June, June, June! Freedom Festival, Fairfax Fun Days, Spirit Girl of the Month, Birthdays!

The Freedom Festival Parade was a hit!  The CR Spirits Professional Dance Team & Studio had a wonderful time at this event.  You could not ask for better weather!

The CR Spirits were with the Great Jones County Fair for this parade!

Tiffany Kuehl & John Harms

The studio teams smiled, waved & clapped throughout the parade.  The Professional Team danced the whole time!

And afterwards they all needed shampoo!

The “Spirits Summer Dance Clinic” was held in Fairfax, for the ”Fairfax Fun Days”!  The Professional Dance Team taught the girls a routine on Friday night and they were ready to perform on Saturday night right before the band  the “Large Midgets”!

Now before the big performance was to take place the “Spirit Van” got stuck in the mud!  That is right, the “Spirit Van” got stuck in the mud!  Thank God some men came to Tiffany’s rescue!  And if you look closely you can see some of the band members from “Large Midgets”!  Thank You for helping Tiffany, it made her night!  Tiffany’s words, “We owe them a FREE performance!”

Some pictures of the night!

June’s Spirit Girl of the Month!  Congratulations Ava!  Like Tiffany has said to you before, you have such a kind heart with beautiful manners…never change!

We are so proud of you!  And you took the “Spirit Stick” everywhere!

Studio June Birthdays!  Happy Birthday Girls!  Hope you had a good one!

2009-2010 Performance Schedule

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Since 1993 the CR Spirits has been up lifting crowds and adding that unique spark to events in Iowa, Las Vegas, California, Indianapolis, Wisconsin, Chicago and surrounding areas.

If you are looking for a great quality, high-energy, crowd-pleasing exquisite show to entertain and hold your crowd, you are at the right place!

*Performers:  The Time Listed Below Is The Performance/Event Time, You Arrive 1 Hour Prior To That Time.

DECEMBER 2009

Sat. 12/5/09- Cedar Rapids Fire & Ice Parade-  6:00pm (Professional Team)

Mon.-Thurs. 12/14/09-12/17/09- Ugly Sweater Spirit Class Christmas Parties- Students Class Time

Fri. 12/18/09- Family Helping Families, Hawkeye Downs- 7:00pm (Studio Teams)

Mon.-Sun. 12/21/09-1/3/10- Studio Closed- Christmas Break

JANUARY 2010

Sat. 1/2/10- Spirit Staff Christmas Party, City Looks- 12:00pm (Staff)

Wed. 1/27/10- Professional Teams Pampered Chef Party, Studio- 7:00pm

FEBRUARY 2010

Mon.-Thurs. 2/15/10-2/18/10- Bring A Friend To Class Week- Students Class Time

Sat. 2/27/10- Tiffany Turns 40 Party at Cocktails in Cedar Rapids- Join us 

Sat. 2/27/10- Tiffany’s 40th, Cocktails- 5:00-6:30pm (Studio will Perform)

Student’s, you will have to be out of Cocktails by 7:00pm, NO LATER!

Sat. 2/27/10- Tiffany’s 40th, Cocktails- 6:30pm & 9:30pm (Professional Team will Perform)

Sat. 2/27/10- Alburnett Dance Athon, Alburnett- 9:00pm (Junior Spirits)

MARCH 2010

Mon.-Fri. 3/1/10-3/5/10- Tiffany in California for Cali-Spirit Meetings

Wed. 3/17/10- St. Patrick’s Day Parade- 1:00pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 3/20/10- Central City Dance Extravaganza, Central City- 7:00pm (Professional Team)

Mon.-Fri. 3/22/10-3/26/10- Studio Closed- Spring Break

Wed. 3/31/10- Professional Teams Premier Designs Jewelry Party, Studio- 7:00pm

APRIL 2010

Sat. 4/3/10- Cedar Rapids Rollergirls “Royal Brawl”, US Cellular- 7:00pm (Professional Team) 

Thurs. 4/8/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Fri. 4/9/10- Duck’s Unlimited Banquet, North Liberty- 5:30pm (Professional Team)

Mon. 4/12/10- Photo Shoot, Read Photography- 5:00pm (Tiny & Li’l Teams)

Tues. 4/13/10- Photo Shoot, Read Photography- 5:00pm (Itty-Bitty, Junior, & Professional Teams)

 Fri. 4/16/10- Prairie Speaking Day- (Tiffany)

Sat. 4/17/10- Walk MS, Westdale Mall- 9:30am (Itty-Bitty, Tiny, & Li’l Teams)

Sat. 4/17/10- 6th Annual SPIRIT PROM- 6:30pm Clarion Hotel

Wed. 4/28/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Fri. 4/30/10- Photo Shoot, Read Photography- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

MAY 2010

Mon. 5/10/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 6:00pm (Tiny & Li’l Teams)

Wed. 5/12/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 5/15/10- Performance in Traer- TBA (Professional Team)

Tues. 5/18/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 6:00pm (Itty-Bitty & Junior Teams)

Fri. 5/28/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Mon. 5/31/10- Memorial Day- Studio Closed

JUNE 2010 

Fri. 6/4/10- Relay for Life Linn County- 8:00pm (Studio Teams)

Fri. 6/4/10- Relay for Life Linn County- 10:00pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 6/5/10- Tanager Place Summer Fest 2010, Rockwell Collins Sports Complex- 4:30pm (Studio Teams)

Sat. 6/5/09- Crystal’s Graduation Party- 6:30pm (Professional & Tiny Teams)

Mon.-Thurs. 6/7/10-6/10/10- Bring A Friend To Class Week- Students Class Time

Wed. 6/9/10- Jones Co. Fair Ribbon Cutting of their “New” Stage- 8:00pm (Professional Team)

Thurs. 6/10/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Sun. 6/13/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 1:30pm (Li’l & Junior Teams)

Tues. 6/15/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 6:00pm (Itty-Bitty & Tiny Teams)

Thurs. 6/17/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 6/19/10- Hog Wild Days Parade- 10:30am (Professional Team w/ Jones Co. Fair)

Fri. 6/25/10- “Fairfax Days” Summer Spirit Clinic held in Gauranty Bank- 5:00pm-5:45pm (Ages 4-6) 6:00pm-7:15pm (Ages 7-9) 7:30pm-8:45pm (Ages 10-17)

Sat. 6/26/10- Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival Parade, Downtown Cedar Rapids- 10:00am (Professional & Studio Teams w/Jones Co. Fair)

Sat. 6/26/10- Fairfax USA Days, Fairfax- 8:40pm (Professional Team & Clinic Students)

JULY 2010

Thurs. 7/1/10- KinderCare Day Care, Cedar Rapids-10:30am (Itty-Bitty Team)

Mon. 7/5/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 6:00pm (Tiny & Li’l Teams)

Tues. 7/6/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 6:00pm (Itty-Bitty & Junior Teams)

Thurs. 7/8/10 – Tues. 7/13/10- National American Miss, Denver, CO- (Tiffany)

Sat. 7/10/10- Mt. Vernon Heritage Days Parade, Mt. Vernon)- 11:00am (Professional Team w/ Jones Co. Fair)

Sat. 7/10/10-  Tiffin Fest, in Tiffin- 4:30pm (Professional & Studio Teams)

Sat. 7/10/10-  Tiffin Fest, in Tiffin(Open for the band Black Diamond)- 7:45pm (Professional Team)

Mon. 7/12/10- Delaware County Fair Parade- 6:30pm (Professional Team w/ Jones Co. Fair)

Thurs. 7/15/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Fri. 7/16/10- 4th Annual Jeremy Henderson Bike Wash, Sammy’s- TBA (Professional Team)

Sat. 7/17/10- Solon Beef Days, Solon- 12:00pm (Studio Teams)

Sat. 7/17/10- 4th Annual Jeremy Henderson Memorial Bike Ride, Centerfield’s Sports Bar in Center Point- 12:30pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 7/17/10- Solon Beef Days, Solon- 7:00pm (Professional Team)

Sun. 7/25/10- Jones County Fair- 4:00pm (Studio Teams)

Sun. 7/25/10- Jones County Fair- 5:30pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 7/31/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

 AUGUST 2010

Sun. 8/1/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 1:30pm (Itty-Bitty & Tiny Spirits)

Sat. 8/7/10- Atkins Watermellon Days, Atkins- 5:00pm (Professional & Studio Teams)

Sat. 8/7/10- Orange County Fair, California (Plaza Arts Stage)- 1:20pm (Professional Team)

Sun. 8/8/10- CR Talent Fest, Theater Cedar Rapids- 4:30pm (Professional Team)

 Sun. 8/8/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game, pregame- 1:30pm (Li’l & Junior Spirits)

Thurs. 8/12/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Fri. 8/13/10- SweetCorn Festival- 8:00pm (Professional & Studio Teams)

Sat. 8/14/10- Iowa State Fair, Des Moines (Riley Stage)- 5:00pm (Professional & Studio Teams)

Fri. 8/20/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Sat. 8/21/10- Urbana SweetCorn Festival, Urbana- 8:00pm (Professional & Studio Teams)

Sat. 8/28/10- SIDS Walk, Noelridge Park- 8:30am (Itty-Bitty & Tiny Teams)

SEPTEMBER 2010

Fri. 9/3/10- Cedar Rapids Kernels Game- 6:00pm (Professional Team)

Fri. 9/3/10- CR Spirits Professional Team Year End Party- 7:00pm

Mon. 9/6/20- Labor Day- Studio Closed

Wed. 9/22/10- CR Spirits Professional Dance Team Auditions, Studio-  6:00pm

OCTOBER 2010

Sun. 10/3/10- Walk to Defeat ALS, Veterans Stadium- 2:15pm (Studio Teams)

Mon.-Thurs. 10/4/10-10/7/10- Bring A Friend To Class Week- Students Class Time

Sun. 10/10/10- Especially for You Race Against Breast Cancer- Anyone & Everyone

Mon.-Thurs. 10/25/10-10/28/10- Halloween Spirit Parties- Student Class Times

NOVEMBER 2010

Wed.-Fri. 11/24/10-11/26/10- Happy Thanksgiving- Studio Closed

Sun.-Thurs. 11/28/10-12/2/10- IAFE, Vegas- TBA (Professional Team)

DECEMBER 2010

Mon.-Thurs. 12/13/10-12/16/10- Ugly Sweater Spirit Christmas Parties- Students Class Time

Mon.-Sun. 12/21/10-1/3/11- Merry Christmas- Studio Closed

 

 

 

What has been going on?

We sure have been performing!  We have met so many Spirit fans, please don’t stop emailing!  Here are just a couple of events below.

The Hog Wild Days Parade was a hit!  The weather was perfect.  John Harmes with the Great Jones County Fair is wonderful to work with.  John and his staff make a great team.  They are professional, organized, and they make sure everyone feels welcomed.  Sounds like Tiffany and the CR Spirits!

We would also like to mention that we were the 1st to perform on the brand new, enormous size Jones County Fair stage!  We don’t have any photos of this adventure but just knowing that we were the 1st means quite a bit to us!  Would you like to know who the 2nd performer will be?  Lady Antebellum on Thursday, July 22nd.

Crystal Kuehl our CR Tiny Spirits Coach just graduated!  Congrats Crystal!  Hope to see you at Auditions for the Professional Team in September!

Tiffany and Crystal Kuehl…I wonder if they dance alike?

Who else was at her party?

And at her Graduation Party the CR Tiny Spirits performed for her!

And then for this very large crowd…Crystal had a treat for them!  The Professional Team was there ready to perform for her crowd.

Once the Professional Team was done performing…A guest dancer came out to join the Professional Team in one more number!  Look closely at this photo…the girl in the middle is Crystal dancing with the Professional Team!

What a night!  Hey did you girls get wet?

What? Tigers in Vegas, Girls in Swimsuits?

Want a Spirit Poster?  Come into the studio and get our “New” CR Spirits Team Posters!

Some of Tiffany’s favorite professional team shots are below with her reasons why!  It takes her hours to decide what she is looking for on her posters before the photos are even taken.  Then after a fun photo shoot with Jon at Read Photography it’s another few hours of picking the photos.  Next comes designing the posters and the credit goes to Mark Jacobson he is fast, he is good, and knows what Tiffany likes.  Then off to J&A printing with Jennifer.  The CR Spirits go through thousands of Posters a year, they are handed out freely to the public!

THE TIGER LOOK!

“It’s different, wild, and keeps one talking.  It reminds me of a Kiss album, I love Kiss.  I like that you are not sure who is who.  And I must say, wait until you see the show with us wearing this make-up, it will take place in Vegas this year!”

SWIMSUITS!

“You know it is hard to get into your suit whether your a size 0 or a size 16.  It’s even harder when you are standing next to a 21 year old and your 40.  Matter of fact, the team had not all seen each other in a swimsuit before, so to have those uncertainties and then add a camera plus video camera on you at all times was very nerve racking.  But I did my best to make everyone feel comfortable, I showed each woman their best assets, and then after the shot…I said we did it!”

“I am proud to say there are no touch ups in our posters!  Everyone is beautiful in their own way!  confidence is key!”

THE “ORIGINAL” SPIRITS!

“I love this photo.  These two girls with me (Paulette & Deatra)…were the beginning of the CR Spirits.  Without their support and others we would not be where we are today!  We maybe be the older girls but with age, comes grace, confidence and sex appeal!  Watch out crowd your only as old as you feel!”

Get this years poster/bookmarks at our next event and see even more photos!

CR Spirits Professional Dance Team Auditions Held in September!

Do you have what it takes to be a CR Spirits Professional Dance Team Member?

Yes, you have to know how to dance and you have to have rhythm but that is not all.  It is a complete package that Tiffany Kuehl is looking for.

Are you a High School Graduate?

Can you be available to practice every Wednesday evening from 6:30pm-9:30pm at the Spirits Studio?

Will you be able to participate in the majority of the CR Spirits Performances (Please take a look at our performance schedule)?

Can you commit to a full season of the CR Spirits Professional Dance Team, from October 2010-September 2011?

If so, Auditions Will Be Held:

Wednesday, September 22nd @ 6pm

Located at Lindale Mall in the Spirit Studio

You Can Download the Spirit Application now.

What is Next?

*Complete the CR Spirits Dance Team Application (Click Here to Download the Application)

*Sign the “Waiver & Release” Form

*Pay the $20 Non-Refundable Application Fee

*Include a Non-Returnable Photograph Of Yourself (Snapshot is fine)

Hand in all of the following above the day of Auditions

You will then go into the Spirits Dance Room…

During that time you will meet Tiffany, get your questions answered, and will get an idea how the season works.  You will go over expectations, guidlines of the CR Spirits in more detail.  Please bring your questions.

Once the questions have been answered the fun begins…you will begin learning the first dance of the season.  Cuts will be made throughout the night.

Good Luck to you all!

Oprah’s Got Spirit?

Oh we hope Oprah gets a little Spirit in her future!

Please visit the link below and tell us what you think!  If you smile vote once, if you laugh vote twice!

http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=378&promo_id=1

A funny story…

Some of  the Professional Dance Team Members had brought it to Tiffany Kuehl’s attention awhile ago about Oprah retiring from her show.  First of all, Tiffany already knew the information and second, she had already checked it off her bucket list to go & watch a taping of the Oprah show.  BUT with a smile on her face she told the team, Oprah probably owns her network and the POSITIVE Spirit Reality Show would someday be on her network…So Tiffany was not worried about her retiring, she would meet Oprah in her future.

However, Tiffany Kuehl & Kevin Railsback brainstormed on this adventure.  They listened to each others ideas and what they hope to achieve from this journey.  With that came this video.  A show called Breaking the Cycle.  Another outstanding job by Kevin Railsback who accomplished showing Tiffany Kuehl’s fun-loving personality in less than 3 minutes.