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Camp gym, Cheerleading Tryouts, 10:00-12:00, Saturday

Buffy might be a little grumbly about certain nekkid cheerleaders who were currently in detention, but she was still more cheerful than she had been yesterday. It was time for tryouts!

She hauled out mats, created a little judges area and made sure the audience area was clean and shiny. After all new cheerleaders might be sitting there! After a moments thought she went and got sheets of paper and pencils, plus bottles of water for the judges. Then she leaned back and decided it was good.

The cheerleader tryouts may begin!

ooc: ~~wait for ocd!~~ OCD is up! Come play!
Past tryouts for examples. We'll be voting based on what you show so please be as descriptive as possible!

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This is the place to be judgey about who will join us and replace the graduates!

There will be two parts, one for cheers and one for gymnastics.

Example cheers (http://www.mspineapple.com/cheers.html) but feel free to make up your own Gremlin related cheers!

Will be judged both for inventiveness and yelling capability. If you can spell things with your arms, that's a definite bonus!

Show off your tumbling (http://www.mspineapple.com/tumbling.html) or general gymnastic skills!

And share your name with the judges.

For the Cheerleader wannabes to cheer each other or psych each other out.

Cheer your friends! Or just ogle. That's also allowed.

Characters who're not seriously trying out are also allowed! *points to past tryouts for examples* :D

This is open for slow play until Monday, so hopefully everyone who wants to will get the chance to tryout.

Buffy was here, and she was very excited.

Pam? Still not sure how this had happened to her.

But she was there. And she had a cheer and everything. Sure, it was Scranton High's fight song with words changed, but it would work.

"Come on all you rabid gremlins,
Cheer for Fandom High!
For we are here to back our fighting gremlins
On to victory -- Fight fight fight!

We've got spirit, we can't be beat!
For our team is beyond, defeat!
Hail, hail the team's all here
So let's give 'em a gremlin cheer!"

And to her credit, she clapped and raised her arms over her head, and was much louder than she was used to being.

She was still embarrassed, though.

Valentine didn't seem too terribly phased by the thought of getting up in front of people to potentially make a fool of himself waving his arms about and chanting patriotic cheers about the home team. He'd do what needed to be done for his audience, after all.
Rhythm, Valentine had. Expressive arm movement was a given as he mimed bitey teeth and did jazzhands for emphasis every time the word 'glitter' was mentioned. And his Irish accent didn't hurt the cheer much, either.

"Hey Crowd,
Let's yell, blue and gold,
Blue and gold!
Hey fans,
let's yell, fight Gremlins fight,
Fight Gremlins fight!
Blue and Gold - Bite Gremlins Bite!
O-F-F-E-N-S-E! Gremlins, show that team your teeth! Go Gremlins!
We've got venom and we've got glitter
So come on mighty Gremlins and show that we're no quitters!
Let your glitter go, hey!!"

It was entirely possible, however, that his vocal execution of the cheer itself needed a little work. He was more used to raising his voice for panicked screaming than for actually cheering someone on.

Pam could do cartwheels and somersaults! She knew that much!

So she did a few of each, and at the end, announced, "Um, and hi, I'm Pam Beesly."

Valentine didn't look too concerned as he cleared his throat and spoke.
"I'm Valentine. And, so far as tumbling goes, I ... really don't know specifics. But I do a good deal of ducking and rolling for purposes of not getting killed where I'm from." He shrugged and dove into a forward shoulder roll at a run, then stood and produced a trio of balls from ~~somewhere or other~~ his pockets.
And then he started to juggle. Quite well, admittedly, though it really wasn't tumbling.
"Imagine them as pointy objects with which to strike fear into the hearts of the opposing team? I can totally do pointy objects. I just have none."
It was worth a shot.

Except those in detention. *sadfaces*

Their own fault, omg!

Buffy: *prepares detailed notes and quiz for detention-people to take*

Z was also here, and about to fall asleep. But she was paying attention. Really. Buffy might hurt her if she didn't.

Okay, Prue was way too excited to try out for cheerleading. Giddy, even.

"Dribble, dribble, dribble goes the basketball
(stomp,stomp, stomp) Goes the Gremlins feet,
Swish, swish, swish goes the net,
And the Gremlins have got you beat!"

She hadn't done that in about twelve years but she thought didn't do half bad. It was pretty easy getting back into that gleeful cheerleader persona.

If there's one upside to being attacked every other week it was that it did make you pretty lithe.

Prue started out doing a few cartwheels. Then some somersaults. She finished up with a backflip in front of where the judges were.

"Hey! I'm Prue Halliwell!"

Raph sat off to the side. Well, more like lurking really. He wasn't trying out. What? A turtle can't loiter if he wants to? He might have been curious. Just a little.

Naomi had no idea why she had decided to try out for cheerleading again but she did the best that she could anyway.

"Take it to the limit,
Take it to the top,
We're the Mighty Gremlins
and we can't be stopped!"

This time round she felt more confident with her cheer and it showed with how loud she was.

Donatello, with an orange mask in place of his normal purple one, stepped up and cleared his throat. Maybe no one would notice that he wasn't Mikey, but that still didn't mean he was really excited about doing the tryout in his stead.

Clearing his throat, he pitched his voice in a vague approximation of Michelangelo's surfer drawl. Any bounciness was attributable to the box of donuts he'd consumed for breakfast in anticipation of embarrassing the hell out of himself.

"Rough, tough, blue and gold,
Colors that are strong and bold,
A team willing to win,
The game is about to begin,
Gremlin fans get on your feet.
Blue and gold just can't be beat,
Gremlin fans it's your night,
You gotta win! Go! Fight!
Tonight!"

There was clapping and bouncing and raising his voice much louder than he usually ever did. Mikey so owed him for this.

[ooc: cheating with permission from

1ordinarygirl omg]

Naomi did a somersault to start off with, she did a few cartwheels and then she did another somersault to finish off.

"Hi, I'm Naomi Wildman!" she said cheerfully.

From the sidelines, Raph raised an eyebrow. What the hell was Donnie doing and why was he wearing Mikey's mask?

Whatever the answer was, he was never, ever letting Donatello live this one down.

Ever.

He gave a jerk of the head that might have been construed as a nod and smirked.

Taking a deep breath, Donnie nodded, psyching himself up before he started; he totally had skills, he could do this, even in front of a gym full of people. Really.

He started off with a handspring, landing in a forward somersault, then leapt into a cartwheel and a half, ending in a handstand. Bending his elbows slowly, he pushed off and flipped, landing on his feet with his arms held high.

"Um-- Michelangelo! That's me!"

Spotting Raphael in the audience, Donnie eeped and tried very hard not to be noticeable. Being one of two turtles in the entire gym made this somewhat difficult.

Raph tilted his head and narrowed his eyes. He fully intended on making Donnie squirm.

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Camp gym, Cheerleading Tryouts, 10:00-12:00, Saturday

Current and Graduated cheerleaders

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Tumbling

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Audience

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