Go Cocks! The Gamecock Kick-off Party!

Early in the evening, when she wasn’t too sure about Cocky.

Of course, Ms. Susan was there. (a big Gamecock herself) McCanless had to sit with her for a while, too!

Last night, Mel, McCanless and I went to the annual Gamecock Club Football Kickoff dinner/meeting. (complete with Cocky and USC cheerleaders) I dolled up McCanless in her finest USC dress, bow and all. Mel, of course, wore his Gamecock Stadium Pants and I in black and white…a truly spirited family!

At first McCanless was a bit timid and wouldn’t talk to many of the crazed fans, especially not Cocky or the cheerleaders. After a brief encounter with Cocky, a picture or two with the cheerleaders, and dinner, she was ready to roll. Literally. As the “meeting” was going on, McCanless was a bit restless and wanted to get closer to the cheerleaders.

She cautiously walked over to them and for the next hour, McCanless sat in the middle of the USC cheerleaders and put on her best show yet. She rolled, exposing the frilly panties she had on. She cheered. She showed off her new dance moves. She talked about Matthew and Jacob and all of her friends at Ms. Susan’s. She even asked them if they could spin like her. Before I knew it, half of the USC cheereleading squad was teaching her how to skip! They were all lined up, hand in hand, with McCanless right in the middle while the garnet and black sea of fan listened intently to Tommy Suggs rant and rave about the upcoming season. She was in bliss! After the speech the girls grabbed McCanless and ran up to the front to cheer. She stood right in front of the crowd, clapped her hands and cheered along with them! They even picked her up to lead the infamous “GAME….COCKS” crowd cheer. They held her up and swayed her back and forth to lead the crowd.

She was in heaven….uhhh, or maybe I was. Regardless, we all had so much fun, but as luck would have it, my camera battery died just before she got up the courage to go talk to the cheerleaders. Oh well, there is always next year…

…spoken like a true Gamecock! Go Cocks!!

P.S. There may be pictures of her on the Gamecock Club website soon!
(click on the green underlined Gamecock Club, mom)