Eskimos bring cheer to Strathmore

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Shannon LeClair  -Times Reporter

Cheer fever hit Jumphouse Gymnastics when six coaches from the Edmonton Eskimo cheer team visited to teach some moves.

The cheer camp was June 19-20, with the participants learning how to do a pyramid and stunts.

“At the end of the day, right before their parents came to pick them up, they did a demonstration of a new dance routine pyramid they had never done before,” said Lori Knopf, co-owner of the Jumphouse.

The camp was $60 for the weekend, and it was partially subsidized by the existing Matrix cheer parents association. Participants ranged from 10 to 17-years-old. Some of the people who took part were new, some are on the existing cheer team, and others only attended the cheer camp last year and this.

There were 30 participants this year, which is up 10 from last year.

“That would be the top side of the scale that we would ever need going forward, because that’s a lot of people to have the kind of training they had for the weekend,” said Knopf.

This was the second year the Jumphouse has hosted a cheer camp and plans to continue holding it each spring.

“We’re also considering doing one later this summer for boys only.”