Elliot Kidd
Social Media Manager In terms of year-round sports, Ballroom is the only one offered at Bonneville High School (BHS) The conditions are besides being a year-around sport, there is long practicing hours every weekday for an hour or more. This year BHS Ballroom teams performed at the Civic Show. Ballroom Captain, Lindsay Barrow a senior, explains what it means to be a ballroom dancer and perform. Barrow explains the importance of understanding one's body and how to move it. She emphasizes the importance of having balance in order “to [learn] the dances.” Dancing is not an easy sport and is harder on the body than most people think. These practices always have “something to improve on'' and “more steps.. more techniques to learn.” As there are more complex routines there are more mistakes and learning moments. To expand more on practice times, Mondays will be practice in the afternoon. While the remaining practices are before school. Barrow adds that on average dancers have about “eight hours” of practice a week. Of the performances BHS Ballrooms does, the Civic Show, is a non-competitive showing for ballroom dance teams in the area to gather and display their skills. The Civic Show is actually called the Eastern Idaho Ballroom Concert and is hosted by BHS. BHS will close the auditorium for the day to “set up all the interior.” Even go as far to schedule all the teams. BHS’s Ballroom Captains and others in charge “set up practice times for all… the teams [as well] make sure everyone is aware of both performance and practice times.” The teams are required to pick up the auditorium, to leave the place spotless. The ballroom team is typically broken into three teams: green, silver, and gold. This year, however, there is only silver and gold. The silver team is a “bit more advanced and typically focuses on a bit more technique and harder steps.” While a gold team is the most advanced rank where captains usually are from. The captain’s “responsibility” is to help make sure “everyone knows what is going on and to be there to support the team and help out in any way we can.” It is normally two seniors (a boy and a girl) who obtain the captain's positions. BHS Ballroom works hard all year long so remember to cheer on the teams and show some school spirit! Go Bees!
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