The purpose of the winter tryouts was so that everyone has an opportunity to try out for the team even if they choose to play a different sport during the fall season. Tryouts consisted of learning the tryout dance on October 25-27 from 3:30 to 5:30 and performing the dance in front of judges on October 28 at 4:30.
"I had the dancers learn a dance that was about a minute long and perform skills that were necessary for making the team," said Kristen Munger, the coach of this years' squad. She continued to talk about how the dance was challenging but necessary. "The fall season consisted of thirteen girls that have been practicing and performing since the beginning of August. It would only make sense to add new dancers that already could perform the necessary skills or showed great potential to improve," said Munger.
Since the winter season for the Dance Team is their competition season, this means that there is more expected of those who tried out. "The winter season is when the team goes to all the competitions, I needed new girls that were at the same level as the girls that have been practicing and dancing in the fall months," said Munger.
"I expect any girl on the team to be dedicated, hard working, and have dance as a priority in their life because dance is a demanding sport," said Munger. She continues to talk about how girls that make the team are expected to be at practice everyday until 5:30, and 6:00 during the week of competitions.
These tryouts also helped Munger determine which of the participants would be eligible to be on the competition team. Munger explained that the competition team is composed of members from the original squad. If a dancer is not dancing to the team's full potential, she will not compete with the team until she has proven that she is ready.
After all the tryouts were finished on October 28, Munger announced the final roster of the 2010-2011 fall squad. The team consisted of the prior members, Seniors Brittanie Hundt, Molly Sullivan, Brianna Brinckman, Kayla Kelsey, Nicole DeSmidt, Maddie Munger, Juniors Courtney Elliott, Jackie Schroeder, Cassidy Cripe, Harley Schauf, and Freshman Heidi Blaha, Alexis Hanson, Ashley Tester, plus the newest member of the Sparta Dance Team is Freshman, Brooke Granahan.
"We have 14 members on the dance team. 13 returning members and Brooke Granahan was our only new member," said Munger. Out of the girls who made the winter squad, ten of them made up the winter competition team. "The winter season is our busiest and most stressful season because of our competitions and multiple basketball and wrestling performances," said Munger.
The competitions the Sparta Dance Team will be attending are the Onalaska Coulee Invite on November 20, Wisconsin Rapids Raider Classic on December 11, Wausau's Lumberjack Showcase on January 15, and Dance Regional Championships January 29. The team has set high expectations for themselves and they hope to make it to state again this year.
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