SASSY (Take It Away)
woowooworkit, Aug 31, 2007
Sassy does a cheer at the first football game
Prince Edward County High Varsity Cheer [Virginia].
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about stomp & shake cheerleader teams' upstomps (high steps) motions.
This post focuses on videos of pre 2013 performances of stomp & shake cheerleaders Performing upstomps (high steps).
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/stomp-shake-cheerleaders-upstomps-high.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents definitions and YouTube video examples of stomp & shake cheerleaders' signature motions called "upstomp" (also known as "high steps". .
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/pre-2013-videos-of-stomp-shake.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcases five videos of pre-2013 stomp & shake cheerleaders. These videos document cheer routines that I believe document early examples of "high steps" (upstomps) or don't include any "high steps" ("upstomp") motions in those cheer routines.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/descriptions-video-examples-of-upstomps.html for the 2022 pancocojams post entitled "Descriptions & Video Examples Of "Upstomps" and "Jiggle Pops" (Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Motions)"
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Upstomps' ("high steps") are an
integral, signature motion in (standing up*) contemporary stomp & shake
cheerleaders.
*as opposed to stomp & shake cheers that are performed while the cheerleaders are seated in gym bleachers
Indeed, since at least 2012 (high steps) have become such an integral feature of stomp & shake cheerleading routines on all levels (middle school or younger, high
school, and university) that it might be argued that contemporary standing up
cheer routines that don't include upstomps (high steps) aren't really examples of stomp
& shake cheerleading.
There doesn't appear to be any definitive documentation of which cheerleading team/s created this cheer motion and there isn't any documentation regarding when this cheer motion was first performed in cheer routines.
However, my informal examination of numerous YouTube stomp & shake videos from 2006* to 2011 indicates that almost all of the stomp & shake cheerleaders performing "upstomps" (now referred to as "high steps") were from North Carolina.
This fits the historical record that documents that styles of stomp & shake cheerleading originated in North Carolina (particularly at Winston-Salem State University since 1976). It's also documented that another style of stomp & shake cheerleading originated at Virginia State University (which is about 30 minutes from Richmond, Virginia) two years earlier in 1974.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/06/when-did-stomp-shake-cheerleading-begin.html for the 2015 pancocojams post entitled "When Did Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Begin? (Online Comments & Website Statements)".
*A 2006 YouTube video of Howard University's stomp & shake cheerleaders that is embedded at the top of Part III of this pancocojams series shows those Howard University cheerleaders performing their cheer "Sit Back Down". That performance includes those cheerleaders parodying other cheerleaders performing upstomps while they chant "You move like this".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ZIz-IkZSI "Howard University Bison Cheerleaders 2"
published by CoachSpence, Oct 19, 2006 [Howard University is located in Washington, D.C.
The words to and the video of Howard University battle cheer "Sit Back Down" suggests that by at least 2006 the upstomp motion was closely associated with some-but not all -stomp & shake cheerleading teams. Judging from the YouTube videos that document & shake movement routines between 2006 -2011, upstomps were mostly associated withthose cheerleader teams who performed the North Carolina style/s of stomp & shake cheerleading.
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Howard University's "Sit Back Down" cheer documents the disparagement that occurred (and still occurs) between teams and fans of different styles of stomp & shake cheerleading. Since Howard University is located in Washington D.C., near Richmond, Virginia, it's likely that their cheerleaders may have favored Virginia State University's style of performing stomp & shake routines over the Winston-Salem State University and other North Carolina styles of performing stomp& shake routines that included motions such as the upstomp (highsteps).
Washington. D.C. is about a one hour and 50 minute drive to Richmond, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia is 30 minutes from the location of Virginia State University, the home of the stomp & shake cheerleader team the VSU Woo Woos. (Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are part of the colloquial "DMV" referent for those areas.)
In contrast, Washington. D.C. is about a five hour drive to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the location of Winston-Salem State University's cheerleaders who have had a number of team names including "the Rams", Cheer Pi", and "Powerhouse".
Click.https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html for Part I of a three part pancocojams series for a list of titles and provides words for some stomp & shake cheers. The links to the other parts of that series are given in each post.
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ADDITIONAL STOMP & SHAKE VIDEOS OF CHEERLEADERS PERFORMING UPSTOMPS (HIGH STEPS) from 2007 to 2011
Notice that each of these cheerleading teams are from universities or high schools in North Carolina.
Showcase Video #2 - WSSU Cheerleaders/ 08-09
yorztrulie,Feb 12, 2009
The RED SQUAD cheering at the pep rally for our game against A&T
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WSSU= Winston-Salem State University (located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
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Showcase #3- LC Cheerleaders Cheerin' Their Team On!!!
vcheer88, Mar 14, 2009
Livingstone College Cheerleaders [Salisbury, North Carolina)
Showcase #4- West Meck HS Varsity Cheerleaders-Fire it up.MOV
Sophia Ward, Feb 22, 2011
West Meck HS = West Mecklenburg High School
High school in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Showcase #5 - West Charlotte Cheerleaders
All Things Angelica, Feb 11, 2011 (Charlotte, North Carolina)
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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
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