Jacksonville Youth Dancers and Pop
Warner Football Youngsters To Perform at NFL GJCIX Halftime
Show
February 03, 2005
MORE THAN 120 Jacksonville youngsters will entertain the
crowd during halftime at the Championship Game of the
NFL Global Junior Championship IX at The Bolles School
on Saturday, February 5. Teams USA and Canada will contest
the tournament finale.
Attitudes Performing Arts Studio and Jacksonville Centre
of the Arts will perform ‘Kids in America, Uniting
the Globe through American Football’ after four
Pop Warner Football teams scrimmage to demonstrate their
skills. The Championship Game kicks off at 4:00 p.m. following
the battle for third place between Mexico, Japan and France,
which begins at 11:00 a.m. The teams completed first round
action on Wednesday.
There will be 50 dancers aged between nine and 18, who
are being professionally trained and have experience dancing
on a local, state and national level. The dancers come
from the Jacksonville Centre of the Arts, directed by
Mrs. Kezia Justice, and Attitudes Performing Arts Studio
owned and directed by Mrs. Rhodesia Butler.
Mrs. Butler, who will also choreograph the performance,
teaches Sociology, Psychology, and African American History
at Ribault Senior High School where rehearsals are being
held. She has owned Attitudes for 12 years and has choreographed
many local, state and national events including NFL half-time
shows and other talent and fashion show events for the
Green Bay Packers.
Since 1929, the Pop Warner Programs Philosophy has been
that athletics and scholastics go hand in hand. At every
level, Pop Warner programs seek to develop well-rounded
young men and women who learn not only the fundamentals
of football, cheerleading, and dance but also the importance
of education in an atmosphere conducive to developing
sound character while having a good time.
Players are matched by age and weight levels, there are
strict mandatory equipment requirements and Pop Warner
provides Coaching Clinics and Risk Management Training
and enforces a national rulebook, which incorporates time-tested
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