Article in the KC Star

The Eaglettes were in Tuesday’s edition (6.24.08) of the Olathe Neighborhood News in the KC Star.  To see the article click here.

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Good Luck at Nationals

Good luck to Kassy, Jordan, and Jess as they travel to Nationals with their dance studios next week!  Kassy will be heading to Chicago with Dance XCel.  Jordan and Jess will be heading to San Antonio with Starstruck.  We will be thinking about you gals!  Good luck! (Feel free to send some good luck wishes!)

Thank you, Kelsey

Special thanks to Miss Kelsey Anderson for working with us today!  Kelsey, we GREATLY appreciate you and are so lucky for the opportunity to work with you!  Thank you so much!  (Feel free to leave Kelsey some love and appreciation!)

Eaglettes excel at camp…

The Eaglettes recently attended NDA Dance Camp in Emporia June 8-11.  It was a week of hard work, sweat, sore muscles, laughter, fun, secret sis gifts, bad dorm food, team bonding all rolled into one.  I was very pleased with the camp and even more so with the girls. 

 

It was great to see such a large group of spectators from Olathe North in Emporia.  What a wonderful cheering section!  Thank you!  It means so much to us!  

 

There were 28 high school teams from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma attending this camp.  They ranged from small to large high schools.  There were over 400 girls in attendance.  This is not only NDA’s largest camp in the nation, it is their best!  We are very fortunate to be exposed to such diverse staff and schools.  Those schools attending were Andover, Andover Central, Augusta, Derby, Emporia, Excelsior Springs, Garden City, Gardner Edgerton, Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita), Lawrence, Lee Summit West, Maize, Mill Valley, Olathe North, Olathe Northwest, Oskaloosa, Papillion/LaVista, Park Hill South, Piper, Raytown South, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Shawnee Mission West, Washburn Rural (Topeka) HS. 

 

I found NDA (National Dance Alliance) to be all around excellent.  The staff was incredible.  I felt that each staff member was very qualified to be demonstrating and teaching our girls.  They knew what they were talking about and could also demonstrate what they were talking about.  I appreciated that.  As a staff they are held to very high standards, which in turn, holds the girls to higher standards.  I also appreciated the values that NDA stressed, which are the values that I have been stressing to the girls since our first practice.  My favorite thing was the team focus of this camp.  Everything revolved around the team.  Each night the camp concluded with some type of inspirational story and some type of team bonding.  This was part of camp that was very nice.  I could not be more proud of the girls and their effort at camp. 

 

 

The following is a listing of the team and individual awards the Eaglettes earned at camp:  

Spirit Stick (Monday and Tuesday) – presented to the teams showing the most sincere spirit and enthusiasm for the day, taking into account, being on time, cooperation, relationships with other teams, leadership, etc.
Superior Rating for Home Routine – highest rating for Home Routine.
Superior Showmanship for Home Routine – award presented to teams that exemplify strong dance and performance technique during Home Routine.
Excellent Rating for Team Dance
Circle of Winners for Team Leaders – 2^nd Place for Team Leaders
NDA National Bid – teams receiving a superior rating in the Home or Team Dance Evaluations, any placement in the Team Dance Circle of Winners, or the NDA Team Award are eligible to receive a bid to the NDA National Dance Championship at Hard Rock Live, presented by Southwest Airlines.
Spirit Stick (for week) – same as daily award, for the entire week.
All American Nominees – Kalyn Maugh and Emily Wright– outstanding individuals who display strength in dance performance skills, leadership ability, and /or overall attitude at camp.
All American – Ramsey Self and Jordan Tincher – awarded to the most well-rounded dancers displaying strong technical and memory skills, superior projection and showmanship, advanced dance ability, good physical conditioning, dedication, attitude, and leadership.
Top Gun Leaps and Turns Finalist – Jordan Tincher

*The Eaglettes earned individual ribbons at camp for Superior Showmanship, Outstanding Spirit, and Special Event Ribbons.  They also earned ribbons from their class evaluations.   

Some other awards were given this summer that were voted on by the Eaglette Directors:

Team Kind:  Danniele Hickman
Eaglette of the Day at NDA Dance Camp:  Katie Kenton, Kassy Kimbley, Leah Rancilio, and Kalyn Maugh

Eaglette of NDA Dance Camp:  Katie Morris
  

Again, congratulations to all the girls for a wonderful week.  They are a very dedicated and hard working group, which also likes to have a lot of fun!  I think we were successful at both!  Congratulations!  We have just seen the beginning of a great year! 

 

For anyone interested, I have a video of the girls from camp.  I videotaped both of their performances, all of their class evaluations, and their top gun tryouts.  I will have the video, if anyone would like to borrow it for a few days and then it will be passed on to the next person.  E-mail me if you are interested!

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