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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 middle school and junior high dance team sponsors: our light-up pom poms turn one pom routine into the number everyone films at the assembly, the spring show and a high school halftime, with every pom switching color together by remote. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Planning a pom routine your middle school dance team can own
Many middle school dance teams are run by a teacher sponsor with a small budget, 10 to 30 dancers and a handful of places to perform all year: a school assembly, a halftime spot at the high school, a winter concert and the spring show. A pom routine is the number that travels to all of them. It is sharp, it teaches in sections, and it reads from the back of a gym.
Light-up poms make that routine the one families remember. The diodes are built into the pom itself, not one light in the handle, so every pom glows when the house lights drop, and one remote switches the whole line to a new color on the same count. For the bigger picture across programs, see light-up pom poms for every kind of team.
Which performances need light, and which don’t?
| Performance | Room | Lights | How to set the poms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall assembly | Gym, mid-morning | On | School colors, steady; the metallic streamers do the work |
| High school halftime visit | Stadium, evening | Floodlights | School colors, with one color switch on the last eight-count |
| Winter concert or holiday program | Auditorium | House lights down | Full glow; one switch on the chorus |
| Pep rally | Gym | Ask for one cut | Dark entrance, color hit when the music drops |
| Spring show | Auditorium or gym | Down for the finale | The pom number closes the show |
Ask the custodian or the drama teacher who controls the house lights before you choreograph a dark moment. If the gym lights take minutes to come back up once they are off, put the dark moment at the end of the number, not the middle.
How do you build a pom routine around a color change?
Pom routines live on sharp motions in unison, levels and ripples. A color change is one more tool, and it lands hardest when you use it once or twice, not every eight-count. A structure that works for a middle school team:
- Open on split colors. One pair can be set to two colors, the raised pom one and the low pom another, so a high-low motion shows both school colors. Set this backstage; it is the opening look.
- Hit the chorus. The sponsor presses the remote on count one of the chorus and every pom changes to one color together. Because a remote press switches every pom in range, the split always comes first and the switch second.
- Ripple, then switch. A ripple down the line followed by a full-team color change is the clip parents post.
- End on white. W on the remote sets every pom to white for the final pose.
Clean the motions before you add light; our pom drills help. Rehearse the remote cues with the dancers at least twice before the show, because the person holding the remote is part of the choreography. The setup videos show how the remote and the two-color setting work.
How many pairs does a 10- to 30-dancer team need?
One pair per dancer, plus about one spare for every 10. Middle school teams change size every year as 8th graders move up and 6th graders join, so order for next year’s likely roster, not this year’s smallest one.
| Group | Pairs | Cost at the team rate |
|---|---|---|
| 10 dancers, one spare | 11 | $1,320 |
| 18 dancers, two spares | 20 | $2,400 |
| 30 dancers, three spares | 33 | $3,960 |
Each pom weighs 7 oz, so a sixth grader can hold a full routine. Keep the set at school in one numbered bin, and have the sponsor charge the battery packs by USB-C the day before a show.
Paying for the set with the spring show
A dance team has something most middle school clubs don’t: a ticketed show. If 200 families buy a $6 ticket to the spring show, that is $1,200, a full 10-pair set at the team rate. Add a bake sale table and the spares are covered too.
Before you plan on show money, ask the principal where it goes. In many schools the gate lands in a campus activity account, and the bookkeeper will want a quote before anything is ordered. If the school also has a cheer squad, the two programs can share one set; middle school cheer poms shows how coaches split the calendar.
Taking the routine to high school halftime
A halftime spot at the high school is the biggest crowd your dancers will see all year, and the high school dance director is the person who will coach them in two years. Many directors run feeder clinics for exactly that reason; our middle school dance clinic guide covers the clinic side.
Under stadium floodlights the poms read as bright color rather than glow, so plan the color switch for the final eight-count, when the crowd is already watching. Keep the remote holder close to the line. If the high school team is getting its own set, see high school dance team poms and match your colors to theirs.
Request team pricing for your dance team
Look at the light-up LED pom poms for photos and video, then apply with your count. Sponsors of competitive teams can read dance poms for competitive pom teams first.
Apply with your school, the date of your first performance, your school colors and how many dancers are on the team. 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 a middle school dance team?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. An 18-dancer team with two spares is 20 pairs, $2,400.
Can we get them in our school colors?
Yes. Tell us your colors when you apply. The light color changes by remote, and one pair can be split so each pom carries one of your two school colors.
How do they work?
Diodes are built into each pom. You charge the battery pack by USB-C and run the colors from the remote, which has W, MODE and AUTO buttons and switches every pom in range together.
Can we get them before our spring show?
Send us the show date when you apply. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits.
Can sixth graders handle them?
Yes. Each pom weighs 7 oz. The sponsor keeps the remote and does the charging, so dancers only perform.
Can we use them at a dance competition?
Check the event’s rulebook before using light-up poms in a scored routine. Middle school teams use them at assemblies, halftime visits, showcases and the spring show.
See also: light-up pom poms for every kind of team, after-school cheer and dance programs and pom pons for teams.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
