Detroit Leads the Way

Motor City Rah Rahs: Have pompoms, will travel | detnews.com | The Detroit News: "Ask Julie Hecker about cheerleading and she'll tell you: 'Once it's in your soul, it's in your soul.'

So what do you do if you're 45 years old and can't bear to hang up your pompoms?

Well, if you're Hecker -- entrepreneur, wife and mother of two -- you start the Motor City Rah Rahs. This group of eight middle-aged women dress up -- or strip down-- to their fishnets and go-go boots and hit the road with their pompoms to promote Detroit."