Honey Bees’ New Queen Bees

Aaliyah Garcia
Staff Writer
  The Honeybees dance team has new coaches this 2025 season! Timber Chapa is the new head coach, and has been teaching dance for over 15 years. Skyler Torman is the new assistant coach for the dance team and has been dancing for 19 years. Both of the coaches graduated from Bonneville and are excited to show school spirit through the dance team this year.  
   Chapa has trained at several studios growing up; she was part of her drill team in Utah where she participated on competitive teams. Inspiration to dance for Chapa started at a young age; she explains, “My mom and grandma were teachers, so the way they taught I wanted to teach kids as well so they can learn to love it and have passion for dance the way I did.” Chapa goes into further detail explaining how her grandmother was dancing professional ballet at the age of 14, and she led Chapa to have a passion for dancing. Chapa chose to coach the Honeybees because of her connection to Bonneville. Although she was not a Honeybee herself, she has always loved the school and wants to help build school spirit. One of the challenges that Chapa faces is the different variety of dance levels within the group of girls. Since everyone joined at different times, not all of them are at the same pace. Chapa overcomes this by having all the girls support and inspire each other, and her favorite thing about teaching the Honeybees is “the way they are really close friends. They all are super supportive of each other, and [she]  feel[s] like there's always a good energy even in a hard practice." Practices can last up to three hours, the girls arrive at seven in the morning and finish at the end of the first hour. Practices often include stretching, working out, and cleaning up their dance routines. The Honeybees prep for their performances by dancing to “1, 2 Step” by Ciara and Missy Elliot. They also like to eat a squirt of honey before performances. Chapa’s overall goal as the dance coach for the Honeybees is to “build a program that the girls and Bonneville are proud of and that helps build the school spirit.” The Honeybees start their competitions in December. They are going to attend events like Idaho Classic in Pocatello, December 5th or 6th, Battle at the Border in Preston, ID, January 9th, and State, February 27th at Mountain America Center, Idaho Falls. With grace and ambition, the Honeybees will have a great season this year!!