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Showing posts with label 716ers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 716ers. Show all posts
Monday, September 7, 2015
Buffalo 716ers schedule released!
Today, the Buffalo 716ers Basketball team released their 2015-16 schedule so you can see when you can watch Buffalo's only pro basketball team play as well as see LaToya and Loren's Lady 716ers perform! Speaking of the Lady 716ers, tryouts are THIS FRIDAY!!
All home games this year at the Burt Flickinger Center just a few blocks from Coca Cola Field and season and individual tickets are all now available for purchase at https://www.showclix.com/events/21580
All home games this year at the Burt Flickinger Center just a few blocks from Coca Cola Field and season and individual tickets are all now available for purchase at https://www.showclix.com/events/21580
Sunday, August 23, 2015
There's going to be not 1, but 2 dance teams with the 716ers this year!
We told you a couple of weeks ago about how Bandettes alum LaToya and Jills alum Loren will be heading up the Lady 716ers this season, with tryouts happening September 11 at King Charter Central School.
Well, there is also the new 716ers Street Crew. Headed up by Caitlin Bowers, this group will be the Hip Hop Dance team for the 716ers and planned to be a co-ed squad with tryouts taking place on September 25th at the King Charter Central School.
As far as Caitlin's credentials, she has performed for the Bill Evans Dance Company, Kristi Ann & Dancers, Tom Truss, and she has done work with the Kista Tucker Dance as well.
She has performed in the Boulder Jazz Dance Festival, the Built On Stilts, and Silk City Arts Festivals. She has choreographed for the New Dancers' Showcase at SUNY Brockport, multiple First Fridays, and the Boulder Jazz Dance Festival. You can contact her for more details at c.bowers@buffalo716ers.net
If you have the desire to dance on a professional level, don't let the Jills being temporarily shut down dissuade you from pursuing your dreams. The 716ers have 2 squads to audition for now and the Bandettes have long been a gold standard when it comes to the NLL dance teams. I've talked to several young women over the years who wanted nothing except the Jills when it came to dancing/cheering on the pro level and I've always thought that was a shame. I know several girls who have loved the Bandettes enough that trying out for the Jills again was never a thought...and I'm sure there will be plenty who make it as a Lady 716ers squad member or a Street Team member that will love where they're at as well.
As far as Caitlin's credentials, she has performed for the Bill Evans Dance Company, Kristi Ann & Dancers, Tom Truss, and she has done work with the Kista Tucker Dance as well.
She has performed in the Boulder Jazz Dance Festival, the Built On Stilts, and Silk City Arts Festivals. She has choreographed for the New Dancers' Showcase at SUNY Brockport, multiple First Fridays, and the Boulder Jazz Dance Festival. You can contact her for more details at c.bowers@buffalo716ers.net
If you have the desire to dance on a professional level, don't let the Jills being temporarily shut down dissuade you from pursuing your dreams. The 716ers have 2 squads to audition for now and the Bandettes have long been a gold standard when it comes to the NLL dance teams. I've talked to several young women over the years who wanted nothing except the Jills when it came to dancing/cheering on the pro level and I've always thought that was a shame. I know several girls who have loved the Bandettes enough that trying out for the Jills again was never a thought...and I'm sure there will be plenty who make it as a Lady 716ers squad member or a Street Team member that will love where they're at as well.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Introducing the Buffalo 716ers Dancers!
Professional basketball has had an up-and-down existence in Buffalo. The Buffalo Braves still have a devoted fanbase who want to see an NBA team return to Buffalo after the Braves left for the west coast to play in San Diego and then LA as the Clippers. In the past decade, three seperate minor league franchises have set up shop in Buffalo before folding and the 716ers are hoping the 4th one is the charm, playing in the Premier Basketball League for a 2nd season. Playing their home games at Tapestry Charter School just south of Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo just off Delaware Avenue, the games are affordable at $7 a ticket and this season feature a dance team that performs at intermissions and halftime.
With this being my 1st game covering the 716ers Girls, I had no idea what to expect so I kind of played it by ear. I never saw the squad's coaches when I was there which I found different but the squad seemed to be well-prepared from what I could tell. When I got there, I grabbed a seat in the stands not far from a rookie on the Bandettes who knows some members of the squad as well as some of the players.
Since I wasn't totally sure how to approach working with a brand new squad like this, I stuck to shooting video of their performances as well as a few stills of them in action. Hopefully as the season goes on, I'll get more photos and video of them in action.
For the people who really want to lure the NBA back to Buffalo, I definitely encourage you to go to these games. Besides the fact that these are professional basketball players representing Buffalo who deserve the support, a top league like the NBA will only take notice if the passion for pro basketball is high in the area. Back in the mid-90s, when MLB was looking at expanding, Buffalo had a strong shot at getting a franchise for one reason...Buffalo Bisons games had a lot of support. The support the AAFC Buffalo Bills got is also a huge reason that Ralph Wilson Jr placed the AFL's Bills in Buffalo as well.
As far as the game itself, Buffalo took an early lead behind Antonio Speed and Glenroy Carr and never looked back, sending the Titans back to Lynchburg after getting crushed by a score of 127-82 in front of a sold-out crowd for the Home Opener.
Coming up next for the 716ers and 716ers Girls, the Erie Hurricane blow into Buffalo Saturday at 2pm!
Since I wasn't totally sure how to approach working with a brand new squad like this, I stuck to shooting video of their performances as well as a few stills of them in action. Hopefully as the season goes on, I'll get more photos and video of them in action.
For the people who really want to lure the NBA back to Buffalo, I definitely encourage you to go to these games. Besides the fact that these are professional basketball players representing Buffalo who deserve the support, a top league like the NBA will only take notice if the passion for pro basketball is high in the area. Back in the mid-90s, when MLB was looking at expanding, Buffalo had a strong shot at getting a franchise for one reason...Buffalo Bisons games had a lot of support. The support the AAFC Buffalo Bills got is also a huge reason that Ralph Wilson Jr placed the AFL's Bills in Buffalo as well.
As far as the game itself, Buffalo took an early lead behind Antonio Speed and Glenroy Carr and never looked back, sending the Titans back to Lynchburg after getting crushed by a score of 127-82 in front of a sold-out crowd for the Home Opener.
Coming up next for the 716ers and 716ers Girls, the Erie Hurricane blow into Buffalo Saturday at 2pm!
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Buffalo 716ers schedule released!!
Today, the Premier Basketball League announced their schedule for the 2014-15 season and included in that is the schedule for the Buffalo 716ers, which gives us the chance to see not only some professional basketball in Buffalo, but the 1st Buffalo 716ers Girls Dance team in action. All of Buffalo's home games are played at Tapestry Charter School at 65 Great Arrow Avenue in Buffalo, just a few blocks south of Hertel Avenue just off of Delaware Avenue.
The tickets for the Red & White game on November 15th is sold out but there are plenty of tickets for the First Annual 2014 PBL Thanksgiving Charity Tournament, hosted by the Buffalo 716ers. There will be four teams from the PBL battling it out November 29th & November 30th. Tournament action begins at Noon, featuring the 2014 PBL champs, the Rochester Razorsharks vs. Grand Rapids Cyclones. At 2pm, the Buffalo 716ers take on the Philadelphia Flight!!! All the games will be held at Tapestry Charter School! Tickets are $10.00 per day, which include access to both games.
- Saturday, Dec 6 2pm Lynchburg Titans at Buffalo
- Saturday, Dec 13 2pm Erie Hurricane at Buffalo
- Sunday, Dec 21 time TBA Buffalo at Rochester Razorsharks
- Saturday, January 3 2pm Lynchburg Titans at Buffalo
- Sunday, January 4 time TBA Buffalo at Rochester Razorsharks
- Saturday, January 10 7pm Buffalo at Lynchburg Titans
- Sunday, January 11 time TBA Buffalo at Carolina Pee Dee Vipers
- Saturday, January 17 2pm Carolina Pee Dee Vipers at Buffalo
- Saturday, January 24 1pm Buffalo at Philadelphia Flight
- Saturday, January 31 2pm Rochester Razorsharks at Buffalo
- Saturday, February 7 2pm Erie Hurricane at Buffalo
- Sunday, February 8 3pm Buffalo at Erie Hurricane
- Saturday, February 21 2pm Philadelphia Flight at Buffalo
- Sunday, February 22 3pm Buffalo at Erie Hurricane
- Saturday, February 28, 3pm Buffalo at Rochester Razorsharks
- Saturday, March 7 2pm Philadelphia Flight at Buffalo
- Sunday, March 8, 3pm Buffalo at Lynchburg Titans
- Saturday, March 14 7pm Buffalo at Lynchburg Titans
- Saturday, March 21 2pm Rochester Razorsharks at Buffalo
- Saturday, March 28 2pm Erie Hurricane at Buffalo
The tickets for the Red & White game on November 15th is sold out but there are plenty of tickets for the First Annual 2014 PBL Thanksgiving Charity Tournament, hosted by the Buffalo 716ers. There will be four teams from the PBL battling it out November 29th & November 30th. Tournament action begins at Noon, featuring the 2014 PBL champs, the Rochester Razorsharks vs. Grand Rapids Cyclones. At 2pm, the Buffalo 716ers take on the Philadelphia Flight!!! All the games will be held at Tapestry Charter School! Tickets are $10.00 per day, which include access to both games.
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