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
