For those interested in becoming a member of the Laker Dance Team, we still have open spots on our 2012-2013 team! Therefore, we will be having another round of auditions on Friday, June 15th! If you cannot make it on that date, video tryouts are accepted if recieved by Thursday, June 14th. For more information about a video audition, email us at gvsulakerdanceteam@hotmail.com with “Video Audition” in the subject line. However, we urge everyone to attend auditions in person if at all possible. Please see the following attachments for important information concerning tryouts. Hope to see you there!
We would like to announce that the Laker Dance Team is holding another round of tryouts! As of now, we have open spots on our 2012-2013 team. Therefore, we will have a second audition on June 15th! It will be a one day audition consisting of a morning session, break for lunch, afternoon session, break for dinner/practice, and an evening audition with the captains and judges. More information will be posted by Monday, May 7th so keep checking our website and save the date!
We have received many questions about technical skill requirements for the upcoming audition . . . here are the skills we will likely ask dancers to demonstrate:
leaps – right, left, center, tilt jumps, switch leaps, turning centers, attitude leap, toe touch
turns – right and left double pirouettes, right triple pirouette, turns in second (fouette turns)
dancers will be asked to showcase individual strengths by demonstrating other skills such as other leaps (c-jumps, layouts, firebird leaps) extensions, leg holds, stalls, aerials or other gymnastic tricks. *You do not need to execute all of these skills perfectly. You will be asked to pick one that you believe best demonstrates your skill to show to the judges
If you are unable to attend tryouts and would like to send in a video audition, please be sure to include the above skills in your tape as well as all the required forms and your $25 audition fee. Multiple girls have been selected for the team from video auditions in the past, however it is still strongly recommended that arrangements be made so that dancers can be present on both days.
Other Info/Tips:
Remember to wear form fitting clothes for practice on Saturday, and form fitting black pants and a white top for auditions on Sunday.
It is recommended that hair be pulled back
Bring snacks, money for lunch on Saturday, and water
ATTENTION DANCERS: If you are planning on auditioning for the 2012-2013 season, make sure you print of the attached document, complete it, and bring it to the audition. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on the 28th!
Hi all! The GVSU Laker Dance Team will be holding auditions for the 2012-2013 season on April 28th and 29th. Attached below is a packet full of information and required documents that are to be presented at the audition.
Please read the packet carefully, noting the important dates listed and the required documents that need to be filled out and turned in at auditions. These include:
Completed waiver form
Signed policy form (from last page of tryout packet)
For current GVSU students: class schedule for the 2011-2012 academic year and evidence showing your GPA is an average of 2.0 or higher
Incoming freshman or transfer students: proof your your acceptance to GVSU for the 2011-2012 academic year
$25 non-refundable registration fee
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at gvsulakerdanceteam@hotmail.com. We are very excited to begin our next season and look forward to seeing you at auditions!
The Laker Dance team is hosting a clinic for young dancers, kindergarten and up, on September 24th. Participants will learn dances, play games, bond with the team and best of all, have the opportunity to perform at a home footballgame! No dance experience is required. For more information, questions, and registration forms, please contact us through gvsulakerdanceteam@hotmail.com.
Laker Dance team needs your dirty cars….Come out to Walgreens on Saturday, June 18th in Standale and get your car washed by the lovely ladies of teh GVSU Laker Dance Team!!! Donation are greatly appreciated, and all proceeds go towards our annual trip to Daytona, FL for the NDA National Dance Competition.
Thank you to all of the dancers that attended the Laker Dance Team tryouts this weekend. The hard work and effort was appreciated. It was a difficult process because there was such exceptional talent, and we encourage anyone who did not make the team to keep working and we hope to see you back next year!
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2011-2012 Grand Valley Laker Dance Team! We are looking forward to this upcoming season.
If you are unable to attend the 2011-2012 Laker Dance Team try-outs, you still have another option! We WILL accept video audtion tapes, BUT they need to be mailed and recieved by us no later than April 30th, because we will be choosing members on May 1st.
Also, please send in your $25 registration fee with the video (checks made payable to the Laker Dance Team) as well as a completed waiver form. You can contact us at lakerdanceteam@hotmail.com in order to recieve the address that you will need to mail the video to. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!!
This year at the NCA/NDA Collegiate Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Laker Dance Team took home 1st place in the division II dance category, as well as placed 4th in the division II hip-hop category! The team had an amazing time and made so many great memories together. With the 2011-2012 season approaching, the Laker Dance Team has their eyes set on success and taking home another national championship title for GVSU.
Join the Laker Dance Team during the November 19th Grand Rapids Griffin’s game.
Come out and support LDT, by donating for a hockey puck so you can THROW FOR DOUGH$$$$!!!!
You will find the Dance Team around the arena selling the pucks. The game is $1Beer/Dog night, so we know you’ll have a few extra left over to help donate with
We had a ton of fun last year, and can’t wait to see you all again this year.
November 19th
Van Andel Arena
7PM
$1Beer/Dogs
DANCE TEAM
Donate with buying a puck from us for chance to WIN a prize.
On July 31st the new members of the 2010-2011 Laker Dance Teamtraveled to Louisville, Kentucky for their annual attendance at the National Dance Alliance three-day dance camp.
This year, with 7 veterans and 9 rookies, camp was hard work for all.
LDT showed great commitment, talent, perseverance and cohesiveness during the three days, which was also recognized by the NDA staff.
The last day of camp the team was awarded with:
All American- 7 members nominated
3 awarded All American- Lauren G, Marissa and Chelsey
1st Place for Division II Dance
Gold (full paid) Bid to Nationals!!!
Great work ladies! NDA… we will see you in Daytona!
Thank you to all of the dancers that attended the Laker Dance Team tryouts this weekend. The hard work and effort was appreciated. We encourage anyone who did not make the team to keep working and we hope to see you back next year!
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2010-2011 Grand Valley Laker Dance Team! We are looking forward to this upcoming season.
Don’t forget, the GVSU Dance Team 2010-2011 tryouts are THIS weekend! We are looking forward to seeing all of the talent for this upcoming season! Please e-mail all questions to lakerdanceteam@hotmail.com.
Also, the Laker Dance Team will be previewed on FOX Sports network TUESDAY, April 27th @ 5:00pm! Check it out!
Click the link below and enter “Grand Valley State University” to watch our 3rd place routines for this past season!:
It’s that time of the year again….TRYOUTS! Check the website very soon as we’ll add additional information. For now, please view the following link for the tryout packet. This packet contains all of the information that you will need to know about tryouts.
Your support has made our year successful. Thank you for all your support. Without you, we would not have been able to have to have an enjoyable successful year.
Here is some of our web sponsors we’d like to thank:
What a great year we had. Time flew by sooo fast. Thank you everyone for your support. We will be onto Nationals at the end of March. Keep an eye out on our website for updates on the competition.
Thank you everyone for coming out to the first game. We have a few weeks off between games, but make sure you check back to our website for information about YOU LAKER DANCE TEAM.
Be sure to check out the Gallery and all of this years photos. Photos from the last game are up to look at too now!!!
Thank you SO much to everyone who came out and golfed in our 2nd Annual Outing. We hope you all had a wonderful time regardless of the less than perfect weather that came our way. We had a GREAT time and cannot thank everyone enough for all of their support. We are already looking forward to next year! =]
This past weekend, the Laker Dance Team traveled to Louisville, KY to take part in a 3 day collegiate dance camp. While at camp, the girls bonded as a team as well as strove to dance more as a team. More than half of the team is made up of new members, so this has been a very difficult task.
The ladies of the Laker Dance Team worked extremely hard and had many late nights of practicing, but the sleepless nights and every sore muscle was worth it all!
Grand Valley took 1st place in Divisions 1 & 2 in Louisville! They also received a Gold Paid Bid to Nationals in Daytona Beach, FL in April!
5 Team members were also named All-American. They were: Jessie Dluzynski, Lauren Gilfillan, Karly Dierkes, Kelly Kerastas & Marissa Capistrant!
3 Team members were asked to be a part of the NDA Staff: Jessie Dluzynski, Lauren Gilfillan & Kelly Kerastas!
1 Team member won Top Funk: Kelly Kerastas!
Pictures from camp can be found in the gallery.
The ladies had a GREAT time at camp and cannot wait for the season to begin.
We had a great weekend together. Dancing with the clinic attendees was very fun and the trip to Traverse City was new for the Laker Dance Team and we were very welcomed by all who were there watching the parade. Sunday we soaked up some rays while washing cars to raise money for Nationals.
We have NDA Summer Dance Camp quickly approaching from August 1st-3rd in Louisville, KY and we are looking to work extremely hard! We will be sure to let you know how we do!
We also have our 2nd Annual Golf Outing coming up on August 22nd. We need to have your registrations by August 8th, so please contact us if you would like to participate! We would love to see you there!
Beginning this Friday, July 10th, the Laker Dance team will kick off a very action-packed weekend together.
On Friday, the girls will be hosting a youth dance clinic for boys and girls from 2nd-8th grades. The event will take place on the Allendale Campus in the Laker Turf Building from 12:00-4:00. If you are still interested in participating in the clinic, registrations are being accepted on site! The clinic costs $25.00 per participant and includes 4 fun hours of instruction from the GVSU Dance Team as well as a t-shirt! If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail the team at: lakerdanceteam@hotmail.com
On Saturday, the team will venture up to Traverse City for the Cherry Festival! They will be walking in the parade along with the GVSU Cheer teams and pep band! The parade begins at 11:15 for anyone who will be in the area and wants to check it out!
Sunday, July 12th will wrap up the dance team weekend with a car wash at the Allendale Walgreens on Lk. Michigan and 68th Ave. from 11am-4pm! Come get your car washed for a donation to help the team travel to Daytona Beach, FL in April for the National Dance Alliance Competition!
We would like to thank everyone for attending the 2009-2010 Laker Dance Team tryouts! There was a lot of talent this year and everyone did wonderful! The selection process was difficult with very close scoring, so if you were not selected this year we encourage you to come out next year and tryout again. We have decided to select 16 girls for the performance team for experience purposes, but we will only be buying 14 tickets to the National Dance Alliance Competition in April, so everyone work hard this season!
Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Laker Dance Team: (in no particular order)
Jessie Dluzynski*
Lauren Gilfillan*
Kelly Kerastas
Chelsey Shirk
Marissa Capistrant
Judi Jaekel
Kristin Stone
Amber Breit
Molly Longman
Danielle Perkins
Jenn DeClerk
Alyssa Kolb
Kassie Castellucci
Karly Dierkes
Kate Kmiec
Holly Henning
*captains
Selected members will be receiving e-mails regarding the upcoming season. Please be aware that e-mail is our main source of communication on the Laker Dance Team and must be checked frequently. Thanks again ladies!
Congratulations, Grand Valley Laker Dance Team took 5th place in Daytona Florida. The team worked hard to achieve this and are very proud.
If you are interested in being are part of the team and a trip to compete in the NDA Nationals, make sure you check out our post on tryouts. We would love to hear from you.
We are working really hard in Daytona Beach, FL in the NDA Collegiate National Dance Championships! We have already competed in Prelims and are headed to finals tomorrow!
The Grand Valley State University Laker Dance Team will be holding tryouts for the 2009-2010 season.
The Laker Dance Team is a group of athletic women who perform during the men’s home football and basketball games. The team also makes many special appearances throughout the year and competes nationally at the NDA Collegiate Dance Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida.
All the information covering dates and practice schedules is outlined in the tryout packet.
If you have any questions feel free to contact us at tryouts@lakerdanceteam.com
More detailed contact information can also be found in the Tryout packet.
Two key pieces of information you will need and to carefully read over:
We have worked really hard this year and we would like to thank everyone who has supported us along the way. This is the big week for us where we get to perform for nationals.
This year’s theme is featured around Detroit, and were ready to show the country what we’re made of. Wish us lots of luck and we look forward to seeing everyone when we return.
Melt away those winter blues by picking up your 2008 Laker Dance Team Poster. These posters are a great way to make your friends in your dorm jealous or maybe you need some extra decorations above your “ping pong” tables. These are guaranteed to strike up any conversation.
We really appreciate your support!!!
All posters are signed by all members of your Laker Dance Team.
HURRY SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED AND WILL GO FAST!!!
Look for us selling them them in Kirkhof:
MONDAY February 16th from 5:00pm – 7:00pm TUESDAY February 17th from 3:00pm – 7:00pm
Can’t make it during those times? No problem, just make sure you let one us members know and we can get one for you.
We are pretty excited to announce that our posters are about ready to come out. We will be selling them both signed and unsigned. Be sure to look for us around campus selling them.
Don’t forget to come out to the basketball games to watch us. It might be cold outside but our half time performance will warm you up <3
We danced are way through our last game of the season. (Regular season that is.) We expect to be in playoffs so look for us then or on the basketball court.
This game was for Breast Cancer awareness. Everyone was decorated up in pink to help support this event.
Not only can you find great photos at http://lakerdanceteam.com/gallery but now you might see a few of them pop up on Grand Rapids MLive section for sports on GVSU’s campus.
We just returned from NDA Camp this weekend, held in Lousiville, KY. We had a great time and really enjoyed bonding with each other. We worked very hard and brought home a first place trophy!
Congratulations Girls and awesome job this weekend!
We made some minor upgrades to our website. Bassically the hardware that runs it has been replaced. We might have lost some of our data and links to how you were use to seeing them. For the most part it’s fixed and all the features should be returning shortly.
Also if you have a mobile phone or IPHONE you should be able to read the Dance Team’s website in a easier to read format for smaller browsers.
If you expeience any problems with the website or have comments about it, please feel free to email us at: WebsiteProblems@lakerdanceteam.com
We would like to thank everyone for attending the 2008-2009 Laker Dance Team tryouts! There was a lot of talent this year and everyone did wonderful! The selection process was difficult with very close scoring, so if you were not selected this year we encourage you to come out next year and tryout again. We have decided to select 16 girls for the performance team for experience purposes, but we will only be buying 14 tickets to the National Dance Alliance Competition in April, so everyone work hard this season!
Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Laker Dance Team
Lauren Heltsley*
Jessie Dluzynski*
Colleen Towler
Kassie Castellucci
Makenzie Williams
Caitlin Younker
Jessica Walker
Lauren Gilfillan
Jaclyn Chandler
Samantha Selleke
Chelsey Shirk
Jennifer Declerck
Marissa Capistrant
Rachel Demp
Kristin Stone
Leah Brummel
*captains
Selected members will be receiving e-mails regarding the upcoming season. Please be aware that e-mail is our main source of communication on the Laker Dance Team and must be checked frequently. Thanks again ladies!
Tryouts for the 2008-2009 Laker Dance Team are apon us. Being a Dance Team member is very rewarding. You not only gain close friends on the team, but you become a part of the GVSU Laker spirit that drives the teams and fans. ( oh ya, we go to Florida for Nationals too ).
Sounds exciting? Here’s some information you will need to know to join us.
WHEN?
April 19th 9:30am – 5pm
April 20th 12pm – 5 pm
THINGS TO BRING ALONG FOR TRYOUTS?
$25 tryout fee
tryout waiver
signed tryout packet
proof of current gpa 2.0 or higher
2009 GVSU schedule
A?A Girls will need to sign up for 15 minture time blocks and have an individual tryout on Sunday
WHAT IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT THOSE TWO DAYS?
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND TRYOUTS:
There is another option! You may also audition by video.
For more information, please e-mail lakerdanceteam@hotmail.com with “Video Tryout Information” in the subject line
or call Lauren Heltsley (248-807-8291)
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information regarding tryouts, or if you have any questions, please call the captain or email the team at:
