This year is the competitive dance team's first year, and they are starting off strong.
“Honestly, every moment that our comp team is together is in some way bonding,” Callie Jonutz, the dance team coach said. “Whether it's dancing through long days together, laughing through exhaustion, or just chatting any chance we get. I feel like this team is so close, it's such a blessing knowing that everyone wants to be here and be their best for each other.”
The competitive dance team goes to local competitions and performs specialized dances.
Since this is the first year that they are doing this, there is a lot to look forward to. Many of the girls have different reasons.
“I'm really excited to go down to my old studio, that's where I used to perform when I was in ballet, and now I get to do it with my high school team,” Belle Saul said.
“Yes, I’m so excited!” Hailey Heer said. “I’m really excited because I’ve been dancing for 13 years and I've never competed before, and so I'm always happy and excited to try new things and do new experiences, so I'm just really excited for that.”
The girls have been hard at work already, perfecting their favorite dances.
“I really like ‘You Stole The Show’ because I get to play a guy and I've never done that before, and I feel like Emma Dearduff and I are just a really good duo,” said Heer.
Mcluckie said, “I really like the group dance, it's contemporary, the song is ‘Lost Without You.”
Dancing is a big part of these girls' lives. In between school and practice, they have created very strong friendships, even with people they wouldn't have guessed.
“Being able to spend time with people I normally wouldn’t spend time with. Like I didn’t think I’d be friends with Emma Dearduff, but here I am,” McLuckie said.
Going to practice is a big part of all of this. All of them dance at school and then go to practice for the team after school.
Balancing school and dance is a hard thing to do. They try to get most of their work done at school, but a lot of the time, balancing school leads to a lot of long nights.
But practice isn’t all bad.
“What I look forward to when going to practice is just learning a new corio and being able to just have fun in the dance room with not a ton of people, just a few people,” Saul said.
