Prepare along with your hoorays and hashtags as faculty spirit hits its peak with the extremely anticipated UAAP Season 87 cheerdance competitors
MANILA, Philippines – Similar to every other 12 months, the UAAP Season 87 cheerdance competitors is the most popular ticket on the town.
From going out of this world to going again in time, the eight member colleges look set to supply a variety of themes for what’s anticipated to be a jam-packed Mall of Asia Area crowd beginning at 2:30 pm on Sunday, December 1.
Thought of a respite from the heated males’s basketball Remaining 4, the cheerdance competitors goals to ship showstoppers as followers fill the air with their ever-familiar faculty chants.
Right here’s a sneak peek from every faculty — listed based mostly on the order of efficiency — on this 12 months’s cheerdance motion.
Ateneo: Daybreak of the universe
The Ateneo’s Blue Babble Battalion will rewind the palms of time as they inform a narrative on “how the universe was created” for this 12 months’s efficiency.
The Blue Eagles hope their routine will encourage athletes to go “limitless” of their sport.
Ateneo has been caught on the cheerdance cellar for what appears like eons, at all times ending on the backside two within the final 10 years. Breaking out of that droop stays the squad’s high precedence in Season 87.
Hashtag: #OneBigBang
UE: Sexbomb present
One in all three groups going for nostalgia this season, the UE Pep Squad seems to channel the aptitude and flamboyance of the 2000s lady group Sexbomb.
UE is predicted to function catchy Sexbomb hits similar to “Bakit Papa,” “The Spaghetti Tune,” and “Di Ko Na Mapipigilan,” amongst others.
The pep squad has additionally posted a collection of video messages from the unique Sexbomb dancers on its social media pages forward of the cheerdance competitors.
UE completed sixth final 12 months, however it’s keen to enhance and gun for a podium end.
Hashtags: #EASTpagettingPataas #SumayawSumunodsaUE
UST: Down the ‘90s lane
After three years of foreign-focused performances, the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe will flip again the clock with a Batang ‘90s-themed routine geared toward bringing again the nice previous instances.
UST’s efficiency seeks to rekindle childhood reminiscences and showcase the carefree nature of being a child.
The España-based crew hopes to remain on the rostrum this 12 months after taking the bronze previously two editions.
If Salinggawi wins this 12 months, UST will change into the winningest group in UAAP cheerdance historical past, because it at present stays tied with the UP Pep Squad with eight titles every.
Hashtags: #wansESPAÑAtaym #USTEkotinapay
Adamson: Karaoke kings, queens
Karaoke and native popular culture will take middle stage when the Adamson Pep Squad unveils its routine.
The group is predicted to spotlight the Filipinos’ enjoyable spirit and fondness for singing.
Adamson, which final received the crown in 2017, completed only a spot shy of the rostrum final 12 months, inserting fourth within the last tally.
Hashtag: #KARAOKeyToTheTop
UP: Summer time in December
One of many winningest squads within the competitors, the UP Pep Squad hopes to carry the fireplace to the cheerdance mat with a summer season vibe efficiency.
Banking on a colourful theme, UP weapons for a record-breaking ninth cheerdance title by means of a efficiency that may flip up the warmth within the usually chilly MOA Area.
UP positioned fifth final 12 months with a beloved Eraserheads-themed routine.
Hashtag: #SunnySideUP
NU: House and time
The NU Pep Squad will exit of this world as soon as extra, displaying an outer space-inspired efficiency for Season 87.
NU has been one of the anticipated groups, following a string of golden routines over the previous decade.
This 12 months, they gun for a record-tying eighth cheerdance title in a efficiency the perennial powerhouse hopes will blow the followers’ minds.
Final season, NU completed second place after impressing with an Elvis Presley-themed routine.
Hashtag: #NUniverse
La Salle: Checkmate
The De La Salle College Animo Squad will go for a novel route with a chess-inspired cheerdance routine.
The Animo Squad members already made a daring transfer by dyeing their hair white and black, akin to chess colours, to get their sport face on.
One in all three colleges that haven’t dominated the competitors but, La Salle goals for a breakthrough win this time.
Hashtag: #TheFinalMove
FEU: Cool champs
The FEU Cheering Squad will defend its cheerdance crown by means of a Disney-themed efficiency.
FEU selected the film Frozen as inspiration for its routine, assuring followers that the Tams crew will shut out the present with a chilling bang fairly than a chilly whimper, similar to the hit Disney movie.
This would be the second straight 12 months FEU will showcase an animation-inspired routine, following final 12 months’s successful efficiency based mostly on the film and traditional online game Mario Kart.
Hashtags: #FEUrozen #forthefirstTAMinforever
– Rappler.com
