BHS varsity dance team excels at UDA camp

The Bryant varsity dance team includes, front row, Erica Reeves, Mariah McElroy, Amy Whitt, Samantha Sanders, Paige Farnam; middle, Olivia Lovell, Brooke Kenney, Morganne Gillespie, Shelby Ellison, Aaryn Murdock, Mary Catherine Huffman; back row, Lauren Hall, Kelsey Rivers, Meredith Herring, Shelby Arnoldy, Bailey Gartrell, Shelby Gartrell,Ariane Arroyo, Aubrey Crockett, Haley Blumfelder, Carly Damboise, Coach Laura Wooten

 The Bryant varsity dance team competed at the Universal Dance Association Camp in Jonesboro June 3-6. They received first place awards in Home Routine, ribbon count, most Drill Down ribbons, Super Spirit Stick as well as the daily Spirit Stick honor, and a special Leadership award given to one team in the entire camp. This award is voted on by the other participating teams.[more]

Three members received the All-American awards, Amy Whitt, Aubrey Crockett, and Mary Catherine Huffman. These awards qualify the team to participate in the Universal Dance Association National Competition in Orlando, Fla., in February 2011.

Anyone who would like to help the team raise funds to get to this competition they will be having a garage sale Friday, June 11, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the BK's Dance studio parking lot in Bryant and a carwash on Saturday, June 12, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the AutoZone parking lot in Bryant.