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Speaker 1: The Dallas Cowboys Present. These boots are made for talking

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Speaker 1: the official podcast of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. No, your hosts,

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Speaker 1: Courtney McKenna and Shannon Gross, we're late and it's my fault,

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Speaker 1: so blame everything on me because I am falling apart

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Speaker 1: this week, honestly, same though I cannot keep anything together

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Speaker 1: this week. It's just been crazy, but crazy good because

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys are winning. If we win Sunday, we are

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Speaker 1: going to the playoffs and we will have a home

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Speaker 1: playoff game, which means we will get to see these

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Speaker 1: two lovely ladies at least one more time before the

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Speaker 1: season is over. Ashley and Daphne, how are y'all good?

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Speaker 1: How are you doing? We're great? How are you Courtney?

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, she's holding the cough button down, so

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Speaker 1: apparently not too well? Getting better than sweet? Yeah? Good grief.

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Speaker 1: You know what, I'll take the first two segments. I

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Speaker 1: was doing good, and I'm leaving, and then you can

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Speaker 1: have the last time by yourself. Just sit over there

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Speaker 1: and call William. How are you and Pressley doing? Pressley?

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Speaker 1: How are you all right? Cool? All right? Good? Good?

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Speaker 1: All right? Well? Two more rookies, yes, sir, How has

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Speaker 1: the season been? Awesome? Yeah, how is the thing? Tell

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Speaker 1: us how's the first year? How? Wait, before we dive in,

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Speaker 1: get your MIC's closer to your mouth? Oh yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you put them uncomfortably close, like you're gonna feel like okay,

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Speaker 1: this should almost yeah, you should be able to feel

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Speaker 1: yourself breathing back the heat from your mouth coming back

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Speaker 1: on your face. Okay, all right, yes, much better. So

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Speaker 1: tell us how much better? How has your first year?

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Speaker 1: So wait, let me because I know nothing about either

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Speaker 1: one of you except you're now my favorite person on

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Speaker 1: the team because you're from Louisiana, so there's always one.

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Speaker 1: We were just talking about that. There was jac and

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Speaker 1: then there was Alex before that, so now you can

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Speaker 1: be money test tests. I forgot about test is in there.

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Speaker 1: So you're from Shreeport. You went to Louisiana Tech. Unfortunately, yes,

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Speaker 1: you know, ulm Ulm was actually cooler than Tech before

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Speaker 1: Tech went to one A and then they thought they

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Speaker 1: were better than everybody else and kind of left us

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Speaker 1: in the dust and blah blah blah blah blah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but that's okay. Y'all will always be LSU's little brothers.

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Speaker 1: So so anyway. Yeah, they're terrible. Don't don't worry about

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Speaker 1: Let's not worry about that. Um so tell me did

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Speaker 1: did Is this both of your first times to try out?

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Speaker 1: Have you tried out before? Do you make it on

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Speaker 1: the first time? First time? Yeah? Both of our first times?

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Speaker 1: And you know, thankfully we're here today. We actually were

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Speaker 1: in the same group over training camp, which was really fun.

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Speaker 1: Well that's cool. Yeah, So you're from Louisiana, you're from Shreeport.

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Speaker 1: Where are you from? I'm from Orange County, California. Oh.

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Speaker 1: I love how people. No one that lives in Orange

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Speaker 1: County is from a town or a city. They're just

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Speaker 1: from the county. How big is Orange County? It's a

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Speaker 1: vague term, but it's kind of all the beach cities

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Speaker 1: But you know, is Malibu and Arge County? No, I

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Speaker 1: think that's in Los Angeles County County. But I feel

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Speaker 1: like people from Malibu like, say there, Yeah, you would

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Speaker 1: say that it's a status thing. Huh, definitely, So just

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Speaker 1: to ask specific questions because it's well, we'll just start

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Speaker 1: start with your story where start with your dance career

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Speaker 1: a little bit, what drove you to come here and

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Speaker 1: your experience through training camp and the season. Just a

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Speaker 1: little quick elevator story elevator pitch before you start. If

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Speaker 1: you're not watching this, make sure you watch it because

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Speaker 1: we all this is why I'm late. We all have

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Speaker 1: Christmas attire on. Courtney organized this and text me about

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Speaker 1: ten thirty last night and I was already asleep. That's

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Speaker 1: why I didn't answer. Well, we had talked about the

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Speaker 1: podcast before and we were like, yeah, Christmas, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: will do it. I forgot because I'm old. So you

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Speaker 1: have a Santa hat on in Penguins on your shirt? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: my penguin Jeanie. You have what do you have over there?

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Speaker 1: I have a Santa Claus doing some yoga and it

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Speaker 1: says Nama Sleigh. Okay yeah. And that's like the most

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Speaker 1: classic your classic read classic red Reindeer Christmas. I love it.

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Speaker 1: And I have a thank you sponsorship for this ugly

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Speaker 1: Miller Lite Christmas sweater that I have on. So shout

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Speaker 1: Special Beer of the Dallas shouts out to sponsorship and

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Speaker 1: Miller Lite and Nate Riley for hooking me up. So

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Speaker 1: luckily I had this under my desk to wear on

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Speaker 1: our Hanging with the Boys podcast next week. But it

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Speaker 1: came in handy and it's warm at a time sweating.

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Speaker 1: So okay, now, sorry, sorry to interrupt, let's get this

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Speaker 1: and I danced kind of my entire life and going

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Speaker 1: getting accustomed to the school and everything. But I missed

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Speaker 1: and we try out in May for the next upcoming season,

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Speaker 1: and I came in May and I made it to finals.

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Speaker 1: I made it through the interview section, everything like that,

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Speaker 1: me realize more how much I missed it. So I

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Speaker 1: came back. I worked even harder than I did the

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Speaker 1: previous year, and thankfully made that team and got to

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Speaker 1: I got to graduate in June while going through training camp,

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Speaker 1: It was a surprise, so I had no idea. I

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Speaker 1: decided you missed it, try it out, and didn't make it, yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged. Definitely, sometimes failure is a good thing,

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Speaker 1: did I say that? I might have said it. I'm

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Speaker 1: so many, so many friends, and I think that sophomore

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Speaker 1: death exactly. You know, here I am and I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: It's so crazy coincidence. So Ashley, what's what's up with you? Well,

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Speaker 1: But we're not gonna it's happened at sixth grades. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think I got it because I'm loud. Literally could

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Speaker 1: absolutely not. But I mean your guy. You guys don't

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00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 1: have a lot of free time, and it's very demanding,

424
00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,280
Speaker 1: and there's you're you're away a lot. You do a

425
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,720
Speaker 1: lot of appearances. So if whoever dates, especially at Dallas

426
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,760
Speaker 1: Cowboys cheerleader, they have to be really secure with who

427
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,720
Speaker 1: they are in the situation because obviously every man in

428
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,800
Speaker 1: America is like, Wow, I'd love to date a Dallas

429
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,880
Speaker 1: Cowboy cheerleader. So there's just a lot of I think

430
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,840
Speaker 1: it would take a special person to be able to

431
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,640
Speaker 1: deal with all that and be secure enough to make

432
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,120
Speaker 1: you feel secure that they're secure. You know. Yeah, it's

433
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,320
Speaker 1: just I think it would be tough. Yeah. So your boyfriend,

434
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:59,280
Speaker 1: he lives in Louisiana. Yeah, is that where he's from? Yeah,

435
00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,840
Speaker 1: I like it. Yes, So you know, Plain Dealing, that's

436
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 1: where he's from. Yes, I do. Yes, Well, he's making

437
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 1: a move to Monroe. He's a country boy. Yeah, he's

438
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,479
Speaker 1: making a move to Monroe for his job right now.

439
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,320
Speaker 1: So we're moving further apart. But it's okay because we'll

440
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,399
Speaker 1: figure it out. You guys face similar yea, Hey, I

441
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,200
Speaker 1: feel like you don't even have time anyway. It's true,

442
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 1: kind of approved. He's from Frank Plain Dealer. He's a

443
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,119
Speaker 1: good old country boy from Louisiana. With me and him

444
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,520
Speaker 1: already have a lot in common. Eyebrow, Thank you, you're welcome.

445
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,439
Speaker 1: He's awesome. Yeah. So, my boyfriend and I met at

446
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 1: UCLA and about a year ago when I told him,

447
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,639
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna try out for this team. And

448
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,160
Speaker 1: it might sound a little crazy, but you know, I'm

449
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,959
Speaker 1: trying out for the Dallas Cowboys scherleaders. You know, he

450
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: was so supportive and encouraged me the entire time. And

451
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 1: when I think we got a little bit closer, he

452
00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,080
Speaker 1: had to make a decision between he applied for a

453
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 1: job in Dallas and a job in LA and he

454
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,880
Speaker 1: got both jobs and he was deciding between coming here

455
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 1: or staying in LA And I hadn't even auditioned yet,

456
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,800
Speaker 1: so it was like I hadn't made its training camp.

457
00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,440
Speaker 1: We had no idea what was going to happen. And

458
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 1: he kind of just took a leap of faith and

459
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: decided to take the Dallas job, and you know, and

460
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,360
Speaker 1: he did, and I made it through training camp, made

461
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 1: it to training camp, and you know, we're both in

462
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,200
Speaker 1: Dallas now. So it was kind of crazy. But when

463
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: he took the job, I'm like, well, I hope it

464
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: works out well. No pressure at all. Yeah, And it

465
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,920
Speaker 1: was great though. And he came out even for auditions

466
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: and was with my mom and they were waiting in

467
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 1: the parking lot for four hours, you know, for us

468
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 1: to get those results. So it was And to make

469
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: it through training camp as a boyfriend, it's a lot

470
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 1: because you have to be supportive and yes, you know

471
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,639
Speaker 1: a lot of emotions, yes, and to listen to us

472
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: vent and anything that, yeah, in the day, took it

473
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 1: out on him. You know, you have to take it

474
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,920
Speaker 1: out on the people that you know aren't going through this.

475
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,639
Speaker 1: Because my two roommates are DCC rookies as well, and

476
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,399
Speaker 1: what am I going to do? Talk to? Like, we

477
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,120
Speaker 1: talk about this all the time. So you know, what's

478
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: his name? Brad? Brad? What's up? Brad? How are you? Well?

479
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,399
Speaker 1: I think he's at work, so who knows if he's listen, Well,

480
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 1: maybe he'll listen. Like, yeah, shout out for getting through

481
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 1: training camp with that. So who are your two rookie roommates? Um,

482
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,919
Speaker 1: Caroline and Gabby. So Gabby was on last week and

483
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if Caroline's been on yet, but hey

484
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 1: Carolyn again. Yeah, Hey, hey girl, who's next week? Do

485
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: we know? Yes, it's two more rookies. Yeah, well yeah

486
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 1: that's all we have a laugh. No, we didn't get

487
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 1: all the vets, but we got to get to know

488
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,440
Speaker 1: the rookies. Amber and Aaron. Okay, see you next week

489
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,680
Speaker 1: Amber and Aaron. So before we get into the first year,

490
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,920
Speaker 1: we just had our my Cause My Boots game, right,

491
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 1: which is was super cool, that whole process and everything.

492
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: So tell us what that was like for you guys

493
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,719
Speaker 1: and what what what y'all represented on your boots? Yeah, Um,

494
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 1: for me, my cous my boots was so special, just

495
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 1: for a lot of different reasons. And to actually get

496
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,159
Speaker 1: to the game and to be able to wear the

497
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 1: boots and see the players they're even doing my cause

498
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,719
Speaker 1: my cleats and representing their own causes and everything. Um,

499
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 1: for me, it was so special. Um. I think it's

500
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: perfect timing. My grandmother. She's sick with cancer, multiple maloma.

501
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: And while I can't even express to you the time

502
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 1: and going able to um dance for her and put

503
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: on those boots on that field right now, it was

504
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: a tough time. She recently had a fall and um,

505
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: you know, just dealing with the things that come with

506
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: cancer and this cancer in particular, and um, she's a fighter.

507
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 1: And I'm so glad that I've been able to speak

508
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: on her behalf and just to speak for my family

509
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 1: to say that even though it's a tough time, it's

510
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: a time for us to just come together more and

511
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,159
Speaker 1: you know, and and to be able to fight the

512
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 1: fight with grandma. And um, you know, when I was

513
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: able to tell her that I was going to be

514
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,479
Speaker 1: wearing some boots for her and her color for her,

515
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 1: you know, to represent her. Um. I think, you know,

516
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: despite the pain, she was so happy about it. So

517
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,639
Speaker 1: what was your color? Burgundy? She at the game? She

518
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: was not at the game, she able to know because

519
00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: and no, she's she's at the hospital and she's been

520
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,000
Speaker 1: at nursing homes and they've been close care with her

521
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: and um, because of the recent fall, she wouldn't be

522
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 1: able to come anyway, but she's good undergoing surgery and

523
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: things like that. So I'm shooting home tomorrow just to

524
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: be with her and you know, love on her like

525
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: I like to do. So, yeah, it's awesome. What about you, Dafnie? Um,

526
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 1: I wore the color pink in honor of breastcancer awareness

527
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: for my mom, who is a ten year breastcancer survivor.

528
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: So that was definitely really special to get to celebrate

529
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 1: her on the field. And you know, being from out

530
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 1: of town, both of us, my family doesn't get to

531
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 1: go to every game, and it was nice to you know,

532
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: know that my family was kind of there with me,

533
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: even though they weren't physically there, and it was it

534
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: was just so cool and to get to when we

535
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: first got our boots. We got to stand up and

536
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 1: explain our causes to all of our friends and all

537
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: of our teammates, and I don't think all of us

538
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 1: kind of knew what everyone's going through, what they've been through,

539
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 1: you know, in the past years, And I think that

540
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 1: was really special for us to kind of get together

541
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: and get to, you know, celebrate everyone's families or our

542
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: loved ones at the same time. So that was awesome. Yeah,

543
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,800
Speaker 1: very cool. Someone always is going through something or know

544
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: someone who's going through something, but especially with causes like these,

545
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,840
Speaker 1: is not something you necessarily talk about all the time

546
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,479
Speaker 1: because it's a lot. It's a lot to bear. So

547
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 1: it's cool that you get to share stories with everybody. Yeah, yep,

548
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 1: and the stars look great. Yeah, Randy and those guys

549
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: over at Luke Casey did an awesome job. So tell

550
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: us whoever wants to jump in here. Your first year,

551
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 1: it's almost over. I'm sure you're not happy about that,

552
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,120
Speaker 1: But tell us what about the year? Just the football? Yeah,

553
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: the bus season, Yes, because one of the playoffs. Y'all

554
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 1: know what the situation is, right, Yes, if we win,

555
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,199
Speaker 1: we're in. If we win, we win the division and

556
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: we're guaranteed at least one home game, which we need

557
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 1: to do that because they will have NFC East Champs

558
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: hats and T shirts that they will get to wear

559
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,120
Speaker 1: in the locker room and we get to take pictures

560
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: and do all kind of good cool social media stuff

561
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 1: with it. If they lose, they can still clinch the division.

562
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,360
Speaker 1: The Redskins have to lose. The Eagles have to lose,

563
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: which is very possible because the Redskins play Jacksonville. The

564
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,479
Speaker 1: Eagles play the Rams, but that would suck because that

565
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: means the Eagles play the late game, so about ten thirty,

566
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 1: when that game's over already, when we're home watching it

567
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: on our couch, then we clinched the division. And it's

568
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: no fun because the players don't get to enjoy the

569
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 1: party favors with the hats and T shirts and they'll

570
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 1: be in their locker room Monday when they get here

571
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: and they'll be like, so, what we lost the game?

572
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,719
Speaker 1: Who cares water bottles libration? Yeah, So so we need

573
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: to when there there's I believe in NFL rule where

574
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 1: you cannot have alcohol around um NFL teams like baseball

575
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: champaign everywhere you used to be able to do it.

576
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: I think they change the rules probably five or ten

577
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: years ago, where there's no alcohol. Yeah, you can't have

578
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: it on the plane or at the facility or in

579
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 1: the locker room or anything around players. So as I

580
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: wear a mill or light shirt on, yea. So tell

581
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: us about your first year? What what? Let's start with

582
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: I guess a more direct question, what has it been?

583
00:28:54,680 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: No boring highlight? But I feel like a highlight. It's

584
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 1: a basic question. I like, it's kind of a basic question.

585
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: But what what caught you off guard? Like? What was different,

586
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 1: either good or bad? Something that you weren't expecting. Yeah,

587
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 1: you had no idea like oh wow, I didn't even

588
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: think of this, or I didn't realize this was this

589
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: cool or this terrible or whatever. I think what comes

590
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: to mind for me, and I may have messaged this before,

591
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: is the organization. I wasn't thinking that they would be

592
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: as caring and involved as they are. So for example,

593
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: this summer when I was when I found out about

594
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: my grandmother and everything, Kelly and Judy they were so

595
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 1: open and caring and involved. They're like, you know, if

596
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: you ever need to leave, let us know, you know,

597
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: And they're just they're like when with work situation, Like

598
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,239
Speaker 1: you know, we have friends, you know, if you need

599
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: some help, you know, those type of things, and just

600
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 1: overall the security and the care and just to make sure,

601
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: you know, the extra effort to make sure you're okay

602
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 1: and all of that. I was surprised. I didn't realize that,

603
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: being in such a big organization that they would even

604
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: care about little things, if that makes sense. They can

605
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: be big, softy as well, what you see on TV

606
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: or these mean old ladies that just talk to each

607
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: other and roll their eyes and do all this strug. Yeah,

608
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 1: that's why I said it. They don't listen to the

609
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: show anyway. So mean old, old, old old ladies. But

610
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 1: what you don't realize is there's a reason why they

611
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: are the way they are, and it's I think it's

612
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: to protect themselves from getting too close to you guys,

613
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: because they have to make some hard decisions in in

614
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: the name of the brand and to keep this brand

615
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: where it is. You know, it's it's up here, you know,

616
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: and once you get you think that, but once you're

617
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 1: in the organization, you realize how high and how elevated

618
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: this brand is. And they Charlotte does a great job

619
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: Kelly and Judy do an awesome job, and once you

620
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,479
Speaker 1: get in, you realize like they have to make some

621
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: decisions and they kind of have to be guarded and

622
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: they kind of have to be those people. But when

623
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: they need to be and you need them and you people,

624
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 1: they're humans. Yeah, and it's you're right. And throughout this

625
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: whole organization from the top down, people always ask me, like,

626
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 1: what's it like to work for Jerry? And I'm like,

627
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: how great you think it is? It's one hundred times greater,

628
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: Like they really care, like you're one conversation away from ownership,

629
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: and they value talking to ownership not owning THEE to clarify, well, yeah,

630
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: big difference. But like they they appreciate work balance, you know,

631
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: they appreciate that they give you time off. They care

632
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 1: about your family, They care about you, they care about

633
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: what's going on in your life. And you're right, it's

634
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: it's a family. Once you're here, it's like and you

635
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: feel that. I'm it's cool that y'all feel that. On

636
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: the cheerleading too, I do definitely, And kind of going

637
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: off of that, I think during training camp, you know,

638
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: we're all they have to make cuts and you don't

639
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: know if you're going to be one of them, or

640
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: you know if your friend's gonna be one of them.

641
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: And I think that what was really surprising to me

642
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: is no one was really competitive with each other. It

643
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: wasn't like you were mad at someone because they did

644
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: better than you or got better feedback, or or you

645
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: were happy because someone got called into the office. We

646
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 1: honestly all got so close so fast, and you're just

647
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,239
Speaker 1: kind of competing with yourself and wanting yourself to be,

648
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,479
Speaker 1: you know, the best you that you could possibly be,

649
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: but at the same time, you're rooting for the girl

650
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: that's standing right next to you. Yeah, and I didn't

651
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: think people would be competitive, but when I got here,

652
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 1: I really realized, like, no one is competitive, and all

653
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: we want is for each other to succeed. And that

654
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: was I think, a cool moment, just to know, you know, yeah,

655
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: everyone's on your side. That whole culture as far as

656
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: like auditions and then making it like there are no

657
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: bigger cheerleaders for the cheerleaders than the chain. I mean,

658
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: that makes sounds kind of dumb, but it's true because

659
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: you guys are so supportive and it'd be really easy

660
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 1: to be catty and likely. God, I hope she does it.

661
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: Oh my god, she looks terrible, because that's how society is.

662
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: People want to knock each other down, especially successful people.

663
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: Like people don't like seeing people to succeed, which is stupid.

664
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 1: But you guys are not like that at all. Y'all

665
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: are You're all they're hoping that they somehow take Yeah,

666
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 1: exactly can they take? Every day? We're like maybe forty five,

667
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: Like I know the Kelenger do wanted that this year? Yeah,

668
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: We're like yeah, and we all felt the exact same. Yeah.

669
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: What's one thing that caught you off guard? Um? Well,

670
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: definitely that. And you know, I think we go through

671
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: training camp. It was three months of you know, being

672
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: a rookie candidate, not even a rookie, and then one

673
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: day they just tell you you're on the team, and

674
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: then the next year in uniform, and nothing kind of

675
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: prepares you to put on that uniform and go out

676
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,959
Speaker 1: for an appearance where people kind of don't know if

677
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: you're a rookie or whatever you just went through, but

678
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: they look at you, you know, like you're a superwoman

679
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: and you embody so much more than just being a dancer.

680
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, going on that first appearance

681
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: and you know, meeting people who think that about you,

682
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: it's kind of crazy. You're like, wow, I earned this

683
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: uniform yesterday, but it means so much more than just

684
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: training camp or practices or anything like that. So, so

685
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: are you guys coming back next year? You're hopefully auditioning? Yeah, yes,

686
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: can't quit after one season. They haven't even gone on

687
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: a calendar trip yet. There's plenty of people that that

688
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: call one and done. I just wanted to break it here.

689
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 1: You heard it first act auditioning. Yes, yes, maybe I'll

690
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: maybe I'll make the trip this year. Hopefully we can

691
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: bond because I don't know any of the rookies at all.

692
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: I used to be so I used to be so

693
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: in the loop like I knew Yes, I can tell

694
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 1: you so like you're learning, we knew you because you

695
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 1: knew them, So it's okay. Yeah, I was a cool kid,

696
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: and now I don't know anything, Like I don't even

697
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 1: kind of show up and like you're ahead. It's like

698
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: probably first day of training camp. You've seen Kashera on

699
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: p Yeah, so you just like act like you know

700
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: where right, I don't know. Fake it till you make

701
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,800
Speaker 1: it Okay, I've got to go here in a minute,

702
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: but I want to ask one more question before we

703
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,359
Speaker 1: go to break and I get out of here. Who

704
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: have you bonded with what veteran? This is for both

705
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: of you. What veteran have you bonded with the most

706
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: since you've been on the team. Um, that's really hard.

707
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,879
Speaker 1: It's hard because now we have our groups and they're

708
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 1: all so special. UM, I think I'll just go with

709
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: my first bond fundmanship. I don't know if that's word

710
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,479
Speaker 1: I made that up. Um, it's gonna be Kaylin because

711
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: she's my boot bud and I don't know what made

712
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: her select me as a bootbud, but UM, I was

713
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: so thankful for her, my boot buddy. It's like a um,

714
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: like a big Cis little sis. I can fill you

715
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 1: with that. Yes, it is so. She's so she's like

716
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: my big Cis And UM, she just took me in

717
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 1: and welcome arms and just kind of showed us the ropes.

718
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: And by us, I just mean a couple of us,

719
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,320
Speaker 1: you know, just showed showed us the ropes. And UM,

720
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, she's she's always been so genuine and

721
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: so kind and helpful and selfless and so many other things.

722
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: And um, she's somebody that I look up to and yeah,

723
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: we we we go out to eat and we have

724
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: little sleepovers and stuff. So she's cool. Yeah, but that's

725
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: definitely so hard. But um, I'd have to say, Heather

726
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,320
Speaker 1: was the first one that I met at a prep

727
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 1: class and she gave me her number and was so

728
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: supportive even though I'd never met her before and she

729
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 1: had no idea if I could even dance or anything

730
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: like that, so that was really nice. But then during

731
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: training camp, Gina was so helpful and I actually met

732
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: her before the audition process and she kind of went

733
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: out of her way to you know, meet up before practices,

734
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: go over everything. And she would go move by move

735
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: and literally say, you know that looks good, or you

736
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 1: should play this up a little bit more. And she's

737
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 1: such a fantastic dancer. I look up to her too,

738
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: And but all the vets are they're so amazing, They're

739
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: all yeah, so sweet. Gina is literally over the top nice.

740
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: She lives with Lauren. She's and mailed flowers to Lauren

741
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: to their own house. Didn't even bring them home, she

742
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 1: just mailed them. Yeah, she wanted her to have flowers

743
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: that day while she was while Gina was at work,

744
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: she wanted to make sure Lauren got flowers, so she

745
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: had flowers delivered. I olt someone to love me, right,

746
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,319
Speaker 1: Yeah she's so sweet. Yeah she's great. Yeah. Well I've

747
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: got to go and we need to take another break.

748
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: Have you got all this, Courtney? Can you drive it home?

749
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: I can do that. Get you? Can you get the

750
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: sleigh back to the North Pole without me? Yeah? An elf? Wow? Yeah?

751
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: Please please Mark. That is a drop that we can

752
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: play that from now on. Yeah, Connel, got it. Well,

753
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 1: it was nice meeting you guys. You're in good hands

754
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: with Courtney. So we're gonna take a quick break and

755
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Speaker 1: all right. So we are wearing our festive here because

811
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: tonight is the annual DCC Christmas Party. It's going to

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817
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Speaker 1: heard a little bit about it. Tonight is obviously going

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819
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,800
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821
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Speaker 1: so we've all known for a little bit and instead

822
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Speaker 1: of getting, you know, a real gift, you kind of

823
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: do a slight gag gift to you know, kind of

824
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 1: poke fun at each other. It's all, you know, it's

825
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: all supposed to be fun, and so we'll get to

826
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 1: do that tonight and you know, hopefully it's funny. The

827
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: Vets talk it up, so we're excited to see how

828
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: it goes. Yeah, definitely. How much fun can you poke

829
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: when Kelly and Judy are present? Though? That is the question,

830
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,720
Speaker 1: you know, where the uhuh, We don't know. We'll find out.

831
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: I think I think, you know, because it's all fun.

832
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: I think it'll be okay, you know, yeah, and we're

833
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 1: also close, you know, we it's not mean. You know

834
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: everyone's personalities and yeah, we know who I have. I'm

835
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 1: just so excited to do it because when I pulled

836
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: her name, I'm like, oh, yeah, you know. I'm just

837
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: excited to just make fun and just have fun. I

838
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: think it'll bring laughs to everyone, including her. Are you

839
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 1: scared about who might get you? I have no idea.

840
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: What I have no idea. Yeah, if someone got you,

841
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: what would be the thing they would make fun of

842
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:50,400
Speaker 1: you for? Well? After? You know, yesterday, I you know,

843
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: I had a little mishap with my hair and it

844
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: was a little pink. I was like, Okay, somebody could

845
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: really play up this pink hair. Thankfully it's fixed out,

846
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: but they could play that up. And I also thinking,

847
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: you know, I had to miss the Thanksgiving game because

848
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: I was really sick and I was in the hospital,

849
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: and I was like, you could get me something Megan

850
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,720
Speaker 1: trainor related because I did not get to experience that myself.

851
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: But you know, yeah, we'll see what they have to say.

852
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: What about you, Well, the girls always make fun of

853
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: how I'm on FaceTime with my boot oh yeah all

854
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: the time. So if they're gonna make fun of me,

855
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,839
Speaker 1: then they probably will make fun of me. Now. I'm

856
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. A facetimer before practice all the time. Yeah,

857
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,720
Speaker 1: you gotta check in, you know. Guilty. Yeah, she doesn't

858
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 1: have him guilty yeah, city, Yeah, you gotta do it, guilty. Yeah.

859
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: And Kelly, they well, last year was my first one

860
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 1: that I went to. And did they tell you what

861
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,280
Speaker 1: they got Kelly and Judy last year? David, the girls

862
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: even get get Helly and Judy gad gifts and they're great. Yeah.

863
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: I think I heard about Judy's shoes with the red

864
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: tape on the bottom. Yeah, yeah, I think that's good

865
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: Money and Kelly and her classic humping room. Oh you're sweaters,

866
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: so we'll have to see you without a bunch of

867
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: humping raindewer. But for everybody listening, it's a lot of fun.

868
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: And I was telling these two earlier last year, my

869
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 1: favorite one, so you kind of get a gist of

870
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,359
Speaker 1: what the things they can do and might do. Our

871
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: Molly had Kia and Kira at one point in the season,

872
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: probably towards the beginning, maybe like meet the Team or

873
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 1: something like that, saw Molly's dad and she didn't know

874
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: who it was. She was just asking everybody, who is

875
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: that hot man that silver fox, blah blah blah, freaking out.

876
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: She thought it was a hot dad, and it ended

877
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: up being Molly's dad, and so it was a running

878
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: joke the whole entire year. So Molly printed out and

879
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: eight by ten of her dad, and her dad autographed

880
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 1: it and she gave it to kiras Kira's gag gifts.

881
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, I'm excited to see it too. On

882
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: the lines of Christmas, what boyfriend's mom dad? If you're listening,

883
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 1: what's on your Christmas list this year? I'm trying to

884
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 1: get some inspiration for myself too. He look, mom, list

885
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:58,720
Speaker 1: is short. I just want family. I know that sounds

886
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: so cheesy, but I just want family. I don't think

887
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: I've asked for much. Um. I am looking forward to

888
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 1: move into a new apartment. But I think that might

889
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: be my gift to myself. But are you moving in

890
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: alone or you gonna have a room? Yeah, I don't know.

891
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: Living alone is the best I'm looking forward. I lived

892
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: alone my last year of college and it was it

893
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: was nice. But I love my roommates now, so get

894
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,240
Speaker 1: through it together. Yeah. Okay, we got some fun ban questions. Okay,

895
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 1: so we'll check them out. Well, who do we start with?

896
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: Your boyfriend and his Oh my gosh, for five questions,

897
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: we can start with that. Okay, yeah, okay, Um, this

898
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 1: is a cute one. How has being a DCC changed

899
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 1: your life? Oh well, I would say that, Um, it

900
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 1: changed my life for the better of course. Um, just

901
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: being able to do this and it paying off and

902
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,959
Speaker 1: you know how much, um, I've gone through to be here,

903
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:52,879
Speaker 1: and um, just like a lot of the other girls,

904
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: I know that we've been through a lot just to

905
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 1: reach this point. So it's like one of those things

906
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: that's like Okay, I've reached this, so there's nothing that

907
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:03,360
Speaker 1: I can do. And um, I'm just so thankful for

908
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: this experience and so thankful to be here so I

909
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: can know that, so I can know there are no

910
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 1: limits and no boundaries for me. What about you? Definitely, Um,

911
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 1: I think it's crazy to think that, you know, six

912
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 1: months ago, I didn't even know these girls and now

913
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 1: they're literally my best friends and they're my family. I've

914
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: never you know, I went to school close to home,

915
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: so I got to go home on the weekends or

916
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: whenever I really wanted to, and now you know, I

917
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: don't have that option. And to know that I have

918
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 1: these girls here that you know, know me kind of

919
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,520
Speaker 1: more than I know myself is it's kind of crazy

920
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: to think we met so short time ago. But yeah,

921
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: I sink or swam. You're thrown in. Yeah, you really are,

922
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: and I got each other. I think it is what

923
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,439
Speaker 1: it is. Yeah, and you just know that even though

924
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 1: you might go through things and everyone has their own

925
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,919
Speaker 1: personal battles, but you know that you have these girls

926
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 1: here beside you, so it's exactly rooting you on the

927
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 1: whole time. So okay, let's say there was a fun

928
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: one hay and ask what's your favorite soup? I love

929
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 1: chicken tortilla soup. It's actually my favorite. I'm sure if

930
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: my boyfriend's listening, he would be like, I know, I

931
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: have to get that for her all the time, or

932
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: she orders that all time. I love it. Go like

933
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: gumbo route, I have to give me that seafood sausage gumbo.

934
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: I'm a little near No, yeah, I wouldn't say that

935
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: chicken noodle it is. That's my first thought, of one

936
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,760
Speaker 1: of my first thoughts. But can't we Yeah, I love Mexican.

937
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: You gotta get the spice in the in the goodness,

938
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: the taste so tex mex or California. Honestly, I don't

939
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: really see a difference. I'm Alana being from California to

940
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 1: you know, she swears there's this huge difference between the

941
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:45,719
Speaker 1: Texas Mexican food in the California Mexican food. But you know,

942
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,440
Speaker 1: maybe I just don't realize it. I love all Mexican beans.

943
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: Do they have a brisket in their Mexican out in California? No?

944
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: I mean not, at least not where I was going.

945
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: I didn't see any brisket. That's one of my favorite

946
00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: things about Texas Mexican food, Like there's plenty Mexican food

947
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: back in Florida, and it's a good classic, you know whatever, meat, cheese,

948
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 1: and lettuce, you have everything just prepared a different way.

949
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:10,399
Speaker 1: But brisket on tacos in case Idias. I mean it's

950
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: a game. I'm changed place, just like with the brisket. Like, okay, interesting, yeah,

951
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:19,279
Speaker 1: so good. If I ever moved from Texas, that will

952
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: probably be one of the top things I miss. Okay,

953
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: cool ranch or nacho cheese. Oh, I love Ranch, I

954
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: love it. This question is funny. Um nacho cheese for me? Yeah,

955
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: I'm not even a cheese speaking, but nacho cheese, like

956
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 1: the melty cheese. It's right up my alley. That is good.

957
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: But shout out Ricos, official sponsor of hashtag, asked the

958
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: boys nice um Daphanie. Someone said that she stood next

959
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: to your mom at the opening night, probably at the

960
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:55,759
Speaker 1: Cowboys Cowboy's Christmas Spectacular. She said she was so nice.

961
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 1: You had a nice chat. Oh, that's really nice. So

962
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: my family got to go to um the opening night,

963
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: which was really cool, and my brothers came and they've

964
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: never been to Texas before, so that was really awesome.

965
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: And they've seen you know, games, but they that's from

966
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,359
Speaker 1: far away and getting to see us kind of up

967
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,319
Speaker 1: close and personal was awesome. That was amazing. Were you

968
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:19,279
Speaker 1: in the Christmas show? Yeah? The first weekend. Family did

969
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: come and then we did pictures afterwards, like inside and

970
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: it was so awesome. My nephew was there and he

971
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,239
Speaker 1: got to take pictures with his auntie in the rid

972
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: and he always says Auntie, he says, t t Ashley dancing.

973
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: Oh he does a little groove. It's so funny. He's

974
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: two years old. Oh so cute. Yeah, so too, and

975
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 1: he's the sweet So you're Auntie and the red is

976
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: that your Christmas and those are the best? Oh my god,

977
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:47,600
Speaker 1: they're so cute. They're photographed. Well, look good on everyone. Yeah.

978
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:49,920
Speaker 1: Have you guys started prepping for the halftime for the

979
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:53,320
Speaker 1: Christmas game we have this week? We have been starting

980
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 1: that and it's going well. It's it's a lot, but

981
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 1: it's it's so fun. It's fun to dancer Christmas music

982
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,800
Speaker 1: every night. It really gets you in that holiday speriod.

983
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: I think we're forward to it. Yeah, exactly. Can you

984
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 1: tell everybody what the show is going to be a

985
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:11,440
Speaker 1: little bit like, well, yeah, I mean, it's gonna include

986
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,120
Speaker 1: some of the traditional elements, but we're gonna work in

987
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,359
Speaker 1: some of the new songs and the new choreography from

988
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: the Christmas Show this year and like the Electric Cowgirl.

989
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be fun. It's gonna be a little

990
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,320
Speaker 1: different spin on it. Yeah. Yeah, And I heard there's

991
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,200
Speaker 1: two jump splits. I've heard that too. I don't know

992
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,479
Speaker 1: if we've gotten to that. Can you confirm or deny?

993
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:32,600
Speaker 1: I mean we've gotten to one jump split up. Yeah,

994
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:34,760
Speaker 1: so that's hard to confirm it because we haven't practiced

995
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 1: it yet. They could have pulled it out. I don't know. Yeah,

996
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,919
Speaker 1: we'll have to see how much do those actually hurt

997
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,880
Speaker 1: or are you guys used to them as dancers. I've

998
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 1: never done them before DCC and but they really, at

999
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: least in my opinion, they don't hurt that much. If

1000
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:51,959
Speaker 1: you really commit and you jump up in the air

1001
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: and you don't, you know, do anything crazy, it's it's fine.

1002
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:57,359
Speaker 1: You just land and you're like, oh, somehow, they can't

1003
00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:58,919
Speaker 1: think too hard about it. I did them in high

1004
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 1: school and not in college. Um, but in high school

1005
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:03,759
Speaker 1: it's so funny. We were just running so much and

1006
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:07,439
Speaker 1: doing so many things preparation for competition, and I kind

1007
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,319
Speaker 1: of did hurt myself. Donna jump split like in my back.

1008
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: But um, like she said, if you don't do anything

1009
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: crazy and you're watching your form and everything, you're good. Yeah,

1010
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 1: but that first night it's a little intimidate. Yea. They

1011
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: tell you to jump in the air and you're like what,

1012
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: and they tell you to start so casually. I was

1013
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,040
Speaker 1: watching Cashera's like instagrams for the other day and you

1014
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:29,880
Speaker 1: guys were practicing thunder and there's actually just flying in

1015
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,359
Speaker 1: the background. I was like, how do you even get

1016
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 1: that high? I was actually playing around, but I'm like,

1017
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 1: of course, cash way get this okayum. Brandon asked what's

1018
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 1: your favorite holiday tradition? At least my family, we don't

1019
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,440
Speaker 1: celebrate crazily on any other holiday besides Christmas. And then

1020
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,399
Speaker 1: Christmas on the twenty third, we have a really nice

1021
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: dinner that my mom cooks with one of my grandma

1022
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,279
Speaker 1: at Grandma's and then on the twenty fourth, my grandparents

1023
00:50:57,280 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: come over and we have a different Christmas center that

1024
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 1: my mom cooks, and those just the best nights because

1025
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,760
Speaker 1: we kind of come together. We never have a formal

1026
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 1: dinner except for those two nights, and I love that tradition.

1027
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: Cousins and stuff like that are just just our grandparents

1028
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,800
Speaker 1: and my close family. We see cousins, you know, throughout

1029
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: December as well, but that night is really special, just

1030
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 1: kind of you know, an intimate gathering, so fun. Yeah,

1031
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:21,719
Speaker 1: you um, maybe similar. Just I think I was trying

1032
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:23,839
Speaker 1: to think there's like a tradition, but we do sort

1033
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: of the same thing every time, and that's just come

1034
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: together and it is Christmas that we all are able

1035
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 1: to get together and go to Hunt's house or you know,

1036
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: just come together as a family and have that dinner

1037
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,960
Speaker 1: together and just enjoy each other's company. I think that's

1038
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 1: just it. That's a tradition. We were talking about it.

1039
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:41,520
Speaker 1: Twelve days twelve It's so crazy, Okay. I wanted to

1040
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:43,040
Speaker 1: make sure I did the math right because now I'm like,

1041
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 1: oh my god, did I mess it up? Nose twelve days?

1042
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: I can't believe it close twelve days, which means what

1043
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:52,439
Speaker 1: ten days are? Yeah? And then how many days until

1044
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:56,319
Speaker 1: our potential home playoff game? Fingers, I'm freaking out. But

1045
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,799
Speaker 1: it's gonna be awesome, And you guys deserve it. You

1046
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,920
Speaker 1: deserve to cheer at a playoff game the first season.

1047
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:04,720
Speaker 1: I can't ask for anything more except maybe a Super BOWLS.

1048
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: So let's Cowboys Nation and big prayers up for that.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we'll add it to the Christmas list. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's we should all add it to the Christmas list.

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Speaker 1: I think if we all do it collectively, it will happen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: speaking of Christmas, like I said earlier, it's today is

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Speaker 1: the DCC Christmas Party. So we're going to wrap it

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Speaker 1: up here so we can go and have some fun together.

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Speaker 1: But thanks to Daphne and Ashley for joining, and Shannon

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Speaker 1: while we had him, we appreciate him, but I held

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Speaker 1: down the four. Yes, we got it. We're gonna have

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Speaker 1: some holiday fun and we will catch you next week.

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Speaker 1: Right here on these boots are made for talking. It's

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