Sports

Ballroom preparing for the Year

Lindsey Langford • September 18, 2023

Coaches, captains, choreographers and other dancers on the ballroom team are preparing themselves for this year.

“We’ve been practicing in class and we also met during the summer,” said coach, Alexis Leonelli.

“We make sure that partnerships are close to height and strength to make the difficulty of the dance look effortless,” said coach, Alexis Leonelli.

Students are given a chance to create dances for their team to perform in performances but it takes time to create the dance and it takes time to teach the dance to the dancers.

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“Students have the opportunity to perform and produce their own work. They have been working since the end of last school year learning choreography concepts to be ready to teach their teammates,” said coach, Alexis Leonelli.

“A lot of coaches don’t realize that they want to add something new and exciting to the new season until it’s too late,”said coach, Alexis Leonelli.

“We will be having a fundraiser on the 1st of November that the Legacy Ballroom Dance Company will be performing in and all those who come will be encouraged to dance as well,” said coach, Alexis Leonelli.

The captains of the Ballroom team have been working hard to make sure that every dancer is having a good time in ballroom and making sure that the season is a great one.

Senior Coulter Thomsen said, “I hope that we can get a lot done and to also have everything to perfection but to also have fun and to get to know each other better.”

Not only have coaches and captains and choreographers been working hard, the dancers have also been working hard to learn the dances and get them perfected.

The dancers have been enjoying ballroom and having a great time.

“I enjoy ballroom because it’s where I can be myself and all of my friends are on the team and It’s just a comfortable place to be,”said Gwendelyn Tabin, sophomore.

¨Because I love dancing and it’s very therapeutic for me,¨ Said sophomore Sabrina Schoenfeld.

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Lindsey Langford

Loving Grantsville As she tosses her bag into the back of the car and watch her parents slowly start to drive away, she cant help smiling back at her town. Born and raised in Grantsville, Lindsey Langford loves her hometown. Her dad talks about growing up here, and now she and her brother are considered locals too. But she's proud of being called a local. Because it means she lives where the mountains are ‘just right there.’ And where the best sunsets blend into the sky each night. Then she sits on her porch and gets to look at the whole valley below her. Where she can only describe the view as breathtaking. The drive up to Yellowstone isn't bad, and she loves visiting it each year with her family. But she already knows she doesn’t want to leave Grantsville for the rest of her life. There's already been so much joy and even heartbreak for her to ever want to leave. In the summer she lost her dog who she had known since she was four. That morning she remembers telling her dog Missy “see you in a little bit,” without even knowing it would be goodbye. But that doesn't stop her from still enjoying life here. Because despite the loss of her dog, there's still so much that gives her reason to love this town. More than all the memories or even the view, It’s the people. The people who are so kind and real. She loves to be with friends, whether it's casting a rod into a lake, or being lifted and spun around well swing dancing. Her family’s only going to be gone for half a week for their yearly trip to Yellowstone. But then they’ll come back home to Grantsville. Back to the home she loves.