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2013-14 Dance Team Members Please Note:
The Dates for Summer Camp Are: June 25-28.
Incorrect Dates Were Given in the Varsity Brochure Published on Their Web Site & Printed in Tryout Information. Please Mark Your Calendars With The Revised Dates!

Anticipated start date of the fall season is August 21.
FALL FOOTBALL DATES

August 30
Sept 6
Thu – Sept 12 (Yom Kippur)
Sept 20 – Homecoming
October 18
October 25

DOWNLOAD OUTLINE OF FALL SEASON ACTIVITIES




Awards---Winter, 2012-13

AWARDS
2015  Ansley Ashmore
2015  Kathryn Bertram
2014  Margot Dempsey
2014  Rachel Gaye
2014  Jessica Hennum
2015  Klaire Kaptrosky
*2013  Kathleen Kurschner
*2013  Nicole Landsell
*2013  Briana Lapetina
2014  Jennifer Lepman
*2013  Caroline McGavock
2015  Claire Milligan
2014  Madeline Neil
2015  Clara Reinkemeyer
2015  Madeline Sheridan
*2013  Nicole Vargas
*2013  Sarah Whitney
2013  Julia Alicha Zureikat
*4 year Participation

CAPTAINS
Nicole Landsell
Caroline McGavock
Nicole Vargas

ALL ACADEMIC
Kathleen Kurschner
Jennifer Lepman
Caroline McGavock
Madeline Neil
Nicole Vargas
Sarah Whitney
Julia Alicha Zureikat

 

MOST VALUABLE
Nicole Vargas

MOST IMPROVED
Jessica Hennum

MOST SPIRITED
Sarah Whitney
Julia Alicha Zureikat

CHAR ASH AWARD
Caroline McGavock

UDA Elite Summer Camp
1st place – Home Routine
Leadership Award
All Stars
            Nicole Landsell
            Briana Lapetina
            Caroline McGavock
            Nicole Vargas
            Sarah Whitney
            Julia Zureikat   

Mundelein Invite
1st & 2nd place AA

UDA Chicago Dance Championship
1st place Pom
2nd place Jazz   

Stevenson Invite
1st place AA

IHSA Sectionals @ Grayslake North
AA Sectional Champions

IHSA State Finals @ Bloomington
2nd place

UDA Nationals
Champions! – Dance 
 8th place - Jazz

 


Nationall Champions Large Varsity Pom
Congratulations---2013 Large Varsity Pom National Champions



Congratulations to the Varsity Dance Team on their Second Place Finish in the First-Ever IHSA 2A Dance State Meet.
The top scores were: 1. Crystal Lake Central--90.32; 2. Lake Forest HS--89.88;
3. Highland--88.50; 4. Vernon Hills 84.16.
Next up: National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Florida on February 2-3.
Second Place - IHSA 2A Dance Competition
   
Preliminary Scores--State Competition 1/25/13
Teams Advancing to Finals 1/26/13
Highland 90.84
Lake Forest (H.S.) 86.16
Crystal Lake (Central) 84.58
Morris 83.36
Blue Island (Eisenhower) 81.20
Deerfield 81.00
Grayslake (North) 80.10
Vernon Hills 79.58
New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) 74.76
Troy (Triad) 74.16

 


01/19/13
Congratulations LFHS Varsity Dance Team--
First Place in 2A Dance at First-Ever IHSA Sectionals Held for Dance!

2013 Dance Sectionals
On Saturday, January 19, the LFHS dance team traveled to Grayslake North High School to participate in the first-ever round of sectional competitions for dance in Illinois. Six teams advanced to state: First place--Lake Forest with a score of 94; second place--Vernon Hills; third place--Crystal Lake Central; fourth place--Lakes HS; fifth place--Grayslake North; sixth place--Crystal Lake South. The state competition will be held on Friday & Saturday, January 25-26 at US Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington. Currently the team is scheduled to perform in the prelims at 7:45 PM on Friday, January 25. Finals for 2A begin at 2:00 PM on Saturday. Go Scouts!


01/12/13
Once Again the Varsity Dance Team Places First in Pom & Second in Jazz.....
Chicagoland Dance Championship
This time at the Chicagoland Dance Championship held at the UIC Forum. Teams travel from other states to participate in this competition along with Illinois schools. Congratulations to our LFHS dancers!



01/06/13
Dance Team Places First in Pom & Second in Jazz at the Mundelein IHSA Meet

Mundelein Invite
Mundelein Invite
Congratulations to the Varsity Dance Team---placing first with a score of 94 on their Pom routine (Second highest score of the day behind Warren's 96 for their hip hop routine.) and second with jazz . Next up is the Chicagoland Dance Championship at UIC Forum on Saturday, January 12.


12/07/12
Congratulations to the Varsity Dance Team for their first-place finish at the Stevenson Dance Invitational, which was held on Friday, December 7.
Stevenson Invite


KICK-A-THON 2012

On September 28th, the Varsity Dance Team hosted its third annual Kick-a-Thon!  Since 2006, the squad has volunteered with the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County organizing dance clinics for K-8 students in after-school programs and summer camps.  For that reason, they chose to partner with the Club for a fun fall fundraiser.  

The dancers invited high school and community kickers to join them in a kick line at halftime of the Lake Forest vs Libertyville varsity football game  - their goal: to kick 100 times FOR KIDS. The team, and over one hundred other kickers, presented a $5,000 check to the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County during the halftime event. An additional $300 was collected the night of the event yielding a total donation of $5,300 for 2012.  

The Varsity Dance Team wishes to thank all of the partner kickers, community kickers and corporate sponsors for their generosity and support.  Special thanks to Mrs. Nelson--Kick-a-Thon Emcee, Ceslie Price, The Boys & Girls Club of Lake County, Executive Director and the many sponsors.  

National Champions sponsors include: The Porsche Exchange; Sacks Family Foundation; and The Whitney Family.
Gold sponsors include:  Forever Om Yoga; Colliers International; Incjets Aviation; Goshgarian Orthodontics; Sunset Foods; Joe Gordon, DDS of Lake Forest Pediatric Dentistry; LoMastro Performing Arts Academy; Daria Andrews of Prudential Rubloff; G.T. Landscaping; The Moore Family; Castino Painting; Market House on the Square; and Mr. & Mrs. Mark Saran.  
Blue sponsors include: G.C.M.A.; The Eckert Family; Mr. & Mrs. W. Andersen; and Mr. & Mrs. J. White.
White sponsors include:  Animal  Hospital of West Lake Forest; Chief's; Timothy J. Sanders, DDS; Mackey Landscaping; The Barking Lot; Jenny's Dance Centre; Mr. & Mrs. C Margolis; Pasquesi Sheppard LLC; and Mr. & Mrs. Papastefan.  
Additional sponsors include: Evelyn Stamelos; Starbucks; Sushi Kushi Toyo; and Costco.

Our sincere thanks to the LFHS Band, Cheer Squad and JV Pom Team for their very kind support.



2012 Summer Camp
Congratulations to the LFHS Varsity Pom/Dance Team, who won the following awards at the UDA Summer Camp held at ISU from June 25 -28:

Team Awards:
First Place for Home Routine!!    (Second Place: Francis Howell - Third Place: Linn Mar)
Congratulations to the team for an outstanding performance!  Great job by Nikki Landsell, Caroline McGavock and Nicole Vargas on creating the choreography!
       
Full Out - This is the highest award given to a team for the A Routine.  It is a big responsibility for the junior team members to make changes to the UDA choreography and create the formations.  Maddie Neil and Jennie Lepman did a fantastic job leading the other junior girls~ Margot Dempsey, Rachel Gaye and Jessie Hennum in creating a winning A Routine.

Superior - Every LFHS Varsity team member received blue ribbons from the UDA staff for their performances of the B & C Routines.  Receiving all Blue Ribbons is OUTSTANDING!! 

Team Leadership -  This is a very special award because it is voted on and awarded by other teams that are attending the camp.  All teams vote for the one team that they feel shows leadership and is supportive of their peers.  It is a very big honor to receive this award!  

Super Spirit Stick - Only four teams are awarded the "Super Spirit Stick" - one team per night!

Spirit Sticks - Not to be confused with "Super Spirit Stick". The team received one for each night! -   


Individual Awards:
UDA All American: 5 Seniors: Nikki Landsell , Caroline McGavock, Nicole Vargas, Briana Lapetina and Sarah Whitney tried out and ALL made the UDA All-American Team by learning and performing an additional dance!  Great job girls!

Pin it Forward:  UDA Staff members pass out a pin to a dancer on a team who they feel is hard working.  That dancer then passes the pin on to another dancer from other teams.  Nikki Landsell received a pin from a UDA staff member and Julia Zureikat and Sarah Whitney received a pin from girls from other teams!  Nice job girls!

Drill Down Queen:  Nikki Landsell was the second runner up and Nicole Vargas was awarded the Camp Drill Down Queen!  So exciting to have two LFHS dancers do so well, great job girls!!  Also, the team earned a larger than usual number of gold ribbons for their outstanding performance in the daily drill downs.  Fantastic job!!

Summer Camp 2012



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