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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 studio owners planning the dance recital: end the show with the house dark and every class on stage holding light-up pom poms, switching color together on the final count. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs, and the studio reuses the same set every year.
How do you plan a recital finale every class can do?
A finale has one job: put the whole studio on stage for a moment families film and replay. The hard part is that the cast runs from four-year-olds to the senior company, rehearsal time is short, and you get one dress rehearsal in the theater to get it right. Keep the choreography simple, build the excitement with staging and light, and let each class enter on its own short phrase.
Light is the cheapest way to make a simple finale look big. Ask the theater to take the house and stage lights down for the last 30 seconds and let a set of light-up LED pom poms carry the stage. The remote switches every pom in range at once, so a stage of 60 dancers changes color on the same count without anyone memorizing a button. See light-up pom poms for every kind of team for the other teams that use the same set.
The finale cue sheet
| Cue | On stage | Stage lights | Poms (remote) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Youngest classes enter and hit a pose | Full | Off |
| 2 | Junior classes join behind them | Full, then fading | White (W) as the lights fade |
| 3 | Teen classes and the senior company enter through the middle | Dark except the poms | Studio color (MODE) |
| 4 | Whole studio, 8 counts of unison motions | Dark | Rainbow (AUTO) |
| 5 | Bows; seniors step forward | Full | Back to studio color |
Give a copy to the lighting operator, the stage manager and the adult holding the remote. Mark each cue to a lyric or a count in the music, not to a clock time, so it still lands if the track starts late.
How many poms does a recital finale need?
Fewer than you might think, because not every dancer needs a pair. Three setups that work: give one pom to each dancer in the youngest classes, so a single pair covers two children; give pairs only to the front lines; or give the senior company full pairs and let the rest of the studio frame them. A studio with 30 little dancers holding one pom each and a 12-member company holding pairs needs 15 + 12 = 27 pairs, $3,240. A front-lines-only version with 16 pairs is $1,920.
Whichever you choose, the same set serves your pom team, the showcase and next year’s recital, so count it as studio equipment rather than a one-night recital cost.
Working with the theater’s lighting operator
If your venue has a house lighting operator, they have never seen your finale. Meet them at tech rehearsal with the cue sheet and a recording of the music, and ask three questions: can the house and stage go dark on a cue, which aisle and exit lights stay on, and how long can the stage stay dark. Then run the finale once with the real lights and the real poms. That single run tells you whether the color changes read from the back row.
Put one adult in the wings with the remote and a clear view of the stage, and have them practice the button presses with the music at dress rehearsal. One calm person on the remote beats five dancers trying to switch their own poms.
Charging and handling the poms backstage
Make charging an adult job. Each battery pack on the handle charges by USB-C and shows a red light while charging. A full charge runs 3 to 4 hours, and white and rainbow use more, so charge on recital morning, not the week before. Set up a pom table in the wings with a volunteer who hands each class its poms already switched on as they line up, and collects them as they exit.
Label each pair by class so the same dancers hold the same poms at dress rehearsal and on the night. Each pom weighs 7 oz, so give the littlest dancers their poms for one short phrase, not the whole number, and keep poms off the stage floor between cues. Send the backstage volunteers our setup videos before dress rehearsal.
Which finale themes suit light-up poms?
- City lights. Start in white, switch to the studio color as a skyline backdrop fades.
- Under the stars. A dark stage, white poms and a slow build to the rainbow.
- Celebration. A rainbow on the final count, the simplest finish for a mixed-age cast.
- Our colors. The studio’s two colors split across each pair, raised pom in one and low pom in the other.
- Senior farewell. The seniors step forward with their poms raised while the rest of the studio lowers theirs, then the whole stage raises them together on the last count.
After the recital, the set goes to work for the studio’s pom team and next season’s open house. For a holiday show or a parade, community squads show how the same set works on the street.
Ordering the set for the recital
Once the theater date is booked, you have everything we need: send us the recital date, your studio colors and the count from your finale plan, and we will tell you plainly what fits that date. If the poms will also serve a pom team or a showcase, mention it, and count the bigger of the two groups.
Apply with your studio name, your recital date, your studio colors and how many dancers will hold poms in the finale. 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 dance studio?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A 16-pair front-lines set is $1,920.
Can we get them in time for our recital?
Send the recital date when you apply. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits.
How do light-up poms work in a dark theater?
Each pom has LED diodes built in, so it shows as a lit shape with the stage dark. One remote in the wings switches every pom in range to white, the next color or the rainbow.
Can we get them in our studio colors?
Yes. Switch the whole set to one color, or split each pair so the raised pom shows one studio color and the low pom the other.
Does every dancer need a pair?
No. Give the youngest dancers one pom each, or put pairs only in the front lines; the finale still reads as a lit stage.
Who should handle the poms backstage?
An adult volunteer at a pom table in the wings: charging by USB-C beforehand, handing the poms out switched on, and collecting them as classes exit.
See also: light-up pom poms for every team, showcase night ideas, white pom poms and light-up dance costumes.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
