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Light-Up LED Pom Poms
Metallic streamers with LEDs built into the pom, a rechargeable pack, and one remote that changes the whole team’s color at once.
$145 USD per pair
For after-school cheer and dance programs serving 100 or more students: one order of our light-up pom poms can equip every site, and one remote switches a whole stage of performers together at the end-of-year showcase. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Planning one pom order for every site in your program
After-school programs buy differently from a single squad. The coordinator is ordering for several sites at once, each with its own site lead, its own enrollment that changes by semester and one shared big night: the end-of-year showcase. The largest application we received this fall, 150 pairs, came from a district after-school program.
Light-up poms suit that structure. The diodes are built into the pom, so every pair glows the same at every site, and one remote runs every pom in range, so a site lead with no dance background can still cue a color change. See light-up pom poms for every kind of team for how other programs order.
Owned sets or one rotating set: which fits your program?
| Model | How it works | Pairs for 4 sites of 25 | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| A set at every site | Each site keeps its own pairs in its own bin | 100 plus spares | Sites rehearse with poms every week |
| One rotating set | The set moves site to site on a calendar | 25 to 30 | Poms are for one unit and the showcase |
| Site sets plus a showcase reserve | Small sets at sites, the rest held centrally | 40 at sites, 60 in reserve | The finale puts everyone on stage at once |
At the team rate, 30 pairs is $3,600, 100 pairs is $12,000 and 150 pairs is $18,000. A rotating set costs least but needs one person to own the calendar, the hand-offs and the count at every stop.
How many pairs does a 100-student program need?
Count performers on stage at the same moment, not enrolled students. Take a program with four sites of 22, 25, 28 and 31 students:
- Sites perform one at a time at the showcase: size for the largest site plus spares. 31 performers plus 3 spares is 34 pairs, $4,080, and the set rotates.
- Everyone in the finale together: 106 performers plus about one spare per 10 is 117 pairs, $14,040.
Enrollment moves between fall and spring, so build the count from the spring roster if the showcase is the main event. Of the 54 teams that applied to us this fall, only 2 asked for more than 40 pairs, so tell us early that yours is a large order.
What can program budgets and grants pay for?
After-school money comes with rules, and your fiscal office knows them. If your program runs on the federal Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, the Oregon Department of Education describes it as the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to before-school, afterschool and summer learning programs, offering services such as arts, music, and physical fitness and wellness programs (source: Oregon Department of Education, 21st CCLC). Whether performance gear fits your grant, your general fund or a parent-paid activity fee is your fiscal office’s call, so ask before you apply.
Then ask purchasing what it needs from a vendor, and tell us what your purchasing office needs; we will tell you plainly what we can provide. Buying team poms through the school walks through quotes, vendor forms and purchase orders.
Running the showcase with every site on one stage
The showcase is where an after-school dance program shows families and funders what a year produced. Light-up poms give it a finale. One remote switches every pom in range together, so plan the night around that:
- Site numbers: set each site’s poms to its color backstage and leave the remote alone while sites perform one after another.
- The finale: every site on stage, house lights down, one press and every pom on stage changes together. W sets them all to white for the bow.
- One remote, one person: the stage manager holds it and calls the cue, not a site lead in the wings.
For staging ideas, see dance recital finale ideas and our showcase night ideas.
Who handles charging and inventory across sites?
Give each site lead three jobs and a checklist. Charge every battery pack by USB-C the day before a performance; a small red light means it is charging, and a charge runs 3 to 4 hours, less in white and rainbow modes. Number every pair by site (A-01, B-01) and keep a sign-out sheet in the bin. Count the set after the showcase and before summer storage.
Students don’t take poms home. Site leads watch the setup videos once, and every new staff member watches them at onboarding. That answers the question every new leader asks: how do they work?
Apply with your site list
Send us your sites, students per site and the showcase date. If several schools in your district run their own cheer and dance teams too, a district-wide pom order can fold them in. Photos and video are on the light-up LED pom poms page.
Apply with your program name, the number of sites, students per site, your showcase date and your colors. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Frequently asked questions
What is your team pricing for 100 or more pairs?
Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs, so 100 pairs is $12,000. Apply with your exact count and we will answer you plainly.
Can each site have its own colors?
Yes. Set each site’s poms to its color by remote before it performs. One remote press changes every pom in range, so save it for the finale.
How do they work?
Diodes are built into each pom. Site leads charge the battery packs by USB-C and run colors from a remote with W, MODE and AUTO buttons. Our setup videos show every step.
Can we get them in time for our showcase?
Send us the showcase date when you apply. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits.
Can we pay with a purchase order?
Tell us what your purchasing office needs and we will tell you plainly what we can provide.
Should students take poms home?
We suggest not. Keep each site’s set in a numbered bin and let adults do the charging.
See also: light-up pom poms for every kind of team, elementary cheer and dance teams and bulk and wholesale LED pom pom team orders.
Sources: Oregon Department of Education, 21st CCLC.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
