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Auditions for the 2012-2013 season are held on a one-on-one or small group basis throughout the entire year before the deadline of May 1, 2013. Contact Mustang cheer & dance head coach Lindsey Christiansen at 712-274-5350 or by e-mail at christiansenl@morningside.edu to schedule your on-campus audition. Unable to come to campus for an audition? You can also send in a video submission of yourself demonstrating the requirements listed below.
For cheer squad tryouts, you will be asked to demonstrate the following during your on-campus audition:
1. Morningside Cheer: please watch the following video BEFORE you audition and come prepared knowing this cheer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FB-2Zsjajk
2. Home Cheer: perform a cheer of your choice that you already know
3. Jumps: pike, toe touch, right and left herky (side), right and left hurdler (front)
(Example of jumps will be available in video as well)
4. Splits: both right and left side
5. Dance: you will learn a short dance routine once you are at the audition
6. Tumbling Skills: considered “extra credit” and is not required to make squad, but is helpful
7. Stunting Experience: considered “extra credit” and is not required to make squad, but is helpful
*Video is available via email by contacting head coach Lindsay Huber
For dance team tryouts, you will be asked to demonstrate the following during your on-campus audition:
1. Splits: both right and left side
2. Leaps: right and left regular split leap, right and left side leap, disc (turning toe touch), and calypso (front leg fan kick, back leg in attitude)
3. Turns: pirouette turn (triple or quad), a la secondes (straight-leg fouettes or flies), and battement pirouette (inside turn holding leg towards face)
4. Dance: you will learn a short dance routine at the audition
5. Home dance routine: demonstrate a dance routine of your choice that you already know (these should be approximately one minute or more in length)
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