So you think you can dance?
Published on October 2, 2007 by The Sentinel
The Rhythm Dance Team is looking forward to starting a new season.
The ten-member squad performs during halftime at all the home basketball games.
With such a small team, coach Vera Luken knows her job is a lot easier with a team full of sisters.
“Seeing the girls at auditions you never know how it will be, and then the team grows, respects and supports one another making it more than a team,” Lukens said.
Lukens is a former rhythm dance team member herself, and now is in her second year as head coach.
After being together for a short period of time, the team received a bid to compete in nationals that take place in April.
Lukens knows any team has potential to grow and is glad the team gelled together so quickly.
If the squad hopes to reach their full potential it will happen from sophomore Jessica Tarlton, the leader of the team. Tarlton has been dancing since she was a little girl, calling it her “oasis.”
“Dancing is something I’m very passionate about and I love being around the girls and the energy from the squad is awesome,” Tarlton said.
Freshman dancer Katie Hope also describes the support net and sisterhood the team has.
“It’s become a second family to me and I’m looking forward to competing,” Hope said.
Another dancer, senior Sabrina Norman, has nothing but praise for Lukens and the team.
In her first year dancing, Norman is amazed at the friendly sisterhood that exists within the team.
“There is a great support group of talented people on this team. The chemistry that is here is unbelievable,” Norman said.
The Rhythm Dance team started in 1999 and continues to grow every year.
Lukens has seen the team grow from six members that won the Division II Peach Belt Conference cheer and dance title in 2005, to its now ten-member nationally recognized squad.
Lukens is excited about what lies ahead for the team this year and hopes the journey will be unforgettable.
Photo courtesy of the KSU Rhythm Dance team
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