CAMP

NDA AT NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Summer camp is a four day overnight dance intensive that pushes the new team to their limits! The camp is lead by incredibly talented instructors with high school and collegiate dance backgrounds from all over the country. Our team is paired up with one instructor and a buddy team to navigate through classes, competition, and new friendships.

Our team competed with our home routine as well as the Elite Team routine. In addition, each Shirette attends different classes that vary in style from pom, kick, hip hop and more. Each team learns team bonding activities, leadership skills, and how to show their school spirit.

Additional awards received: Spirit Stick (we decorated it!), Herkie Teamwork Award, and a bid to Nationals.

HOME ROUTINE

Our home routine was choreographed by our senior members—Ava, Kathleen, Liem, Anna, and Kennah. This dance is the first official performance for the new team and is a great kickoff to the year!

We received a Superior rating from the judges!

ELITE TEAM ROUTINE

The Elite Team routine is taught by NDA staff and is the most difficult team routine offered. It included various elements such as a la secondés, kicklines, syncopation, and more. This routine gives the team more experience learning choreography in a short time period, polishing, and performing in a quick turnaround.

We received a Silver rating from the judges!

ALL-AMERICAN

Earned by dancers who exemplify all the qualities of the other merit ribbons such as technical excellence, superior showmanship and spirit with the additional characteristics of a leader.

Recipients: Liem Wills, Ava Keim, Kathleen Drummond

Nominations: Ava Keim, Kathleen Drummond, Liem Wills, Charlotte Olenick

TECHNIQUE

Earned by individuals who work to apply the NDA technical skills they have learned during class to their performance or to those dancers who perfect and/or master new skills during Technique Class or other instructional sessions.

Recipients: Anna Walters + Liem Wills

SHOWMANSHIP

Earned by individuals who exemplify genuine presentation, excitement, and projection on and off the field/court!

Recipients: Kennah Pitts, Maleah Ehlers, Twila Weber, Lily Ward, Emry Caudy

SPIRIT

Earned by individuals showing the most sincere spirit and enthusiasm during class. Attitude, cooperations, relationship with others, and leadership are also considered.

Recipient: Hailey Taylor

TOP GUN

A fun award that is presented to one dancer in the areas of kicks, leaps and jumps, turns, and hip hop. Two of our team members brought home a Top Gun Award in Kicks and a Top Gun Award in Leaps and Jumps.

Recipients: Charlotte Olenick—Kicks and Kathleen Drummond—Jumps

PIN IT FORWARD

This award is first given to a dancer that has qualities that has made them stand out to an NDA instructor. The unique moment of pinning it forward is that the staff can personally award at any time throughout the camp and for any reason.

Then, that dancer has an opportunity to 'Pin It Forward' to another dancer at camp. Our to recipients experienced both parts of this process.

Recipients: Kathleen Drummond—received the second pin from a dancer on Cozad Dance Team and Ava Keim—passed her second pin to a dancer on Logan View Dance team.

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