A girl from the kids clinic does the cheers she has learned.
The Cheerleaders cheer with the kids on the sidelines
The Cheerleaders cheer with the kids on the sidelines.
Kiera Beatty, junior cheerleader, walks with a kid around the track
Kiera Beatty, junior cheerleader, walks with a kid around the track.
Kennedy Robinson, sophomore cheerleader, points the crowd out to a kid from the clinic
Kennedy Robinson, sophomore cheerleader, points the crowd out to a kid from the clinic.

 

Photos by Vincent Carper