DC49 BOSWELLS ACADEMY
The Academy is going from strength to strength in both numbers and awards at the moment. The numbers are increasing weekly with some classes having a waiting list on them. The teams all took part in the FC National championships on the 5th and 6th June and acheived some great results. We also won Grand Champions on Saturday so are absolutely thrilled with this result!
Sian Todd
June 2010
BOSWELLS SCHOOL
The Boswells school have been training really hard this last term with extra sessions in the May half term holiday too. They did their first performance at the BIC Centre in Bournemouth on the 5th June and came 1st! We are thrilled with their success and even more so as it's the first competition they have done this year and there were many new faces in the team this season. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the weekend and the students were great ambassadors of the school.
Sian Todd
June 2010
BCA Cheerleading Competition
Huge congratulations to all the cheerleaders from Brentford Cheerleading Academy and Charles Darwin Cheerleading Academy who competed at the BCA Competition in Telford on Saturday 3rd April 2010. You all worked extremely hard in the build up to this competition making it another great success and coming away with fantastic results. Also thank you to all the parents involved for all your encouragement and support. The overall day was a great success, well done to all. The mini's coming 1st again was a great success and a credit to them all!
Lousie Bennett
May 2010
The Primary Celebration Evening, hosted by Feltham Community College & Feltham School Sports Partnership.
The DC49 after school dance club at St Mary's RC Primary School in Chiswick took part in a Dance Showcase on Tuesday 4th May 2010 at Feltham Communiy College. Schools within the Hounslow Borough were invited to take part in the Celebration of Dance evening. I was very proud of all the children from St Mary's, your performance was fantastic. It was a great evening and well supported, I would also like to congratulate all the other schools involved for their performances.
Sian Todd
May 2010
DC49 DIARY OF EVERNTS THIS TERM SO FAR......
This has been our busiest term ever and we thank all the wonderful staff for their commitment to DC49 and all the wonderful students for being such great ambassadors to the club.
21st February
DC49 were asked to attend a special event. The Guide and Brownie World Thinking Day in Witham.
1st March
Woldingham school show Legends of the Airways. A great show based performed by Woldingham students choreographed
by Kelly Murray and Claire Huckle.
3th March
2 classes held at Move It! Teaching over 300 people and a performance from DC49 Fusion on Saturday to a packed audience!
1st and 22nd March
ICC Cheerleading competition in Nottingham
3rd and 24th March
Headington School show – The Circus. A very exciting and clever production with 60 girls from Headington School
- choreographed by Kirsty Glynn.
3rd-25th March
Bristol school sports festival. Over 300 students from the Schools in Bristol attended these
3 days working extremely hard in a new discipline.
5th March
Ealing borough school show. 7 schools came together to show how hard they have been working for the last year
and supported each other so well.
8th March
DC49 Boswells open day/fundraising shows.2 sell out shows in the Boswells School theatre
made for a very successful end of term.
Sian Todd
May 2010
Legends Of The Airwaves!
The show was put together over 7 months, 1 hour 30 minutes each week every wednesday evening. The girls worked extremely hard throughout the whole process to create a 1 hour 15 minute performance piece. This was displayed on friday 5th march.
Working with the girls was a wonderful experience, they each brought something different to the class, and was a mix of all age and ability.
I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thankyou to the girls for all their hard work and dedication. They did a great performance! Also thankyou to the school and all the parents for their support. And not forgetting a big thankyou to Sian for all her time and patience with helping create the show! It was a fantastic experience and i hope all the girls continue their great work in next years show!
A big thankyou too you all, and well done!
Kelly Murray
March 2010
Dance and Cheer working in the Community
On Sunday 21st February DC49 were asked to attend a special event. The Guide and Brownie World Thinking Day in Witham.
World Thinking Day is when Guides and Girl Scouts everywhere remember each other and their commitment to international friendship and understanding.
On World Thinking Day, Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world do something special to celebrate such as an act of worship, an international party or a service project.
World Thinking Day 2010 was extra-special because it was the Centenary year. Each Country/Region held a simultaneous One World One Beat event over the weekend of 20/21 February 2010.
The Witham event was celebrating activities around the world and some of our Cheerleaders gave their time to be part of a special workshop and display.M
They were very warmly received and everyone had great fun.
Many thanks to all those who took part and to the parents who kindly brought them to the event.
Well Done to Everyone!!
Mandy Smith
February 2010
Evening of Cheerleading
On Wednesday 16th December 2009, an evening of Cheerleading took place at Budmouth College in Weymouth. The night was a great success with over 60 cheerleaders performing from Conifers Primary, Chickerell Primary & Budmouth College. There was lots of support from family, friends & teachers. The audience was electric! All performers involved worked extremely hard in preparation for the showcase and it showed in their performance. A special thanks goes to Jo Ray who was a huge help with the whole project. The evening was a great platform for the New Exciting Weymouth Academy that will be launching on the 13th January 2010 4pm -5pm at Budmouth College. Thank you to everyone involved it was a great way to wrap up a fantastic term!
Samantha Cummings
December 2009
All male dance group had their first ever performance
On the 16th of December 09 A all male dance group had there first ever performance at Chislehurst and sidcup school.
They were the only all boy group there which obviously made them stand out.The boys came in at lunch time for there final rehersal before the show in the evening.
There were many schools from the surrounding areas there to show off their hard work.
The parents and families of the dance groups turned up to show there support.
The boys looked fab in there trackies and printed tshirts, well done to the boys who competed.
See you all in the new year.
Mikey Smith
December 2009
Southfields show
DC49 have bene working at Mark Hall school putting together a Cheer routine for their annual show in Dec 2009. The students have worked so hard and the show is going to be a great success- well done all involved!
Sian Todd
Director and Head Cheer Coach
December 2009
Winter Wonderland
Thank you to all cheerleaders and dancers who took part in Future Cheer's Winter Wonderland this weekend. You all worked so hard and we hope you enjoyed the experience. 6 Brand new routines were shown and everyone did really well.
A huge thank you must go to Kirsten for making the blazers look so good in the dance but thank you to all the amazing parents and supporters who came along to wish the DC49 squads luck. A successful weekend was had and hopefully a thoroughly enjoyable one too!!!!!
Well done everyone. Please check out the Awards Page for the results of the weekend.
Sian Todd
Director and Head Cheer Coach
December 2009
DC49 WIN AT BCA SOUTHERN CLASSICS COMP
Southfields show
The Wandsworth SSP and DC49 had a brilliant evening at the Southfields dance and cheerleading extravaganza Thursday 26th November 2009. With nine different primary and secondary schools from the Wandsworth community and eleven performances altogether, the viariety of dance and cheerleading was fantastic. The routines were dynamic, the performers were full of energy and atmosphere was very lively with an auditorium filled with family, friends and teachers clapping along to the beat. It was clear both students and DC49 teachers had worked hard on these exciting performances. Definitely a great success!
Karen Anderson
November 2009
Dance showcase
A big thank you for organising the dance show. The kids had an excellent time and the parents were all so proud of their kids up on the stage. The whole thing had such a good atmosphere. Can you please pass on our thanks to all the Cheer and Dance 49 coaches- they have obviously worked extremely hard with all of the children!
Jenna Luiten
Assistant Partnership Development Manager Wandsworth School, Sports Partnership
November 2009
Wootton Bassett Taster Day
Dance and Cheer 49 recently made a trip to Wootton Bassett to take part in a Taster day for all the schools in the area. Approximately 150 children attended the day from around 20 schools in Wiltshire. Children were given the opportunity to try out lots of different extra-curricular activities to see if they were interested in trying any of them long term.
Dance and Cheer 49 had a great day meeting about 100 new children and teaching them different styles of dance and cheerleading. It was great to see so many children getting enthusiastic about dance and cheerleading and keeping fit
All of the children and staff had a great day and we will hopefully be seeing some of them again soon!
Kirsty Glynn
October 2009
Oxford High School Open Evening
A performance took place at Oxford High School on the 22nd October by Dance and Cheer 49’s junior and senior dance groups at the school. Each of the groups trains hard once a week with DC49 and in recent weeks have been working towards the schools open evening. The performances were a huge success and went down a storm with staff, parents, pupils and visitors alike. The junior group performed their fun and funky piece to Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Pea’s with the seniors performing their energetic, hip piece to Loose Control by Missy Elliott.
Congratulations and praise must be given to the girls, not only for their successful performance but also for the determination and dedication they have shown outside of class for practising as hard as they have.
Well done girls!
Kirsty Glynn
October 2009
Future Cheer 09 International Cheer and Dance Competition
Congratulations to everyone who competed in Brighton on a beautiful sunny weekend! All teams were brilliant coming away with yet more trophies for the collection. Two first appearances at the competition were our Street Dance group and All boys Group – the only one in the Country!!! Both teams were placed 1st!! Well done Everyone!!! A BIG thank you also to all parents and supporters who are as ever……Amazing!!!
Mandy Smith
September 2009
Bca nationals 2009 - Coventry
For many of the DC49 Cheerleaders BCA competitions had been attended before, for others it was a brand new competition with re-shaped teams. For everyone it was a new arena. This competition was a 3 day event. On the friday we put out 3 stunt teams and 5 Soloists. Achieving 5 x 1st places 1 x 2nd and 2 x 3rd. After the first day the DC team members and family and friends felt it was a very good day with amazing results. Bring on Saturday and Sunday... Each of our DC teams performed on the two days with scores adding up from both days to give the final results. Overall a great weekend, with awesome results across all ages. Well done everyone who competed. I was very proud of the teams this weekend as are the other DC staff members... Well done again and Roll on September...
Mike Smith
September 2009
LYRIC THEATRE SHOW
Hammersmith and Fulham sports partnerships recently hosted their annual arts week celebration at the Lyric Theatre, June 29th to July 3rd and Greenside Primary, Larmenier & Sacred Heart and St Johns Primary were invited to perform their dance and cheerleading routines for the 2nd year running. Th stage was lit, the music was set and the children were ready. Greenside performed a funky street dance routine that got everybody moving and Larmenier & Sacred Heart and St.Johns cheerleading routine was fantastic which included some very impressive jump sequencs, gym skills as well as stunts! All the children worked very hard on their routines and it definately showed.
Karen Anderson
July 2009
THE GREEN SCHOOL SHOW
On Tuesday 30th June 09, 17 schools with over 150 children gathered together at The Green to display their talent and newly found skills in an celebration evening of cheerleading, organised by Dance and Cheer 49 and the Isleworth and Syon Sport Partnership. There were 160 cheerleaders involved whih was amazing to see! It was great to so see excited children from both primary and secondary schools, with fantastic support from family, friends and teachers! From start to finish the children danced and jumped their way through their routines with energy and enthusiasm to the lastest chart hits. Everyone was definately impressed with all the stunts and tumble passes! It was plain to see all the children and DC49 staff members worked really hard to put together their cheerleading routines. A big well done to everyone involved.
Karen Anderson
July 2009
Sports Jam
On Sunday 28 June 09 Dance & Cheer 49 took part in Sports Jam at Gunnersbury Park. This sporting event was organised by Access Sport in Partnership with Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust. It was an opportunity for the local communities of London Borough of Ealing and London Borough of Hounslow to try out new sporting activities. DC49 were introducing the local children to Cheerleading. Throughout the day we were running cheerleading and gymnastic workshops to children of all ages. Each event was well attended and we all thoroughly enjoyed the day. There was a fantastic atmosphere about the whole day, everyone was so enthusiastic and it was a great way of introducing children to new sporting activities. To end the day Brentford Cheerleading Academy performed to the crowds, they were all amazing so well done to all those involved. It was a great way to end a very successful and fun day.
Louise Bennett
July 2009
Race for life
On the 21st of June 6 cheerleaders from DC49 went to Hylands park Chelmsford to support the Race for life - Cancer research event. There were over 6,000 female runners along with their family members there for support. There were lot's of photographers from various Essex newspapers at the event. All 6 members really enjoyed the day - performing different skills, stunts and gymnastics along with talking to members in the crowd about cheerleading. As a member of DC, I am chuffed to have been invited to the event.
Mike Smith
Sunday 21st June 2009
BOSWELL CHEERLEADERS PERFORM AT THE SSAT EASTERN REGION EVENT
On 2nd June the Boswells cheerleaders performed and gave a presentation to the Eatern Region delgates at the Boswells School in Chelmsford.
"Thank you so much Boswells for hosting a superb network meeting. I have received some positive feedback from a DoS via email – see below
Congratulations on another successful Regional Network meeting at Boswells on Tuesday – my colleague, the Head of Dance, was really impressed and came back with lots of new ideas… and more importantly, with renewed enthusiasm and a fresh outlook."
The overall evaluation score was also very good.
Judith Webb
June 2009
ST HELENS AND ST KATHARINE'S SCHOOL SHOW- 9TH MAY
‘Around the World’ presented by Dance and Cheer 49 in partnership with St Helen’s and St Katharine’s School.
This was our second year at St Helen’s and St Katharine’s School and we have enjoyed working with the girls so much. I wanted to incorporate the exciting and diverse aspects of world music and dance and fuse it together with more contemporary dance styles. Each number has been selected to exemplify a characteristic of a specific place’s culture, music or traditional dance style to create an exciting and unique show. The girls have worked extremely hard and it was definitely be a performance to remember! Numbers included Ibuhbesi (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani) - No Air (Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown) to name but a few.
Caroline Fitch
MAY 2009
CEROC DANCERS WIN COMPETITON!!! - 3RD MAY
On the 3rd May Ceroc came to London! There was a big championships and an adult team Sian Todd has been coaching won! “We would like to thank Sian for all her help, knowledge and expertise which transformed our Adult Modern Jive Dance Routine to include a number of cheerleading stunts. Sian is extremely talented and very professional, she really helped take our team to the next level and as a result, we became winners at the UK Ceroc Dance Championships in 2009.”
KAREN - CEROC NIGHTS
MAY 2009
KINGSTON SHOW - 1ST APRIL
On Wednesday 1 April 09 an evening of cheerleading took place at Kingston college, with over 110 children showcasing their cheerleading routines to each other from local primary and secondary schools in the Kingston borough. The event was organised by Dance & Cheer 49 and Kingston Sports Partnership,
All the children and DC49 staff worked extremely hard to create their cheerleading routines. The overall evening was a great success allowing the children to show off their newly found skills in cheerleading, which consisted of jump sequences, arm motions, dance, cheers, tumble passes and complex stunt sequences.
LOUISE BENNETT
MAY 2009
ACTIVE GIRLS - 31ST MARCH
Dance and Cheer 49 worked with Southfields Community College again for this years Active Girls. The day is all about rasing awareness of fitness and healthy living and also a chance for the borough to raise funds for a chosen charity. This year was another hugely successful event and 100 girls from 6 different schools came together for the day! Lots of money was raised and special thanks must go to Stacey Yusuf for all her hard work in this project!
SIAN TODD
JUNE 2009
30TH MARCH THE GREEN SCHOOL SHOW - 30TH MARCH
15 schools came together to showcase what they had been working on in the last 2 terms on the 30th March for a cheer celebration show at The Green School in Twickenham. The turn out from friends and families was so good to see and I want to congratulate each and every cheerleader for their hard work and great team spirit on the night- really well done! Thank you also to the 300 supporters who came along to watch the students in action! Thank you to the Green School for hosting the event and for all your help organising it!
LOUISE BENNETT
APRIL 09
SHOW DAY AT DC49 BOSWELLS ACADEMY
28TH MARCH 2009
The DC49 Boswells Academy had an open showing day for all parents and friends on the 28th March in the new Boswells theatre. The students got the chance to show off their rotuiens form the previous weeks ICC competiton. It was a great event and lovely to see so many faces in the audience- a sell out for both shows!
Mandy Smith
March 09
ICC CHEERLEADING COMPETITON
100 Cheerleaders form Boswells community went to Nottingham to compete in the first Nationals of the year! The event was held at the Nottingham Ice Arena over 2 days (every team competed twice) and was a great event to take part in. The DC49/Boswells team took 3 National titles home- Senior Co Ed Level 4, Senior Co Ed Level 3 and Youth Level 3. The students were against their stiffest competition through the 2 days but all worked so hard to bring home 3 x 1st places. The fantastic team of support from family and friends was as ever, a huge part of the enjoyment and we are very thankfull for the wonderful community support we all received. This brings the total of awards won by the DC49/Boswells team to 58 trophies in 2 ½ years of competing! Well done to everyone.
Sian Todd
MOVE IT! Performance - Sunday 8TH March 2009
On Sunday the 8th March Dance and Cheer 49 were invited to take a group of cheerleaders to Move It! held at Kensington Olympia-Earls Court. It was an early start on the sunday morning as everyone got on the coach at 8 am. The atmosphere on the coach was buzzing and you could tell the parents and cheerleaders were very excited about the opportunity of performing. When we got there we had an hour or so to look around different stalls which were on offer before we then had to go and warm up. Dance and Cheer 49 'Stars' Youth team performed very well infront of a large crowd.
Thanks to everyone who helped out as DC49 staff and parents on the day to make it such an enjoyable and successful day.
It was a great experience for the Cheerleaders and we thank Future Cheer for asking us to represent them on this occasion.
Written by Mike Smith
Posted: 22/03/09
Woldingham Show
Written by Kat Jessup
This year, Woldingham School performed their dance display on Friday 7th March, with the theme of ‘Searching for Clues’. Intertwined with this theme, a story was told where the traditional characters of Cluedo were transformed into corresponding dance characters, all under suspicion of having killed ‘Miss Body’. Tania Tse starred as MC Mustard, Kathryn Blacker as Miss Body, Flick Bartlett as Sister Green, Lynnette Edusei as Miss Rouge, Felicity Carr as Princess Plum, Jade Lidiard as Miss Off White and Kathryn Jessup as Granny Peacock.
The show started dramatically with a mesh screen rising to reveal a dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, and then the plot began. With acting scenes and comedy, the show provided all round entertainment. The ‘pas de deux’ was an exciting highlight, involving five boys playing the police officers to solve the mystery. This featured many impressive lifts and a fantastic dance solo by Dani.
Many thanks go to the boys for stepping in to help with the show. All that was left was to decide who had committed the crime… Was it Granny Peacock, MC Mustard or every character combined? No one knows! The dance display was a huge success and was enjoyed by the whole school. We would like to thank Emma, Zoe and Sian for all the hard work they put in for making such a memorable production.
Posted: 16/03/09
DC49 and Southfield's Community College Show
From primary schools to seconday schools, cheerleading to street dance, thigh stands to slide digs the celebration evening held at Southfields Communityy College on the 9th March 2009 was a great success. With eleven different schools from the Wandsworth community participating the evening was filled with a variety of different styles allowing all pupils to demonstrate their new found skills to both friends and family.
All pupils have been working extremely hard over the last half term alongside their DC49 teachers to create dynamic and entertaining routines. Some of which were a street dance style demonstrating the intense holds of baby frezzes and high energy dance moves, others being cheer routines, with complex stunts and brilliant tumbling. Overall a fantastic evening enjoyed by all, lets hope theres more to come.
Hayley Chapman
Posted: 09/03/09
Bromley Report
Written by Mike Smith
On Friday 23rd of January 2009 four different schools all in the Bromley area came to together to display their different performances they had been working on. Four different teachers had been working in the four schools for a ten week period. The priory school coached by Rick, Coopers School coached by Karen, Charles Darwin school coached by Louise and Darrick wood School coached by myself. The four schools all looked great and turned up in their different kits. There was a good turnout of parents and friends to show their support and give an audience.
Each school got the chance to run their routine twice. The four groups all supported each other while they were on the mats and there was a lot of variety in each schools routine. Looking at what the the schools had achieved over the time they had was really impressive and I thought it was brilliant for them to come together and be a part of a team for the evening!
Well done to all the girls for putting in the hard work over the weeks, it showed.
Posted: 28/01/09
The Boswells Cheerleaders' Performance At The SSAT National Conference
I am writing this article having just had the pleasure of reading a letter sent to me by a local secondary headteacher. In it he writes how proud he was to see representatives from another Essex school performing so wonderfully at the opening of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust conference in Birmingham at the end of November. I am delighted to tell you that the students whose polished and dynamic performance made such an impression on an international audience of headteachers and dignitaries were from The Boswells School. Our cheerleaders have performed at an astonishingly high level since their formation two years ago and to be selected to open such a prestigious conference is testimony to their dedication and excellence and reflects great credit upon our whole community. I would like to congratulate them on being such wonderful ambassadors for the school.
The Boswells Cheerleaders were one of only six student performance places available and the selection process was rigorous, including a visit from three SSAT assessors during the last week of the Summer term. Excitingly the students’ performance can be viewed following the link:
http://imm.specialistschools.org.uk/NatConfNew/at_the_event/keynote_videos.aspx
D J Crowe
Headteacher, The Boswells School
Posted: 19/01/09
Brentford Showcase Review
Written by Hayley Chapman
Dance and cheer 49’s celebration evening of cheerleading held at Brentford School for girls in December 08, was a great success. Not only was it enjoyed by the students participating but by the great turn out from friends and family. An evening allowing everybody to show off all they had learnt over the past term and with fourteen different schools participating a wide range of different styles and talents were demonstrated throughout the evening.
Both secondary and primary schools had been working extremely hard throughout the weeks alongside there teachers to create energetic and fun routines for friends and family to enjoy. From street dance based routines to the high flying stunts and cheer, the success of the evening demonstrated cheerleading in many different forms and was an excellent way of showing off all that has been learnt.
Posted: 18/01/09
BCA Southern Classics Competition 18th and 19th October
A big well done to everyone who attended BCA Southern Classics this weekend.
Well done to the four stunt groups and the four soloists. You did so well and to get those results on 4 weeks work is amazing.
Thank you,as always , to the amazing supporters who travel with us!
Well done and thank you for working so hard. You were all a credit to yourselves!
Sian Todd
Posted: 23/10/08
The Boswells Squad win again at BCA Internationals!
The DC49 and Boswell’s team walked away form the BCA Internationals with more trophies!
3 x 1st Places
1 x 2nd Place
3 x 3rd Place
1 x 4th Place
The DC49 team took over 100 cheerleaders to the summer event held at the Telford International Centre, Telford at the end of July.
We had a very successful competition winning the Senior Co Ed stunt division – (with an all boy group!!!!!) – Senior Co Ed Level 4 (which makes Boswells squad still undefeated in their level) and Senior Dance Medium.
All the cheerleaders were very professional and all deserved the credit and success from the 3 day event.
Thank you to everyone who supported us throughout the weekend. The encouragement from parents, families and friends is always so wonderful-thank you all very much.
We now have 32 trophies under our belt in only 18 months of competitng!
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
Posted: 30/08/08
McDonald's Healthy Eating Campaign!
Dance and Cheer 49 were very pleased to be asked by The BCA to be part of the McDonald’s Healthy Eating campaign linked with sports!
Therefore, when you buy a Happy Meal you may be issued with a photo sticker of a DC49 member or squad.
We are very fortunate that the BCA and McDonald’s chose us to deliver this exciting package!
It is a nationwide campaign and we are proud to have been asked along with other teams form the UK.
Thank you and Enjoy Healthy eating!
Posted: 07/08/08
Ursuline High School Dance Show - Thursday 3rd July 2008 - "Around the World In 80 Beats"
Ursuline Dance Club started running about a year ago. The mission from the beginning was to create a show, to display what the students had accomplished in that time.
The girl's have worked incredibly hard which showed on the night as they presented the modern adaption of the Philleas Fogg classic, "Around the world in 80 beats".
Sian Todd
Posted: 16/07/08
Future Cheer 2008 International Cheer and Dance Competition
100 cheerleaders and dancers form DC49 and The Boswells School headed to Brighton to take part in this years competition.
It was an extremely high standard and the competition was fierce!
However, the Boswells Squad kept their winning streak by coming 1st in their section (out of 6) and the other teams did superbly well.
We came away with 1st place, 1 x 3rd place and 2 x 4th places.
Well done to everyone.
And thank you to all parents and supporters for coming along and giving us such a great team spirit!!
Here’s to BCA Nationals!
Sian Todd
Posted: 16/07/08
There is no failure except in no longer trying.