WHAT A COMPETITION!!!! From start to finish my heart was pumping due to the fact that every team gave their all this year (in my opinion).

Kudos to BBB nice routine (for me they should have been 3rd) and to UP

VIVA SANTO TOMAS!!!

Post your reactions on this years competition!

wow!!! a splendid competition. very entertaining i must say.

Great job BBB!!!

it was great ...i enjoyed it though i only caught the latter part. great showing from UST. They really proved why they're B2B champs....

Kudos to the BBB.....even though you were not in the magic 3, you did a class act

how did the BBB place?? last year they were 4th right? how about now?

congrats BBB.

though the performance fell short of the judges' standards, WE DON'T CARE.

people, DO WE CARE?!!! Hell, no.

you were all great out there and your performance had CLASS, CONFIDENCE, and FUN written all over it.

great job to everyone in the group and wonderful support from the people who actually made the trek to the big dome.

EACH ONE OF YOU ROCK!

Congrats to the BBB

That was a great routine!!!
We are all very proud of u guys!!!
and eagle eyes is right we don't care even if u guys didn't get in the top 3...we are still very proud of u guys.

Go Ateneo!
ONE BIG FIGHT!

I agree. I'm from UP, and I am more ****** that the BBB did not make it to third than I am over the fact that the UP Pep Squad landed in second. The BBB executed a flawless routine, plus the blue-white-silver uniform looked great. I have a feeling that FEU outdid you only in the crowd factor, because when Studio 23 ran the playback of the performances, audible talaga ang cheers ng FEU. Yes, even that infamous cheer that sounds too much like "Halikinu".

Ah basta...UP and BBB forever!

babble! you guys were awesome! you SHOULD HAVE placed but oh well, that's life. i'm still proud of you! go get 'em next year.

UST... mind blowing is the only term that can be used to describe that performance. galing!

we placed 4th, 2 points behind FEU.

photos are posted at: http://www.pbase.com/aaronvicencio/uaapcheerdance2k4

aww shucks sayang!! anyway for me the BBB is still great!

so kelan ang replay?

The performance of Ateneo during the cheerdance competition is always memorable, kinda wacky and cute hehehe I love your Indian routine.
Too bad UP did not win. But there's still next year.

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=14][COLOR=blue]GRABE ANG SAYANG...

[B]eto ung result nakuha ko sa University belt! sayang 2 points lng 3rd na sana tau... hehe

complete results:

1ST - UST 93.61
2ND - UP 90.56
3RD - FEU 87.09
4TH - ADMU 85.79
5TH - DLSU 84.97
6TH - ADU 84.76
7TH - UE 79.52
8TH - NU 68.44


PERO CONGRATZ TO THE BBB kanina! also kudos to the band! nakita ko kau grabe humahataw talaga kau ah! hehe nakakaaliw ung gnawa nyo na nagsabay kau ng La Salle pumalo nung beat nila and ung GO ATENEO! Hwag sana kau mainjure or anything para malakas kau sa games natin!
Battalion gud luck and we need u guys to lead us in cheering!

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=14][COLOR=blue]KUDOS to YOU!!!

MANANALO TAYO sa basketball!!!

naaliw ako sa bbb performance... [FONT=Courier][SIZE=7]CONGRATS!!!![FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]

too bad fourth ulit... i liked the belly dancing, the ballet thing... ok din sana stunts kaya lang di polished. anyhow, it was a good performance.

i was dismayed by the performance of both the up pep and the ust salinggawi, i was prepared to be waed pa naman, but both squads didn't do anything new...

bbb, next yr ulit!

who designed the uniforms? fantabulous! reminiscent of the 2001 uniform were they all looked like goddesses =)

great routine! we could have made a run for the top position. i think what went against our way was the execution of our formations. they were a bit messy looking from a far. i think our guys were too focused on their stunts, which were really impressive because of their difficulty. one thing that i've learned when performing in group competitions is it's very important to also have clean lines and well defined formations.

again congratulations for the wonderful performance. next year ulit. one big fight!

KAILAN ANG REPLAY!!!!????

Replay? I have a hunch that it will be shown on the weekend leading to the finals. Since we're nearing the end, a lot of teams don't have to play anymore so Studio 23 has to fill in those time slots- and replaying the Cheering Competition is a wise move.

I thought it was fight for second place. The top contenders were UE, UP and FEU.

FEU - naaliw ako. what's the tile of that song they played, yun puro hagupit ng latigo at tilansik ng bala nadidinig? That song got me in the mood.

UE - a 'not enough vitamins' awardee. And I thought they were very creative, especially that ersatz synchronized swimming towards the end. but a lot of their pyramids collapsed.

UP - nothing new, another 'not enough vitamins' awardee. and their uniforms were drab as hell! but everyone I talked to agreed theirs was the sexiest routine. The girls looked great.

ADMU - Keeps improving. It's just that UST is really a class a above the rest. It'll take years for the others to catch up.

One thing, ADMU gets the 'promil kid award'. ANTATABA NUN ILANG DANCERS! hindi bagay yung uniform sa kanila. that lead girl was good but that idiot camera man kept focusing on her lifesaver midsection.

"One thing, ADMU gets the 'promil kid award'. ANTATABA NUN ILANG DANCERS! hindi bagay yung uniform sa kanila. that lead girl was good but that idiot camera man kept focusing on her lifesaver midsection. "

Good one! hehe! ...just looking for laughs after today's disappointing loss.

2 points behind FEU?! dang! and to think they cheered salikadu (lecheng halikinu rip-off na yan o!) halos mabato ko tv screen when they cheered that!

anyway, congrats, BBB!! galeng galeng pa rin!

*bump*

September 17, 2005

Go BBB.
Go Ateneo. One Big Fight.

Kaya yan Ateneo, Go for the Top Three!

goodluck guys and ladies! knock em dead!

Before the Men's/Women's/Juniors's Basketball Final Four games,
The ATENEO BLUE BABBLE BATTALION
competes against the other cheering/cheerdancing squads of the UAAP.

Perhaps this the year that make it to the Magic 3, along with the perennial cheerdancing winners, UST Salinggawi and UP Pep Squad.

What do you think guys?

To further drive us up into the competition, I quote an excerpt from the Ateneo High School website:
http://hs.admu.edu.ph/athletics.cheersandhymns.htm

The Ateneo de Manila Cheering Tradition

"Part of the Ateneo's rich heritage is its renowned cheering tradition, a tradition that boasts of the same grandeur as the school's proud history itself.

Being a school immersed in the greatness of human culture, it is only fit that the Ateneo draw its inspiration from one of the greatest cultures ever to be etched in the history of humanity -- Roman culture. During the gladiatorial games, the Romans would cheer for the warrior they believed the fittest and best for honorable victory. Standing in the galleries, fists clenched, they would chant on and on, spurring their fighter on until he emerged gloriously triumphant, or embraced honor in defeat. This cheering was more than a rhythmic bellowing of a name -- it was a cry of either life or death. On the battlefield, Roman legions yelled cries of battle, lances and spears that struck not at the armored bodies of their foes, but rather drove straight into their adversaries' hearts sheer dread and terror. As they fought, some would also sing songs of praise and rejoicing -- battle was honorable, and honorable they were for fighting the brave fights that they did.

With this great inspiration, the Ateneo de Manila made history as the first school in the Philippines to organize a cheering squad, to write cheers, and to cheer as an organized army of supporters for the school. Ever since the organization of the squad, known as the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion, the Ateneo has boasted of having for its games a "sixth man," the spirited crowd of Ateneans. The bleachers would erupt with cheers and songs, with Ateneans standing, stomping their feet, raising their hands, and cheering their athletes on, pouring into their players' hearts a spirit of greatness, of support, of pride.

As written, cheers meant more than the power of rhythmic yells -- they meant power, power given to the players from the old cheers of champions."

So, to The ATENEO BLUE BABBLE BATTALION---
a ONE BIG FIGHT!!! ANIMO ATENEO!!!

On September 17, 2005, for all the passion that they bring in the games, the Ateneo 6th Man shall be the ones to cheer and applaud the heart and soul of the Ateneo gallery.

+amDg+

Amen. Kasama yun crowd sa criteria. So I hope pag Cheerdance, hindi lang College ang nanunuod.

question lang.... other pep squads are conducting "practices" for their audience.... tama ba? para daw sa audience impact part ng competition. if i remember correctly, last year's feu audience had this too... with their hand gesticulation and all... sana this year, sama-sama mga atenista sa araneta para mas malakas ang sigaw. UP's cheering classes will come in droves as well as UST SDT fans... Let's cheer for the BBB naman this time! payback lang for all the games they rallied the team... Sila naman suportahan natin. Go Ateneo! Go BBB!

By the way, I got this from peyups.com:

*aside from u.p. and ust, anong school kaya ang magsestep up ngayon sa cheering competition? who's gonna bring it?

^sabi nila, baka ateneo bbb daw. kasi yung issue nga na may mga dating up pep at up street dance (na part daw ng winning team noong 99-2001) daw sa coaching staff nila. at tsaka di ba, medyo nakakagulat din yung improvement ng bbb for the past years. at feel ko baka may say din ang feu..kasi yung mga halftime presentations nila madalas crowd-pleasing talaga eh..
pero malay natin..hantayin na lang natin ang cdc.
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woohoo!!! GO ATENEO!

hello..those of you who read peyups.com probably know me. anyways, i just want to say thank you to the drummers of the BBB for "playing/doing" the UNIBERSIDAD cheer. man, nakakatouch...salamat talaga...'til next compet.

We'll have more of that soon. Hehe. May bago ng ka-"jamming" ang Ateneo aside from UST and DLSU. Ang layo kasi ng ADMU, UST and DLSU this year eh so hindi sila nakapag-"Jamming".

The Scores:

1. UST - 90.78
2. UP - 90.76
3. FEU - 88.72
4. DLSU - 76.37
5. UE - 77.15 (1 point deduction)
6. ADU - 76.09
7. ADMU - 69.33
8. NU - 64.48

Our performance this year was worse grabe. Last year was better.

jamming pala twag dun, ano? =) bakit nagka-1pt deduction ang UE?

It has to do with time ata. Nagviolate sila ng time. So yun. Sayang. Hehe. Kala ko 5th na.

yang 4 lang naman yung pwedeng mag "jamming" kasi yung iba gaya-gaya na...

Why was UE slapped a one point deduction?

Kudos also to the UST Gallery for cheering "Go Ateneo". Thanks also to their band for playing the "Go Ateneo" beat. It just gave me goosebumps!!! Imagine a sea of yellow crowd cheering one of our best cheers...

La Salle wasn't able to join the jamming of Ateneo, UST and UP.

I feared as much. I just watched from TV this year so I don't have the best vantage point but I'd like to point out a few things.

From the view Studio23 was showing it seemed our presentation was at times 'diagonal'. When I say 'diagonal' I mean that their presentation didn't seem to be facing the crowd (or their back wasn't towards the bench). I don't know if it was just a funky shot by the camera men of Studio 23, but it really seemed that way on TV. On the otherhand if it was intentional and was meant to be a special effect, I don't think the audience and especially the judges are ready to appreciate it just yet.

I'd also like to point out that our male BBB members should have more participation in our dance routines. Now, before the male BBB members hunt me down and put my head on a stick, hear me out. I know we purposely do not have male dancers as part of our BBB, and I agree whole heartedly to that idea. But in competitions such as these, this is actually a disadvantage. The participation I suggest doesn't have to involve dancing, they really just have to do some coordinated actions or steps that actually form part of the dance routine. Case in point would be what la salle did with there male PEP squad members. I wouldn't classify that dancing but it formed part of their dance routine and it actually looked good and it wasn't even gay looking.

i'm really sorry girls, but i wasn't all that impressed with your routine. i noticed that you focused on dances more than stunts but i think that in this competition, stunts are a must. i liked last year's performance though, that was really good.

La Salle actually played at least three Ateneo beats.

Just some clarifications, the stunts the cheerdancers along with the lifters were one of the hardest you'll ever see. One man toss to hands and lifting them up if very difficult along with the swan dive. There are limited number of pyramids allowed in the comp given by nestle, exceeding it gives deductions wasting precious time in their routine. We must remember that this is a cheerdance comp and not a dance comp or a stunt comp. Compared to last years stunts, this years stunts were WAY more difficult. I really think that the judges should be educated in this field but i know most of them arent. If you compare the degree or CHEERDANCING with the standards in the states, the other schools would not look like a cheerdance. Sa uniforms pa lang, with the girls wearing skirts, it symbolizes cheerdance in comparison with those in the states and the strenght of the lifters, yung stunts na ginawa nila focuses on its difficulty. Sa tosses pa lang makikita na de hamak na mataas ang toss ng Ateneo compared to other school, maybe twice higher. I have to agree that the boys should have danced which i really hope to see next year. A factor that led to a low score IMO is that Ateneo performed first which set a bar for the other teams to do better, and even in the crowd. Im frankly dissappointed in the crowd for not cheering their hearts out despite the beaituful routine, sa ibang school maririnig mo per stunt may cheer or nagwawala sila, samantala sa Ateneo u can hardly hear them. Judges should be properly oriented about the criterias for judging, since i think hindi nila nakikita ang level of difficulty. I think a nice addition in next years routine would be more gymnastics. I also personally blame Mr. Capistrano for trading our tickets for the Ateneo - Lasalle game. He traded the cheerdance tickets for more Ateneo - Lasalle tickets, which shows lack of support for the team. Kung ikaw mismo cheerdancer gaganahan ka bang marinig yun na maspriority pa nila itong Ateneo Lasalle game, which happens at least about 4 times a season while the cheerdance comp happens only once. Kitang kita ang lack of support ng school especially Mr. Capistrano. Isa pa ang biases that occur, lalo na from what i heard, UST, Lasalle and Ateneo had the same maker of their uniforms. Lasalle only got their uniform the comp itself lacking uniforms for the boys, same with Ateneo where 1 did not get his uniform on time. UST however got theirs without any problems and earlier than Ateneo Lasalle did even though they fit their clothes more than a months before the competition. One thing that reallt bothers me is that the BLUE EAGLES didnt support the BBB. All their games, first round second round until the very last game, the BBB were there to cheer for them. And the BBB trains longer hours than them. They couldnt even save one day or even just 6 minutes to watch the routine and cheer for the people who cheer for them. Anyway, from my knowledge, the Babble had fun doing the routine from what i heard and they did their best for our beloved school. I support the Blue Babble and good job on the comp, routine was flawless but still a lot of room for improvement. GO BABBLE! GO ATENEO ONE BIG FIGHT!

bigbluemonster

Easy, dude, making enemies is not the best way to gain support. We appreciated your routine but some of us here just wanted to point out things that could make it better. About the judges, you really can't educate judges, in real life as it was in this competition you really gotta play the judges, know what THEY want.

Unfortunately our cheerdance competitions here haven't reached the sophistication of the cheerdance competitions in the US, we ain't exactly ESPN material just yet.

Sorry for the misinterpretation. Im not looking for enemies but i think the people should know reasons behind some things, like why the Ateneo crowd was so small in contrast with the other schools. The people who should have given more support were the ones who didnt give an inch of support or even lessened the support. If you were a varsity and knew that tickets were being traded for another, i think you'd also feel how some of the people in babble feels.
Have to agree with u there pooty tang that these judges cant be educated but they should at least stick to the criteria because thats how the cheering squads base their routine on. I think they should get judges who know what cheerdancing is really about.
Anyway, the 1 pt deduction comes from exceeding the time limit of, 6min and 30 seconds or 7, not quite sure.
Oh btw pooty tang, i agree with u 100% that the males should dance in the routine, and i think theyre making plans of slowly exposing the lifters to dancing and gymnastics, there just might be some contradictions with some alumni
I hope to see a lot more improvement next year. All the teams this year set the competition up one notch higher and im sure the BBB will try their best to go higher
Well the cheerdance comp is history, so lets concentrate on supporting the Blue Eagles on Thursday! GO ATENEO ONE BIG FIGHT!
Peace out

I didn't exactly say they have to dance, but you guys work it out

PEACE

Even though BBB didn't place, I think they made a number of fans from other schools. Check out this entry from my friend's blog. Pretty amusing.

cheerdance comp

I'm no expert on cheerdancing, but when I saw UE's and FEU's routines, I knew immediately they were better than Ateneo's. All the more, when I saw DLSU's, UP's and UST's routines. So for the untrained eye, what we lacked were:

- precision. There seemed to be too many moves by everyone but I didn't get to see synchronized movements. The other schools looked relaxed, less movements yet snappy and synchronized. Perhaps the jitters of performing first had its toll but I would still say the choreography could have been better.

- UST's synchronization of its canned music/sound effects to their tosses (those zings and zangs) was really impressive. Even if the tosses could be of lower degree of difficulty, the appeal to the eyes and ears made those tosses more memorable.

- gimmicks. We didn't have a solid gimmick, nor a solid ending to be remembered by. Compare that to UST's unraveling of this huge piece of cloth and dancers appearing in the holes. Galing.

Anyway, great effort by the BBB! We all know you have your challenges, including the perennial problem of getting crowd support. It didn't help any of course that we were still mourning over our loss to La Salle a couple of days before. You are still our heroes out there for raising the school's colors for all of us.

I support the Babble (and Ateneo) all the way. But in an effort to provide constructive criticism so we would improve in the next years, i think we did take a step back this year from the previous performances.

Granted, the stunts may be more difficult this year, as some have noted. And to a certain extent you can claim that there is a shortcoming in the qualifications of the judges - that they can't recognize how difficult those stunts were... But what can you do? the judges have been fairly consistent, year on year, in what they look for... so it's up to us to adjust to that.

Again, i too admit that i am not knowledgeable in Cheering Competitions to be able to appreciate the technical aspects... but that same limitation applies to practically 90% of the coliseum and the TV audience... So it's a matter of packaging... we may have a perfect routine... but if it's not perceived that way... you know the rest.

I think the Babble needs to reflect on the past performances where we were knocking on the door of the top three... I believe, more than the technical routines, those performances had character... in tagalog, may dating eh.... It was a reflection of our Babble, of the playfulness, the creativity, the innovation. (This year, this "character" was captured by DLSU... their Pep, for better or worse are slowly evolving to mirror our BBB)

Also, I agree... the Babble boys have to be more involved in this...

More importantly, i think the crowd should be in on it... I admit, i didn't watch either. I watched a cheerdance competition years back with some colleagues who were alumni of BBB... but then and now, there really wasn't any crowd support. We should try to change this attitude as well...

i watched the competition and i was a bit disappointed when i saw the poor turnout of the atenistas to support the BBB... oh well, better luck next year... hehehe... i believe the routine was quite good, however, as what one of the bloggers here said, ateneo performed for itself and for the audience, not for the judges... so what? i don't really care... hell, the ateneans there didn't care because BBB looked good when they were performing... it looked so much fun too!

just a brief aside, dlsu's performance kinda looked like a "wannabe PMA's silent drill" routine... hehehe....

The tank of DLSU was pointed to the crowd of Ateneo. Hehe. Dami nagreact dun.

we had the classiest performance.

however, i agree with what you guys are saying in that we need to be more visually-stimulating with our moves.
it doesnt matter if our stunts are the hardest. to the untrained eye (meaning the judges), something simpler - albeit easier to execute - would be better.

what we needed (and what up and ust had) was;

1. new stunts (up's pyramids were incredible. ust had that upside-down pyramid thing with the grandfather clock music)

2. a clear gimmick (lasalle had the army theme, ust had that huge piece of cloth. we actually sort of had one - the spanish conquistidor toro part. but that theme was not exploited).

3. a highlight (last year, ust's highlight was the propeller. this year, it was the giant bnner. up had the headstand this year as a highlight.) -- ateneo needs a move or a stunt of somesort that it can clearly call its own. if we have a highlight to our routine, then it will be more memorable.

4. gymnastics (it was clear that we had some of the best gymnasts - all our girls could do cartwheels, and some could do decent tumbling passess. not all schools could do this. we must exploit the natural talent the squad has. develop further gymnastic skills. do backflips. it would be cool if everybody could do a backflip. it could be our answer to ups headstand.)

next year, sigurado akong babalik ang babble. no doubt. they will definitely make us proud.

I have just one comment about the cheerdance competition in general, and I'd like to direct this to the powers that be.

Please, please, please, please, please, for the good of all mankind, just get rid of the Nestle Non-Stop Cheer requirement.