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Staff Members

Capital Cheer Michigan 

"Reputations are not given, they are built"

                  

Capital Cheer holds 11 national titles!!

 

Meet Our Amazing Staff!

 

 Carla Colbeck, Founder, Advisor

Carla Colbeck, founder of Capital Cheer Training Facility established the program in 2005. She is now entering her 11th year as a competitive cheer coach. Carla has been dancing for over 20 years! A majority of her training was with Deborah’s Stage Door Center for the Performing Arts, in Rochester Hills, MI. It was here she won many titles from ShowStopper American Dance Championships and has had the opportunity to dance with many professional artists including Bob McGrath from Sesame Street, Sam Wright, Voice of Sebastian on “The Little Mermaid”, Raven Simmone and others from Musicals such as West Side Story and A Chorus Line. In High School she danced in the musical “Oklahoma”. 
Carla was also a member of the Varsity Cheer, Dance and Lacrosse Teams in High School! Carla was Captain her senior year and led her Varsity team to the State Championship!
Carla recently graduated from Michigan State University in the spring of ’07 with a degree in Business Management. Her freshmen year at the University, she founded the MSU All-Girl Cheer team. She presided over the group for 2 years. In 2005 the group took 2nd place at the NCA Big Apple Championship in New York City. Carla now assists the MSU All-Girl team. Carla was also an instructor at DanceWorks in Holt.
Carla is USASF safety certified for levels 1-5 and is credentialed by AACCA for rec, middle school, high school, all-star and college cheer programs and is NCSSE certified. In the spring of 2009 her International Open co-ed team won the national title at the Xtreme Spirit National, in Sandusky, OH. Carla now works full time at HP for GM in Lansing Michigan and is Varsity cheer coach for the Holt Rams.

 

 

Laura Colbeck, Owner, Director, Head Coach

  • Director at Capital Cheer Training Facility 
  • Trained at Deborah’s Stage Door Center for the Performing for 9 years, where she won many national titles in Dance and was showcased on CBS in the ShowStopper American National Dance Championship, where her jazz routine “Workin Day and Night” took runner up. 
  • Competed with Elite Cheer Michigan Inc. on their travel team for 6 years, taking home many national titles at Cheer Power, CheerSport, COA, JamFest, Great Lakes Cheer, Jamz, Spirit Sports, NCA, UCA and many more! 
  • Holds 7 National Championship titles in cheerleading and 1 State Title 
  •  Head Coach at Elite Cheer Inc for 3 years, and lead the Tiny team to a National Championship. 
  •  Trained on team with Gymnastics Training Center for 4 years.
  • Varsity Cheerleader at Grosse Pointe North as a freshmen, State Finalist. 
  • AACCA certification  
  • NCSSE certification
  •  Pre-Team and Rec coach at Twistars!     
  • Privately trained and coached Little Miss Michigan for a talent routine. 
  • A Junior at LCC, seeking a degree in education, planning to transfer to MSU soon

 

 

 

 

Josh Champan- Assistant Coach, Office director

  • Sgt. in the United States Marine Corps. Active Duty
  • Has been deployed around the world to places such as Kuwait,Thailand, Australia and more.
  • Is currently going to Lansing Community College to get his degree in Fire science.
  • He was born and raised in Kalamazoo
  • Played hockey his whole life
  • Cheered for 2 years on Capital Cheers Senior Team
  • Has coordinated Capital Cheer's last three Cheer for Charity toys for tots competitions.
  • Office Manager/billing

John Franklin- Tumbling Coach

  • Msu cheerleader for 4 years
  • Health Studies Degree, graduated from MSU in 2010
  • Has coached cheerleading and tumbing for 5 years training various high schools across michigan
  • Did Cross country, wrestling, track in high school. Was a gymnast as well
  • From Coldwater, Mi
  • Graduated rom Bronson high school in 2005

We are always looking for new smiling faces with energetic personalities. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a member! Come and be a part of the best Cheerleading program in the STATE!  

                                    

 Contact us at (517) 614-2807 or  info@CapitalCheerMichigan.com