Laker Girls: Difference between revisions

The Laker Girls hold auditions in July of every year. Each current member of the squad must also audition to keep her place on the team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2008/07/so-you-think-yo.html|title=So you think you can dance?|last=Rose|first=Adam|date=20 July 2008|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> Each woman auditioning must come with a resume of their previous jobs. It is required that each prospective candidate comes prepared with her own routine and is taught two routines to perform for the current Laker Girls as well as some judges.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} Dance skills are the main criterion on which they are judged, but personality, style, and teamwork are also important.<ref name="LAT19991213"/><ref name="LAT19911222">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-22/sports/sp-1552_1_laker-girl-style|title=The Greatest Flattery : Success of the Knicks' New Dancers Simply Proves What the Lakers Have Known All Along|last=Cart|first=Julie|date=22 December 1991|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref>

 

 

A television movie named ''Laker Girls'',<ref>{{IMDb title|0099968|Laker Girls}}</ref> starring [[Tina Yothers]] (from TV's ''[[Family Ties]]'') and [[Alexandra Paul]] (''[[Baywatch]]'') aired in 1990, detailing the fictional tribulations of a trio of acolytes trying out to become members of the cheer leading troupe.