Pep Rally Cheers
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A good cheerleading squad always has plenty of pep rally cheers in their arsenal. If your squad is short on special cheers for these events, try a few of the cheers offered below. Don't be afraid to take these original ideas and change the words around to make them special to your school.
Samples of Pep Rally Cheers
Pep rallies are always energizing events, and they usually present opportunities to use unique cheers that might not always fit a particular sporting event. With that in mind, here is a sampling of a variety of cheers you can use to promote school spirit. Some are still general enough to use at a game, but others are best used during rallies that focus on special events.
A Class Spirit Cheer
A high school pep rally is the ideal venue to perform a cheer that spotlights the individual classes, and it's a nice change from simply promoting the team. Here's a cheer you can use to spark a spirit competition. The class that performs its cheer the loudest wins. Keep in mind, you'll need to teach each class their response before hand, but a simple line or two is easy enough to pick up in a flash.
Cheerleaders: Who's got spirit?
Entire crowd: We've got spirit!
Cheerleaders: Freshman stand up, and let us hear it!
Freshmen: Freshmen rock, there's no doubt about it,
If you don't believe us, just hear us shout it!
Repeat this first three lines of the cheer and use the following finishes for each of the other classes.
Sophomores: Sophomores are great, there's no debate,
Better listen to our cheer, 'cause we know we rate!
Juniors: Juniors are cool, 'cause we rock it old school,
We'll do the cheering while the rest of you drool!
Seniors: Seniors rule the school, yes we do.
We've got way more spirit than the rest of you!
School Spirit Cheers
Here are a couple of cheers that focus on general school spirit.
Yeah, we've heard what's going round,
But you can't take the Vikings down.
We don't play just for fun,
We won't stop 'til we're number one.
Fe, fi, fo, fum,
Blue Devils (Or, insert your own team name.) are sounding the warning drum!
Fum, fo, fi fe,
The Eagles (Or, insert other team's name.) can't stop our winning spree!
Cheers for Specific Pep Rally Events
Homecoming
Most schools have a very special pep rally to mark homecoming. This is usually where the prom queen and her king are announced for the first time, so it's nice to mention this fact in one of your cheers as you rev up the team for victory.
Homecoming day is finally here,
And that alone is reason to cheer.
Let's salute our King and Queen,
And teach our opponents we're the winning team!
Championships
Approaching the big finale to a winning season deserves a special cheer to mark the occasion.
We fought hard all season,
And that's the reason,
We made it to the finals,
'Cause our scores were so pleasin'.
We won't give up.
We won't be whipped,
And by the end of the game
We'll win the championship!
Introduce the Band
It never hurts to give a few props to the marching band since they are also in the business of raising school spirit!
Hey there Tigers
Do you understand,
We've got the best band
In the whole darn land!
Trumpets, trombones, drums and more
Listen to them play 'cause they know the score!
As you can see there are a lot of themes you can use as inspiration for fresh pep rally cheers. Don't be afraid to experiment and try out new cheers with the rest of the squad. Sometimes a mediocre cheer becomes a great one when other members contribute their ideas to the mix. Creating new cheers should be a cooperative process that makes everyone feel invested and involved. Don't forget to choreograph some great moves and maybe even a stunt or two to give your cheers more visual impact. Remember, your audience is watching as well as listening, so give it all you've got!
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That's a great chant Sadie. Thanks for stopping by!
-- Contributed by: Valorie Delphey im a cheerleader and heres mii cheer
tuslaw mustangs our bringin on the heat!
were gonna score and not be beat!
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