Buffalo Jill of The Week Lindsay

This week, we take a look at 2nd year veteran Lindsay as our Jill of The Week. Lindsay spent the last two seasons on the Ambassador Squad despite several years of experience in dance. Quite often, Jills who are talented dancers choose the ambassador squad because all the extra time commitment required of a dancer can interfere with other responsibilities like work and school. Lindsay, however, decided to play it safe and not overextend herself as she's been prone to do in the past. With that extra free time she was able to get her Master's Degree as a Literacy Specialist and do a good enough job teaching that her students make her goodbye cards telling her how much they'll miss her. While she hasn't gotten a lot of goodbye cards for it, I'm sure she knows how much she'll be missed by the Jills as well as she decided to retire from the squad after the season, instead focusing on her career and on her fiancé who's just as devoted to her as she is to him. Lindsay's secondary photo comes from the 8th Annual Buffalo Jills Golf Tournament. Shown posing for a photo while waiting for the golfers to arrive are Danielle, Lindsay, and Vincenza. The 9th Annual Buffalo Jills Golf Tournament takes place August 1st at Westwood Country Club in Williamsville.

You can read more about Lindsay at http://buffalojills.net/article.asp?id=1961211

Blondes Vs Brunettes Kickoff Party

Last year, a powderpuff football game was organized by an organization called Blondes Vs Brunettes. The game obviously featured blondes and brunettes facing off against each other and the purpose was more than just about having fun playing football, although plenty of that happened as well. The big goal behind the Blondes Vs Brunettes games, which happen all over the United States, is to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association and last year's events raised a total of $25,000 for the Alzheimer's Association of Western NY. The game itself was a 12-12 tie with dozens of beautiful players. Obviously we're focused on the Jills here and while several Jills were in attendance to perform and sell raffle tickets, there were a few Jills alumni suited up to play as well in Jills director Stephanie M and Jills alumnus Danielle H (1998-2002). Danielle even took the brunette MVP award for the game.
That was last year, though and bigger things are projected for this year's game, which will feature 6 Jills alumni in all. Friday night, SoHo on Chippewa hosted the Blondes Vs Brunettes kickoff party, which had a outstanding turnout to say the least. Four of the Jills alumni who will be playing in the game were in attendance with many of their teammates as well as a trio of current Jills who were on hand to help with raffles. In addition to selling raffle tickets, Lindsay, Christina, and Taryn spent time talking to and posing for pictures with fans and players. Photos from the event, with a heavy Jills focus, can be found at http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/buffalojills2005/2010/BVB%20Kickoff/
The game is being played on September 18th at Sweet Home High School with kickoff at 2pm with an after party at Shenanigans on Niagara Falls Blvd in Amherst. Get all the details and donate $10 or more for a ticket to the game at http://www.bvbbuffalo.com/index.html

Also, check back there and at http://www.fishercreativeimage.com/ for more photos from last night. Jeff and Snjezana Fisher, who spent several years as the Jills' official photographers, are the official photographers for the Buffalo chapter of Blondes Vs Brunettes and took a lot of great photos last night.

As far as those Jills alumni, here's the roster

Blondes

• Kimberly Z (1996-98/99)...not sure on her final year
• Amanda F (2001-03) and Bandettes (2006-07)
• Dana (2008)

Brunettes

• Danielle H (1998-2002)
• Jenn C (1998-2004)
• Francine (2000-04)

As far as the Jills, their next big appearance is their first home game. There are still tickets available at this writing for the 2010 Kid's Day game at Ralph Wilson Stadium Saturday at 6:30 in a preseason game that pits the Bills against former Bill Terrell Owens and Jills fan Chad Ochocinc0 (he was very complementary in his judging of Omarlla and Aimee at the 2006 NFL Cheerleader Playoffs). Show up early for Kid's Day festivities going on in front of the stadium from 3-6pm and meet several of the 2010 Buffalo Jills Ambassadors. The dancers will be pretty busy during tailgating time doing a last minute rehearsal with the Jr Jills cheerleaders who will be performing with them in pregame.

Buffalo Pro Cheer Photos of The Week

This week's 1st Jills photo comes from 1st cuts and features 3 outstanding Jills dance veterans. From left to right are Murissa, Anna, and Stefanie. Murissa and Anna are both heading into their 3rd seasons on the squad while Stefanie is going into her 5th. Murissa's the type who loves the spotlight and the camera...as evidenced by the fact she strikes a pose more than any other vet on the squad. Anna was an early departure last season but the TV networks leaped for joy when she came back this year as the cameras seemed to love focusing on her. Stefanie contributes not only experience and beauty to the squad but some gymnastic ability as well as she's spent some time over the course of her Jills career doing some of the tumbling in Jills routines and performances.

Our 2nd Jills photo comes from an appearance in June at the West Valley-Ellicottville Alumni Football game. Appearing at the event were a pair of statuesque brunette Ambassadors in the form of Lindsay and Jessica W. Lindsay is going into her 2nd year on the squad and is known to overload herself with projects and schoolwork, something her fiance has been helping her to quit doing. Jessica is a rookie on the squad who also keeps herself very busy. She was one of two Jills to work both the Friday night and Saturday afternoon draft parties along with Loren, who also worked the Thursday event as well and after the appearance this photo was from, instead of going home, she went to cheer on her boyfriend in a softball tournament.

From the Bandettes, we feature a photo from the first home game against the Toronto Rock back in February. At the game, the Bandettes unveiled some new uniforms and after dancing in them during the 1st half, they posed for photos to show them off before they went out for their halftime performance. Shown posing here are Kirsten, Stephanie G, Lauren S, and Melissa. Kirsten and Lauren were in their 2nd seasons with the Bandettes while Stephanie flashed her pretty smile during her rookie campaign this year. Melissa, in her 3rd season as a co-captain, has been on the squad since 2005. Her 6 seasons makes her the longest-tenured veteran on the Bandettes.

The Jills at the 2nd Annual BBQ and Blues Bash

Friday evening, Buffalo's Cobblestone District was the setting as the Gateway-Longview family service organization put together their 2nd Annual BBQ and Blues Bash as a fundraiser for their non-profit organization. On hand to meet, take pictures with, and sign autographs for the fans were members of the Buffalo Jills as well as 3 players from the Buffalo Bills. 2nd year veteran Ambassadors Lindsay and Alyssa joined rookies Meghan and Morgan in selling Chinese auction tickets as well, with prizes donated from the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres. Learn more about Gateway-Longview at www.gateway-longview.org and see the pics at http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/buffalojills2005/2010/BBQ%20Bash/

Coming up next for the Jills, you can meet some at Buffalo's Biggest 80s Bash on Saturday, June 26 at Dunn Tire Raceway Park in Lancaster where some of the girls will not only be mingling with the crowd but performing as well. Check out all the details at http://www.80sbash.com/ 

Don't forget that the Taste of Buffalo is also a great place to meet some of the Buffalo Jills as they'll be in attendance both afternoons for the largest 2-day food festival in the USA. Check out more about the event at http://www.tasteofbuffalo.com/

The Buffalo Jills at the West Valley-Ellicottville Alumni Game

In addition to games and events, the Buffalo Jills are frequently called upon to do appearances at many other events throughout Western NY. On Saturday afternoon, the alumni of West Valley and Ellicottville Central Schools got together for a football game to raise funds for the youth football programs in both communities. To help with that effort, Lindsay and Jessica of the Buffalo Jills were on hand to sell programs and raffle tickets as well as pose for pictures and sign autographs for the fans.

Lindsay and Jessica posing with the Ellicottville Eagles Alumni Football team

See the rest of the pics at http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/buffalojills2005/2010/Alumni%20Football/

The Jills are available for plenty of appearances like this and more. Just go to http://buffalojills.net/Article.asp?id=1676065 for all the info. Additionally, if you want extra publicity for any event that you have the Jills at, just contact us here at the Buffalo Pro Cheer Blog and after the info has been verified, we'll pass it along to the fans.

Coming up Friday, there will be some Jills on hand for the 2nd Annual BBQ and Blues Bash on Mississippi Street in Buffalo. Get all the details on the event benefiting the Gateway-Longview child and family service organization at http://www.bbqbluesbash.com/

Additionally, one of the people the girls spoke to inquired about programs for younger cheerleaders to learn from the pros. There are a few different programs the Jills are involved in in that regard. First up is the NCCC Cheerleading Camp taking place from July 11-15 with instruction from members of the Buffalo Jills on not only dance, but manners and etiquette as well. Camp fees are due by July 1. Check out the details at http://buffalojills.net/Article.asp?id=1780371&spid=34534

The Junior Jills program is coming up even sooner with the uniform fitting dates of June 15 and 17. The Jills will be working with the Jr Jills on 2 weekends getting them ready to perform at the Bengals-Bills preseason game on August 28th at Ralph Wilson Stadium as part of the Kid's Day festivities. Get all the details as well as the application at http://buffalojills.net/Article.asp?id=1672629

Buffalo Jill of The Week Lindsay

Despite what some of her friends have thought this season, our current Jill of The Week isn't a dancer, but a rookie member of the Ambassador Squad. From a little bit of a distance, some people have thought she was out there dancing on the sidelines when it was actually 4th year vet Valerie. The confusion has helped make the two of them pretty good friends, though. Lindsay is already an accomplished young lady with her BS in Early Childhood and Childhood Education and is also currently pursuing a master's in Literacy. If that's not enough, she's also a speed reader...a talent that will help this future teacher in grading papers quickly so she can go back to watching a movie with her longtime boyfriend (sorry guys). That's probably a big part of why she's not quite as much of a partier as most girls her age...she already landed her guy. With 10 years of dancing and 4 years of cheerleading behind her, you would think she'd have gone for the dance squad but the dance squad requires a heftier time commitment and by choosing to become an Ambassador this year instead, she's working to correct her worst habit, which is over-committing herself and then stressing out about it. With her focus right now on getting her master's degree, she figured she wouldn't overload herself for a change. With plans of getting her degree this upcoming spring, maybe we'll see her decide to dance next season? We can have fans do a little bit of a double take if she and Valerie dance on the same line...LOL. Check out her 97Rock Photo album at http://97rock.com/Article.asp?id=1556008&spid=21992

97Rock Photo albums

Last year, 97Rock featured photo albums of the Buffalo Jills on an intermittent basis. Now, it's still early so we'll have to see if they plan on doing that again. If they are, they started off pretty well with the lovely Lindsay, a rookie member of the Ambassador Squad.

Check it out at http://97rock.com/Article.asp?id=1556008&spid=21992

Katy

http://www.97rock.com/Article.asp?id=1571964&spid=21993

Buffalo Pro Cheer Photos of The Week

This week's edition of the photos of the week gives us a look at a few more of the rookies from each squad.

From the Jills, we have a photo from the Season Ticket Holder Draft Day Party that the Bills threw this year. When fans went through Gate 7, they were greeted by members of the Jills Ambassador Squad. Shown posing for a quick photo are Ruby, Katy, Lindsay, Kristen, and Kelly Ann. Ruby, a rookie, very nearly joined the squad two years earlier if not for an illness that hurt her that year. Katy may be a rookie, but her face is familiar to us because she was interning with 97Rock last year and helped out at events and at 97Rock Tailgate Parties. Lindsay and Kristen, both rookies as well, both can boast they have some very supportive boyfriends. That's something that any boyfriend of a professional cheerleader is required to be. With all the hard work these young ladies put in, everyone in their lives needs to be supportive of them because what they do isn't all easy and a non-supportive boyfriend is the worst thing they can have. Kelly Ann may not have been on the squad last year, but she's 1 of 3 alumni who came back after some time off. She served from 2003-2004 as a dancer and chose to come back as an Ambassador this year and is only planning the 1 final season...but there's still plenty of time to change her mind...

From the Bandettes, we have a picture from the home game against the New York Titans. Shown in the midst of a routine are Erin Y, Meghan, and Lauren. Erin has been with the Bandettes for 6 seasons and a captain for all but the 1st and last of those seasons. Meghan joined the squad in 2006 and became Erin’s co-captain in 2008 and took over as captain in 2009. Lauren just spent her 1st season on the squad but she’s anxiously awaiting tryouts in October so she can make it back for another fun year.