Cavalier Girl Amanda Voted to First-Ever NBA All-Star Dance Team

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Thursday February 15 :

Hello to everyone in Cleveland...I miss you all but I must say I'm having an amazing time in Las Vegas!

This is my first time in Vegas!!!  My flight came in early enough on Monday to do a little shopping before our schedule becomes completely booked!  I met up with my roommate Mallory from the Dallas Mavericks who is such a sweet girl and we went to Caesars Palace.  We shopped at the forum with Erica from Memphis and Jessica from L.A. Lakers.  I'm very lucky to have met such amazing, fun and beautiful women. I love all the girls!!!!

   Later Monday evening we finally got to meet all the girls on the All Star Dance Team.  In addition to that we met everyone from the LVCVA who sponsored us to come to Vegas and Tamara Moore who is directing the entire week.  They are all as excited for us to be here as we are and they are working so hard for everything to be perfect...we love them!

   Tuesday morning started off with a promotion/meeting at 8 am for the LVCVA and the mayor of Las Vegas. After the brief promotion we headed straight to the arena where we practiced for about 9 hours (with breaks of course).  We learned 2 routines that day with the wonderful Lori Ann Gibson, who is also a choreographer for making the band with P.Diddy.  She is extremely talented and it is definitely an honor to be able to work with her!  Needless to say the day ended and we headed to bed!!

   Wednesday..... Three of our routines are done all together and one is split east coast and west coast. So this morning I was able to sleep in till 10am because west coast had practice.  We were able to spend most of the day cleaning Tuesday's routines and learning one more...then we headed off for the Thomas and Mack Center.  This is where they are hosting the actual All Star game on Sunday and the Celebrity All Star game on Friday night.  They gave us court time to set the routines that we had and it was really neat to see the court.  Everything in Vegas is completely covered in All Star decor!  The buildings are posted with players pictures....they even have a huge statue of liberty and a lion in front of a hotel that have east/west coast jerseys on them!!!  It's very exciting to be here right now and I can't wait to tell you more....stay tuned :)

We officially finished all the routines :). This was definitely a good feeling. After learning 4 dances in 3 days my brain was a little fried!! Today was spent cleaning the routines and running them over and over. Our day ended with a run thru at the Thomas and Mack arena for saturday nights performance!! All work and no play today...but we are definitely still having fun, these girls are awesome!!

Friday February 16th:

Finally the first day we get to perform what we've been working so hard on all week! We arrived at the Jam Session at Mandalay Bay excited ,nervous and ready to show off the first ever all star dance team. After a few hours of hair and makeup we were ready to start the celebrity game! Our hard work paid off! Stepping onto the court in our east/west jersey, we cheered on the celebrities! We performed twice this evening...one of the performances was at half time and actually aired live :). We did awesome and had a great time!! The night ended right after the game to prepare ourselves for the next big night!!

Saturday & Sunday february 17th & 18th

Saturday was back at the Thomas and Mack center for the slam dunk contest and the 3 point shoot out. Theres was only one performance today, it was in high heel black boots and our team jersey dresses! We had a wonderful stylist who's goal was to always make us look good!

I couldn't believe it was already sunday, the week flew by and I had an amazing time. Today was the big day. The east/west conference all star game. The arena was filled with celebrities and NBA fans. After two performances and being used as pit fillers for Christina Aguilera's halftime act the week was over! I can't believe it! I met some of the most talented beautiful woman and made great friends! It was such an honor to be able to represent the Cleveland Cavaliers on the first ever Las Vegas all star dance team! Thank you again to all the fans who voted for me and gave me this unforgettable experience. Love you all, see you in Cleveland!!