The SHEPHERD HILL CHEERLEADING INVITATIONAL will be held on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 5:30p.m. All members of the MSSAA are invited to attend!

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1 The SHEPHERD HILL CHEERLEADING INVITATIONAL will be held on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 5:30p.m. All members of the MSSAA are invited to attend! We would love for you to participate in our Annual WINTER Invitational!!! Please find the registration form located on page two. Fill the form out and mail that to me, Loretta Andre, at your earliest convenience. To reserve your spot for the Invitational please me at (Loretta Andre) as soon as you can! Thanks!!!!!! SENIOR RECOGNITION: This tournament is dedicated to the Senior Cheerleaders. Every coach is asked to please a picture of your senior cheerleaders (all together in uniform) to landre@dcrsd.org as soon as you can. At the end of the tournament we will put a presentation together. We will also place the senior pictures in our program book. SENIOR SENTIMENTS: On page 3 we have an order form for parents, friends or coaches to put your last BEST WISHES to your seniors in our program book. It s $5.00 for an order form. Checks are payable to Shepherd Hill Cheerleaders. Please mail to Loretta Andre address is on form. These must be mailed to Loretta on or before February 15 th. DIVISIONS: All Girl Varsity Divisions will be set up according to the MSSAA. Divisions available at this tournament are: Jr. High /Middle School Novice Division, Jr. High/Middle School Division, Junior Varsity Novice Division, Junior Varsity Division, All Girl Novice Division, All Girl Varsity Division, COED Division and Dance Division. For teams interested in the Novice Divisions, please review page four (4) for rules! Registration form may be found on page 5! RULES: Our tournament is sanctioned by the MSSAA. Therefore, every team must adhere to the rules set by the MSSAA, Inc. ( and National Federation Spirit Guideline. Please review all the rules so you may refrain from any penalties. PRE PENALTY / WARM-UPS: Each team will be scheduled for pre-penalty before the start of the tournament. We hire two penalty judges during the pre-penalty time two sets of mats (however it will only be 6 panels and not 7 during pre-penalty) will be set up in the warm up area. This will allow the tournament to begin a lot sooner and all the cheerleaders and coaches won t have to sit around so long before the start of the event. Have a practice plan in place before your warm up time.

2 Each team will have an opportunity to stretch and warm up a second time; this is just before your team takes the mat for competition. Each team will be issued six minutes to stretch on two strips of cheer mats and three minutes to warm up on a full size mat (42 X 42 ) before they perform in front of the judges. SCHEDULE: I will all the cheerleading coaches a warm up schedule and performance schedule about five to seven days before the tournament. Registration will start at 2:00p.m. if you need to plan for a bus. Registration will begin with the closest school to Shepherd Hill to the farthest school away from Shepherd Hill. The last warm up time will be at 5:00p.m. It would be helpful if coaches could please me any conflicts with registration time being schedule for your team before 4:00p.m. Please pre-register with me, Loretta, to hold your spot for our invitational at landre@dcrsd.org. Many times I have had teams registration forms delayed getting to me; by pre-registering I can make sure you re added into the Pre-Penalty Time and Order of Appearance, as well as, ing you important information!! MUSIC: It is important that you bring two CD s with you that have your music downloaded on them. Our DJ (Justin) can also play your music from an I-Pod or I-Pad or MP3 player. Each team must designate a person to play your music. Our DJ is not allowed to play any ones music. TRAINER: Our long time trainer Jay will once again be on duty! Each team must supply their own medical wrap and under wrap. Jay is trained to wrap athletes. If coaches feel better to have the trainer wrap your cheerleaders, Jay will be more than happy too. We will have ice available to any cheerleader that may need some for an injury. Coaches please keep in mind that Jay has the right to tell a cheerleader that she/he may not compete if he feels they are too injured! CONCESSION: We will have a concession available selling food, snacks and drinks. CHEER GEAR: We will also have the new look for cheer gear for sale! Don t forget to stop by the Cheer Gear Store! SPECIAL AWARDS: The Shepherd Hill Senior Captains will be selecting the Special Awards for the Winter Invitational. Who will be the team that has the BEST CROWD APPEAL, OUTSTANDING DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, BEST JUMPS, WOW TUMBLING, BEST SPORTSMANSHIP, AND WHO WILL BE THE GRAND CHAMPION!! SPECTATORS: Spectator fee goes as follows: Adults = $7.00 Students = $4.00 Senior Citizens = $4.00 Children under the age of 5 = FREE

3 Senior s Name: School: Please attach the typed sentiment here: Please send $5.00 or a check payable to Shepherd Hill Cheerleaders. Mail forms to Loretta Andre ; 4 Edward Road, Dudley, MA Any questions please e- mail Loretta at landre@dcrsd.org! Limit to 130 characters. Please keep in mind that Shepherd Hill reserves the right to edit content that is submitted. Due by 2/15/13. You may me your sentiment to landre@dcrsd.org Senior s Name: School: Please attach the typed sentiment here: Please send $5.00 or a check payable to Shepherd Hill Cheerleaders. Mail forms to Loretta Andre ; 4 Edward Road, Dudley, MA Any questions please e- mail Loretta at landre@dcrsd.org! Limit to 130 characters. Please keep in mind that Shepherd Hill reserves the right to edit content that is submitted. Due by 2/15/13. You may me your sentiment to landre@dcrsd.org

4 Junior Varsity and All Girl Varsity Teams may enter in the Novice Division if they feel they need to keep their team safe with cheerleading skills and technique. I have outlined below rules that teams need to adhere to in the Novice Division. TUMBLING RULES: No more than 1/4 th of your team performs standing backhandsprings No more than 1/4 th of the team performs roundoff backhandsprings No standing tucks may be perform No running tumbling may perform a tuck, layout or fulls. STUNTING RULES: Single downs are allowed from flyers that have both feet in contact with the bases (preps, full extensions and presses). Therefore, flyers may not single out of one legged stunts. Straight ride cradles or bump downs are allowed from the flyers that are performing a single leg stunt (ie: libs, heelstretch, arabesque, scale, scorpion, etc.) Only one skill may be perform in a basket-toss (toe touch, single twist, pike, front kick, etc..) PYRAMIDS: JUMPS: Release moves maybe perform from your pyramids that are up and down motions only (release moves that are vertical no horizontal release moves maybe performed). Each team must adhere to the rules set by the MSSAA and the National Federation Spirit Guidelines Only straight ride cradles are allowed from the flyers in extended single leg stunts in the pyramid. Single downs are allowed only from the prep level stunts (at shoulder height or below). Front flips or Back flips are NOT allowed in pyramids. No jump to backhandspring/tuck may be performed. Sequence jumps maybe perform (double toe touch; front hurdler to pike; etc.) JR. HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL NOVICE DIVISION: Teams that are entering in the Novice Division for Jr. High/Middle School Division must follow these rules: No backhandsprings/tucks only rolls, cartwheels, front/back walkovers and roundoffs; No release moves are allowed in pyramids (flyers may not lose contact with their bases); No express ups or full ups are allowed when building stunts/pyramids (1/2 ups maybe perform in stunts/pyramids however no more than a ½ turn maybe perform); NO TWISTING DISMOUNTS ARE ALLOWED FROM ANY STUNT.

5 Please enclose a check or P.O. payable to Shepherd Hill Cheerleaders for the correct amount. Registration fees are non refundable. Please send all entries to: SHRHS Cheerleaders; c/o Loretta Andre, 4 Edward Road, Dudley, MA on or before February 10, You may fax your registration form to me at or me the information to landre@dcrsd.org this will insure that your roster will appear in our program book. WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT THE FIRST 35 TEAMS! Get your registration in ASAP! LORETTA TODAY TO SAVE YOUR SPOT LANDRE@DCRSD.ORG PLEASE PRINT NEATLY OR TYPE: School s Name: School s Mascot: School s Phone Number: School s Colors: Coach s Phone Number: Coach s Name: Coach s Mailing Address: Coach s We should be placed in the following division(s): Jr. High/Middle School Division ($85.00) Jr. High/Middle School Novice Division ($85.00) Novice Division JUNIOR VARSITY Division ($85.00) Junior Varsity Division ($85.00) Novice Division ALL GIRL Division ($85.00) All Girl Varsity Division ($85.00) Division in MSSAA: COED Division ($85.00) Dance Division ($85.00) PLEASE LIST ALL SQUAD MEMBERS ON THE BACK WITH CAPTAIN NOTED WITH AN *. The Principal s signature and the Coach s signature indicates that you re a member of MSSAA Office or an out of State Team that will follow the rules set by the MSSAA for Cheerleading: Principal s Signature / Date Coach s Signature / Date