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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 community and neighborhood cheer and dance squads: light-up pom poms carry your squad through holiday parades, tree lightings, festivals and hometown games after dark, with the remote switching everyone together. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs, a set a local sponsor or donors can fund.
How does a community squad pay for a light-up set?
Look past dues. A community squad lives on small fees, donations and goodwill, so the set is best funded the way a new banner or a parade entry is: a local business sponsor, a few donors, or one fundraiser with a clear target. Make the target concrete. Twelve pairs is $1,440; twenty pairs is $2,400. “Help us light up the holiday parade” is an easier ask than “help with equipment.”
Offer the sponsor something visible: their name on the squad’s parade banner, a thank-you post with a photo of the lit squad and a mention from the announcer at the hometown game. The poms are light-up LED pom poms with diodes built into the pom itself, so the squad shows from the curb after dark, which is the photo the sponsor wants. See light-up pom poms for every kind of team for every kind of team using the same set.
The community calendar: where the poms show
| Event | Time of day | What the squad does with the poms |
|---|---|---|
| Holiday parade or parade of lights | Evening | Steady squad color down the route, rainbow at the reviewing stand |
| Tree lighting | Dusk | White on the countdown, red and green split pairs as the tree lights |
| Fall or harvest festival | Afternoon into evening | A short routine on the festival stage as the sun goes down |
| Hometown football game | Friday or Saturday night | Sideline in squad colors, a color switch on every touchdown |
| Fourth of July parade | Day into night | Red, white and blue split pairs |
| Town anniversary or founders’ day | Varies | Lead the procession in town colors |
Pick the two or three events your town cares about most and plan the set around those. Everything else is a bonus night.
Parade night: running a lit squad on a moving route
Line up in rows of four so the poms read as a block from the curb, and keep the remote with an adult walking beside the front row. Start fully charged by USB-C; a charge runs 3 to 4 hours, and white and rainbow use more, so hold the squad color for most of the route and save the rainbow for the reviewing stand and the busiest blocks. Hand the poms out switched on at the staging area, so nobody fumbles in the dark.
Plan your cue points with the parade map: the turn onto the main street, the reviewing stand, the end of the route. The Purdue Golduster Dance Team carried our white poms on a night homecoming parade route; see the Purdue Goldusters case study. Our Christmas parade float ideas and parade of lights guide cover the rest of the entry.
Can we get them in our town or squad colors?
Yes, and the remote means you aren’t limited to one. The whole set switches together, so the squad can wear its own colors at the hometown game, go red and green for the holiday parade and run a rainbow at a summer festival. Each pair can also carry two colors, the raised pom in one and the low pom in the other, the way a two-color uniform reads from the stands.
Gold, purple and silver were all on this fall’s applications alongside the usual white, blue and red, and six of the 54 teams wanted two or more colors in one order. Streamers come in ten metallic colors, teal and orange among them, so even unusual town colors have a match; tell us yours when you apply. Our team color guide has combinations that carry down a dark street.
Who looks after the poms between events?
Give the set to one adult volunteer, the same way the squad has someone for the banner and the first-aid kit. Their job: charge every battery pack by USB-C the day before an event (a red light shows while charging), pack the poms switched off in a labeled bin, hand them out at staging and count them back in at the end. With younger members on the squad, adults handle all charging and keep the remote; members just perform.
Number the pairs and keep a simple sign-out sheet if members take poms home to practice. If some members also cheer for a rec cheer team or a school squad, the sheet keeps the sets from mixing. Our setup videos walk a new volunteer through charging and the remote.
Thanking the donors who paid for them
Make the thank-you as visible as the poms. Photograph the squad lit up at the first big event and send it to every donor with a short note. Tag the sponsor in the post. Ask the parade announcer to read the sponsor’s name as the squad passes. Invite donors to the tree lighting or the hometown game, where they can see the set they paid for. Donors who see the result are the ones who fund the next thing: new uniforms, a banner, a trip.
For more fundraising formats, booster club fundraising ideas sizes fundraisers to a pom order. Adult and alumni squads in your town can do the same; adult cheer and dance teams covers their calendar.
Apply for your squad
One person applies for the squad, usually the coach or the volunteer who runs the money. Lead with your next parade or event date, then your colors and the count.
Apply with your squad name, your next parade or event date, your colors and how many members march. 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 community squad?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. Twelve pairs is $1,440.
Can we get them in time for our holiday parade?
Send the parade date when you apply. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits.
Can we get them in our squad colors?
Yes. The remote switches the whole set to one color, and each pair can show two colors at once.
How do they work on a dark parade route?
Diodes built into each pom make it visible from the curb. A USB-C battery pack on the handle runs 3 to 4 hours per charge; white and rainbow use more.
Can a local sponsor pay for the order?
Yes. A sponsor or donor can fund the set; we quote the team order, and your squad decides who pays it.
Who should charge the poms for a youth community squad?
An adult volunteer. Charge each battery pack by USB-C before the event and hand the poms out switched on.
See also: light-up pom poms for every team, lighted Christmas parade entries and junior cheer programs.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
