Welcome to the Costume Lounge by Angela King Designs

Sit back and relax in The Costume Lounge - a blog by Angela King Designs and Go Wild! Wear. Since 1989, AKD has been creating top fashions in cheerleading, dance and performance wear. In the Costume Lounge, we discuss today's hottest trends and topics, who's wearing what, how to get the competitive edge in performance fashion and more. Once you are caught up on the latest news, browse our fashions at www.gowildwear.com or drop us a line at sales@gowildwear.com. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

AKD Pro Action Las Vegas Video

Thank you to Pro Action for hosting AKD and 2013 Sports Model Search Winner Alexa Kobylarz this weekend in Las Vegas! 

Enjoy this video, and see behind the scenes photos on Facebook:

Monday, July 29, 2013

Spotlight on Style Pro Raquel Garcia

RAQUEL GARCIA
Phone: 1-877-97-GO-AKD x720
Email: RaquelAKD@gmail.com
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Territory: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas

Background: 
  • Former Choreographer and Coach of Spurs Sports and Entertainment (11 seasons)
  • Former Director of Junior Silver Dancer clinics in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Laredo and Austin
  • Spurs Silver Dancer (5 seasons)
  • Owner, 5678-Danz (founded 2002)
  • World Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes (4 years)
  • Kilgore College: Ranger Beauty, Homecoming Court, Vice-President of the dance club 
  • Choreographer: Farelly Brothers movie “The Ringer”
  • Coach on MTV’s MADE 

ABOUT RAQUEL GARCIA: 
Angela King Designs welcomes to the Style Pro team Raquel Torres Garcia, a resident of San Antonio, Texas and Style Pro for the state of Texas. 

Raquel Garcia recently retired as the Choreographer and Coach of Spurs Sports and Entertainment. In her 11 seasons with the Spurs, Raquel oversaw all teams including the Spurs Silver Dancers, Junior Jammers, Sterling Silver, Rampage Ice Girls and the Silver Stars Star Squad, as well as directed all Junior Silver Dancer clinics in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Laredo and Austin.  

Raquel is also a former five year member of the Spurs Silver Dancers, a former member of the World Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes and has trained extensively with many of the country’s leading authorities in dance. While at Kilgore College, Raquel was a Ranger Beauty, voted onto the Homecoming Court, and served as the Vice-President of the dance club. Raquel founded the company 5678-Danz and still trains privately and choreographs for teams on occasion. 

Raquel's career highlights also includes conducting choreography for the Farelly Brothers movie, “The Ringer” and appearing on MTV’s MADE as a coach. Raquel and her husband are the proud parents of a 6 year old son and 3 year old boy/girl twins. 

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

AKD Goes Pro in Las Vegas

This coming weekend will be one of the highlights of the year for Angela King Designs! We along with our Sports Model Search winner, Alexa Kobylarz, will be attending the Pro Action Dance convention in Las Vegas. Pro Action is a great opportunity to see what teams are being represented by such fabulous ladies in the world of dance and cheer. Seeing this amount of talent from all over the country is simply amazing! Girls from professional, semi-pro, and collegiate teams will be in attendance learning hot new routines from the best of the best in the business. 



For us, it is a chance to make new connections with teams from all over the U.S. We cannot wait for this great opportunity, so make sure and stop by the AKD table to say hello and have a chat with us. We'll be there to answer any questions you may have, and more exciting news- Angela herself will be there! 

We know this is will be a great weekend for dancers, directors, and choreographers in the industry. For those of you ladies that will be in attendance, we can't wait to meet you! Check back later for an update of the event from Alexa, Our 2013 Face of AKD, as she will be blogging about her experience at Pro Action! 



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Monday, July 15, 2013

AKD is Official Sponsor of Miss Grand Prix of Houston

Angela King Designs is a proud sponsor of the 2013 Miss Grand Prix of Houston. The official contest will take place October 4-6 at Reliant Park, with preliminaries held in the months prior. 

Visit the Miss Grand Prix Facebook Page

In addition to a prize package valued at $10,000, the 2013 winner will receive two items from the soon-to-be-released AKD Racewear Collection as modeled here by 2012 Miss Grand Prix of Houston Angela Anderson. 



As the premier designer in sports entertainment costuming since 1989, Angela King Designs is a natural fit for race day models and themewear.  


Good luck to the contestants, we'll see you at the racetrack! 

Visit Miss Grand Prix of Houston Website

See Sporty Theme Costumes

Contact AKD for Racewear Information

Monday, July 1, 2013

AKD Style Pro Sandy Charboneau Choreographs at P-R-O 2013

Original Article at www.UltimateCheerleaders.com

Kudos to Style Pro Sandy Charboneau, recently featured during her guest choreographer appearance at the P-R-O Convention in Atlanta June 22-23. 

Sandy is shown here with some of her many cheerleaders who have taken part in Sandy's ProTour Productions appearances. The ladies tour overseas and stateside to support the U.S. military. 



AKD Represents at Atlanta's Annual P-R-O Convention

From June 22-23, Angela King Designs joined hundreds of professional performers from across the nation at the annual P-R-O Convention in Atlanta. Here are some highlights from that fun weekend! Thank you to everyone for stopping by the AKD booth. If we missed you, please message us here to discuss your uniform needs!


AKD Style Pro Sandy Charboneau with ProTour Productions rep Keiko
Style Pro Sandy Charboneau appeared as one of the talented choreographers instructing a pro level routine at the event. Click here to see behind the scenes of Sandy's day at the P-R-O Convention!

AKD Sports Model Search National Top 10 Caitlyn of the Houston Texans Cheerleaders

AKD Sports Model Search National Top 10 Denita of the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders
St. Louis Rams Cheerleaders in AKD collar tops

Kennesaw State University dancers in AKD uniform tops
Customers Tennessee State University dancers
Gotham City Cheerleaders in new AKD practice tops

Gotham City Cheerleaders and Ref Squad in AKD uniforms!