Sun City Poms: Retirement Mecca's Golden Girl Cheerleaders
With age comes wisdom—and miniskirts, pom- poms, and some rad stunts. The Sun City Poms is a cheerleading squad made up of ladies of a certain age, so if you're under 55, don't even bother trying out.
The group was established in 1979 at the massive Sun City retirement community in Arizona and now performs 50 shows a year, including one at the Fiesta Bowl.
British photographer Todd Antony crossed paths with the vivacious ladies while working on a landscape project of the American West and quickly found himself smitten.
"They were effervescent and fun," Antony tells Yahoo Shine, "while also being very professional about getting their poses correct." The Poms do pyramids, high kicks, pinwheels (a move in which three teammates flip another), and other risky stunts.
Shooting one training session, Antony said he was nervous when one woman got stuck three-quarters of the way into her split. "It seemed no one in the group was particularly concerned by this and looked on for some time as she got into a position where she could actually stand up again," he recalls.
Antony will be releasing more pictures of the amazing Poms this fall. —Sarah B. Weir, Shine senior writer
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