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National Advisory Board 2013 Preliminary Election Results

Congratulations to the following members who will participate in the final elections February 4-8, 2013.

Meet The Finalists! To prepare voters for the upcoming final election, bios for all finalists are posted online.

USASF LogoMIDWEST COACH FINALISTS

  • Darlene Fanning
  • Lisa Hemmie
  • Lance Stoltenberg

NORTHEAST COACH FINALISTS (no preliminary election – all four nominees move to final election)

  • Ashley Panaia
  • Stephanie Sutch
  • Sean Timmons
  • Sean Sova

SOUTHEAST COACH FINALISTS

  • Carly Byman
  • Sydney McBride
  • Heath Perkins

SOUTHWEST COACH FINALISTS

  • Jennifer Graham
  • Craig Hallmark
  • Angela Rogers

WEST COACH FINALISTS

  • Dana Fielding
  • Brandon Moore
  • Carlos Onofre

EVENT PRODUCER FINALISTS

  • Stephanie Ammirati – NCA
  • Michael Bolden – Champion Spirit Group
  • Jim Hill – One Up Championships
  • Debi Larson – CHEERSPORT
  • Chad Lemon – Jam Brands
  • Liz Rossetti – AmeriCheer
  • Lisa Saline – DX Events
  • Renee Smith – United Cheer
  • Shawn Smith – Eastern Cheer & Dance
  • Tammy VanVleet – GSSA

AFFILIATE MEMBER FINALISTS (no preliminary election – all six nominees move to final election)

  • Patrick Cowherd – The Cheerleading Agency
  • Ryan Sundquist – Nfinity
  • Andrew Dean – Xtreme Shots Photography
  • Brian Hamfeldt – Action Moments
  • Pat Fogarty – Cheerography
  • Nicole Khayat – Fancy Face Cosmetics

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE?

  • Event Producer Members will select the Event Producers that will serve on the NAB.
  • Coaches will select the Coach Representative from their own region to serve o the NAB.
  • Coaches, Event Producers and Affiliate Members will select the Affiliate Representatives to serve on the NAB.

All coaches who were listed in gym profiles by 8pm EST, January 16, 2013 are eligible to vote. Check your email for voting instructions coming soon.

Read more about National Advisory Board elections.

The Grand JAMpion

The JAM BrandsJAM Brands recently announced The Grand JAMpion contest.

During the 2012-2013 season, teams competing at The JAM Brands events will be automatically entered into the Grand JAMpion competition for FREE! This competition will last throughout the entire 2012-2013 season. Teams will not only compete against the teams at their event, but they will also go up against every other team that competes at ALL JAM Brands events…all year long.

The Grand JAMpion

Exciting Changes for The U.S. Finals 2013 Event Dates

US Finals LogoLOUISVILLE, KY (August 20, 2012) – The U.S. Finals is excited to announce two big changes for this season. First, The U.S. Finals has secured another BEACH destination for customers in the Southeast USA. The U.S. Finals events formerly held in Orlando and Baton Rouge will be merged together into one amazing event in the Florida panhandle on April 13, 2013 at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, FL. Per Executive Director, Tina Sexton, “We searched high and low for a coastal destination and an ideal end-of-season date for our Southeast U.S. Finals location, and we found the perfect match with the city and civic center in Pensacola, FL. Customers have been asking us for a beach event, and we are more than thrilled to offer this beautiful, family-friendly destination in 2013!”

The second big change is happening on the West Coast at The U.S. Finals Anaheim. The U.S. Finals has successfully secured a NEW DATE in Anaheim, April 14, 2013. The event will again be held in the Anaheim Convention Center, just minutes from Disneyland. Assistant Director of The U.S. Finals, Mady Mitchell, who managed the event in Anaheim in 2012 says, “We knew that our original date in Anaheim (the first weekend in May) was just too late for the teams in the region. The Anaheim Convention and Visitors Bureau helped us tremendously in securing an earlier date so that more teams would be able to participate. I’m really looking forward to watching this event grow this season, and this new date is just right to make it happen!”

ABOUT THE U.S. FINALS

The U.S. Finals is a multi-brand, end-of-the-year event series aimed at crowning TRUE CHAMPIONS in all divisions and levels of cheer and dance, giving teams a chance to see where they rank against other teams in their respective divisions from coast to coast and around the world. Teams must receive a bid from a qualifier event in order to attend The U.S. Finals. Once qualified, teams are welcome to attend The U.S. Finals closest to them, or travel to an awesome destination to compete. At the end of the event series, all teams from all locations are ranked against all the other competitors from all the locations. The Final Rankings Show is webcasted online in mid-May, and the Overall Champions are crowned in every division! For more information, please visit www.theusfinals.com.

Exciting Changes for The U.S. Finals 2013 Event Dates

Increasing Competition – Part 5 – Recommendations

This is the final piece of a 5 part series on increasing competition in All*Star Cheerleading. This one will focus on my recommendations and suggestions that were sent to the USASF as part of the Rules Process for 2013-15 seasons.

Spirit SMove Coed Divisions on the Age Grid

My first suggestion is to move Coed divisions from the top of the Age Grid and list them in the When to Split Divisions section similar to how Small and Large splits are listed. This would make it so every Junior Level 3 team is competing against each other, regardless of large, small, coed, or all girl, until there are enough Junior Level 3 teams to warrant splitting Junior Level 3.

I intentionally avoided stating how many teams should remain on each side of a split in the official suggestion to avoid clouding the issue with a specific number, but I think it should be raised to 5.

Move Coed Divisions on the Age Grid

Remove Size Based Division Splits in Favor of a Single Team Size

My second suggestion is to remove Small, Medium, and Large divisions in favor of a single division size. Once again I intentionally did not state what size teams should be in the official suggestion to avoid clouding the issue of if there should be a single division size with what size it should be. If it were up to me I would go with 24, but I’ve heard some decent logic behind using 25 instead.

Remove Size Based Division Splits in Favor of a Single Team Size

Increasing Competition Series