QUEEN CITY STORM CHEER & DANCE
COMPETITIVE SQUADS
COMPETITIVE SQUADS
QUEEN CITY STORM CHEER & DANCE
Queen City Storm is not your average All-Star cheerleading squad. Queen City Storm is recognized as being an athlete centered, age appropriate, and progression based cheerleading program.
Athlete Centered: With a program like Queen City Storm you are not just a number. We want you to feel like part of the family. We have a mentor program for the athletes, a parent boosters group, team parties/banquets, and team activities used to form bonds in the program. Coaches are here to help the athletes set realistic goals for themselves and team. Teaching them that hard work can lead to accomplishing a goal. Success does not come without planning, hard work, and sometimes sacrifice. Using positive motivation, such as catching the athlete doing things right, and being enthusiastic keeps the athletes striving to improve themselves and excited about the sport.
Age Appropriate: We believe kids should be kids that is the reason our athletes wear full coverage tops and skirts. Our look and cheerleading style is clean, athletic, and polished! Make-up is minimal. Our choreography and music highlights the team's strength.
Progression Based: The most important thing is safety. We teach in progressions for a reason. Learning proper technique is essential to ensure safety. The skills that we perform are those that the athletes have mastered. We believe that safety is key to a successful athlete and program. Our incredible training facility is equipped with foam pits, trampolines, and other apparatus for skill building.
Come check out the FUN that comes with being a part of a competitive cheer squad.
Competitive cheerleading offers you the opportunity to show off all your cheer skills;
dancing, jumping, tumbling and stunting!
Queen City Storm is looking for girls ages 4 -18 to join our family. We have squads that range in ages and abilities, which means that there is a squad for YOU!
Contact Heather Zumberge to see how you can become a part of the best cheer programs in Cincinnati.
COMP CHEER:
- Tryouts: End of May
- Choreography: Starts August
- Season: Competitions are December-March
- Practices are twice a week for 4 hours
PREP CHEER (5 years & up):
- Classes begin in June
- Teams form in September
- All competitions are in a two hour radius
- 6 month season
- Cut off to join is early November
- Practices are once a week for 2 hours
CLASSES:
- Introductory to Tumbling, Intro to back handsprings.
- Ages: 4-5 year olds
SPECIAL NEEDS CHEER TEAM AT QUEEN CITY STORM
HURRICANE HEROES
Why Special Needs Cheer?
- We teach importance of team unity, friendship and exercise
- We work on fine and gross moter development
- We focus on goal oriented learning opportunities while having fun
- Hurricane Heroes enables young adults and children to benefit from participation in a team sport in a safe and structured environment
Hurricane Heroes team assembles at end of September and practices through April.
Questions? Contact Coach Heather Zumberge at qcs.heather@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE, REGISTER TODAY!
UPCOMING EVENTS
HIP HOP TRYOUTS
(open to the public)
Sunday, May 18 - Hip Hop Tryouts Day 1
12:00-1:30 athletes born between 2015-2020
1:30-3:00 athletes born between 2006-2014
Monday, May 19 - Hip Hop Tryouts Day 2
5:30-6:30 athletes born between 2015-2020
7:00-8:00 athletes born between 2006-2014
Pricing
$50 for new athletes
($50 will go forward your first month’s tuition when you officially commit to the team)
FREE for all 2024-2025 athletes
CHEER TRYOUTS
(open to the public)
Tuesday, May 20 - Tumble/Jump Evaluation
5:30-6:30 athletes born between 2016-2020
6:45-7:45 athletes born between 2012-2015
8-9pm athletes born between 2006-2011
*wear tee/tank, athletic shorts, and soft soled shoes or cheer shoes
*arrive 15min before to check in
*following evaluations athletes will be given a card that tells you what level practice we would like them to attend on May 21 & 22
Wednesday, May 21 - Level Evaluations
5:30-6:30 Level 1 (backwalkover required)
6:45-7:45 Level 2 (back handspring required)
8-9pm Level 3-6 (standing 2 back handspring and roundoff back handspring back tuck required)
Thursday, May 22 - Level Evaluation continued
5:30-6:30 Level 1 (backwalkover required)
6:45-7:45 Level 2 (back handspring required)
8-9pm Level 3-6 (standing 2 back handspring and roundoff back handspring back tuck required)
*athletes should attend Both nights of Level evaluations.
*wear tee/tank, athletic shorts, and soft soled shoes or cheer shoes
*arrive 15min before to check in
Pricing
$50 for new athletes
($50 will go forward your first month’s tuition when you officially commit to the team)
FREE for all 2024-2025 athletes
OUR COACHES
QUEEN CITY STORM COMPETITIVE TEAMS DEPARTMENT LEADER
HEATHER ZUMBERGE
Heather Zumberge has been the Department Leader and the Competitive Cheer Program Director at Kids First since Aug. 2005.
Born and raised in rural Celina, Ohio, Heather cheered for her hometown team, the Celina Bulldogs from 4th grade until she graduated High School. From there Heather attended The University of Toledo where she cheered for three years. She graduated with a major in Sales and Marketing.
After graduating High School, Heather spent her summers working for Universal Cheerleaders Association. (UCA is a cheerleading company that teaches cheers, chants, stunts, and dances to Elementary thru college cheerleaders.)
The minute Heather stepped into the gym and met the girls she knew that moving to Cincinnati to pursue a position at Kids First was meant to be.
Along with being the Department Leader for Cheer, Heather is a Cheer Class Instructor, and Cheer Team Coach. She also teaches for the Tumble Bee program. She feels blessed to be able to work with kids.
Things you should know about Heather:
- Her favorite color is purple
- Has two dogs Chuy and Tucker
- She is left handed
- Favorite food is Pad Thai
- The mother of beautiful twin girls
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