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Curious, how much does it cost for your HS cheer fees? What is included?
On that same note, how much practice wear do you have?
On that same note, how much practice wear do you have?
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This year, our competition team is about $940. The majority of this is camp, which is $365 for camp and $125 camp clothes/practice clothes (three outfits and a sweatshirt). This also includes new uniforms this year, and all comp fees (5 local, State and Nationals). I am a coach on a budget... I make sure we get the most possible for the money we pay. This does not include our travel to State and Nationals, but we carpool to State so only one flight.
For our Game Day team, the cost is $225. We purchased uniform shells and skirts for the team and we will own them, and the $225 they pay includes poms, warm up jacket, a practice t-shirt, bow, body liner and spanks. This is a one time purchase for them, so if they continue to cheer they will never have to pay it again unless they lose something. We are trying very hard to make Game Day reasonable.
I work in a Title I school so I try and keep it as low as possible - this is my most expensive team (Varsity Competition), so they're expected to have everything. Some things I keep the same year to year, so those are italicized to indicate that they don't have to purchase it again. For comparison, JV costs $167 vs. the Varsity cost $1494 ($1218 for returners) and then they have the option of adding anything that they want from Varsity's package (warmups, cheer camp, etc.). The school pays for all transportation and in state competitions, and we have a game day and competition uniform also provided by the school, so we lucked out in that regard.
-Camp $350
-Clothing Bundle $218 (Includes three shirts, two shorts, leggings, sports bra, four bows, scrunchie, crew cut socks, with all customized)
-Choreography/Music $175
-Competition Shoes $75
-Nationals $400
-Poms Bundle $36 (one green, one black, two pink for BC)
-Practice Shoes $25
-Backpack $75
-Warmups $140
These are all the costs prior to fundraising, which some kids take to the extreme and which can be extremely beneficial. I had one kid last year who raised so much money selling chocolate bars for Nationals that she literally ended up with a surplus to go into the next season. We also do team fundraisers (selling concessions, hosting Allstar gym showcases at our school, etc.) with the money usually going towards banquet and other such team things.
Are you attending UCA nationals for $400? I'm trying to wrap my head around that. Staying off site?
Oh no, sorry for the confusion, I love my kiddos but we could never go to UCA nationals. We do "West Coast" AKA USA "Nationals". Not a true National championship but it's driving distance and my kids can compete Novice/Intermediate which is pretty close to their skill level (I mentioned once on this forum that there are no feeder programs or allstar gyms near my school, we're kind of in the middle of nowhere so I basically have to start from scratch with new kids each year). So it's $110 for comp fees, $150 for hotel, and we have a military family who buys us Disneyland 2 or 3 day park hoppers for like $150. I dream of living in a state/area where UCA Nationals would be an option skill wise (there's usually one or two AZ schools that attend but they never make it out of prelims), but at the same time I like working with the smaller programs that have no legacy to live up to yet.
Oh no, sorry for the confusion, I love my kiddos but we could never go to UCA nationals. We do "West Coast" AKA USA "Nationals". Not a true National championship but it's driving distance and my kids can compete Novice/Intermediate which is pretty close to their skill level (I mentioned once on this forum that there are no feeder programs or allstar gyms near my school, we're kind of in the middle of nowhere so I basically have to start from scratch with new kids each year). So it's $110 for comp fees, $150 for hotel, and we have a military family who buys us Disneyland 2 or 3 day park hoppers for like $150. I dream of living in a state/area where UCA Nationals would be an option skill wise (there's usually one or two AZ schools that attend but they never make it out of prelims), but at the same time I like working with the smaller programs that have no legacy to live up to yet.