Why do Cheerleaders counts 5,6,7,8 and not 1,2,3

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Why do Cheerleaders counts 5,6,7,8 and not 1,2,3

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Just want to pop in and clarify that in dance, the 8 counts are (usually) over two measures of 4 beats each. It is (usually) not subdividing one measure into 8 beats like a lot of the comments here are suggesting. That would be much too fast for common dance tempos.

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