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Jazz Hands, The Electric Slide, The had fully matched their "glam"
Lawn Mower-classic moves that ruled theme, and set them apart from

the dance world, well , by the amateurs, competitors.
anyways . "Most teams at Nationals did a slow
However, the routines performed by lyrical dance in the jazz category,
the MN dance team were far more ad- but we did a fun , upbeat, sassy

vanced, they put even the best "sprin- dance; it was to Glam, by Christina
kler" to shame. Aguilera, so it had all aspects of
Though each routine had intricate 'fierceness'," junior Alissa McMa-
moves and were undoubtedly entertain- hon said.

ing , nothing upheld the most work, dedi- Placing 4th out of over 50 teams in
cation , and spotless performance like their jazz performance, the team's
their jazz performance at nationals. aspirations of making the top 5 had
"The key to a perfect performance been met, proving that their 'glam'
was probably stamina, focus, and doing dance embellished more than

everything right," senior Keara Glandt amateur, 'lawn mower' moves.
said , "for jazz, it was difficult to dance "The best feeling was know-
cleanly and together; we had to be as ing that we killed the dance

fierce as we could, and we managed to and all of our hard work
pull it off! " from the summer chore-
With black and purple costumes coat- ography had paid off!"
ed with sparkles, the team's appearance McMahon said.