Michelle_Williams's Blog

What an assignment!  I can not honestly call this work!  Photojournalist Dave Eitzen and I arrived in Mexico this afternoon with the Eagles Cheerleaders.  The brand new squad is here in Tulum (about an hour south of Cancun) to shoot their annual calendar.  The Eagles organization (especially the cheerleades) look forward to this all year, their calendar is the 3rd most popular calendar in the NFL.  Last year you may remember the ladies shot on location at the Linc, so this time it´s a little more exotic!  We flew in this morning with all 38 cheerleaders, the photgrapher and his crew, fashion consultants and makeup artists.  Even at 5am at the Philadelphia Airport the cheerleaders looked glamorous and when we arrived at the Cancun airport there were lots of heads turning!  It´s predictibly beautiful, hot and sunny here, complete with blue skies, crystal clear water and white sand.  However, it won´t be all R&R for the ladies.  Their talented and tough-as-nails coreographer Suzy Zucker is here as well and each morning she´ll put them through rigirous rehearsals (remember, football season is right aroud the corner)!  Meanwhile, the calendar´s photographer spent the day scouting locations for this week´s photo shoot.  He will take photos of all 38 girls and then the competition begins!  Only the best shots make the calendar and of course there can only be one cover girl.  Who will it be?  Stay tuned....

Check my blog for updates on the cheerleader´s calendar photo shoot every day this week and watch Fox 29 News at 10pm Sunday May 13th for my first report.