UAAP Cheerdance Competition

UAAP Cheerdance Competition
Sport	Cheerleading
Founded	1995
No. of teams	8
Country(ies)	Philippines
Most recent champion(s)	UP Pep Squad

The annual UAAP cheer dance 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. From 1995 to 1997 it was sponsored by Jollibee. It has been sponsored by Nestlé Ice Cream from 1998 to 2005. The 2006 edition had no major sponsorship. In 2007, it was sponsored by Samsung Mobile. 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. It is not a part in the tabulation to determine the UAAP Overall Championship. University of Santo Tomas has the most championships (8).^[1] The University of the Philippines is the current champion.^[2]

Criteria

The 2007 criteria for judging consist of the following:

• Choreography (50 pts)
• Synchronization (30 pts)
• Audibility (10 pts)
• Costume (10 pts)

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

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

Competition results

Year	Champion	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1995	UST[1]	UP	FEU	?	?	?	?	?
1996	UST[1]	FEU	?	?	?	?	?	?
1997	UST[1]	FEU	?	?	?	?	?	?
1998[4][1]	FEU	DLSU	UP	?	?	?	?	-
1999	UP[1]	UST	FEU	?	?	?	?	?
2000	UP[1]	UST	FEU	?	?	?	?	?
2001	UP [1]	AdU	UST [1]	?	?	?	?	?
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[7][8]	UST[9] 94.96[9]	FEU[9] 93.20[9]	UP[9] 91.70[9]	AdU -	ADMU -	UE -	NU -	-
2007	UP[2] 92.66[2]	UST[2] 92.16[2]	FEU[2] 91.66[2]	ADMU[2] 90.63	AdU[2] 90.62	UE[2] 90.55	DLSU[2] 89.54	NU[2] 84.23

2007 Cheerdance

These are from the interview in Inquirer.net

UP Pep Squad^[10] (champion, 92.66)

• Coach: Lalaine Pereña
• Asst. Coach: Niño Jose Antonio
• Team Captain: Andrea Gonzales
• Asst. Team Captain: Pio Opinaldo
• Titles held: 1999-2001 champions
• Place in 2006: Third Place
• Message to their supporters: "We want to show our supporters a routine that should lay to rest any doubts as to who the winner should be."
• Message to their opponents: "When you prepare for the rain (something that you want or need), God will give what you prepared for. So we’re now prepared and are still preparing."

UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe^[11] (2nd Place, 92.16)

• Choreographer: Ryan Silva
• Captain: Kim Margarita San Juan
• Members: 11 girls, 14 boys
• Titles held: 1995-1997, 2002-2006 champions
• Place in 2006: Champion
• Message to their supporters: "Thanks for being easily duped by our performances. we hope to dupe you next time, mugs."
• Message to their opponents: "We'll ll show you how recycling is done, our way."

FEU Cheering Squad^[12] (3rd Place, 91.66)

• Coach: Jacqueline Alolor
• Captain: Chester Carlos
• Members: 8 girls, 17 boys
• Title held: 1998 champion
• Place in 2006: Second place
• Message to their supporters: "We ask that you pray and support us this Sunday because we will do everything to make you proud!"
• Message to their opponents: "We will see them on the 16th and goodluck to them!"

Championships per school

School	Total	Last C'Ship
University of Santo Tomas	8	2006
University of the Philippines, Diliman	4	2007
Far Eastern University	1	1998[1]

Consecutive wins

School	Number	Years
University of Santo Tomas	5	2002 to 2006
University of the Philippines	3	1999 to 2001
University of Santo Tomas	3	1995 to 1997

Average ranking (from 2002)

Rank	Cheerdance Team	Ave	High	Low
1	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	1.17	1st	3rd
2	UP Pep Squad	2.17	1st	3rd
3	FEU Cheering Squad	3.00	1st	4th
4	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	4.83	4th	7th
5	Adamson Pep Squad	5.00	2nd	6th
6	UE Pep Squad	5.37	2nd	7th
7	DLSU Pep Squad[7][8]	5.88	4th	7th
8	NU Pep Squad	7.83	7th	8th

UST - UP rivalry

UST

UP

The University of Santo Tomas won the competition since the inception of cheerdance in 1995 until 1997. On 1998, the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not join the competition and participated in Lipton Cheerleading Competition instead. The year 1999 saw the rivalry between these two squads: UST's Salinggawi Dance Troupe and University of the Philippines' UP Pep Squad. That time, Salinggawi Dance Troupe went back to take the cheerdance title. However, the dance troupe only finished second while the UP Pep Squad was declared champion. On year 2001, the UP Pep Squad was able to match the record of Salinggawi Dance Troupe's three consecutive winnings.^[1] On 2002, the Salinggawi Dance Troupe was able to regain the title while UP Pep Squad finished third. In the next three years, Salinggawi Dance Troupe won first place with UP as their runner-up. On 2006, Salinggawi Dance Troupe broke its own record and had their eighth title via five-peat; UP finished third place.^[1] On 2007, UP finally won back the title with UST finishing second.^[2] Word wars from students, as well as members of their alumni, dominated local internet forums^[13][14]. The Diliman-based groups make criticisms that the España-based dance troupe play safe in their annual routine. UP fans argue that the UP Pep Squad has been known for their elaborately executed pyramids and lifts, while Salinggawi Dance Troupe simply lacks difficulty in their stunts. UST fans answer that the Salinggawi Dance Troupe excels in execution, dance and motion techniques, transitions, formations or use of floor, and synchronization or timing. Critics of the Salinggawi Dance Troupe dares the latter to compete in other cheerleading competitions like the National Cheerleading Championship. However, the Salinggawi Dance Troupe claims to focus on their commitments in UST as a dance troupe and perform in different university functions and programs. Based on the recorded scores, the closest fight between these universities was on year 2005 with a 0.22 point difference and the largest gap was on 2002 with a difference of 3.38 points. UP's popular cheer is "U-nibersidad ng Pilipinas" while UST's is "Go USTe". Usually held in Araneta Coliseum, the UP crowd clap their hands in full swing while chanting their cheer. On the other hand, UST crowd waves their yellow "hotdog" balloons in circular motion while cheering.

Trivia

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Notable events

1. The Salinggawi Dance Troupe was first to use canned music for their dance routine in 2000. They also first introduced special effects (sound compliments) in 2002.
2. In the early years of the competition, UP used to send the UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe as their representative until the UP Pep Squad was formed in the late 90's. Since 1999, the Salinggawi Dance Troupe has been the only dance troupe in the competition (the rest are all varsity cheerleading squads).
3. The UP Pep Squad won the competition in 1999 for the first time by incorporating folk dances and the Oblation, UP’s symbol of freedom into their routine.^[5]
4. The Salinggawi Dance Troupe incorporated in 2005 a UST Main Building pyramid with three inverted Oblations, representing their triumph over the UP Pep Squad for three years in a row.
5. The UP Pep Squad was the first team to wear pants for both boys and girls as their uniform.^[15]
6. The year 2005 saw a three-peat lineup, with UST, UP and FEU copping first, second, and third places, respectively.^[5]
7. For the first time in 2007, Salinggawi Dance Troupe and UP Pep Squad replaced jogging with marching steps in between transitions of their routines.

Cheerdance campaign slogans

1. Go for Four (UP, 2002) for their bid for a four-peat.
2. The Real Champions are Back (UST, 2002) for their bid to regain the title.
3. UP's Back (UP, 2003) for their bid to regain the title.
4. Back 2 Back (UST, 2003) for their bid to have a back-to-back title.
5. Balik sa Naka-GAWI-an: Three-Peat for UST (UST, 2004) for their bid to have another three-peat.
6. Roar 4 More (UST, 2005) for their bid to have an unprecedented four-peat.
7. Jive for Five (UST, 2006) for their bid to have an unprecedented five-peat.
8. UP Rocks (UP, 2007) for their bid to take the title back, with rock-themed costumes and music.
9. Tuloy ang Naka-GAWI-an: UST, This Sixth It (UST, 2007) for their bid to snatch a double grand-slam.

Trademarks

1. The Zigzag Pyramid is Salinggawi Dance Troupe's trademark pyramid. It was introduced in 1995.^[1]
2. Since 2003, Salinggawi Dance Troupe started their music with a catching word or phrases: "Attencion!" (2003); "Attention, attention..." (2005); "Are you ready to...?" (2006); "Let's Get It On!" (2007).
3. The pirouette has been Salinggawi Dance Troupe's signature dance move since 2003.
4. The Salinggawi Dance Troupe incorporated a 3-Man Propeller Toss in their 2004 routine to represent their bid to get a 3-peat title; the 4-Man Shuffle Toss in 2005 for their bid to get fourth straight title; the Superman Walk in 2006 to bid for their fifth consecutive win; and the Bowling Stunt in 2007 for their bid to snatch a double grand slam.
5. Since 2006, Salinggawi Dance Troupe used costumes patterned to Hollywood animated films: Happy Feet (2006); and Bee Movie (2007).
6. The UP Pep Squad is known for its all-male pyramids, lifts, and tosses, which was introduced in 2003.
7. The Carousel Toss is Adamson University Pep Squad's trademark toss. It was introduced in 2006.

Rules and criteria for judging

1. The panel of judges is composed of representatives from each participating university, representatives (usually three) from the major sponsor, and a technical judge. Although the 2007 edition was sponsored by Samsung Mobile, there was no representation from them.
2. From 1998 to 2005, all teams were required to perform a special Nestlé 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. In 2005, a judge was not allowed to give a score for the school he represents.
4. The highest and lowest scores garnered by each team are omitted and the remaining scores are averaged. This rule was removed in 2005 but restored the following year.
5. The year 2005 saw critical changes in the rules for judging. For the first time, school representatives were not allowed to give scores for their own school, causing the omitting of highest score unnecessary and not applied. Each school representative was also allowed to give a score for Nestlé cheer for the first time. Since a judge may give conflicting scores between a squad's school cheer and Nestlé cheer (i.e. a high score for school cheer and a low score for Nestlé cheer or vice versa), omitting of the lowest score became impossible to apply, therefore this rule was removed.
6. The criteria usually include choreography, synchronization, costume, audience participation, and over-all impact.
7. The rules usually require teams to perform a number of tosses, jumps, lifts, and pyramids (usually three, with one being a 3-high). Additional pyramids are credited for difficulty. Teams which are not able to execute the minimum required number of pyramids receive point deductions.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Ruth L. Navarra (2007-09-17), "Champions of Cheer", Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} GMA News (2007-09-17), "UP pep squad is 2007 UAAP cheer dance champion", GMANews.TV. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Alder T. Almo (2002-10-10), "Back in the groove", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
4. ^ In 1998, UST did not join the competition but instead participated in Lipton Cheering Competition (where they won first place).
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} 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 20 September 2007.
7. ^ ^{a b} In 2006, the De La Salle University Pep Squad did not join due to the suspension of their varsity teams.
8. ^ ^{a b} Adrian Carlo Velasco (2006-07-08), "SCHOOL WARS: Let the games begin", Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
9. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Ma. Jesamine D.G. Palarca (2006), "Salinggawi reigns high for five", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
10. ^ 2007 Interview with UP Pep Squad prior the 2007 competition.
11. ^ 2007 Interview with UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe prior the 2007 competition.
12. ^ 2007 Interview with FEU Cheering Squad prior the 2007 competition.
13. ^ Trash talk in YouTube from UST and UP camps.
14. ^ Trash talk in PinoyExchange from UST and UP camps.
15. ^ Gabby Libarios (2006-09-09), "Class of 2006", Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 17 September 2007.

See also

• NCAA Philippines Cheerdance Competition
• UBelt.com Cheerdancing Photo Gallery

References

• 2002: 2002 NESTLE NON-STOP CHEERDANCING COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 21, 2002 SCORING BREAKDOWN UBelt.com. Accessed September 24, 2006.
• 2003: UST Retains Cheer Crown UBelt.com. Accessed September 24, 2006.
• 2004: UST Annexes UAAP Cheer Title UBelt.com. Accessed September 24, 2006.
• 2005: UST Claims 4th Straight Cheer Crown UBelt.com. Accessed September 24, 2006.
• 2006: UST Salinggawi Drives For Five UBelt.com. Accessed September 24, 2006.