#343: BEYOND THE CHAPS with the 2022 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders (Part IV: Shannon)

1. Which audition process was more difficult for you: making the team for the first time last year or re-auditioning to earn your chaps back this year?

2. Why do you think the Denver Outlaws Dancers were such a major training ground for prospective DBC’s?

3. What kind of content were you shooting down in Mexico this spring and what will the final product(s) look like?

4. Why did you decide to switch careers from teaching to marketing? What advice would you give anybody of any age wanting to make such a change when it comes to employment?

5. How did you react when you first heard the news that Russell Wilson was going to be a Bronco? What are your expectations for the Broncos this season?

6. 2022 Broncos season predictions 

-Leader in rushing yards: Javonte Williams

-Leader in rushing TD’s: Melvin Gordon 

-Leader in receiving yards: Jerry Jeudy

-Leader in receiving TD’s: Courtland Sutton

-Leader in sacks: Bradley Chubb

-Leader in interceptions: Patrick Surtain II

7. Each year, the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders pair two women up as Business Partners or BP’s. In DBC lingo, what is a Business Partner (BP) and how does it help improve team camaraderie?

8. Rock and Roll Superlatives

-Best rock song to get you fired up before a game: “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin or “Renegade” by Styx

-Best rock song to celebrate a Broncos TD to: “Rockin' the Paradise” by Styx

-Best rock song to celebrate a Broncos win to: “Feelin' Satisfied” by Boston

-Best Styx song to perform a Quarter Break routine to (one that you haven’t performed to as of yet): “Blue Collar Man”

-Rock song that best describes the person you are: “More Than A Feeling” by Boston

-BONUS THIS OR THAT: Which is the better song for a Quarter Break routine, Bang The Drum All Day (Todd Rundgren) or Double Back (ZZ Top)? 

9. Do you think cheerleaders just as physically and mentally tough (or even tougher) than the players? 

(Photo of Shannon by Rob Hawthorne)