JUAN: IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
MOVES YOU CAN BE PART OF THE LA
RAMS CHEERLEADERS.
THEY ARE HOLDING OPEN AUDITIONS
THIS WEEKEND.
MELISSA, JENNIFER AND KEELY
FIMBRES-BLEDSOE ARE HERE TO
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
WELCOME LADIES.
I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE, LET'S START
UP WITH YOU FIRST OF COURSE TO
BE A RAMS CHEERLEADER?
WHAT KIND OF BACKGROUND YOU
HAVE TO HAVE?
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE WHOLE
PACKAGE OF A YOUNG LADY.
WELL SPOKEN, GOOD DANCER AND
PROFESSIONAL.
JUAN: IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
CHEERING AT THE GAMES YOU DO
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL
LADIES, YES?
WE DO.
OVER THE TEAM WE DO OVER 1500
HOURS PER SEASON.
WE DO EVENTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
JUAN: IS A FULL-TIME JOB?
IT IS NOT.
JUAN: WELL THAT'S GOOD.
SO YOU CAN ABOUT THE THINGS
GOING ON IN LIFE AND STILL
CHEER.
HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE TWO?
WE ARE SO LUCKY THIS A
PART-TIME JOB.
IT IS A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE
AND WITH MY FULL-TIME JOB I AM
ABLE TO MANAGE IT BY PLANNING
IT OUT.
I HAVE A PLANNER ALL THE TIME.
IN MY PURSE.JUAN: WAITING FOR
THAT SECTOR POSSIBLE EMAIL,
RIGHT?
EXACTLY.
JUAN: NOW YOU ARE A CHEERLEADER
BACK IN THE 90S.
ONCE A CHEERLEADER ALWAYS A
CHEERLEADER.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE LADIES,
HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR
AUDITIONING THEM?
AGAIN, DO YOU NEED A DANCE
BACKGROUND LORD YOU NEED TO BE
A CHEERLEADER IN A PRIOR LIFE?
A DANCE BACKGROUND
DEFINITELY HELPS.
THAT IS OUR FIRST CUT OF THE
PROCESS.THERE IS ALSO AN
INTERVIEW AND HAVING A DANCE
BACKGROUND DEFINITELY HELPS.
JUAN: WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
VIDEO HERE.
YOU WILL BE HOLDING WORKSHOPS
FOR LADIES.
YOU ARE DOING SOME PREP BEFORE
THE AUDITION, IS THAT RIGHT?
WE HOSTED WORKSHOP LAST
WEEKEND.
THIS WEEKEND IS THE OPEN FALL.
JUAN: RIGHT.WHAT IS IT THAT
MAKES THE CUT?
YOU HAVE A LOT OF GIRLS THAT
COME IN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED
GIRLS IN ADDITION.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT YOUR
PRESENCE.
WE WANT A GAME BECAUSE THERE
ARE A LOT OF COMPETITIVE
DANCERS OUT THERE.
JUAN: WHAT IS IT LIKELY LADIES
TO HAVE 70 EYES ON YOU DURING
THE GAME?
YOU ARE SUCH AN UPBEAT PART OF
THE FESTIVITIES, RIGHT?
FLEX IT IS DEFINITELY EXCITING.
ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH A
HYSTERICAL YEAR FOR THE RAMS
COMING BACK TO LOS ANGELES AND
JUST BEING A PART OF THAT
MOMENT.
EVEN THE FIRST GAME JUST, WHAT
WAS IT THE 90,000 PEOPLE IN THE
CROWD JUST BEING THERE AND BE
HISTORICAL COLISEUM AND THIS
MOMENT.
IT IS REALLY EXHILARATING AND
REWARDING AND SO FUN THAT YOU
CAN BE A PART OF THAT.
AND REPRESENT THE RAMS AS A
PROFESSIONAL
JUAN: THAT IS REALLY GREAT.
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THESE ARE
ALL LOCAL LADIES.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE GAMES AND
SEE THEM, THEY ARE FROM OUR
COMMUNITY.
