In January 2020, we lost an important part of our team to cancer. Mary Beth Thompson put her heart & soul into CheerExpo; working at the event for 14 years and competing at the event before/during that as a member of Prince Arthur Junior High, Dartmouth High School, Extreme Athletics Rage, Dartmouth Cheer Force Heat and Extreme Athletics Devils. She also volunteered for Cheer Nova Scotia as a board member and helped at many other local events.

We are honoured to award the MB Thompson Heart & Soul Awards annually to commemorate her spirit and dedication to CheerExpo and East Coast cheerleading as a whole.

Each program competing at CheerExpo will select an individual who embodies the Heart & Soul of your program. You choose the recipients. Winners will be announced at CheerExpo and each recipient will receive their own full-size banner.

How you decide whom to award to is up to you. It doesn’t have to be the strongest/star athlete or the one on 3 teams who also coaches 3 teams (although it could be). It does not have to be an athlete at all…it could be a team Mom or an unbelievable fan who makes uniforms for the entire team, etc. Pick someone who is dedicated to the program, loves the sport and wants to help make things awesome for everyone. This award is per program, not per team.

Our emcee will explain the MB Thompson Heart & Soul Award and then announce all programs in alphabetical order by program name. i.e. “For Acadia University – the award goes to Suzy Tumblebutt! For Ascension Collegiate the award goes to Sarah Stuntsalot!” etc. Recipients will come up to the floor when called and remain there for a group photo once everyone receives their banner.

IMPORTANT: We will need the name of the recipient for your program by March 5th. Please email the name of your program and the name of the recipient to klemieuxd@gmail.com (same email address as the music)