That if you drop or loose the spirit stick your team is cursed.
It began at an NCA Cheer camp back in 1954 where one team stood out among the rest. It wasn't for their talents, rather for their attitudes. They couldn't keep up with the others. They weren't coordinated or technically skilled. But they were the backbone of the camp; they were always the first to arrive in the morning to class and the last to leave, they were always cheering everyone else one, they always had the best attitude and they worked great as a team.
What they symbolized was far more than any display of technical skill or talent. They represented the pure essence at the very core of Cheerleading; they stood for spirit in every sense of the word. However, their spirited performance wasn't the kind the NCA scoring process recognized with a ribbon of excellence, a praise every other team would receive. So instead the team received a spirit stick, a high honor rewarding positive and hardworking attitudes
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