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A   s hundreds of Mustang   dances," sophomore Taylor
                                                                                      up  with some awesome ori gin al
                                                                fans settl ed into their
                                                         seats after the first half of a   Kelly said .
                                                         football  or basketball  game,  14   As football  season ki cked off,
                                                         girl s stormed to center field ,   the girl s got to show off all  their
                                                         providing entertainment and   hard work  and  new moves.
                                                         spi rit.  Members of the dance   "Since we didn't have a
                                                         team practi ced hard  and  formed   competition team thi s year, you
                                                         fr iendships to pump up  the   knew everyone was try ing their
                                                         crowd and put on a great half-  hardest in  order to make the
                                                         time show.                   school squad even better and
                                                            Immedi ately fo llowing try-  make the dances look good on
                                                         outs,  the new dance team spent   the field ," juni or Courtney Nix
                                                         a weekend                                     said.
                                                         away at                                         In  ad-
                                                         camp in                                       dition to
                                                                       This year was differ-
                                                         Okoboji to  ''                                unity  in
                                                         bond  as a   ent than previous years          their  per-
                                                         team and                                      fo rmances,
                                                         choreo-      on dance team because            the dance
                                                         graph new    there were less seniors          team did a
                                                         routines.   so the whole team had to          number of
                                                            'The                                       activities
                                                         best part   step up in_ leadership and        together
                                                         was the           responsibility.             throughout
                                                         last ni ght       -Rachel Oasan , 11          the year.
                                                         when the                                        "I loved
                                                         upperclass-                                   our holiday
                                                         men pl ayed                       ''          party where
                                                         a prank  on                                   we all  got
                                                         the under-                                    matching
                                                         cl assmen.  It  was ve ry funny,"   scarves and  boots and made
                                                         seni or Erika Larlcin said .   dance team cell  phone chains.
                                                            The team made up several   It was  ni ce to just hang out  with
                                                         original dances to perform  and   each other and  not concentrate
                                                          practiced throughout  the sum-  on dance," freshman Hannah
                                                          mer and  school  year.      Nelson said.
                                                            "We were taught some new     By practicin g hard  to perfect
                                                          routines but we also got the   dances and  spending bonding
                                                          opportunity to make up  new   time together, the dance team's
                                                          dances as a squad. We worked   chemi stry shined through at
                                                          reall y well  together and  came   every half- time performance.





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