The Northern Stars Host Their Annual Invitational

Story by Ella Snead – Staff Reporter

 

 For the past 28 years, the Northern Stars Dance Team has hosted its annual invitational. The event is a two-day competition where so many different styles will be performed, such as pom, kick, precision jazz, mix, and many others. Over 40 different schools are coming to this competition. The amount of skill and competition at this annual event is unmatched. The judges score on everything from choreography, difficulty, synchronization, sportsmanship, and overall impression. An event like this takes a lot of preparation from the dance team.      

   The first day is a solo competition, and the second day is a group competition with varsity teams and junior varsity teams. This event would have taken place on January 23rd and 24th, but due to inclement weather, the highly anticipated competition got rescheduled.

   “It will be like starting over, new schedule, new everything, because not all teams will be able to come on the 21st. It’s heartbreaking to have had to cancel,” Shelly McCain, dance coach, said.

   They were still able to do the solo competition on Friday, but not the group one. February 21st is the rescheduled date; all these schools will have almost a whole extra month of rehearsal. An extra month of rehearsal can either be helpful or hurt the competitors in the long run. This abrupt change of plans has caused extra chaos and stress for the dancers.

   Although the snow delay will make things a bit more complicated, the Northern Stars will still succeed as hosts and competitors at their annual invitational.   

Photo by Gracie Wolverton – Staff Reporter