LORETTO, PA - In an ongoing attempt to connect with our community, the Red Flash Cheer and Dance Teams have announced Winter and Spring events. All registrations and payments may be completed online via the accompanying website links. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you soon.
 
Feb 18 is Mini Red Flash Cheer and Dance - Children in grades 1-6 are welcome to practice with the Red Flash Cheer and Dance Teams before our Women's Basketball Game from 5:30 - 6:30 PM and then perform at halftime (around 7:40 PM). They will warm up and practice for an hour in the Auxiliary gym before putting on Red Flash shirts and heading into DeGol Arena at 6:30 PM. They will perform on the end lines with their respective teams during the game and will perform on the court at halftime around 7:45 PM. The participants will be dismissed from the Auxiliary Gym after that performance. Completing this online registration is your ticket to participate:  https://events.francis.edu/event/mini_red_flash
 
Feb 22 is Dancing with the Flash - This event mimics the popular television show, "Dancing with the Stars ™ ". Some of our Red Flash Dance team members have partnered with other students and faculty to create a unique performance that will be judged by predominant SFU faces. There will also be crowd involvement to vote for a winning performance. The actual Red Flash Dance Team will perform one of their Nationals Routines at the conclusion of the performances but before the Dancing with the Flash winners are crowned.
Doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 6:30pm. It will conclude by 7:30pm. Entrance is free but we will be collecting donations at the door. Please come support your Red Flash Dance Team! Reserve your seat here: https://events.francis.edu/event/dwtf
 
March 4 is Cheer and Dance College Prep Clinic - If you are interested in cheering or dancing in college, this clinic is for you! We will focus on skills from 10-noon but the session starts with a 30 minute discussion of things to consider when choosing a college at 9:30 AM.
9:15 AM - Registration opens in Stokes Athletic Center
9:30 AM - Discussion about picking a college for your goals / lifestyle
10:00 AM - Warm-up together as a group
10:15 AM - Tumbling and Acro skills
10:45 AM - Split cheer to work on stunting and dance to work leaps and turns
11:30 AM - Stay in groups to work choreography
noon - Final announcements and dismissal
OPTIONAL LUNCH AT NO CHARGE IN OUR TOVIAN DINING HALL
1 PM - Optional Campus Tour following lunch (will last one hour)
Wear your respective cheer or dance gear with hair done. Bring your questions and feel free to record any part of the clinic. We look forward to meeting you and please ask questions if any arise. Reserve your spot now: https://events.francis.edu/event/college_prep
 
April 30 is Fun 5k Campus Tour - Possibly our biggest event of the year! This is an untimed 5K fun run through Saint Francis University.  We seek to offer an enjoyable first fitness event of the season to those getting in shape after the long winter while showing off our beautiful landscape to those that would otherwise not experience certain aspects of our campus. It is only $20 to enter which goes to the Red Flash Cheer and Dance teams for equipment during the season. Please park in Stokes Lower Lot and walk up to the Red Flash Softball Field near Saint Joseph Hall. There will be three (3) complimentary water stations along the 5k loop. The trail does get narrow so we ask faster runners to start early but always pass on the left and walk on the right side of the trail.
8 AM - Volunteers Arrive to set up water stations, signs and road cones. Vendors arrive.
9 AM - Registration Begins near the softball outfield by St Joseph Hall (Listen for Music).
10 AM - First Heat begins: 10 runners every 2 minutes = 300 runners max (fast runners go first).
11 AM - Last Heat Begins
Noon - Wrap up the event
*This event is rain or shine. If there is thunder between 9 AM - noon the event will be canceled.
The course starts and ends near the Red Flash Softball Field. There is 600 feet of elevation change. Most of the course is on grass or dirt trail however some parts are cement. You will tour past locations such as: Mt Assisi Gardens, JFK Student Center, FLASH Leadership Reaction Course, Father Bede Hines Track, DeGol Field, Future site of the Resinski Black Box Theatre, Grotto Pathway, McGuire Park Trail, SFU Wastewater Treatment Facility, Captain Michael McGuire Memorial Park, SFU Disc Golf Course, Lakeview Tubing Park, Lake Saint Francis and the Camino de Saint Francis Watershed Trail.
*Please complete this registration if you would like to be a vendor and sell items at this event. https://events.francis.edu/event/fun5k