Dance Team Going Back To Competition

By Student Reporter Ashley Turnquist

For the past three years the Cedar Grove Dance Team has not been to a competition. Well that is not the case this year; the dance team has been working hard to be able to compete in a competition on January 30th and February 6th. With going to competition the dance team needed to raise a lot of money. Some of the fundraisers they did were a Zumbathon, two Kiddie Clinics, bake sale, and marching in the Belgium Christmas Parade. Coach Mary Beth Desens and Assistant Coach Amanda Salazar have been devoting a lot of their time to this team. All the girls on the team very excited that we raised enough money to be able to by brand new uniforms.

The team consists of 6 members, Ashley Turnquist, CJ Leider, Alex Ford, Jaime Lewis, Emily Eick, and Ashley Tarvas. At competition they will be performing one pom routine to the song “Dollhouse” by Pricilla Reyna. The girls are hoping that they will be able to do well enough to make it to state. Some of the girls are a little nervous though.
“I’m really nervous and excited for this competition. This being my first year on the dance team I’m not sure what to expect,” says Ashley Tarvas.

Even though some of the girls may not know what to expect, they are going to go out there and give it all they got. It will be very exciting to see how the Dance team will do this year.