Word: pom
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Perhaps the toddlers, who begin their careers at home as two-year-old Raggedy Anns before graduating to become Pom-Poms, Baby Dolls, Barbie Dolls and the rest, are somewhat less eager than their mothers to extol "the need for professionalism, the need for perfection." But for the most part, the votaries tumble over themselves in their affirmation of the golden rules they have mastered. "When you say you can do something, you can do it," says Robin Snow, 15. "When you say you can't, you can't." Everywhere, giggles abound. "When you get girls together," says Shawn...
They move slowly through several eight-counts of their pom routine, then practice it at four times the pace...
...hits their pom routine perfectly; no one loses an elastic band. However, in their final segment, one dancer is slightly off on her turns. Whitlock, Gomez, and Kennedy-Passler, cheering right in front of the stage, return to their spot in the audience extremely anxious...
They go up to accept their award from Lawrence “Herkie” Herkimer, founder of the National Cheerleaders’s Association and inventor of the pom pom...
Each team’s performance must not be over two minutes and 15 seconds, and must incorporate a 30-second section of “pom”-style dancing, a 30-second jazz section, and a 30-second funk section. Pom is more precise, with straight-angled jumps and props, while the funk section incorporates hip hop moves and contemporary pop music...