STEPH DEROSA: PUSH THEM BACK, PUSH THEM BACK, WAAAAY BACK! >>>

I hear people cheering, and it’s for me! But why do they cheer only when I’m leaving? I’m hoping that question will be answered this Saturday, Jan. 3, at the North Thurston High School Cheerleading Clinic.

Girls and boys in grades Pre-K through eighth-grade are invited to yell, cheer, jump, and exhibit spirit in any and all ways possible as the North Thurston High School cheerleaders hold a clinic from 8:30 a.m. to noon in their North Thurston High School gym this weekend. Registration is accepted the day of the event at the door and is $20 payable by cash or check. With this exciting, positive and motivating cheer clinic participants will walk away with a new T-shirt, new moves, and lots of new friends.

What’s better is that these energetic kids will perform their newfound tricks Jan. 9 during a basketball game halftime!

For me, I’ll be at the clinic to buy some of those old cheer uniforms they’ll have for sale. Something’s gotta come out of the new book I just bought: 101 Ways to Feel Better About Not Fitting Into an Eighth-Grader’s Clothes.

[North Thurston High School, Saturday, Jan. 3, 8:30 a.m. to noon, $20 at door, 600 Sleater-Kinney Road N.E., Lacey, 360.239.3361]