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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 cheer gym owners planning an open house or tryout week: dim the gym, let a current team run a 60-second routine with light-up pom poms, then put a pair in visiting kids’ hands while parents film. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs, and the gym keeps the set all season.
How do you plan a cheer gym open house that fills next season’s teams?
Work backward from the sign-up table. Every part of the night should move a family one step closer to registering: they arrive curious, they see your athletes do something the gym down the road doesn’t show them, their child tries it, and they leave with dates and fees in hand. An open house is a sales night with music.
Timing matters too. The 2026–27 season’s last big events run into early May: The Summit is listed for April 29 to May 2, 2027, and The Dance Summit for April 30 to May 2 (source: Varsity TV 2026–27 event list). As the season wraps, families start weighing next year, so put your open house on the calendar early and plan the one moment everyone will film: the gym lights going down and a team’s light-up LED pom poms coming up. The same set works for every kind of team; see light-up pom poms for every kind of team.
A 90-minute open house run of show
| Time | What happens | Who runs it |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Doors open; check-in and waivers at a table by the entrance | Front desk |
| 0:10 | Welcome from the owner, then a walk past each team’s practice area | Owner or director |
| 0:20 | Lights down: a current team performs 60 seconds with lit poms, ending on your gym color | Head coach with the remote |
| 0:25 | Try-it station: visiting kids learn three motions holding a pair | Two coaches and junior athletes |
| 0:45 | Parent questions: teams, practice nights, fees, uniform costs | Owner |
| 1:00 | Photo wall: each child photographed with a lit pair | A parent volunteer |
| 1:10 | Sign-up table with next season’s dates and an open-house-only offer | Front desk |
Keep the parent questions after the demo, not before. Families ask better questions once they have seen what their child would be part of, and the room still has the energy of the lights-down moment.
How to run the lights-down demo
Pick your most polished team and a 60-second cut of music with a clear build. Kill the overhead lights on a count everyone knows, start the poms on white, step to your gym color at the first big hit and finish on the rainbow. The remote switches every pom in range together: W sets white, MODE steps through the colors and AUTO runs the rainbow. Our setup videos show each button.
Charge the set the day before. A full charge runs 3 to 4 hours, and white and rainbow use more, so a night of repeat demos needs a fresh start. Rehearse the light cues once at the last practice before the open house, with the exact person who will hold the remote. Leave a few safety lights on along the walls so visiting families can see where they are walking.
What should visiting kids do with the poms?
Hand them a pair already switched on. Holding the lights is the moment a visiting child stops being a spectator, and parents will film it without being asked. Teach three motions anyone can land in five minutes, a high V, a low V and a punch, then let your junior athletes lead a 16-count the visitors perform for their parents.
Keep the station tidy. Each pom weighs 7 oz, and small hands do best with a coach nearby who collects the pairs at the end of each group. Adults handle all charging and switching; the kids just hold, move and smile. Rotate groups of eight or ten so nobody waits long, and send each child straight from the station to the photo wall.
Turning a fun night into sign-ups
Put the sign-up table between the photo wall and the exit, so every family passes it with a fresh photo on their phone. Have next season’s team list, practice nights and fee schedule printed, and offer something that only works that night, such as a waived registration fee or a free first month of tumbling class.
Follow up within a day. Send each family the photo of their child with the poms and a link to register. Post the demo clip on the gym’s accounts the same evening and ask families to tag the gym. Our recruitment video guide covers how to cut a short clip that brings in the next wave of families, and light-up poms for all-star cheer gyms makes the wider case for a gym-owned set.
Tryout week ideas that use the same set
The same set works for tryouts and team placements. Open tryout day with the lights-down demo so nervous first-timers see the payoff of the season ahead. At placement reveals, call each new team’s name with the gym dark and light the poms as the team steps forward; families film every reveal. A club or rec program without a full all-star roster can run a shorter version as a membership night, and how private cheer clubs order covers that case.
Later in the year the set carries those new teams to showcase and their first competition season; our 2027 competition season plan lays out those moments.
How many pairs does an open house need?
Count the demo team plus the try-it station. If the station starts after the demo, one set covers both: a 12-athlete demo team plus two spares is 14 pairs, $1,680. If you want the demo and the station running at the same time, add the station’s eight pairs, 20 pairs in total, $2,400. Either way the set stays at the gym for showcase, picture day and every recruiting night after it.
Put your open house date in your application; ordering team poms for a date explains what to send so we can answer quickly.
Apply with your gym name, your open house date, your gym colors and how many athletes will perform in the demo. 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?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A 14-pair open house set is $1,680, and the gym keeps using it all season.
How do the poms work when the gym lights are down?
The diodes are built into each pom, so the whole pom shows as a lit shape in a dark gym. One remote switches every pom in range: W for white, MODE for the next color, AUTO for the rainbow.
Can we get them in time for our open house?
Put the open house date in your application. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits.
Can the poms show our gym colors?
Yes. Set the whole set to one gym color by remote, or split each pair so one pom shows each of your two colors.
Can young kids hold the poms at an open house?
Yes, with a coach nearby. Each pom weighs 7 oz. Adults charge and switch the poms; kids only hold and move them.
Do we need special lighting for the demo?
No. You need a way to turn the gym lights down on cue and a few safety lights left on along the walls; the poms do the rest.
See also: light-up pom poms for every team, cheer recruitment content, cheer showcase night ideas and cheer tryout tips.
Sources: Varsity TV 2026–27 event list.
The Summit and The Dance Summit are named here only to give their published dates; neither is affiliated with or endorses Neon Cowboys.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
