SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Members of the “Primrose Cheerleaders,” more famously known as the “Senior Swifties” of Primrose Retirement Community did not expect their cheer routine to take the internet by storm.
The group first caught viral attention when Connie Chevalier, activities director at Primrose, shared a video of the Senior Swifties doing their “Swag Surfin'” cheer routine to her Facebook page ahead of the divisional round against the Buffalo Bills back in January. That video now has over 115,000 views on Facebook alone.
They have even gotten the attention of USA Today, People Magazine, US Weekly and more.
“We did not even know what viral means,” said Chevalier. “We found out that we were viral because somebody put it on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter and it just went everywhere.”
Music and dancing aren’t uncommon at Primrose. The community holds Zumba classes every morning, and each year during football season they dance to Chief’s songs.
“I saw them actually doing a sideline dance…the Chief’s doing sideline dancing, zoomed up to the skybox, and Taylor [Swift] was doing it. So I Googled it and it was “Swag Surfin'”. So I was like, ‘yeah, we’re going to do that.’ So I downloaded the song and came in and taught my residents that dance and it went viral,” Chevalier told ABC 17.