Take Over the Dance Floor - AUDT Sophomore, Kelsey P.

I can't believe that it has been a whole year since I wrote on this blog about the unique, talented, and driven women and men that are the AU Spirit Program. I am proud to report that since my last post, before our first trip to NDA/NCA Nationals, AU Spirit has improved immeasurably, and we are more driven, and more talented than ever before. Our fouettes are cleaner, our toe touches higher, our stunts are hitting, and we have pushed ourselves farther than we have ever gone before.


The past couple weeks have been full of practices, early mornings, conditioning, injuries, some blood, a lot of sweat, and even some tears. Since spring break we have averaged about seven , long practices each week to make our routines perfect for our Friends and Family performance that is happening in Bender Arena this Sunday, March 28th, at 3pm.

The Friends and Family performance is one that is very important to us. While we are so excited to go down to Daytona and show the cheer and dance worlds how hard we've worked and how talented we are, there is something special about performing for the people you love. We are all looking forward to showing our routines to our families, our friends, and the AU community. This is our one chance to show off what we do after basketball season. It will mean so much to all of us to have all of our loved ones in Bender Arena and perform for our fans!

Last year, I described the amazing camaraderie between the cheer and dance teams. This year, we have continued to grow together, sweat together, fundraise together, support each other. The bond between the cheer and dance teams this year has become closer and closer. There are no other people in the world I would choose to have on my team. I am proud to call the members of both AU Dance and AU Cheer my teammates. We are each others biggest cheerleaders :)

We have worked so hard on our nationals routines and I know that we are going to kill it on Sunday. Put it on your calender and plan to be there- Bender Arena 3pm on Sunday.

Get ready to be impressed and see us take over the dance (and cheer!) floor!