Cheerleaders competed in gracefulness, agility and strength, jumping to the ceiling, somersaulting and demonstrating «pyramids».
The sports and costume show lasted from morning till night: one could even see aliens and skeletons on the sports ground. Sportsmen presented lively dances like in the best American movies and acrobatic elements accompanied by inflammatory music.

The participants competed in several categories: cheerleading group, cheer-dance-show, cheerleading stand and others, as well as in several age groups, including the youngest participants – 6-8-year-old children.
Cheerleading originated in the 1960s in the United States as men’s competitions: support groups encouraged sportsmen when students competed. Half a century later cheerleading spread in Europe, South America and Asia and became the officially recognized kind of sports with ranks.

Currently, 97% of cheerleaders are girls, and cheerleading is developing in two directions – as an accompaniment of tournaments and an independent kind of sports. The first cheerleading team appeared in Russia in 1996.
«Gymnasts trained for the new occupation and became cheerleaders, they started performing, growing up, developing into coaches», Lilia Berezina, the President of the St. Petersburg Cheerleading Federation, said.
«Northern Palmira» was held according to the acting ICU (International Cheer Union) international rules, except the numbers of participants in a team and age groups.
The ExpoForum company was the co-organizer of the tournament, Gazprombank (Joint-Stock Company) was the sponsor.