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Sacramento – A dance routine performed during an event to welcome new students to Rio Americano High School is coming under fire for being too racy and sexually explicit.

Rio Americano parent P.J. Bascom said the routine crossed the line.

“It was not something I would want my son looking at.  I didn’t find it to be appropriate or acceptable,” she said.

Bascom is a coach for the Junior Raiders cheerleaders, who work out at the school, but are not affiliated with the high school.

YOUTUBE:  See the complete dance routine

“As a parent on the PTA here, it has been discussed whether there’s action going to be taken.  At this time, they’re not allowing the dance any further.”

Rio student John Butterfield wrote a piece for the school’s newspaper, objecting to the routine’s “…moves that are explicitly sexual, which would have been almost all of this rally’s routine.”

“When the song team spends most of the routine bent over, while it may elicit catcalls from the audience, it is simply not appropriate,” Butterfield wrote.

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Lisa Berger, who works as cheer coordinator for the Junior Raiders, said she did not find the routine objectionable.

“If you look at all the other schools, it’s competition,” Berger said.  “It seems like that’s what’s wanted in the competitions and I really don’t have a problem with it.”

Rio senior Sommer DeBoer saw the routine in person, “I thought it was a little over the top.  They seemed to be trying a little too hard,” DeBoer said.

The routine, which has been posted online, left coach Kelly Campbell, who also works with the Raiders, feeling it was a little over-the-top, but she said it may be the result of intense competition.

“I understand that you want to be the best, you want to do something new and you want to do something that shocks people and surprises people,” Campbell said.

School administrators were unavailable for comment Thursday night.

Even some students who found the routine a bit racy say they still don’t believe administrators should take on the role of censoring the song team.

“I fell like dancers should be able to express themselves how they want and be able to dance how they fell.” said Rio junior Reagan Maranda.

Source:  KTLA.com