Jr Bandettes announced

The Buffalo Bandettes are proud to announce the annual Buffalo Junior Bandette Cheerleading camp. This year’s clinic will be on March 17, 2012 from 12:30-3:30 PM. Girls aged 6 to 16 are invited to register to learn a routine from the 2012 season and will perform during halftime of the March 31 game against the Toronto Rock.


Cost for this camp will $80 per girl and the uniform will be provided. To register, please fill out the form at https://www.formstack.com/forms/?1155962-NMAlnArOar

Buffalo Jill of The Week Briana

This week, we take a look at rookie dancer Briana as our Buffalo Jill of The Week. Bri was found dancing on Omarlla's line between Lindsey and Lisa this past season and decided to join the Jills when her sister Jessica, who spent the season on the Ambassador Squad, told her she was going to try out. They actually kept their plans secret from their parents til after they made the squad, which couldn't have been easy. Speaking of not easy, she's also an accomplished marathon runner but not just a half-marathon. She finished the whole thing. No wonder she's in such great shape! She also likes to spend time with photography and painting and has even had her work on display in an art gallery and purchased. You can read more about Bri at http://www.buffalojills.net/article.asp?id=2346922 Bri's secondary photo comes from the Jets game back in November. The dance lines were on their way out to the sidelines after halftime and some of the girls stopped for some quick photos. Seen in the pic are Lindsey, Briana, Lisa, Myesha, and Omarlla.

Lindsey, Briana, Lisa, Myesha, and Omarlla

In addition to everything we've already seen or learned, Briana is also a pretty polished dancer as seen in her tryout video from 1st cuts where she's shown on the left.

Jills are #1!!

Members of the 2011 Buffalo Jills at the 9th Annual Buffalo Jills Golf Tournament

Yeah, we already knew that but now the rest of the world can take notice. The last few weeks, New England Sports Network has been holding online polls on their site to determine the most popular cheerleading squad in the NFL. First the Jills took the AFC East with 71.58% of the vote. The New England Patriots, who get the most coverage on that site, only finished with less than 15% of the vote in that poll. Next the Jills faced off against the best from each division in the AFC. The Broncos, Ravens, and Texans cheerleaders didn't stand a chance as the Jills took that poll with a 71.63% portion of the vote. Seemed pretty similar to the AFC dominance of the Bills over the AFC in the early 90s when they won 4 straight AFC Championships. However, like the Bills, the Jills had to face off against the best the NFC had to offer and representing the NFC were the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, probably the most well-known squad in any league in the world. The Bills failed twice against Dallas in the big game and even fell apart against them in the regular season in 2011 in a game where a DCC member took center stage when Bills WR David Nelson scored a TD and ran the ball to the other end of the field to give the ball and a hug to his girlfriend, 4th year vet Kelsi Reich of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The Jills fared significantly better than the Bills in this matchup and much better than they had in their other matchups. Finishing with a score of 82.35%, the Buffalo Jills defeated the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in this online battle of the most popular cheerleaders in the NFL!! http://www.nesn.com/2012/01/nfl-cheerleader-showdown-buffalo-jills-edge-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders.html

2012 Bandettes bios are up and Bandette of The Week schedule!

With the Bandits Opener coming up on January 14th at First Niagara Center, it has to be remembered that the Bandettes squad has undergone some major changes since last year. The 18-girl squad was first introduced to the public at the Bandits Open Practice on December 17th as well as at the Meet and Greet that evening. Now you can get to know them a little better as the Bandettes webpage is now up-to-date at http://www.bandits.com/bandettes.asp
Also, with the Bandettes bios up, I was able to put together the Bandette of The Week schedule. Like with the Jill of The Week series, each girl on the squad gets her own feature. While the Jills' features are based on the calendar, the Bandettes' features are being determined totally randomly with the exception of the captains.

• 1/14-1/20 Kirsten (captain)
• 1/21-1/27 Danielle
• 1/28-2/3 Carissa
• 2/4-2/10 Lauren K
• 2/11-2/17 Noelle
• 2/18-2/24 Krista
• 2/25-3/2 Ria
• 3/3-3/9 Ashley
• 3/10-3/16 Alicia
• 3/17-3/23 Stephanie O
• 3/24-3/30 Jessica
• 3/31-4/6 Amanda
• 4/7-4/13 Melissa
• 4/14-4/20 Stephanie G
• 4/21-4/27 Chelsea
• 4/28-5/5 Chrissy
• 5/6-5/12 Stephanie C
• 5/13-5/19 Lauren B (captain)

Buffalo Jill of The Week Kelly

This week, we take a look at rookie dancer Kelly as our Buffalo Jill of The Week. She spent her gamedays on Valerie's line next to Valerie and Gabrielle and after earning her BS in Speech-Language Pathology, she's currently working on her Master's as well. Her future plans are to work with special needs children. The girls are asked a number of interesting questions in their bios including what 3 things they would need with them on a deserted island. Well, Kelly left out the word "practical" as a word to describe herself as evidenced by her answer. Instead of  sticking with a cell phone, a book, or another answer. Kelly mentioned food and someone to share the experience with. Of course she did also mention an iPod as well for some entertainment. You can read more about Kelly at http://www.buffalojills.net/article.asp?id=2347975 Kelly's secondary photo is from the Kid's Day preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and was taken as the girls were getting set to head out for pregame. Shown posing for the camera are Kelly, Jenny, Gina, and Beth.

Kelly, Jenny, Gina, and Beth

Take a look at Kelly's tryout video (she's on the right) from 1st cuts at the Fieldhouse.