I live near UW and have been to basketball and volleyball games. From what I could tell, the Huskies’ squad has two portions to it - the co-ed squad with the flyers (an ex co-worker’s daughter was one), and the all-female squad who do the choreographed dances. The flyers are pretty good, the dancers are, gosh, not at the level of the better groups I have seen. Lots of shuffle/hair flip/hip rotate choreography. Some of the dance group look like they could be flyers, and some would never be. There is a separate dance group called the Dawg Squad who are better.
The cheer group come from a competitive cheer background and would know the rules, written and unwritten, for showing up for tryouts. The dance group would come from a bigger variety of backgrounds and would need a few more hints. Most cheer groups have a graphic similar to what UW put out, maybe less public, maybe less direct, but the essence is the same. They are looking for a certain type of physically attractive and petite female. The males, to make the team, just need to be able to do the lifts.
One effect of living up near the 48th parallel is that, by the end of April, white skin has evolved to that translucent, glow-in-the dark, fish underbelly white. It makes you look ill. What they are asking, while purposely avoiding mentioning race, is to get a spray tan if your skin is that pallid. It would not apply to anyone with naturally darker skin.
“Girl About Town” is the official lipstick color of the UW Spirit squad.