Hello Cheers

"Hello Cheers" need to be the most attention-getting and energetic cheers used by a team. They are often the first contact with a crowd that the cheer team has, and can set the tone for the rest of the performance or game.

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The Purpose of a Hello Cheer

The primary purpose of a hello cheer is just to get the attention of the people in the stands, get them involved. Using chants and rhythm and a higher level of energy than the rest of the stadium, the chants can be as simple as

Each line might be repeated twice, for example, and then the entire cheer also repeated with movements to trigger the audience's memory and encourage them to shout along in favor of their own team.

Hello cheers are statements of identity and purpose. They establish the cheerleader's affiliation with the home team, so it's important that the name of the team be a major part of the cheer, usually in the first line. It is also common to have the colors of the team and the initials of the school as part of the cheer as well, for example:

The cheer can also mention the other team, though usually only briefly – it's important that the identity of their own team be the primary focus of the cheer. The above example might continue with:

Another part of the introduction might be the introduction of the cheerleaders, one by one, but always at the end together in a sort of solidarity:

Using Choreography and Percussion

While the voices are certainly the primary tools of any cheerleader, movements and percussive gestures (such as claps, stamping feet or slapping the legs) can also be used as a kind of musical and moving accompaniment to the words. Another version of the individual cheerleader introduction from above would be:

Each of the moves spoken ("Turn around, touch the ground") is accompanied by either the individual or the group doing the moves, and often at the end the audience is also encouraged to repeat the moves as well. While it is possible to have extensive flying routines and moves as part of the hello cheer, it's more common to stay on the ground and let the routine's words carry the message. After the crowd has their focus on the cheerleaders, they're more willing to wait for the preparatory maneuvers for the flying stunts.

An example of the use of percussion in a hello cheer would be as follows:

Part of the reason hello cheers are included in competition is that without a good attention-getting routine the audience will have no motivation to pay attention to the cheerleaders later on. Hours of practice time are spent by cheerleaders on the relatively simple words simply because they are often the most important part of any cheer performance.

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