The 2010 cheer tryouts are officially underway. Cheerleader services manager Alto Gary and her choreography instructors just finished up with introductions to a group of several hundred tryout hopefuls. The first round is about to begin.
The energy in the Methodist Training Center is palpable. See for yourself **in this video**, in which Gary, who has managed the Texans Cheerleaders since 2002, gets the girls fired up just before the start of Round 1.
Here's a shot of some of the contestants, among them plenty of former Texans Cheerleaders:
