Continental League Championships | Poms and Jazz | Ponderosa High School

So much fun seeing old friends and new at this championship! Here's just a few of the highlights from some of the teams we photograph. In the Varsity division ThunderRidge received first in Pom and Ponderosa first in Jazz. Way to go girls! Can't wait until State!

Headshots & Modeling Portfolio | Parker CO Photographer

It's that time again. Time for Bronco Cheer Auditions! Once again we photographed some headshots for the auditions. We wish these beautiful girls the best of luck at their Sunday audition. Hope to see you on the field in the fall cheering on our beloved Denver Broncos!

Congratulations | Newberry Scarlet Poms | Newberry, SC

Last fall I had the opportunity to fly to Newberry, South Carolina to photograph the amazing Scarlet Poms Team. It was just an overnight trip but gave me the opportunity to spend some time with some wonderful friends and check one more state of my bucket list of visiting all 50 states! I fell in love with this quaint college town so reminiscent of another town made famous years ago on TV with a similar name......Mayberry RFD.

In the short time I was there I also fell in love with the southern hospitality of the people and especially these girls (and guy) on the team. Well, this great team just went to the UDA Collegiate Dance Championships and rocked the socks of their judges in their appearance. They took 2nd in Poms and 6th in Hip Hop!

Congratulations to coach Jenna Eyre (who I used to carpool to dance with my daughter and some friends way back when she was a grade schooler!) and her magnificent team. They have been winning trophies left and right since Jenna starting coaching there three years ago. Way to go Newberry !!

This Sunday it Begins! Denver Bronco Cheerleader Auditions! | Denver Area Headshots

 We love our dancers at Michelle Kroll Photography! And since we have photographed a few Denver Bronco Cheerleaders for their auditions in the past, we were excited when Megan asked us to photograph hers! Gorgeous Megan was on the University of Colorado Express Dance Team and then on the Denver Outlaws Lacrosse Dance Team. Auditions begin THIS SUNDAY for the AFC Championship Broncos Cheer Team, and we couldn't be more excited to support both the veteran dancers and Megan as they audition! They have supported us so much in the past and our efforts with The Children's Tumor Foundation and are such beautiful girls both inside and out! Good Luck to Ashley, Lindsey, Michelle and of course Megan at auditions this Sunday!

Congrats Brooke | Denver Outlaws Dance Team | Parker, CO Headshots

Congratulations to Class of 2013 Senior Brooke, from Ponderosa, for making the Denver Outlaws Lacrosse Dance Team. Brooke was an honor student and Captain of her high school dance team before attending Newberry College on a Dance Athletic Scholarship. She recently auditioned for The Denver Outlaws Dance Team and will be dancing this season at their games at Sports Authority at Mile High Stadium! Congratulations Brooke! Can't wait to see you dance!

ThunderRidge Poms...You Rock! | Highlands Ranch, CO

Poms Teams are so much more than just the girls you see on the sidelines and at halftime at high school sporting events! Yes, they are great spirit supporters of their athletic teams BUT they are also amazing athletes, scholars and SO much more!

For example, this ThunderRidge High School Poms Team. Did you know that they were recognized as one of the top 15 fundraising teams for St. Jude's Children's Hospital for the second year in a row? They will have three representatives traveling to Memphis this spring to visit the kids and the facilities at St. Jude's. AND, will be bringing EVEN MORE in donations with them when they go! I love that!

On the athletics side, this team had a great year in competitions. At the league competition, Varsity placed second in league. In Regionals they placed first in both Pom and Hip-Hop. At the CHSAA State Spirit Championships they were the state runner up in in Pom. And in Nationals, at the Universal Dance Association National Championship in Orlando, Florida they placed 14th out of 81 teams in the small Pom division. Making it to the finals in an amazingly competitive field competing against the top teams in the whole United States!

And the JV team they also had some great wins, winning the JV Invitational (the JV State Competition in spirit) and the JV Small Pom Regionals!

AND, all the while they were competing they were honoring an athlete on the team whose mom recently died of cancer. Raising funds for cancer and also participating the the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Walk. Way to go girls! You should be so proud of all the accomplishments you have had this year! We are honored to have had the opportunity to photographed you.

Spring Team Sessions- Ponderosa High School | Parker, CO

Spring team portraits! In the world of high school dance, many Poms Team have other outfits than their "traditional" uniform that they compete in. For Example, the top image is of the Ponderosa Poms Jazz outfit that they competed at the UDA National Dance Competition in. They also competed in Jazz at the CHSAA State Spirit Championship, where these girls took second in State! Way to go girls!

The Junior Varsity Team had some changes to their team so we did another portrait in their uniforms to include everyone! And the rest of the images....just some fun team portraits, because girls, and especially dancers, LOVE pictures. Just like us!

Colorado School of Dance Student Highlight - Sierra

Our Colorado School of Dance Student Spotlight this week is the adorable Sierra. Sierra just came back from the Jump Dance Convention where she was able to make some new friends and take some workshop classes!

A couple of weekends ago she was at the Tribute Dance Competition with CSD.  She competed her musical theater solo to "Born to Entertain" in the 8 and under honor level. She placed with an Elite 1st and 1st overall for 8 and under in the solo division. Sierra also placed 1st runner up in the Title category. She competed her lyrical solo to Once Upon A Time and earned a Elite 1st.

Her mom told me that this was all a huge win for Sierra in more ways than just the trophies and wins. In January, she withdrew her solo in a competition due to some performance fear. At Tribute, she walked away from this weekend building friendships, learning how to bond as a team and seeing first hand that you can overcome your fears.  Way to go Sierra!! As someone who has some of the same fears I know what a big win this is for you! Congratulations and best of luck in the remainder of the season!