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Sunday, February 17, 2013

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VIDEO: Spring Lake Park High Kick at State Dance Tournament

The Pantherettes performed Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at Target Center in Class AAA competition.

Watch the Spring Lake Park High School Pantherettes perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament jazz dance competition on Feb. 15, 2013. See it above or at YouTube as posted by umn2016. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

PHOTOS: E'Gals High Kick to 3rd Place at AA State Dance Tournament

Totino-Grace High School dancers wore tights with different-colored legs.

The Totino-Grace High School E'Gals dance team took third place in the 2013 Minnesota State High School League Class AA dance tournament, as captured in these pictures by photographer John Molene. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

VIDEO: Totino-Grace High Kick Dance at State (from Front and Back)

The E'Gals performed Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at Target Center, taking third place in Class AA competition.

Watch the Totino-Grace High School E'Gals perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament high kick dance competition on Feb. 16, 2013. The E'Gals took third place in Class AA. See the performance from the front by clicking the first YouTube thumbnail or at YouTube posted by Dance Full Out!. See the performance from the back by clicking the second YouTube thumbnail or at YouTube posted by umn2016. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

Fridley on YouTube

VIDEO: Fridley High Kick Dance at State

The Fridley High School dance team performed Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at Target Center in Class AA high kick competition.

Watch the Fridley High School dance team perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament high kick dance competition on Feb. 16, 2013. See it above or at YouTube posted by Dance Full Out. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Totino-Grace Third in AA High Kick Dance at State

Spring Lake Park and Fridley finish seasons in the limelight at Target Center.

The E'Gals dance team of Totino-Grace High School placed third in the state high kick Class AA dance tournament Saturday. Livestream video from the Minnesota State High School League and Prep 45 Also competing at the state tournament at the Target Center in Minneapolis were the Pantherettes of Spring Lake Park High School and the Fridley High School dance team. See what people there said about the performances in the Storify above (use the scroll bar at right) or at Storify.com. Fridley and Totino-Grace are in Class AA. Spring Lake Park is in Class AAA. On Friday, all three teams took part in the jazz dance competition. Totino-Grace took third in Class AA jazz dance as well. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

Friday, February 15, 2013

STATE DANCE: Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Jazz on Friday

The teams return to Target Center Saturday for high kick competition. Here are the schedules.

Three local high school dance teams take the floor at the Minnesota state tournament Friday in the jazz dance competition. Here are the approximate performance times at Target Center in Minneapolis (see first PDF for full schedule): Livestream video from the Minnesota State High School League and Prep 45 begins at 11:15 a.m. Friday. Saturday is the high-kick competition. Here are the approximate performance times at Target Center (see second PDF for full schedule): Fridley and Totino-Grace are in Class AA. Spring Lake Park is in Class AAA. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Fridley, Totino-Grace, Spring Lake Park Dance Teams Headed to State

All three schools' teams will compete in both high kick and jazz at Target Center.

It's becoming a three-school, Fridley-area dance dynasty. Once again, dance teams from Fridley High School, Spring Lake Park High School and Totino-Grace High School kicked their way into the state dance tournament, held Feb. 15–16 at Target Center in Minneapolis. Totino-Grace took first in high kick and jazz at Saturday sectionals in North Branch, with Fridley in second in both categories, according to the teams' Facebook pages. Click on the PDF thumbnails to see the full schedule for each day at the Minnesota State High School League dance tournament. Totino-Grace and Fridley are among the 12 teams in the state Class AA jazz and kick competitions. Spring Lake Park is in the same competitions in Class AAA. Related (2012): Related (2011):

Friday, February 17, 2012

VIDEO: Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Compete in State Jazz Dance

Here's a clip sampling the three schools' Friday afternoon performances.

Here is a video clip from the state high school jazz dance competition at Target Center, where teams from Fridley High School, Spring Lake Park High School and Totino-Grace High School performed Friday afternoon. Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace advanced to the finals Friday night. All three schools have teams in the high kick competition on Saturday. Click here for photos and updates.

Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace at MN Jazz Dance Competition

All three schools have teams at Target Center Friday.

Here is an update from Target Center, where teams from Fridley High School, Spring Lake High School and Totino-Grace High School are performing Friday in the Minnesota jazz dance competition: Totino-Grace advanced to the finals of Class AA. They will perform last tonight in competition. The Class AA finals begin at 7:15 p.m. Fridley did not make the final six. Class AA Finals in order of performance: St. Cloud Cathedral Benilde-St. Margaret Sartell-St. Stephen Marshall Chaska Totino-Grace Spring Lake Park also made the finals for Class AAA. They will also perform last during that portion of the competition tonight. Class AAA Finals in order of performance: St. Cloud Tech Maple Grove Wayzata Eastview Eden Prairie Spring Lake Park Awards …

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Fridley on YouTube

VIDEO: Fridley High School High Kick Dance at Sectionals

The team is among six locally headed for state competition this weekend.

Here's how the Fridley High School high-kick dance team took second at sectionals at Chisago Lakes en route to the state competition at Target Center this weekend. Fridley's jazz dance team, along with high kick and jazz dance teams from Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace high schools, will also be at state. It's the second year in a row that all three schools have sent dance teams to the state tournament.

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