Panther Creek’s Dance Team

Kacey Choi, Reporter|January 9, 2019

Surita Neupane and James Pilgrim

Panther Creek is home to a wide variety of sports, including football, cross country, and dance. The team consists of a wide range of students, freshmen through seniors. They create choreography, practice every week, and perform for the halftime show during basketball games.

While coaches have a part in the process, the team members take the lead on each project. “We do rotating captains depending on the week,” Emma Flanagan explains. This system allows each person to have a chance to develop their own leadership styles.

The recruiting process starts at the beginning of the year. According to Kiley O’Donnell, each student, “[goes] in for two days of clinics, where [they] learn the technique and the combination that [everyone] performs the third [day], and then [they] get judged in groups.”

Kaeli Murphy dancing at the half time of the Leesville Basketball game.
Panther Creek Dance Team getting ready to start their dance at half time.
Dance Team posing before their performance.
Panther Creek Dance Team performing at half time.
The beginning of the performance at half time.
Mid performance at half time.
Kaeli Murphy performing at half time.
Dance Team walking out getting ready to perform.

One of keys to a successful performance is teamwork. Every step of the process relies on collaborating with team members, and tight-knit bonds are created. When asked about the best part of dance team, Logan Auslander said, “the friendships we all have, we all get really close.”