Ok, I am new to this board but I LOVE IT. I am an All Star director as well as a coach, so this board has been so helpful.
I want to say something about this thread. I started reading it at page one and went all the way through the 65 pages. It was AMAZING.
The All Star program I run is actually targeted to at low income familys and for some of these girls this program is all they have. And frankly although some bows are beautiful the kids simply do not have $20 to spend on a bow. So for years I have been doing their bows for them. I am not the best, but I work hard at it so that my girls feel amazing when they hit the floor. It feels so amazing when they are at a competition and people come up to them and say we really love your bows, they are beautiful. It just gives them such a boast of confidance.
So my point is a HUGE THANK YOU to the people who openly share the tricks of their trade so that cheerleaders all over the country can feel amazing when they put in a beautiful bow before they perform. There are people all over the country to keep their secrets well guarded, and yet here we talk openly about it, to benefit hundreds of cheerleaders. Now that is true community spirit. So thank you to all who contributed.
-love
a coach whose children are going to have amazing bows this season because of all of you.