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, SPORTS
E 00perienced dancers aim for high
By Scan C. Morgan
Of The New Era
The Sweet Home High
School Huskiettes are bringing
experience to the dance floor this
"'It's nice to have that many taking the usual limited male
returning members," Coach role. He is joined by partners
Kristin Ashcraft said. Last Stoner and Parga.
year, she had eight or nine new "It's more ballet style
dancers, moves, which are more difficult."
all the choreography, teaching it
"If we can put her vision on
the floor, we'll be doing really
good."
Stoner's creativity and
level
this year. and like other
thinks it's the best team
she said. "This is the best
ever had. In the fact that
"re all friends, that's true."
year. and they're ambitiously
tackling a much more difficult
dance routine than they have in
the last few years.
The team returns all 11 of
last year's members and adds
three new dancers, including a
senior from Colombia. Brenda
Bejarano. and freshmen Emily
Conrad and Laura Mauer.
Returning dancers include
fourth-year dancer Whitney
Stonera senior. Third-year dancers
include juniors Kayla Froman.
Jessica Parga and Sara Traeger.
Second-year dancers include
senior Katherine Reed; junior
Tori Lillich; and sophomores
Michaella Parks, Krystal Juza,
Rachel Thomas. Kaitlyn Long
and Kyle Lewis.
"The light bulb goes on the
second year," she said. "Toes are
pointed: leaps are higher."
And the dancers want to take
their show to the next level, she
said. They have pushed for the
more advanced routine they will
perform this year.
Their theme this year is
"Love," Ashcraft said. It's
a contemporary piece, more
lyrical. The performance is about
5 minutes 30 seconds long and
set to "Dancing" by Elisa.
The dance style features
more lifts, heavily involving
male dancer Lewis, Ashcraft
said, including overhead lifts
and group lifts. He is a central
character in the unfolding story
of the performance rather than
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Ashcraft said.
The Huskiettes. like most of
the teams they meet. use samples
from several songs to inject
changes and dynamics into their
performances. This year, Sweet
Home will perform to the entirety
of a single song, and that in and
of itself makes it more difficult
without the changes introduced
by switching songs.
"Any time you do a lyrical
piece, it's going to be boring
unless you put in the emotion."
Ashcraft said. "So they're actors
too. It's got to be dead on or
it's going to be boring to the
audience."
That acting is carried in
facial expressions, Ashcraft said.
Rather than smiling throughout
the performance, they dancers
USt portray the story through
eir movements and through
heir faces.
"You can't just dance it," she
id. "You have to feel it. You
ave to perform it."
West and South Albany high
schools both did it last year. she
said. and they did well with the
style.
Her team was insistent they
it too. she said, and
"they can do it."
Stoner has done a great
leading the choreography,
said. She has a vision of
in her head. and "she's
a great job of mapping out
choreography have improved
tremendously over the years,
Ashcraft said. Assisting in the
choreography are junior Parga,
sophomore Parks and Ashcraft.
The song and dance start out
to a slow piano part, building
dramatically, louder and faster, to
a graceful ending, Ashcraft said.
It includes a number of features
that judges have looked for in
recent years.
Last year, judges asked
'Where is the "wow factor."'
Ashcraft said. That's included this
year, with multiple lifts. The style
is more modern, off-center, more
abstract and less symmetrical.
The dancers break into groups of
twos and threes frequently.
"I think this year, what
we're doing are things the judges
will like," she said. "I think we
have the elements that make an
interesting routine."
Ashcraft is enthusiastic about
The team usually breaks up
several different groups, she
This year, they see each
socially outside the context
the dance team.
The dance team will not
at Thurston this year,.
Instead. the team's first
on Jan.
31 After competitions at Stayton
Molalla. the Huskiettes are
perform at Sprague on
28. The Sprague competition
is new to the schedule this year
will include mid-competition
from judges.
te Huskiettes are. at right on page
17, in center. Kyle Lewis;from left,
Laura Mauer. Kaitlyn Long, Rachel
Thomas. Krystal Juza, Sara Trae-
ger, Katherine Reed. Jessica Parga,
Whitne Stoner. Michaella Parks.
Brenda Bejarano. Kayla Froman.
Tori Lillich and Emily Conrad.
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Youth wrestlers
qualify for
Oregon Classic
Twenty-one Sweet Home
youth wrestlers competed
in Oregon Classic Qualifier
competitions Saturday. Dec. 27. in
Redmond. Newberg or Coos Bay.
The 11 local youngsters going onto
compete at the Oregon Classic
Jan. 10-11 and their qualifying
places (in their respective weight
divisions) are:
Bantam Travis Thorpe
third:
Novice - Brandon Keenon.
first: Chris Melcher, second: Tyler
Schilling, second:
Schoolboy - Austin Bruijn,
second: Zak Gill, first: Brian
Malloy, third: Nate Melcher. first:
Colton Schilling, first:
Cadet - Colby DeCleve. third:
Trever Olson. first.
Other wrestlers who competed
were Tyler Finch. Jacob Pricer.
JC Elder. Cole Ashcraft. Anthony
Hardee. Mikey Pricer. Barrett
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