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Competition Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the competition facet of life. Competition-Blog: Cheerleading-Competition News Cheerleading competition aims to October 30, 2007; Source: China Daily
The second Beijing civilized cheerleading-competition, known as the Jinglongyu Cup, which kicked off in May, has enjoyed a wave of popularity as the city attempts to add excitement to the atmosphere while encouraging more civilized fans during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. So far more than 200 teams have registered to take part in the competition, which features both field and platform cheerleading events. The fans are grouped into different categories: Kindergarten, Elementary, High school, University and Social. Event organizers include the Beijing Sports Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, and China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee. The sponsor is Kerry Oils and Grains (Shenzhen) Co Ltd, whose Jinglongyu brand is the official cooking-oil for the 2008 Olympics. Competition Blog Comment:
Cheerleading is a sport that uses organized routines made from elements of tumbling, dance, and stunting to direct the events spectators to cheer on sports teams at games and matches or compete at cheerleading competitions. Cheerleading first appeared in the United States in the late 1880s with the crowd chanting as a way to encourage school spirit at athletic events. The first organized, recorded cheer was yelled "Ray, Ray' Ray! TIGER, TIGER, SIS, SIS, SIS! BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! Aaaaah! PRINCETON, PRINCETON, PRINCETON!" at Princeton University in 1884. A few years later, Princeton graduate, Thomas Peebles introduced the idea of organized crowd cheering at football games to the University of Minnesota. However, it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering "Rah, Rah, Rah! Sku-u-mar, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!”, making Campbell the very first cheerleader and November 2, 1898 the official birth date of organized cheerleading. Cheerleading has increasingly become a larger influence in the media today. But there is a question that raises its head in my mind. Isn't organized cheerleading unethical to the extent that it is not spontaneous, which in fact its spirit is supposed to be? Isn't it robbing us of our innocent joy and fun that we get out of participating in or witnessing an event? We are turning life artificial at each and every step of it! Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Cheerleading' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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