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IN this week’s Learn to Cheer, we’re taking a look at a popular stunt among intermediate and advanced level teams. It involves a quick toss mount, followed by a liberty-inspired stunt and a tic toc, and ending with a cartwheel dismount. To see our professional cheerleaders perform the stunt, log on to our R.AGE YouTube […]
IF YOU had the chance to tell everyone an inspiring story, and let them have a glimpse of it through film, would you do it? If your answer is yes, then you’re in luck! Happening for the third time, the Berjaya Youth Short Film Competition is again open for young Malaysians aged 18 to […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my IN the space of a year, Borussia Dortmund have gone from German league and cup Double winners, to losing the UEFA Champions League final and three of their best players – all while failing to win a single trophy. It is the curse of the over-achieving club. After Dortmund’s incredible 5-2 […]
Let’s get to know the captains of some of the teams participating in the upcoming Cheer 2013. Ong Wei Lee, 16 Team Cyrens, SM Sri Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. THREE years ago, Ong Wei Lee was just another newbie who wanted to give cheerleading a try. Now, she’s the captain of the mighty Cyrens, the three-time […]
by YEE LISAN alltherage@thestar.com.my SIXTEEN creative young students recently produced a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to show that national unity is part of Malaysian culture and that we need not be reminded of it. They had to come up with a simple story line for the video titled Recipe For Unity, which shows that though […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my YOU know there will always be some big-mouthed, know-it-all out there waiting to poop on a party; and last week, that man was former England international Chris Waddle. Even when Alex Ferguson retired, I had the feeling it was coming. Some genius pundit was going to nit-pick on his success and […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my If there is one rule for music, it’s that it always evolves and the latest music trend to hit the dance floors in Malaysia – and around the world – is Electronic Dance Music (EDM). Even though this genre has been around since the 70s disco era and even survived the […]
IT’S week four of our cheerleading video tutorial series, and we’ve got a pretty advanced stunt this time around. Single-base stunts are some of the most difficult in cheerleading – with only one base supporting one flyer – but the cheerleaders in our video make light work of it. In this week’s episode, they do […]
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By DENIELLE LEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my WHILE the life of a jet-setting rock star might sound glamorous, the members of The Used have been very careful to not allow thefame and fortune get to their heads. Instead, the American rockers are more than happy to give back. “We’re really just some down-to-earth losers who love rock and […]