History of Cheer Dance

• He was the first student or official to organized cheer in the 1890's


  Johnny Campbell
• He was the first cheerleader involving the crowd in a collective cheer in 1898


  Johnny Campbell
• He was part of a medical field in the University of Minnesota who organized a cheerleading team


  Johnny Campbell
• Campbell was famous for his? to shout

  Gopher Faithful
• Gopher Faithful Shout:

  Rah, Rah, Rah! Sku-u-mar

  Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah!

  Varsity! Varsity! Varsity!

  Minn-e-So-Tah!
• He was the Father of Modern Cheer dance


  Lawrence "Herkie" Herkimer
• In 1948, Herkimer was the first to administer a medical educational clinic in Texas college now Southern Methodist University
• He was a cheerleader in Southern Methodist University who created the first cheering organization and began teaching basic cheer dance, such as jumps and crowd chants


  Lawrence "Herkie" Herkimer
• Herkimer formed the? -as a way to hold cheerleading clinics.


  National Cheerleaders Association (NCA)
• Through the NCA, nationally and internationally they conduct cheer dance training.
• 52 cheerleaders first attended in Herkimer's first clinic, while

  350 cheerleaders attended in his second clinic.
• Herkimer is credited with originating many cheerleading's fundamental moves including the "Herkie" jump named after him.
• It was derived from the word POMPON


  Pom-poms
• PomPon means?

  Tuft of Ribbons
• It is a small decorative ball made of fabrics and feather made

  to improve showmanship


  Pom-poms
• Pom-poms tends to be glittery and shiny to get the attention of the crowd
• With Herkimer's program, he was credited with 3 million cheerleaders, to which they manufactured their outfits and designed a new pompon (before), now called pom-pom