Monday, September 14, 2009

wat duff???

I enjoy watching the cheer dance of each of the participating universities in UAAP.
but yesterday it turned out to be a nightmare.


UST's score yesterday at the CDC: 81.00 - Grand Manipulators Association


For the very first time in UAAP Cheerdance history, UST was not included in the top three list.
The degree of difficulty in their stunts was so high..
Their routines are sharp and snappy. Their stunts and flyers, impressive. I just dont get it. UST Salinggawi executed well their moves and stunts pero siempre I can't deny the fact that they made some mistakes lahat naman. but my gawd feu blazing pep squad bagged the title..tenginengyen. I have to note that, but it wasn’t anything worth of being the champion for this year, because their moves have been hybrid moves of other cheering squads over the years, well, it might look good, but original? Partly, but not totally.
UP Pep Squad claim they are the benchmark of originality and creativity? No. Fact is, there was nothing original in the stunts and gymnastic routines employed by the squad from Diliman in the recently concluded UAAP Cheerdance Competition.
Surely there were attempts by UP Pep to revolutionize or should I say Filipinize the prevailing style of cheering back then when it incorporated some native dances in its routine and were brazen enough to show off costume not appropriate for cheerleading. They overburdened themselves by putting too many accoutrements in the middle of their “show” at the expense of having a clean routine. If they call that creativity, I call it trash. The squad doesn’t seem have a sense of scale. They always love to go overboard.

UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe they are the squad that introduced intricate choreographed cheer dances. The movements would later include jazz and modern dance steps. The recently concluded Cheerdance Competition was an out and out revelation. I hope that my discomfort over the results of the competition is not merely a highbrow snobbery on the clumsy performance of the declared winner.
the wide margin of score given to feu Pep was miasmic. There are issues that need to be addressed.
there were irregularities in the manner of judging the CDC, this kind of work or strategy as it were, is ambitious and again fails where it most wants to succeed: as a leader and shaper of the future. Try harder.


Damn! UST deserved the title. Is that what you get when your team is the best and all the other teams were insecure of your talent? Anyway, at least we played our best without using any "magic tricks."