Esperanza Cheer & Song

Home of the USA Spirit National Champion Esperanza H.S. Cheer & Song team.

Varsity Cheer is the defending west coast USA Spirit Nationals Champions in the Small Varsity Show Cheer Advanced division for the record breaking 8th consecutive season (effective 3/9/08 for the 2007-2008 season.) They also successfully defended their US Spiritleaders King of the Bleachers National Championship title again.

On March 9, 2008, our Varsity Song squad regained their west coast USA Spirit Nationals Champions in the Large Varsity Song /Pom Advanced division for the 2007- 2008 season and is the 4 time defending King of the Bleachers National Champions in Large Varsity Song Pom. Their Varsity Jazz routine is outstanding and they were named Grand Champions for their Varsity Pom Dance "Batman" routine at the Spirit Club International competition held at Universal City Walk, with the highest score in the Pom Dance category for all teams competing in Dance. The Varsity Song and the JV Song squads went undefeated this season in their Song Pom and Pom Dance Advanced divisions.

All four squads work hard to cheer on and support our Varsity and JV sports teams, make you proud and hope to continue our winning ways. In their second season our JV Song squad performed and competed in the Advanced Division at the high level that we have come to expect of the Esperanza H.S. Cheer & Song program successfully defending their US Spiritleaders King of the Bleachers National championship title, as well as the two State Championships from Cheer Pros and Spirit Club International, Inc.

JV Cheer were uncontested in defending their USA Spirit Nationals Championship title. They also successfully defended their two State Championships from Cheer Pros and Spirit Club International, Inc.

The following pages provide information for our team members, recognize our sponsors, and provide a glimpse into who we are and what we do. We have fun, give back to the school and community, and if we are the best team on any given day, we win championships!

Congratulations to all four squads for an excellent showing and display of good sportsmanship at the March 7 - 9th 2008 USA Spirit Nationals. We are very proud of your accomplishments this season. Go Aztecs!

Upcoming Events

2007

DATE	EVENT	TIME

Tues Apr 15	New season Try-outs prospective team parents' meeting in EHS LIbrary. See Bulletin Board #2 below for more details, and the “Contact Us” webpage.	7:00 PM
Fri Apr 18	Next season Cheer & Song try-out Applications due to Stacy Shube’s mailbox on West campus or Main campus, or in Room C-2 on West campus.	By 1:45 PM
Sat Apr 19	Yorba Linda City Council Induction Ceremony. Esperanza Cheer & Song Team is a 2008 Honoree for the YL Athletic Achievement Wall @ the Thomas Lasorda, Jr. Field House. Reception starts at 9:30, Presentation & ceremony starts at 10 AM. RSVP req'd - see item # 1 on Bulletin Board below.	Reception 9:30 AM
M, T, Th, Fri Apr 21 - 25	Song Try-outs in dance studio on Main campus. Wed is a by day, no practice. Final Try-out on Friday in the Aztec gymnasium (5 – 7 pm).	5 – 7:30 PM

M, T, Th, Fri Apr 28 -May 2	Cheer Try-outs on West Campus performance surface. Wed is a by day, no practice. Bring a beach towel for stretching exercises on the black performance mat. Final Try-out on Friday in the Aztec gymnasium (4 – 6 pm).	4 – 6:30 PM
Mon May 5	Parent / students meeting for our 4 New 2008-2009 Squads in the EHS Library. (Please bring your checkbook, $300 deposit due.)	7:00 PM

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Housekeeping Items:

To read all the "News Releases" for last season and the current team, that have appeared in this Bulletin Board, click here. On that page you will find the 2007-2008 season's final results.

Note from your webmaster: To view this site with optimum consistent sized print as authored, your "Page" pulldown tab on the top right of our gray colored Windows Internet Explorer frame should be set to Text Size - "Smaller".

The website is authored in MS Internet Explorer and is therefore optimized when viewed with an I.E. browser rather than a Mozilla FireFox browser which does not render the fonts and colors consistently.

Effective June 15th 2007, a subsite was created which catalogs everything that we posted from September 20, 2006 until June 14, 2007 that was active on June 14th on our website. From June 15th on, the new additions to the site will be made so that it will evolve with the new team photos etc.

*** Photo CDs and DVD videos deadlines for Year End Video. The year-end video was premiered at our April 6th annual banquet. Copies of the DVD were available on April 6th for the girls to take home.

See Results page News Release dated Sept. 11, 2007 for more details regarding each squad's responsibility to document and contribute video and photographs, in digital format preferably, to the year-end video person, Chris (turn in to Marsha Pace,)

For the year-end video: Please give any pictures on a photo CD to the President. Regarding video format, please call TBD. Summer and football season photos and video are due by December 18th to the President. Seniors photo packages are due December 18th to the President so she can work with the video editor over the holidays. Thank you for your support.

For website submissions: Please send photos to admin@ehscheerandsong.org or give a photo CD to Bob for review / posting to the website. Remember the largest email with attachments is 10 MB per. Thanks.

Our web publishing privacy policy does not permit the identification of a specific cheer or songleader in photographs, present or past.

If you would like to see the photos and Rosters from the current season (2008-2009) and view that website, just go to www.ehscheerandsong.org

Similarly, if you want to view the 2006 - 2007 season, just go to www.ehscheerandsong.org/20062007season Note, that is the entire website from that season. Once there you can toggle from last season to the current season only from the LINKs and ARCHIVE page - There is a portal (first link listed) back to the present...

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Bulletin Board

1) ***Friday, May 2nd, 2008. The Cheer squads for the next season Try-out was completed tonight in the gymnasium. Combined with the results of the Song squad selections from April 25th last week, our 2008-2009 Cheer and Song team is now complete. The new Rosters will be posted on their respective Roster pages when the lists are provided.

The clinic try-out week is described in the FAQ on the Contact Us webpage. It gives you an overview of what Stacy described about the Try-out weeks during the April 15th meeting in the EHS Library.

Current team members (2007-2008 season) who are trying out in April, were still covered by last year's medical release / clearance as they are in effect for one year. However, the PYLUSD clearance for the 2008-2009 season will need to be completed (another identical medical release package) in May or early June at a time TBA by Stacy to the new team members. Returning team members will need to have their physicals done to complete this packet. Remember team parents, you have to complete the exact same release forms for the next season clearance which is based on the academic year end. (Ms. Hiyashi typically leaves on vacation by June 15th and these second set of clearance forms need to be approved by her before then.)

2) ***Saturday, April 19th @ 9:30 AM. The Esperanza Cheer & Song Program is a 2008 Honoree for the YL Athletic Achievement Recogition Wall @ the Thomas Lasorda, Jr. Field House.

After breakfast, we moved into the gymnasium where our 4 squads performed 3 or 4 sideline cheers as the audience climbed the bleachers to await the presentation ceremony. Most of our 51 grils attended and looked like a team, dressed in their Broadway halter tops and burgundy skirts with their competition jackets. Former Mayor and our State Assemblyman, Mike Duvall thanked Stacy for having the Esperanza cheer and song squad kick off the ceremony with their sideline cheers. Mayor Pro Tem Jan Horton MC'd the event. She listed the Varsity Cheer squad USA Nationals titles back to 1994 and the Varsity Song USA Nationals titles back to 1998 and cited that all four squads won their USA Spirit Nationals this season. All the inductees received a certfiicate of recognition as well as a city pin. Stacy received Athletic Acheievement Recognition certificates on behalf of the C & S program from the State Senate, our Assemblyman Mike Duvall, and the Mayor and City Council of Yorba Linda, .

Following the Presentation & ceremony we all moved outside by the Athletic Achievement Recognition Wall where new bronze name plates were unveiled on the Wall and the six inductees were announced. Photos were taken with each of the six Inductees beside the Wall.

A picture of the Athletic Achievement Wall bronze name plate is below. There is another photo from Leah B. that is posted on the top of the "LINKs" page (group photo in the gym after the presentation ceremony.) A third picture of the team around the Wall outside, is posted on the Picture Gallery. (LB is behind the tree support. If anyone has a photo that is taken without the tree on the right, please send via email. Thank you.)

3) ***Sunday, April 6th @ the Yorba Linda Country Club. Sharlene Shubin and Todd Olson and their committee put together another fabulous Year-end Banquet for us this year at The YL CC. Booster Club President, Marsha Pace was the MC and between she and Head Coach & Advisor, Stacy Shube, the program moved along smartly. The year end video was produced by Marsha P. and Chris Boyd and a copy of the DVD was provided this year in the gift bag which each team member received. As is the custom, the Freshmen received slippers with either Esperanza Cheer or Song embroidered on them. The Sophomores received their PJ Bottoms, the Juniors received their gold embroidered cardinal /maroon pillows and the seniors received their blankets. The respective Cheer or Song Varsity Squad Photos are imprinted on the blankets for the 10 Seniors and all coaches' blankets.

The Silver Sponsors will receive the Team Poster as promised - which featured the official team photo at the top and one trophy / banner picture of the four squads. Donna Chapman did the creative / paste up, and Marsha had them printed. One of these posters were included in each bag for the team member as a souvenir.

Another new item for their bag this year was produced by Lori DeNezzo who was the Newsletter editor two seasons ago and was this season's Sponsor Chair. By combining these two experiences, Lori developed the "coffee table" Program that the Board decided to produce this season rather than a bi-monthly newsletter. The concept will provide a nicer colored jacket program that a sponsor can keep in better condition than the black & white photocopied newsletter. It features our 2007-2008 Season Results which is printed on the back of the long sleeve T-shirts that each girl receives at the banquet. 2008 Graduating Songleader, Sarah Chapman designed the long sleeve T-shirt artwork that went to the silk screeners. (The incoming Freshmen and any other new team member also receives this long-sleeve T-shirt.) The profiles of each girl that used to be in the newsletter and the list of our sponsors is contained in the Program.

It serves the added benefit of being a "sales prop" for next season's team members to use to show the sponsors how successful our program is. . The girls can also take their copy of the poster with them to show, when they canvass for sponsors.

It is always nice to see our girls in party dresses in the banquet photos. See last season's JV Songleaders with Coach Kerry, click here. Please send your photos of the April 6th Banquet to admin@ehscheerandsong.org with the subject: Cheer & Song photos. Thank you.

4) Effective May 2nd 2008, a sub-site was created which is last season's website in its entirety. If you would like to see the photos and Rosters from last season (2007-2008) and view that archived website, just go to www.ehscheerandsong.org/20072008season

5) The Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 8th was been cancelled. Since the banquet is so early this year, we will wait until the new team is selected at the Try-outs and the new Board will be convened by the new President. TBA in May. The Booster Board changeover will occur sometime after May 2nd which is when the Cheer squads are selected.

Should you need to contact a board member, parents please consult your team rosters or check with your Squad Rep for the tel. no. or click on the admin@ehscheerandsong.org and the webmaster will forward your email to the appropriate party. Please put Cheer & Song (or C&S) in the subject line. Thank you.

Click on Booster Club Board to view. Thank you all for your participation and support.

6) The 2007-2008 team sponsor list is posted as of 2-7-08 for this season's sponsors.

Each family received an electronic version of the Sponsor form at the end of May courtesy of Donna Chapman, VP Song. All of the Squad reps also have the form on their PCs if you need another copy. Do NOT use last year's form with last year's Treasurer's address on the form.

For efficient processing of your new sponsors, please use the Cheer & Song Booster Club P.O. Box 373 address: