UD shines in Spirit Team nationals UD’s dance, mascot and cheerleading teams showed their Fightin’ Blue Hen spirit at competitions held Jan. 14-16, at Disney World in Orlando, Fla.

7:01 p.m., Jan. 21, 2005--UD’s dance, mascot and cheerleading teams showed their Fightin’ Blue Hen spirit at competitions held Jan. 14-16, at Disney World in Orlando, Fla.

With routines that showcased tricky choreography, fancy footwork and team unity, the team scored trophies and applause from the judges and thousands of spectators gathered at the high-energy event.

Two trophies went to UD’s 14-member dance team, which placed first in the hip-hop category and seventh in the jazz category, both in Division I.

The cheerleading team brought home a trophy for its third-place win, also in Division I.

The mascot team won fourth-place honors for YoUDee’s skit in the national competition.

Of the first-place win, Nicole Zehnder, dance team coach, said, “The dance team had fun--you could tell they were having fun--and that dynamic really carried over. The crowd caught the sensation and loved the choreography and the style and the way the team made all the moves look so easy.”

Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson
Article by Becca Hutchinson

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