Matanzas cheerleaders perform in London's New Year's Day Parade

Seniors Kendall Duckett and Julianna Bogdanov performed with Varsity Spirit All-American cheerleaders.

By Brent Woronoff
| 4:20 p.m. January 3, 2023

Matanzas cheerleaders Julianna Bogdanov and Kendall Duckett pose in their uniforms for London's New Year's Day Parade. Courtesy photo

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Two varsity cheerleaders from Matanzas High School traveled to London to perform in London's New Year's Day Parade.

Seniors Kendall Duckett and Julianna Bogdanov made the Varsity Spirit All-American team at their annual cheer camp in July at Embry- Riddle University. Several girls from the camp were chosen, but only Duckett and Bogdanov chose to raise the money and make the trip to England.

They were among Varsity Spirit All-American cheerleaders from around the country who participated in the parade. More than 8,000 performers in 70 performance groups, including marching bands, cheerleaders and dancers, participated in the parade.

Duckett and Bogdanov flew to London with the other All-American cheerleaders on Dec. 26. During the week leading up to the parade they visited London sites and toured Windsor Castle. They performed in the Jan. 1 parade along London's streets past iconic sites such as Berkeley Square, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and the Ritz Hotel. They departed for home on Jan. 2.