Buffalo Jill of The Week Kelly

This week, we take a look at the 2009 dance rookie of the year as our Buffalo Jill of The Week. Kelly spent both of her seasons dancing on Omarlla's line but is moving on for 2011 after getting a big job opportunity outside of Western NY. While we’re obviously happy for Kelly’s career, we have to be disappointed that WNY lost another great young lady when it comes to cheerleading as well as the professional world. She's a girl who loves to travel and has even used her education as an excuse for travel as she's studied in Mexico and has even spent a year teaching the English language in Spain as a result of winning a scholarship from the Spanish Embassy! She also used her time with the Jills to travel as well. In addition to calendar shoots in the Bahamas and Jamaica, she spent the week after Thanksgiving in Iraq performing for the troops with 7 of her squadmates. To top that off, she even finished off her Jills career with another big troop visit...to Saudi Arabia. I feel pretty safe in assuming the troops in those locations feel lucky and/or blessed to have met her before she left the squad. I know I do. The funny thing about her love of travel is that she's actually got a fear of flying that her time in Iraq flying in helicopters helped her with. In addition to her dance abilities, Kelly is also an accomplished writer having written for Buffalo Rising while she was on the squad and even submitted some blog entries to BuffaloBills.com on the trip to Iraq. While her new job isn't in journalism, I know her experience with that field will help her be a valued employee with her new company. Kelly's secondary photo was taken prior to the Steelers game Thanksgiving weekend in Lot C where the Jills put on a pregame performance. Shown smiling for the camera are Valerie, Kelly, and Lisa.

For tryouts in 2010, Kelly paired up with Angelina in matching outfits and both showed off their fantastic fitness and dancing abilities for the judges and spectators in attendance.

You can read more about Kelly at http://buffalojills.net/article.asp?id=1961196

Jills tour troops in Basra

More from Kelly's blog on the Jills' trip to Iraq last week

We were warned that Basra is one the most active bases, located in the southern end of Iraq. I think each of us had our own reservations about what to expect when we got in.

When we boarded the C130 for our flight into Basra, the crew asked teammate Lisa and I to sit in front with them in the cockpit!

We were each given a headset to listen and talk throughout the duration of our flight. We had a blast asking them questions about where they were stationed, their idea of a perfect date and why there were only seven parachutes and 25 passengers on the plane…That is when they agreed to save us first if we ever went down!

Read the full entry at http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Jills-tour-troops-in-Basra/b5ac7b07-72e5-43d3-8783-27fee6e35a11

Jills touring Iraq in Blackhawks and C-130's

Hello Everyone Back in the U.S.!

We were up bright and early this morning at 6:00 a.m. After a long day of touring and traveling, we got in at around 10:00 p.m. last night - after not having slept for nearly 48 hours.

Safely, we made it into Iraq yesterday but getting there was quite a fete. I was completely prepared to take the C-130 into Baghdad and tour from there but, much to our surprise, we were taxied via Blackhawks for the last half of our trip. It is a safer means of transportation here largely because of the risk of roadside bombings.

More at http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Jills-touring-Iraq-in-Blackhawks-and-C-130s/e7719c0c-dd03-4314-92d5-be7a76135947

Note:This blog entry was written by Kelly a week ago...she and her 7 squadmates have been home since yesterday getting to sleep in their own beds.

More photos from the Opener and a video with Kelly

Check out BuffaloJills.com to see some exclusive onfield photos of the Jills from their pregame performance on Sunday.

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Also, check out this video of 2009 Buffalo Jills dance rookie Kelly, a contributing writer at Buffalo Rising as well as a beautiful and talented dancer.

Buffalo Jill of The Week Kelly

After looking at the 2008 rookie of the year last week, it's time to turn our attention to the 2009 dance rookie of the year. Kelly spent her award-winning season on Omarlla's line between Murissa and Lisa and besides her obvious beauty, she's a pretty well-rounded young woman. She spent a year in Spain teaching the English language as a result of winning a scholarship from the Spanish Embassy and has studied in Spain and Mexico. Now she's currently teaching the Spanish language to the next generation as well as utilizing her journalism degree as a writer for Buffalo Rising. After seeing a lot of her work over the past year, I only hope she'll judge this as an acceptable write-up. But beyond all that, she's obviously very motivated but also likes to let loose on occasion and she had as much fun as anyone on the recent Jills Calendar Shoot trip to Jamaica. One way she loves to let loose is through dancing. She, Loren, and Alyssa even put together an impromptu dance routine for the Food Network's Tailgate Warriors Special that unfortunately didn't make it on the air...which is a shame considering what a great job they did with it. I do have a rough cut of them working out the routine they did but I have a hunch Kelly would kill me if I posted it...lol. She also loves to travel and besides Spain, Mexico, and of course Jamaica, she's traveled to Portugal, Italy, Ireland, and England as well as the Bahamas last year for last year's Buffalo Jills Swimsuit Calendar.

The Jills at the Mayville Labor Day Festival

Obviously everyone knows about the Jills cheering on the Bills and their large popular events. But not everyone realizes how in demand they are for smaller events and appearances as well. Mayville, NY, on the shores of Chautauqua Lake, is holding a Labor Day Festival this weekend before a large fireworks show in the evening that will be seen not only throughout the region but from the International Space Station as well! Various communities around Chautauqua Lake are coordinating the pyrotechnics displays through local radio station SE93. Mayville went a step further than other communities though as Jills rookies Kelly and Loren were on hand in the afternoon to sign autographs and pose for pictures with the festival's attendees.

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The Jills are staying plenty busy before returning to the Ralph for the Bills Home Opener on the 20th with appearances in Clarence's Labor Day parade, at 97Rock's weekly car show in Williamsville, at Bada Bing for the Blondes Vs Brunettes draft party, and Septemberfest at Merritt Estate Winery just to name a few in the next week! Stay tuned to http://buffalojills.net/appearances/index.php and the Buffalo Pro Cheer Blog for the info on many upcoming Jills appearances.

Jills on CNN/SI.com!

Last week, the Jills got some national notice when Maxim.com showed off some of the Jills on their site in photos taken by Fisher Creative Image Photography in their work on the new 2009-10 Buffalo Jills Swimsuit Calendar!
Well, now it's CNN/SI's turn to start paying homage to the ladies of the gridiron and in their first set of the season, the Jills got 7 shots up with a group shot of Omarlla, Christina, and Kelly as well as individuals of Christina, Jill, Anna, Gabrielle, and Murissa. Check it out at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0908/nfl.preseason.cheerleaders/content.36.html

Buffalo Pro Cheer Photos of The Week!

Continuing our look at the beautiful rookies who will be gracing the sidelines at Ralph Wilson Stadium this fall, we have a photo from the recent Kid's Day preseason game.

Prior to the game, Food Network filmed a special starring Guy Fieri on tailgating. Obviously, no tailgating show would be complete without the Commissioner of Tailgating, Joe Cahn. Here we see him posing with Jills rookies Kelly, Loren, and Alyssa. Kelly and Loren are both dancers, Kelly on Omarlla's line and Loren cheering on Nicole's line. Alyssa is an ambassador but she still has some dance moves. One of the segments filmed was a feature on the CBNG Tailgate and these 3 young ladies put together an impromptu cheer and dance for CBNG and if we're lucky, we'll see the finished product on TV when the special airs on Food Network on October 17th.

From the Bandettes, we have a photo from the matchup against the Portland Lumberjax in their last ever appearance at HSBC Arena after that team unfortunately ceased operations recently. Prior to the home games, after their posters are released, the Bandettes spend about an hour signing those posters as well as other Bandits gear for the fans. While waiting for the next fan to reach them, we see Jessica and Karla mugging for the camera. Jessica was in her 2nd season on the squad after 4 years in the US Navy. Karla was in her 2nd season BACK on the squad after taking 2 years off following 5 seasons on the Bandettes.

Making the Squad - Prep Class...and some hot pics of Laura on 97Rock

The 2nd in a series of reports from Jills tryouts was released today. This one focused on the 2nd prep class that took place just a week before the Open Workshop. Included are interviews with some prospective rookies including a few girls that made the squad, Kelly and Alyssa. Check it out at http://www.cw23.com/dpp/cw23_girl/wildcard_08/making_the_squad_2

Also, as many fans know, 3rd year vet Laura is, besides a well-loved member of the Ambassador Squad, a certified pro archer and hunter. 97Rock has a set of pictures up featuring the world's sexiest archer at http://www.97rock.com/Article.asp?id=1374487