Buffalo Jill of The Week Katie Ba

This week, we take a look at 2nd year vet Katie as our Buffalo Jill of The Week. A choreographer and a hair stylist when she's not a Jill, Katie spent her sophomore season on the squad dancing on one end of Lisa's line alongside Kelsey H and Shelby G where she's been flashing a pretty fantastic smile her whole career. That smile has been directed at the Bills since she was 6 when she met Phil Hansen at her uncle's sporting goods store. She got to meet him again last September at the Bills Alumni Golf Tournament and talked about that at http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2013/09/19/tbt-jill-katie-meets-hansen-again/ Since first meeting him the 1st time, she's become a bit of an encyclopedia of Buffalo Bills history. That, and the fact that her ideal date is watching a Bills game over a plate of wings makes her just about the perfect Buffalo girl! Looking back, when she first tried out for the Jills in 2012, she had a huge rooting section at 1st cuts. That speaks volumes about what kind of a friendly personality she has if she can bring along that amount of support. Of course we've been seeing that personality shining through in her photos the last two seasons. You can see all of Katie's pics at https://buffaloprocheerbuffalojills.shutterfly.com/jillsindividualpics/56452 Katie's secondary photo is from the end of the Panthers game. Shown coming off the field are Katie, Shelby G, and, with her pretty face covered by Shelby's pom, Kelsey.

Katie, Shelby G, and Kelsey H

A few Jills updates

Alyssa K, Hayley, and Emily

First up, CNN/SI has a few photos from last Sunday's game, courtesy AP photography Bill Wippert. Thanks to Sasha at UltimateCheerleaders.com for finding these. See them all at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cheerleaders/photos/1309/nfl-cheerleaders-week-2/19/
Also, the Bills have a few handfuls of photos from the 1st 2 games up as well.

Jenny at the Home Opener

You can see the photos from the Opener at http://www.buffalobills.com/photos/photo-gallery/Jills-at-the-Home-Opener/c102df6b-92c0-4088-ba34-4cf6e29540c7#dd0e36ea-31ed-448f-ae23-381d975e2581

Emily and Melissa at the Panthers game

The photos from the Panthers game can be found at http://www.buffalobills.com/photos/photo-gallery/Jills-Week-2-Bills-vs-Panthers/fadf1bfc-90c2-4234-a64c-d6b2b668d656

Finally, as we found out at Jills tryouts last spring, dancer Katie B met Phil Hansen when she was a little girl and has been a diehard Bills fan ever since. Last weekend's special Wall of Fame ceremony gave her the chance to reconnect. See the story at http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2013/09/19/tbt-jill-katie-meets-hansen-again/ and see her video where she tells us about meeting Hansen at http://s73.photobucket.com/user/bjg1/media/2012%20Jills/KatieB.mp4.html

Buffalo Jill of The Week Katie B

This week, we take a look at rookie dancer Katie B as our Buffalo Jill of The Week. Dancing on Christina's line between Loren and Lindsey C, Katie had the biggest cheering section at tryouts last spring out of all the rookies. The question about that is who they were. Besides being generally a popular girl, she teaches hip-hop dance classes and undoubtedly had several of her students in the audience. She's also a hairstylist with hopes of opening her own salon one day and a big Bills fan after meeting Phil Hansen when she was a little girl. You can read more about Katie at http://buffalojills.com/profile.php?PID=50 Katie's secondary photo is a shot taken at the Bills' Home Opener against the Chiefs. Shown in the photo taken at the end of the 1st quarter when Christina's line was changing sections are Loren, Katie B and Lindsey C.

Loren, Katie B, and Lindsey C

Meet Katie in this video shot at 1st cuts with introduction done by Jills choreographer Kelli Wagner.

As it turned out at 1st cuts, Katie got to dance alongside the 2011 dance rookie of the year, Jenny, as seen in this video of the two of them performing.

Lauren K, Alicia, Brianna V, and Brianna A

From the Bandettes comes a photo from the recent Bandits Open Practice. Shown posing for a photo between performances are 2nd year vets Lauren K and Alicia with rookies Brianna V and Brianna A. See all 4 of these young ladies performing when the Bandettes open up the Bandits home schedule at First Niagara Center on January 12th!