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Insider Info: 2024 Next Level Nationals – Florida – FloCheer
Next Level Nationals – Florida is a special end-of-season event for Division I and Division II cheer teams presented by All Out Championships as one of its premier events. The partnership between Next Level Nationals and All Out Championships is in its eighth year.
It’s one of five Next Level competitions on the 2023-2024 calendar, which brings competitors to St. Louis; Houston; Providence, Rhode Island; Lexington, Kentucky; and now Tampa, Florida, to close out the Next Level calendar.
Competition at Next Level Nationals – Florida will be taking place at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, and FloCheer will have every minute of the action!
All Out Championships, an event production company from Orlando, Florida, has been facilitating cheer and dance events in the Southeast for more than a decade. The company is focused on making the competitions affordable and unforgettable at the same time.
Enjoy complete coverage of the event, as Division I and Division II cheer teams go head-to-head for medals, banners, rings, backpacks, fanny packs, specialty awards and bids to The One Finals!
Who: All Star Cheer Teams
When: April 20, 2024
Where: Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida
Watch: LIVE on FloCheer
Rebroadcast: Watch HERE
What To Know About The Tampa Convention Center
Next Level Nationals – Florida heads to the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, for the final Next Level event of the season, and what better place could there be for competitors and their supporters to celebrate another successful year?
The Tampa Convention Center is a waterfront property located in downtown Tampa that features more than 600,000 square feet of versatile space to go along with its picturesque backdrop. It’s less than 20 minutes from the airport and close to more than 100 local attractions.
The four levels of space include an exhibition hall, ballroom, pre-function areas, breakout rooms, cafes, gathering areas, and state-of-the-art amenities.
More info: Virtual Tour | Directions & Maps | Parking | FAQ
Check out this informative video about the Tampa Convention Center:
Things To Do In Tampa
Click HERE to learn more about Tampa, which offers visitors so many amazing things to do when there’s a break from the competition. Hopefully, it can turn into a fun and successful long weekend – or more.
Located on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Tampa offers a little bit of everything – incredible beaches, outdoor activities, wildlife, water sports, amusement parks, sporting events, museums, galleries, and countless events.
Check out this list of things to do or this list of food and drinks to help prepare an itinerary, so you can focus on the fun once you’re in the Sunshine State.
Don’t forget, Tampa is close to many other popular cities in the Sunshine State, so consider a road trip or extended vacation, if there’s time.
You can get to nearby Clearwater-St. Petersburg or Sarasota, or you can log a few more miles and head to Fort Myers, Orlando, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and more. Most are within a couple of hours.
Need a car to get around Tampa and the Sunshine State? Visit Avis!
How To Watch Next Level Nationals – Florida 2024
The 2024 edition of Next Level Nationals – Florida will stream LIVE on FloCheer.
The rebroadcast will stream on FloCheer on a delay of 24 hours.
If you’re going to be in Florida and want to see the event in person, click HERE for spectator and ticket information.
Bids Up For Grabs In Tampa
The top five teams will receive bids to The One Finals.
Next Level Nationals – Florida 2024 Results
Results for Next Level Nationals – Florida 2024 can be found here.
Next Level Nationals – Florida 2024 Schedule
The schedule for Next Level Nationals – Florida 2024 can be found here.
Tune in to FloCheer on April 20 to watch all the action live from the 2024 edition of Next Level Nationals – Florida in Tampa, Florida!
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2024 Next Level Nationals – Florida
The Vero Beach Police Department took a man into custody May 8 in connection with a threatening phone call directed toward a business.
The agency received information at 5:21 p.m. May 7 about a threatening call to Thrive IRC Inc. at 2300 5th Ave. in Vero Beach, according to a news release. The call included someone threatening to come to the business with an AK rifle and “light the building up.”
Detectives began investigating the threat and identified Michael Sean O’Brien, 27, of Vero Beach, as the person associated with the phone number used during the call.
O’Brien was taken into custody at about 3:30 p.m. May 8 without incident. He was charged with the false report concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner, which is a second degree felony, according to the news release.
O’Brien was booked in the Indian River County Jail at 6:13 p.m. May 8 but was released at 1:36 p.m. May 9 after posting the $5,000 bond, according to the jail website.
No additional information was available the afternoon of May 9.
Olivia Franklin is TCPalm’s trending reporter. You can contact her at olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com, 317-627-8048 or follow her on X @Livvvvv_5.
Charmaine Hickey, of Lang Realty in Port St. Lucie, was named in KNOW Women’s “100 Women to KNOW in America” list.
A Treasure Coast woman was named in a “100 Women to know in America” list for 2026.
KNOW Women is a global media company dedicated to giving women leaders connections and visibility. The company released a list of “100 Women to know in America” for 2026 to highlight the most influential women in business and leadership.
Charmaine Hickey, who works for Lang Realty in Port St. Lucie, was on the list.
“Charmaine’s recognition on a national stage like this comes as no surprise,” said Scott Agran, president of Lang Realty in a news release. “Her leadership, integrity, and commitment to both her profession and her community exemplify what this award stands for. She represents the very best of our industry.”
Hickey holds many industry designations and is known for her expertise in complex real estate transactions, as well as her client-first approach defined by honesty, patience and attention to detail, according to the news release.
Her community involvement includes serving on nonprofit boards, mentoring emerging leaders and supporting initiatives focused on education, women, families and youth.
“I am truly honored to be recognized among such an inspiring group of women,” said Hickey in the news release. “This award reflects not just individual achievement, but the power of community, mentorship, and lifting others as we grow. I’m grateful to be part of a network of women who are building meaningful impact every day.”
To see the full list go to theknowwomen.com.
Olivia Franklin is TCPalm’s trending reporter. You can contact her at olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com, 317-627-8048 or follow her on X @Livvvvv_5.
A Florida surgeon who is facing criminal charges after allegedly removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen has said he is “forever traumatized” by that person’s death.
In a deposition from November that was recently obtained by NBC, 44-year-old Thomas Shaknovsky described the death of 70-year-old William Bryan as an “incredibly unfortunate event that I regret deeply”.
Bryan died after the botched surgery; and in April, a grand jury in Tallahassee indicted Shaknovsky on a charge of manslaughter.
“I’m forever traumatized by it and hurt by it,” Shaknovsky added, also saying that wrong-site surgeries can happen “during difficult circumstances”.
The deposition provided Shaknovksy’s first detailed account of the operation that killed Bryan and eventually garnered national news headlines.
According to Shaknovksy’s deposition, after removing Bryan’s liver, the surgeon instructed a nurse to label the organ as a “spleen” – and he also identified it as a spleen in Bryan’s postoperative notes. Shaknovsky later said he had been “mentally compromised” at the time of Bryan’s death, explaining that he was “devastated, demoralized, crying over his passing, felt that I failed him”.
A lawsuit filed by Bryan’s widow, Beverly Bryan, accuses Shaknovsky of medical malpractice. The suit alleges that he “wrongfully omitted any reference to Mr Bryan’s liver being removed in order to ‘cover up’ his gross negligence/recklessness and to hopefully avoid the embarrassment due to such derelict care”, as NBC reported.
In April, the Walton county sheriff’s office said in a statement that Shaknovsky’s actions inflicted on Bryan “catastrophic blood loss and the patient’s death on the operating table”.
Shaknovsky’s deposition testimony described the chaos in the operating room after Bryan began bleeding extensively, causing his heart to stop. Medical staff performed chest compressions, and Shaknovsky attempted to find where the bleeding was coming from.
“I couldn’t tell the difference because I was so upset,” he said, referring to the organ he mistakenly identified.
“It was like a overflown sink that’s clogged up, and I am looking for a fork at the bottom, trying to feel and find the bleed, and I was not able to do so,” Shaknovsky said. He added: “After 20 minutes of struggling – desperately trying – to save his life, that’s when the wrong-site event took place.
“It’s a devastating thing, which I will have to live with the rest of my life,” Shaknovsky said in the eight-hour deposition reviewed by NBC. “I think about it every single day.”
After the medical team was unable to resuscitate Bryan, Shaknovsky said he went to the hospital’s medical library. “I went there to cry because I was devastated,” he said. “I didn’t want the staff to see me like that.”
Despite a spleen typically being significantly smaller than a liver, Shaknovsky said he believed Bryan’s spleen was “double the size of what is normal” because of a mass on it. Beverly Bryan’s lawsuit, however, states that a medical examiner told her that her husband’s spleen was anatomically “nearly normal”, according to NBC.
Shaknovsky would face up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 if eventually convicted as charged.
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