How will I know if I have been selected for 1st Class Allstars? Your tryout number will be posted on our website www.1stclassallstars.com by Saturday, May 29th. Our website will indicate the time of your summer tumbling class. If the date and time are a problem, please email the cheer director immediately so that we can move you accordingly. Athletes are expected to at least maintain the skills that they threw at tryouts. Team placements will be determined by August 1, 2010. If you number appears, then you have a spot in our program. If you do not see your number, unfortunately we were unable to offer you a spot at this time. We encourage you to work on your skills and tryout again next season! Back to top
	What is the minimum skill required to tryout for 1st Class Allstars? No minimum skill is required. However, hard work, dedication and willingness to learn are essential to allstar cheerleading. Those with bad attitudes and/or lack a positive work ethic will not be accepted into the program, regardless of skill. Back to top
	What is the monthly gym cost? Monthly instructional fees are based on team placement. Summer gym fees are either $135/ 1 hour for 8 weeks or $155/ 1 ½ hour for 8 weeks. Instructional fees for the remainder of the season vary from $100 - $130/month depending on team placement. Fees during the month for September through April are already structured to account for time away for competitions, holiday closing, etc. The average amount of practice and gym time is already accounted for in the monthly fee. Instructional fees cover gym instruction, cheer instruction, utilities, insurance, and business management payable to 1st Class Gymnastics. Back to top
	What are cheer fees? Cheerleaders that are new to our program will have a higher fee their first year to cover the cost of their competition uniform and clothing package. Cheer fees include professional choreography, music; make up, banquet fee, hair bows, bloomers, and coach travel expenses/stipends, regional, local and national competitions. (Travel costs are individual expenses) Cheer Fees are made payable to 1st Class Allstars. Each child has their own account. 1st Class Allstars will also maintain a general fund. Back to top
	How are teams selected? This is the million dollar question. The coaching staff will review each and every athlete's tryout results and place them on a team based age and skill. It is important when competing to have similar tumbling skills executed by the vast majority of the team. It is our ultimate goal to place each child on a team that will challenge his/her current skills. Stunting, jumping and motion ability will also be considered. Back to top
	What discounts do you offer? We offer multi-sibling discount to families with more than one child in the program from the same family. Discounts apply to gym fees and cheer registration only. Summer gym fees are 10% off the 2nd child. However, monthly season gym fees are 25% off the 2nd child Back to top
	Are there fundraising opportunities? We have an assortment of fundraisers from working Navy games, to selling pizza, candles, car washes, candy bars, etc. There are a host of fundraisers offered. Please keep in mind that fundraisers are only as successful as the amount of effort you and your child put into it. We have concession stands at the Naval academy. The more you work the events, the more money you can make. Back to top
	How does fundraising work? While individual fundraising is optional, we try to make it fair for all involved. We attempt to do special things for our athletes throughout the year that additional funds would be needed from our general fund. 95% of individual fundraising profit goes into your child's account while 5% goes into the general fund. However, since we plan things for ALL athletes and not just those that fundraise, here is how we operate. If individual fundraising is not your thing, just pay $25 within 30 days of registration and you don't need to do any individual fundraiser. If you would like to pick and choose from month to month, you just pay $3 for the months that you don't fundraise. The minimum amount that needs to be sold is 1 item and/or 1 package - depending on how the items are packaged. **Summer Car Washes and Navy Concessions are considered individual fundraisers - however they do not count as a monthly fundraiser. Back to top
	Is gymnastics required? Tumbling is a major component of all star cheerleading. We will accept athletes who may not enter our program with tumbling skills; however, ALL of our cheerleaders are expected to obtain gymnastic skills. Our higher level teams will obviously have higher level tumbling skills. We pride ourselves on the skills of our cheernastics tumbling instructors. If you child is willing to learn, then they can teach you to tumble. Back to top
	Do all teams travel and how often? All teams participate in a host of 1 day competitions. Our local and regional competitions are within a 2 ½ hour radius of Annapolis. Our teams average 2 of these types of competitions/month as of December through April. Only our Regional teams will engage in weekend National competitions - location to be determined within the PA, DE, VA area.. Our National teams will only participate in 1 event that will require our cheerleaders to miss up to but no more than 2 days of school. Cheerleaders will be given a letter to present to their school administration to excuse the absence for this prestigious event. Some of our higher level teams may engage in other weekend Nationals that will not require any school absence. Back to top
	Do you allow athletes to participate in other extra-curricular activities? During the summer and fall, we encourage our athletes to participate in other activities as well as all star cheerleading. However, athletes must attend our practices. We do our best to work with our athletes as we are only 1 day a week during the summer and 2 days a week during the school year. We relish in the fact that our athletes are well-rounded. However, please note that once we gear up for our competition season starts (mid November) - we must be the priority. Cheer practices are mandatory. Those with excessive absences can be made alternates. Back to top
	My family likes to vacation at times during the summer, how will that affect me? Family vacations are perfectly fine. There will be vacation slips that we will ask you to complete that let us know that you are going to be on vacation. We ask that you please make up any time missed during a summer tumbling session. We do not save spaces. While we understand that everyone enjoys a vacation, please note that those that are gone the entire summer can, at the director's discretion be made an alternate or placed on a lower level team. Cheernastic tumbling skills need to always be built upon. Taking significant amounts of time off during the summer that are unrelated to family vacation, camps, academic camps, etc can significantly hamper your tumbling ability and team placement. Back to top