Wednesday was our first pre-season game against Seattle. We had practiced so much and drilled our routines a million times during the off season that we were so ready to perform. I felt the familiar adrenaline rush as the lights faded and our team was announced. The fans seemed excited to see us as we made our usual entrance.

My favorite part of the night was performing Old Time Rock and Roll. We wore a men's white dress shirt, with little red shorts and tube socks. The game itself was fun to perform, but the outfit was the icing on the cake. I am pretty sure the fans enjoyed it as much as we did. I mean, how often do we get to slide across the court in socks! The other two routines we performed were Shakira, which we nicknamed “aiy, yai, yai”, and Push It. All fun routines.

The entire night involved running around visiting and surprising people in the audience. One of those special individuals were one of our coach's sons, Daniel. We surprised him with 5 boxes of pizza and a big cake for him and his friends. We sang happy birthday to him, took pictures and even kissed him on the cheek. Our goal was to embarrass him on front of his friends, but to our surprise, he was proud and not at the least bit embarrassed. I'm sure he'll find it hard to forget this birthday! Another special person we visited was my teammate MaryEllen's mom. It was her birthday as well. We hardly sat on the court, but what we did see of the game was definitely exciting to watch. I felt it was a great game and was convinced we had it, until the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter.

The next morning I woke up with extremely soar muscles and a stiff neck (self induced whip lash from a lot of hair flinging). I might also add that I was about 4 1/2 hours late to work, making it in to the office by 11:30 instead of 7am. But despite my exhaustion and aching body, I had no choice but to pull myself together for yet another busy day.

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Chanelle, another one of our rookies, is a 20yr old who rocks at ballroom dance! Her dance back ground consists of Jazz, hip hop, lyrical a little ballet and all American style ballroom dancing. Being that Chanelle dances and teaches ballroom, I asked her what made her decide to try out for Blazers Dancers. She replied with, "I love to dance and I REALLY missed the comradary of being on a team and all thememories and friendships that are built. It has been a goal of mine as a dancersince I can remember to be a Blazer Dancer because it is such an accomplishment, noteveryone can say that they dance on a professional NBA dance team."

Chanelle is more on the quiet side, seeming a bit shy. "I think that I am a hard person to get to know just because I am quietest, but once you get toknow me you find out that I'm a very open, opinionated goofy and a loyal person." She continues, "I feel pretty good physically. Emotionally, I still feel like an outsider just because I don't really know anyone that well but I know that that will change with time." Although Chanelle is a bit shy, her dancing is not. If I could describe Chanelle with one word, I would choose Saucy because of the way she performs. She adds about herself, "I think inside I am like an 80 year old woman... I love antiques and scrap booking and staying in the house... haha I'm an old soul for sure."

Chanelle’s expectations for this year are, "New friendships, lots of memories, improving in dance and getting out in the community to help with charities." I asked Chanelle what she thinks of the Blazer Dancers and she replied with, "I think that everyone works REALLY hard and there is so much talent within this team it's amazing. I never imagined I would be practically crawling out of practices." She continues, "It is made up of some of the sweetest, most hard working and funniest women I've ever met.

Chanelle’s thoughts on our uniforms were, "HOT, HOT, HOT....treadmill, crunches...oh and Dad don't look!" Dancing for the blazers is everything she expected it to be and more. She’s also very excited to dance at her first game.

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