Congratulations to Mason Hamilton for winning Cheerleader of the Year 2011.  Keep checking back for Mason's profile and how he feels about winning this award.

Rising Stars Newsletter
December 2011

WELLDONE MASTERS

The Masters Team once again stole the show at IDTA last weekend.   Their dance team is still undefeated and gained another 1^st place trophy for the cabinet and the cheer team bagged themselves 2^nd.  Well done Masters!!

CHRISTMAS SHOW  - THIS SUNDAY!!!!!!

All Cheerleaders to arrive at 3pm at Bramhall Rec Centre on Sunday for a full show run through.  Please bring a sandwich, snacks and a drink with you to keep you going through the practice.

Christmas Show is from 6-8pm (doors open 5.30pm).  Tickets will be available on the door and will cost £3.00 for adults and £1.50 for under 5’s.  All proceeds made after expenses go back into club funds.  All teams will be in full uniform which is as follows:

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR UNIFORM SORTED BEFORE THIS WEEKEND

Twinkles – Rising Stars Tshirt, black shorts or blue stars dress , white bow, white trainers and socks

Youth Level 1 – Blue stars dress, white bow, white trainers and white socks

Youth Level 2 – Full cheer uniform, blue bodysuit, white bow, white trainers, white socks, silver briefs

Junior Coed 3 – Full cheer uniform, blue bodysuit, white bow, white trainers, white socks, silver briefs

Senior 1 – Full cheer uniform, white bodysuit, white bow, white trainers, white socks, silver briefs

Senior 3 – Full Cheer uniform, white bodysuit, white bow, white trainers, white socks, silver briefs

Senior Coed – Blue Tshirts, black shorts, white bow, white trainers, white socks

Senior 5 – Senior 5 uniform, blue bow, white trainers, white socks

Dance Teams  - Will be provided by coaches on the day.  Please speak to your coaches about any extras you need to bring i.e – shoes, socks, specific coloured underwear etc

If you are missing any part of your uniform please make sure you buy a replacement over the next few weeks as certain items may need to be ordered in.

Christmas Party / Stars Got Talent

The Christmas Party will be held on Sunday December 18^th.  It will include a buffet, party games, karaoke, lots of dancing and our very own talent show.  Stars got talent application forms are attached to the email and will be available at registration from next week.  Anyone who has a talent other than cheerleading can apply – we want to see what you can do J

CHRISTMAS CLOSURE

There will be no classes from Monday 19^th Dec.  We come back week commencing Monday 2^nd January.  Giving us only THREE weeks until the first competition of the season!!!

TERM FEE’S We are in week 3

We are in week 3 now.  A 10% admin fee will be added to your fees if they are not received within the first 3 weeks of the new term.  So please make sure you have paid by the end of the week.

WORLDS 2012 - FUNDRAISING

Preparations for both the Senior Dance and Senior Cheer Team are going well and all members are working extremely hard.  We have managed to secure some bag packs to help them fundraise for the trip and would love some help from any stars who are available on the dates below:

21^st December – Morrisons Bredbury, SK6 2BR  10-4pm

24^th December – Morrisons Chapel en le Frith, SK23 0HZ 11-4pm      

Help is required all day from stars on all teams, any times you can do to help these girls out will be much appreciated and remember when you are in the worlds team the younger teams will be helping you raise money.

Please wear black shorts, rising stars tshirt, hair tied back with white bow, white trainers and white socks.

We have found we can also raise funds from collecting used printer cartridges.  If you could collect as many as you can from friends/family/workplace and hand them into Audrey that would be great. 

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

Due to the rapid growth of Cheerleading as a sport and of Rising Stars as a team we are still looking for ways to improve and push the boundaries.  Over the last few months we have been looking for a building to hopefully use and build into a specialist cheer gym for all our teams to use and train in on a weekly basis.  If you know of a building currently which is big enough and high enough or a sports centre or school which will allow us to keep a permanent sprung floor down please let us know. 

COED LEVEL 5 TRAIN MONTHLY TEAM

Tryouts for this team were a glowing success.  With 13 boys and 16 girls from across the country trying out to be part of the Rising Stars family.  We will keep you updated on their progress as a team and we wish them the best of luck at their first competition at FC in July

SALFORD SPRUNG FLOOR

We have the opportunity to use a sprung floor at Fit City in Salford on a Thurday 8-9pm.  Higher level teams have been allocated a week each which they must attend with their team to work on tumbling etc for just £2 per session.  Dates for this month are:

Please ensure your child attends their scheduled training.  Lifts can be arranged from most areas if you ask.  Members of other teams are also welcome to come along and work on tumbling on their own outside their scheduled week if you like.

CHEERLEADER OF THE YEAR

Finalists for cheerleader of the year will be announced next week on the Rising Stars website.

Every single member of Rising Stars has 1 vote each.  You can vote for your favourite at registration starting next week.

The winner of Cheerleader of the Year will receive their name on our special cheerleader of the year trophy, their very own page on the website and half price term fee’s for the entire year – what a prize J

COMPETITION Dates 2012 Season

ICC Northern, Norbreck Castle, Blackpool – Sat/Sun 21^st/22^nd Jan 2012

Northern Jam, Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Sat 4^th Feb 2012
ICC Nationals, Nottingham Arena - 24th/25th March 2012
Cheerleading Worlds, Orlando Florida - 28th/29th April 2012
Jamfest - June 9^th/10^th 2012
Future Cheer Internationals – 30^th June – 1^st July 2012
ICC Summer Jam, Norbreck Castle, Blackpool - July 2012

IMPORTANT - Jamfest Europe 9th/10th June fall in school half term holidays, to allow routines to be reset for those taking part, it is important that we are informed immediately of any athletes who will be away.  Failure to do so will jeapordise the competition for the rest of the team, and will be viewed extremely seriously.

OCTOBER CLASS CANCELLATION

There are NO classes on Wednesday October 12^th due a school open evening at Bramhall High School.  In replacement we will have a class on Wednesday October 26^th during the half term at no extra cost.

TERM FEE’S OVERDUE - We are now in week 5

If you have not yet sent your term fee’s through please pay them promptly.  A 10% admin fee will be added to your fees if they are not received within the first 3 weeks of the new term.

There are 4 terms in a year.  Please see below:

Your child may be asked to come in and train over school holidays.  These classes are not included in your 10 weeks and they must therefore bring £4.50 with them that week to cover their class.  We will put any closures on the newsletter and on the website.

ENTRY FEE’S

Entry fee’s for the following competitions are now overdue for payment.  Anyone who does not pay will not be entered. Final deadline for payment is 17^th October.

ICC Northerns - £20 for one division and £17 per extra division entered (Teams competing are: Junior Dance, Senior Dance, Youth Level 2, Junior Coed Level 3, Senior Level 3, Senior Coed Level 5, Senior Level 5)

Northern Jam - £25 for one division and £10 per extra division entered (Teams competing are: Youth Pom, Youth Hip Hop, Youth Level 1, Senior Level 1)

ICC Nationals - £30 for one division and £19 per extra division entered (Teams competing are: Junior Dance, Senior Dance, Youth Level 2, Junior Coed Level 3, Senior Level 3, Senior Coed Level 5, Senior Level 5)

WORLDS 2012