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Dance team performs at Orange Bowl The New Year’s Eve fireworks burst above senior Josie Speltz’s head as she looked at the sky above the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami. The sequinclad CFHS dance team performed three routines as part of the country-themed halftime show, alongside band Little Big Town. After Orange Bowl scouters noticed the team’s two years of successful state performances, they invited the dance team in May to come perform at the Orange Bowl. The team raised money to pay for the trip through several different fundraisers, such as working ballpark concessions and selling spirit cards, and 13 members of the team and coaches Alyssa Nolte and Gayle Bruene flew from Minneapolis to Miami for four days between Christmas and the start of school. Aside from rehearsals for the half-time show, the girls had opportunities to take classes from famous choreographers and dancers. “I liked the Bollywood class; it was a very different style of dance from what I am used to, and it was fun to learn something new. The teacher was Longiness Fernandes, who choreographed for Slumdog Millionaire,” Speltz said.
Junior Sommer Danielsen said she also enjoyed the hiphop class. “We got to learn from Nicki Minaj’s choreographer. It was an amazing experience because the way he taught was totally different from any other class I took. I learned how to dance according to the underlying beats rather than counts, which is important in hip hop.” Coach and adviser Gayle Bruene also appreciated what a great experience it was, as it was the first time the team has gone to the Orange Bowl in all her years of coaching: “It was an awesome experience for the girls; the choreographers they got to work with were phenomenal.” In addition to the dance convention, the team had time to bond. “There was not much free time, but during lunch we would go to the pool,” Danielsen said. The girls would also all go out to eat together, and there was a semi-formal dance for all the dancers at the Orange Bowl, who hailed from all over the country. On New Year’s Eve, Mississippi State and Georgia Tech played in the Orange Bowl, resulting in a victory for Georgia Tech. “It was really fun, because we all got to sit together,
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Preparing to perform at the Orange Bowl, Mikaela Mallin (’15), Sierra Fredrickson (’17), Talon Plum (’16), Casey McIntyre (’17), Kylie Mast (’17), Summer Pieters (’17), Katy Lockard (’16), Sommer Danielsen (’16), Izzy Armstrong (’17), Kloe Pilipchuk (’17), Hannah Gaffney (’16) and Josie Speltz (’15) pose with choreographer and Dancing with the Stars professional Adrian Lee.
“It was an awesome experience for the girls; the choreographers they got to work with were phenomenal.”
Coach Gayle Bruene
and the crowds were really into it. We fed off their energy,” Speltz said. Just like the fireworks
above the stadium, the CFHS dance team burst into the new year, ready to continue its hard work and passion.
By Staff Writer Agatha
FENECH
Back from Break
Students return with wide-ranging stories
Bomb Hoax
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After receiving a threat that was a part of a national hoax, CFHS students were in a lockdown in the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 16 as Cedar Falls safety officials blocked access to the building. The threats were made to numerous high schools including West High in Waterloo, Davenport Central and West, Sioux City East, Ankeny, Council Bluffs and others. Officials determined early that the threat was a hoax, but took precautions anyway.
Since winter break is packed with over a thousand different tales of how time was spent, we have asked students to tell us what sort of fun they have done over the past two weeks. Here are three stories:
Junior Aaron Heimbuck went to Disney World over winter break to spend some quality time with his girlfriend’s family. They opened presents together and drank eggnog. “We really got into the Christmas spirit,” Heimbuck said. They received various presents from each other, all the way from clothes to money. “We took a lot of pictures together and rode on a lot of rides,” Heimbuck said. One ride in particular, the Rockin Roller Coaster, really stood out to them, so Heimbuck and his girlfriend stood in line for over an hour just so See Back from Break
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