UDA CAMP 2023

UDA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

UDA Summer camp is a four-day 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 Hip Hop V Team Performance 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.

AWARDS RECEIVED

1st place in the Small Varsity division for Home Routine

Superior Rating for Home Routine

Superior Rating for Team Performance

36 Superior individual ribbons

3 Excellence individual ribbons

17 Drill Down ribbons (Coach Tristen earned Drill Down Ribbon!)

Spirit Stick awarded each night of camp

Super Spirit Stick was awarded to us from Norfolk "Pink Panthers" Dance Team

6 All-American Dancers

Pin in Forward award given to Hailey T from Cassidy C of the Norfolk "Pink Panthers" Dance Team

HOME ROUTINE

Our home routine was choreographed by our upperclassmen members—Lily, Maleah, Charlotte, Ella, and Twila. This dance is the first official performance for the new team and is a great kickoff to the year!

We received a Superior rating and 1st place in the Small Varsity division!

TEAM ROUTINE

The Team routine at UDA is one style taught by the UDA staff and choreographed in a way for each team to customize based on their skills and strengths. The team chose Hip Hop V to "Stir Fry". It included intricate steps, syncopation, and more. This routine gives the team more experience learning choreography in a short time, polishing, and performing in a quick turnaround.

We received a Superior rating!

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: Twila Weber, Teagan Smith, Lily Ward, Maleah Ehlers, Charlotte Olenick, Hailey Taylor

DRILL DOWNS

Drill Downs are military-style competitions where the dancers stand at attention and perform movements on command such as "hand salute", "parade rest", and more. Dancers who fail to execute a command are eliminated and those who are left standing receive a Drill Down ribbon.

Shirettes received 17 Drill Down Ribbons!

CRAZY NIGHT

Crazy Night is full of games and activities for dance teams to dress up and work together!

UDA 2023 Theme was Magic, Shirettes dressed at unicorns!

CAMP BUDDY

Each team is paired up with another team attending camp to bond and find familiar faces. Our team was paired up with Pius X "Thunderettes."

Both teams call themselves the "Rettes!"

PIN IT FORWARD

This award is first given to a dancer who has qualities that have made them stand out to a UDA 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.

Hailey Taylor—received the second pin from Cassidy C., a dancer on the Norfolk "Pink Panthers" Dance Team.

CAMP HIGHLIGHTS

Watch our Camp Highlight Reel and witness all of the amazing moments we had at camp like team bonding with Pius X Thunderettes, dancing to Gangnam Style, and so much more!