Carly Manning

Carly Manning M.D. is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. Crystal Chappell portrayed the character from June 12, 1990 to October 18, 1993. After a sixteen-year absence, she reprised the role on October 2, 2009 to September 22, 2011. In between her first and second stints, Chappell played the role of businesswoman Olivia Spencer on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light from 1999 until its final episode in 2009. Chappell's most memorable storyline on the show was in 1993 when her longtime rival Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) buried her alive, which has become one of the show's most notorious plots. Along with Vivian, most of Carly's stories revolve around her former boyfriend Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) and late husband Lawrence Alamain (Michael Sabatino).

Casting

"I have loved playing this character. I had another job offer [after 'GL'], but the reason I went back [in 2009] to 'Days' is that I had created such bad energy when I was there before. I was a young, messed up person. I really wanted to go back and give this crew and these people good energy, laughs and entertainment. I know it sounds weird -- I'm an actor out of work -- but I feel I accomplished that. I walk away feeling so proud of what I did. I've had a long career."

Cheer Athletics

Cheer Athletics, located in Plano, TX (near Dallas, TX), Austin, TX, Frisco, TX and Charlotte, NC is one of the largest all-star cheerleading program in the United States, with over 800 athletes competing on 28+ teams. They have won 15 World Championships at The Cheerleading Worlds sponsored by the USASF, and hundreds of local and national competitions making them arguably the most accomplished program as well. In 2007, their owner/coaches were ranked #1 in the country by American Cheerleader Magazine's list of the 25 Most Influential People in All-Star Cheerleading. They have won a total of 70 National Titles from the National Cheerleaders Association and have 32 medals from the USASF Worlds, both of which lead all other programs. They broke their own record of most medals given to one gym at worlds in 2012, taking home 4 gold medals and 2 bronze.

History

1994-1995

Cheer Athletics began in May 1994 when co-founders Jody Melton and Angela Rogers began their first practice with 2 athletes at a local park in Plano, TX. While their beginnings may have been small, the goal was huge - build the largest, most prestigious all-star program in the country. Within weeks they had added new athletes, rented space at a "real" gym (the now-defunct Cheerobics Center in Richardson, TX), and started entering competitions. Things began to pick up by the spring of 1995 as Cheer Athletics had won its first national title in the NCA Open Division. Coached and choreographed by Jody, with help from Angela and future CA coaches, the Texas All-Stars (later known as the Cheetahs) was the first NCA Open Division National Champion. Not only was this their first national title, it was the first victory for Cheer Athletics at any competition.