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UAAP Cheerdance Competition
File:Uaap logo.gif
SportCheerleading
Founded1995
No. of teams8
Country Philippines
Most recent
champion(s)		2008
UP Pep Squad
TV partner(s)Studio 23
The annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition (CDC) is held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines

The UAAP Cheerdance Competition is an annual one-day event of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for cheerleading. However, it does not count in the tabulation to determine the UAAP Overall Championship.

Studio 23 received the right to televise the UAAP Men's Basketball. Along with it came the coverage rights of the annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition. The hosts of the event usually start with an audience roll call. After each participating university's name is called, the audience from that school chants their most popular cheer along with their official drummers. However, the dancers of their respective pep squads are not yet shown to the audience and televiewers until their performance. The sequence of the roll call are random and solely the discretion of the hosts or producers. The sequence of the performance are determined by drawing of lots prior the competition.[citation needed]

University of Santo Tomas has the most championships (8) followed by University of the Philippines (5)[1], which is the current defending champion.[2] Since 2003, only University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines, and Far Eastern University have landed on the top 3 spots.

The 2008 Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition is the most attended UAAP event with a record-breaking 23,443 paying audience.

Cheerdance vs. Cheerleading

The UAAP Cheerdance Competition has set criteria for judging usually composed of choreography, synchronization, degree of difficulty, audibility, and costume. These criteria are similar to those provided in dance competitions. This makes cheerdance different from cheerleading competitions like the National Cheerleading Championships.

Cheerdance is the fusion of cheering and dancing. It began when the UP Pep Squad incorporated dance moves in their routine back when the competition focused on cheering.[citation needed] The competition requires competing squads to perform a specified number of stunts and dance sequences such as pyramids, tosses, partner stunts, transitions, and dance routines.

The University of Santo Tomas sends the Salinggawi Dance Troupe to compete for cheerdance since their official pep squad comprises a drumline, boosters and male cheerleaders (the UST Yellow Jackets). In 2008, De La Salle University-Manila sent a new squad called the DLSU Animo Squad. It was formed specifically for cheerdance competitions. It is a collaboration of existing groups in DLSU namely, the DLSU Pep Squad, the LSDC Street Dance, and the LSDC Jazz. The University of the Philippines used to send their Filipiniana Dance Troupe in the competition prior to the formation of the current UP Pep Squad.

Participants

School Cheerdance Team
File:Adulogo.jpg Adamson University (AdU) Adamson Pep Squad
File:ATENEO-SEAL.png Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion
File:DLSU-Manila Seal.png De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU) DLSU Animo Squad
File:FEUSealNew.gif Far Eastern University (FEU) FEU Cheering Squad
File:National University Philippines logo.gif National University (NU) NU Pep Squad
File:University of the East Official Seal.jpg University of the East (UE) UE Pep Squad
File:USTLogo.jpg University of Santo Tomas (UST) UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe
File:Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.png University of the Philippines, Diliman (UP) UP Pep Squad

Usual Rules and Criteria

Rules

  1. The panel of judges is composed of representatives from each participating university, representatives (usually three) from the major sponsor, and a technical judge. The 2006 season had no major sponsorhip. Although the 2007 and 2008 seasons were sponsored by Samsung Mobile, there was no representation from them.
  2. From 1998 to 2005, all teams were required to perform a special Nestlé Non-Stop Cheer. This cheer was included in the criteria for judging and comprised 20% of their scores. It was judged exclusively by the representatives of Nestlé except in 2005, where each of the school representatives also gave a score.
  3. The highest and lowest scores garnered by each team are omitted and the remaining scores are averaged.
  4. The criteria usually include choreography, synchronization, costume, audience participation, and overall impact.
  5. The rules usually require teams to perform a number of tosses, jumps, lifts, and pyramids (usually three, with one being a 3-high). Teams which are not able to execute the minimum required number of pyramids receive point deductions. Additional pyramids are not credited but can be grounds for deductions.

Criteria

The 2002[3] and 2003 criteria for judging consist of the following:

  • Choreography (40 points)
  • Creativity and Degree of Difficulty (25 points)
  • Transition and Coordination, Audibility/Volume of Cheer (10 points)
  • Costume (5 points)
  • Nestlé Non-Stop Cheer (20 points)

The 2004 and 2005 criteria for judging consist of the following:

  • Choreography (40 points)
  • Synchronization (25 points)
  • Audience Audibility (10 points)
  • Costume (5 points)
  • Nestlé Non-Stop Cheer (20 points)

The 2006 and 2007 criteria for judging consist of the following:

  • Choreography (50 points)
  • Synchronization (30 points)
  • Audience Audibility (10 points)
  • Costume (10 points)

The 2008 criteria for judging consist of the following:

  • Dance Technique, Jumps, Tumbling, Tosses (5 points each)
  • Lifts/Stunts, Pyramids, Degree of Difficulty, Formations, Choreography, Synchronization, Audibility/Clarity, Overall Effectiveness (10 points each)

Changes in Rules and Criteria

  1. The year 2005 saw a critical change in criteria for judging. Instead of the usual system where the highest and lowest scores are removed from the computation of the final scores, a judge was not allowed to give a score for the school they represent. Each school representative was also allowed to judge each team's Nestlé Non-Stop Cheer for the first and only time since Nestlé's sponsorship of the competition in 1999.
  2. The 2008 competition adopted an American standard of judging. A new set of rules and criteria was drafted by the team coaches and captains. With the new set of rules and criteria, the competition has deviated more to cheerleading than dancing.

Sponsors

Major Sponsor Competition Name Year(s)
Jollibee Jollibee Chi-Cheer Kayo Contest 1995-1997
Nestlé Ice Cream Nestlé Non-Stop Cheerdance Competition 1998-2005
Samsung Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition 2007-2008

Competition results

Year Champion 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
1995
UST[1]
DLSU[4]		 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1996
UST[1]
DLSU[4]
UP		 ? ? ? ? ?
1997
UST[1]
UP[4]
DLSU[4]		 ? ? ? ? ?
1998(a)
FEU
DLSU
UP		 ? ? ? ? -
1999
UP[1]
UST[1]
FEU		 ? ? ? ? ?
2000
UP[1]
UST
FEU		 ? ? ? ? ?
2001
UP[1]
81.22
AdU
77.11
UST
76.32		 ? ? ? ? ?
2002
UST[1]
87.38[3]
UE
84.88[3]
UP
84.00[3]
FEU
80.70
ADMU
78.60
AdU
78.60
DLSU
71.50
NU
64.50
2003
UST[5]
89.50
UP[5]
88.16
FEU[5]
88.00
ADMU
83.16
UE
78.50
AdU
72.60
DLSU
69.60
NU
61.80
2004
UST[5]
93.61
UP[5]
90.56
FEU[5]
87.09
ADMU
85.79
DLSU
84.97
AdU
84.76
UE
79.52
NU
68.44
2005
UST[5]
90.98[6]
UP[5]
90.76[6]
FEU[5]
88.72[6]
DLSU
76.37
UE
76.15
AdU
76.09
ADMU
69.33
NU
64.48
2006(b)
UST[7]
94.96[7]
FEU[7]
93.20[7]
UP[7]
91.70[7]
AdU
?
ADMU
?
UE
?
NU
?		 -
2007
UP[8]
92.66[8]
UST[8]
92.16[8]
FEU[8]
91.66[8]
ADMU[8]
90.63
AdU[8]
90.62
UE[8]
90.55
DLSU[8]
89.54
NU[8]
84.23
2008
UP[2][9]
93.30[9]
UST[2][9]
85.27[9]
FEU[2][9]
83.96[9]
ADMU[2]
83.81
AdU[2]
81.04
UE[2]
72.69
DLSU[2]
70.07
NU[2]
68.36

Notes:

  • Template:Fnb - In 1998, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not join the competition[1]
  • Template:Fnb - De La Salle University was suspended in 2006 and was not allowed to join the competition.[10]

Championships per school

School Total Last C'Ship
University of Santo Tomas 8 2006
University of the Philippines 5 2008
Far Eastern University 1 1998(a)

Consecutive championships

School Number Years
University of Santo Tomas 5 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
University of the Philippines 3 1999, 2000, 2001
University of Santo Tomas 3 1994, 1995, 1996
University of the Philippines 2 2007, 2008

Average ranking (from 2002)

Rank School Ave High Low
1 University of Santo Tomas 1.29 1st 2nd
2 University of the Philippines 2.00 1st 3rd
3 Far Eastern University 3.00 2nd 4th
4 Ateneo de Manila University 4.71 4th 7th
5 University of the East 5.29 2nd 7th
6 Adamson University 5.42 4th 6th
7 De La Salle University[10] 6.67 4th 7th
8 National University 7.86 7th 8th

UP - UST rivalry

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UP
File:USTLogo.jpg
UST

Being the only teams in the UAAP to actually win the competition where all UAAP-member schools are present to compete, University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas were caught in a rivalry through its official cheerdance teams: UP Pep Squad and UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe.

Head to Head Status

UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe had the most number of wins, with eight (8) championships as opposed to five (5) of the UP Pep Squad. UST holds the most consecutive victories at 5, which they achieved from 2002 to 2006. The largest point differential between the two teams is 8.03 by UP in 2008, followed by 4.90 also by UP in 2001. UST's largest lead over UP was 3.38 in 2002, when UP finished 3rd.

Both UP and UST broke their rival's streak after landing on the third spot. In 1999, UP won the title after being placed in third in 1998. UST was able to regain the title in 2002 after being a third placer in 2001. UP again took the championship title in 2007 after finishing third in 2006.

Chronology of Events

The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe won the first three years of competition from 1995 to 1997. They did not join the competition in 1998(a). The rivalry between the two squads began in 1999 when UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe returned to reclaim the title after their year of absence. However, they only finished second behind UP Pep Squad. In 2001, UP Pep Squad matched the record of UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe's three consecutive wins.[1] In 2002, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe regained the title while UP Pep Squad finished third. The next three years had UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe in first place and UP Pep Squad as runner-up. In 2006, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe received their eighth title with five consecutive victories; UP Pep Squad finished third.[1] UP Pep Squad regained the title in 2007[8] and defended it in 2008 with the highest score gap between the Champion and 1st runner-up in the history of the competition.

Popular Cheers

UP's popular cheer is "Unibersidad ng Pilipinas" while UST's is "Go USTe". Usually held in Araneta Coliseum, the UP crowd clap hands over their head while chanting their cheer. On the other hand, UST crowd waves their yellow hotdog balloons or using the right hand pointing finger in circular motion while cheering.

Firsts in the Competition

  1. Dance Moves - In 1998, the UP Pep Squad incorporated dance moves in their cheering routine thus leading to the eventual formation of the Cheerdance Competition.[citation needed]
  2. Official Uniforms - In 1999, the UP Pep Squad used pants for both boys and girls as their cheerdance uniform.[11] Later in 2003, they also first used shorts as uniform for both boys and girls. In 2001, the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe started using one piece full-body (with long sleeves and pants) costumes for both boys and girls.
  3. Canned Music - In 2000, the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe used canned music, an alternate to traditional drums and snares, in their cheerdance routine.
  4. Unified Theme - In 2002, the Ateneo Blue Babble Batallion and the UE Pep Squad were the first to incorporate a unified theme all throughout the routine.
  5. Sound Effects - In 2002, the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion, the De La Salle Cheering Squad, and the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe used special effects or sound compliments.
  6. Transition Techniques - Both UP Pep Squad and UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe replaced jogging with marching steps in between transitions of their respective routines.
  7. Special Performance - In 2008, A Samsung All-Star routine was presented before the announcement of the winners. An all-star team, called the "Dream Team", was composed of 3 members from each of the participating universities in the said competition.
  8. Special Award - In 2008, the sponsor of the competition awarded the "Samsung Stunner" to Frances Fleta of the UP Pep Squad.

Signature Moves and Trademarks

Adamson Pep Squad

  1. Carousel Toss. Introduced in 2006, the carousel toss is considered as the Adamson Pep Squad's signature toss.[citation needed]

UP Pep Squad

  1. "Unibersidad ng Pilipinas" Opening Cheer. Since 1999, the UP Pep Squad begins with either a shout of or the entire cheer of the "Unibersidad ng Pilipinas" in their routine. Usually, they perform stunts, tosses, lifts and pyramids to introduce their main routine. In 2005, they introduced the "Pagbaybay" cheer followed by the "Unibersidad ng Pilipinas". In 2008, the Unibersidad ng Pilipinas cheer was rearranged to align it with the tribal theme of the routine.
  2. The Oblation. The Oblation pose has been UP Pep Squad's symbol of freedom into their routine since 1999.[5] In 2008, they incorporated a 2-high Oblation Pyramid.
  3. All Male Stunts/Pyramids. Since 2003, all male cheerleaders performed a stunt or pyramid in the middle of their routine.
  4. Innovations. They usually introduce new stunts and pyramids in every year of the competition. In 2008, they incorporated a Kick Double Full Twist toss and Tic-Toc stunt.
  5. Sport and Dance Themes. The squad incorporated a particular sport or dance as part of their routine: Tae Bo (2000), Synchronized Swimming and Arnis (2001), Jump Rope and Tap Dance (2002), Sports Aero and Mindanao Folk Dance (2003), Yoga and Samba (2005).
  6. Unified Theme. Since 2007, they used unified themes for their routines. Gothic Rock (2007) and Ethnic (2008).

UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe

  1. Opening Words. Their routine starts with distinctive opening words: "Attencion!" (2003); "Attention, attention..." (2005); "Are you ready to...?" (2006); "Let's Get It On!" (2007); "Ladies and Gentlemen..." (2008).
  2. The Zigzag Pyramid. They introduced this pyramid since the beginning of the competition in 1995.[1] This pyramid varies each year in number of person involved, height, form, and mounting technique.
  3. Fast Pyramid Formation. They were known since 1995 as the fastest pyramid building squad.[1] They are usually able to build 2.5-high pyramids in no more than six counts. In 2003, they were the only cheerleading squad in the Philippines who were able to mount a 2.5-high Inverted Pyramid in six counts. In 2007, they were able to mount a 2.5-high Wolf Wall Pyramid in one count.
  4. Basket Tosses. They introduced variations of basket tosses which were seen in the competition for the first time; Swan Dive (1995)[1]; Full Twirl and Full Twist[12] (2003); Full Turn Straddle[12] (2004); Roundoff Layout Step-out[12] (2005); X-Factor, X-Out, and X-Out Full Twist (2006); Two and a Half Full Twist (2007); and Double Toe Touch and Kick Full Twist (2008).
  5. The Pirouette. This ballet move was introduced in 2003. The dance troupe performs it on or before the last minute of their routine.
  6. The Chair. This partner stunt has been a staple element in their routines since 2004. In the years 2002 and 2003, it was also performed but only as part of their final pyramids in the end of the routines.
  7. Consecutive Winning Representation. They incorporated 2 Full-Twirl Tosses in their 2003 routine to represent their bid for a back-to-back title, 3-Man Propeller Toss in 2004 for their bid to get a 3-peat title, 4-Man Shuffle Toss in 2005 for their bid to get fourth straight title, Superman Walk in 2006 to bid for their fifth consecutive win, and Bowling Stunt in 2007 for their bid to snatch a double grand-slam.
  8. Inspired Costume. They used costumes patterned to Hollywood feature films: Happy Feet (2006), Bee Movie (2007), and Drumline (2008).
  9. "Go USTe!" Closing Cheer. For the third year in a row since 2006, they ended their routine with its most popular cheer - "Go USTe!". The cheer was performed with its traditional choreography. As the group exits, the squad points to the UST audience.

Campaign Slogans/Themes

Ateneo de Manila University

  1. Wild Wild West Theme (2002) - The squad sported a cowboy look.

De La Salle University

  1. Military Theme (2005)
  2. Futuristic Theme (2008)

Far Eastern University

  1. Blazing Tamaraws (2008) Fire Theme

University of the East

  1. Extreme Sports (2002) - The squad incorporated extreme games in their routine.

University of the Philippines

  1. Back 2 Back (2000) for their bid to defend their title. They used plain maroon for the front and plain green for the back of their uniform.
  2. UP's Back (2003) in a failed attempt to regain the championship.
  3. UP Rocks (2007) with Gothic rock-themed costumes and music.
  4. Tribo UP: Sugod (2008) for their defending routine theme with tribal music, cheers, costume, and movement.

University of Santo Tomas

  1. The Real Champions are Back (2002) for their bid to regain the title.
  2. Back 2 Back (2003) for their bid to have a back-to-back title.
  3. Balik sa Naka-GAWI-an: Three-Peat for UST (2004) for their bid to have another three-peat.
  4. Roar 4 More (2005) for their bid to have an unprecedented and controversial four-peat.
  5. Jive for Five (2006) for their bid to have an unprecedented five-peat.
  6. Tuloy ang Naka-GAWI-an: UST, This SIXTH It! (2007) coined by UST alumnus John Lapus for their bid to snatch a double grand-slam.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ruth L. Navarra (2007-09-17), "Champions of Cheer", Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 September 2007. Cite error: The named reference "Navarra" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jasmine W. Payo (2008-09-08), "UP back-to-back cheer-dance champion", Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 08 September 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d Alder T. Almo (2002-10-10), "Back in the groove", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d UST Wins Third Straight Cheering Title at the Start of Season 59., Retrieved 5 April 2008
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Adrian Carlo Velasco (2005-09-24), "Musing on the cheerdance hype", Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  6. ^ a b c Llanesca T. Panti (2005-10-15), "‘Gawi notches fourth straight title", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Ma. Jesamine D.G. Palarca (2006), "Salinggawi reigns high for five", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l GMA News (2007-09-17), "UP pep squad is 2007 UAAP cheer dance champion", GMANews.TV. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Joey Villar (2008-09-08), "Cheers!", Philippine Star. Retrieved 08 September 2008.
  10. ^ a b Adrian Carlo Velasco (2006-07-08), "SCHOOL WARS: Let the games begin", Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  11. ^ Gabby Libarios (2006-09-09), "Class of 2006", Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  12. ^ a b c "Jermae: The Amazing Salinggawi Baby", Barkada Magazine Vol 20 No. 1 June-July 2006. Retrieved 09 October 2008.

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