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  • Vanessa Dunston and Edna Titus catch a brief water break after going through their warm-up exercises.
  • A Diva’s pom-pom is outstreched containing a sequence of cheers from a performance past.
  • Coach Williams sits atop an exercise ball and watches her cheerleaders like a hawk, quick to correct but always kind and encouraging. Williams stepped up as coach soon after the team formed. “I’ve been a teacher all my life so coaching the team came naturally to me,” Williams said.
  • Mary Walker takes a moment to rest and observe one of the routines after the team had trouble nailing it.
  • Frances Cagle gets low during a hip-hop routine. “Embrace your inner-gangster, I want this to be ‘thug-life”, Coach Williams told the team as they went through the cheer.
  • Captain Gooche’s shirt reads, “What happens with Divas, stays with Divas”.
  • “Go Divas!”, Coach Williams shouts as the team brings it together in a huddle at the end of their hip-hop routine.
  • Before beginning their practice, the Durham Divas circle up and hold hands and are led through a small prayer by team member Joni Ridick (not pictured).

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