Weatherford Democrat

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March 13, 2009

Dance teams fare well in recent Danceline competition

By Nika Carter


All four WISD Dance Teams — The Blue Belles, JV JAZZ, Hall Highsteppers, and Tison Allstars — recently competed in the Danceline Classic Contest. Twenty-eight teams from all over the state and Oklahoma competed for awards and our teams won the following:

 

JV JAZZ:

Superior Rating on all 3 dances: Pom, Kick, and Lyrical

Sweepstakes Team

 

Division One Superior Rating and Trophy for Officer Jazz

 

Tison Allstars:

Superior Rating on all 3 dances: Pom, Kick, and Novelty

Sweepstakes Team

 

Division One Superior Rating and Trophy for Officer Jazz

 

Hall Highsteppers:

Superior Rating on all 3 dances: Pom, Jazz, and Hip Hop

Sweepstakes Team

Best in Category – Pom

Grand Champion Junior High Team

 

Division One Superior Rating and Trophy for Officer Pom

 

Captain Haley Barnes — Anita Jefferson Conley

 

Blue Belles:

 

Solo Finalist and 3rd Place Overall-Shelby Carter

 

Third Place Overall Winner — Large Ensemble #3 – Social Officers — Kierstin Reed, Emily Boon, Shelby Carter, Michelle Dukeman, Rylee Durant, Natalie Mitchell and Danielle Summerfield-Brice

 

Toe Touch Winner of Danceline Contest — Kim Alvarado

 

Highkick Technique Semi-Final: Jaymee Crow

 

Leap Technique Semi-Finalist: Lucretia Harrell

 

Soloists—Excellent Ratings

Bethany Wallace

Tiffani Trentham

 

Soloists—Superior Ratings:

Shelby Carter

Emily Boon

Rylee Durant

Ashley Davis

Sarah Pierson

Danielle Summerfield-Brice

Halle Schell

Kierstin Reed

Natalie Mitchell

Madison Walker

Jaymee Crow

Michelle Dukeman

Sarah Chehade

Katie Kiskadden

Lakota Klein

 

Large Ensembles:  Superior Ratings:

 

Ensemble 1: Simone Cooper, Kellie Rice, Amy Gibson, Briana Luck, Kierstin Reed, Lucretia Harrell and Natalie Mitchell

 

Ensemble 2: Katie Beard, Bethany Ratliff, Lindsay Baker, Amy Gibson, and Natalie Mitchell

 

Ensemble 3: Social Officers—Kierstin Reed, Emily Boon, Shelby Carter, Michelle Dukeman, Rylee Durant, Natalie Mitchell, and Danielle Summerfield-Brice



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