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TABLE OF CONTENTS By Abby Luedtke

4 … Letter from the Editor

6… Letters to the Editor

7…Letters to the Editor

8… “Dance Word search” By Bailey Schernick

9 … “Regional Champions” By Tristin Fahrenkrug

11 … “What Competition is the Best?” By Nicole Johnson

13 … “A Dancing Miracle” By Paige St. Cyr

15 … “Dance Quiz” By Ashley Stillman

17… “The Old Man Dance” By Rachel Heath

18 … “Dance Topeka” By Alana Jennerjohn

21… “Dance Aerobics” By Sierra Collins

23 … “The Horror of Makeup in Dance” LETTER FROM

Dear Readers: magazine. This would cause delays and it would become a gigantic mess that would be After receiving many letters to the hard to clean up. I decided that when I make editor, my team and I decided to create a a magazine, I want everything to be in order June, or summer, issue of Dancing Divas. and to be picture-perfect, so it took more Everyone said that they wanted a summer time to finalize the magazine than I issue of Dancing Divas and I could not originally thought. disappoint you, my fans! Ever since I started Everyone that I asked to do selling the issue, dancers have been going something for me did an astounding job. I crazy for it and that is exactly what I never bought anything that I did not think wanted. I mean, my goal was for all people was worthy of being in my magazine. I who dance or want to dance, to buy the found out that some people I knew actually magazine and enjoy it, have fun with it, and did an outstanding job! Not to mention how most importantly, dance because of the many people know things about dancing or magazine! even how to dance. You would be shocked When I was a little girl I always at how talented my classmates actually are imagined that I would make a dance at writing, especially under that much magazine and become famous for my pressure and such a short amount of time! dancing skills and knowledge of the sport. I There were many struggles I had in never knew that it would actually happen! making Dancing Divas. Some people did Once I produced my first issue, I really not get the articles done by the deadline so I wanted people and dancers to go wild for it had to follow up with them, I misplaced and want more of Dancing Divas. I wanted some money, and then I ended up with too it to be a magazine they could not live much money in the end. Most importantly without. I finally got up the courage to though, I had to be focused in order to finish bring a sample of my ideas to a company my magazine. that sells and purchases magazines and I also had many accomplishments to showed it to the owner. He said that he be pleased of too. My magazine looks loved my idea and could not wait to publish incredible, partly because the people I hired the first issue. At first, when the magazine did such an amazing job, and I worked hard went on the shelves, there were not too to put it all together. many people going crazy for it, but once I unquestionably loved all of the people started telling their friends, and work people did for me! I do not want to dancers started to read it at competitions, the pick any favorite article, ad, or magazine kept on getting more and more miscellaneous items because I thought that popular. everything I received from other people was Sounds easy, right? You are worth being in Dancing Divas. I am also absolutely wrong! There were many excited to announce that Dancing Divas will difficult encounters I had to face in making be coming out with a new winter issue of the Dancing Divas. You had to find people that magazine! It will be coming out would make a deal with you, they also had approximately on December 25th, 2014. to get the articles to you by a certain There will be more secrets on how to have deadline. If they did not get it turned in at the perfect make-up and costume, the best the right time, you were late for your ways to learn how to do all the modern deadline and you would not have enough dance moves, a new dance that someone articles, ads, or miscellaneous items for your invented, Nationals for 2014, and also I THE EDITOR personally, will be answering any questions people or dancers may have! So stay tuned! I hope you enjoy the summer issue of Dancing Divas.

Sincerely,

Sydnee Dobberstein Editor in Chief, Dancing Divas

Dear Editor: Dear Editor:

Thank you for such an amazing I just have to say I love your magazine. I love everyday coming magazine. I cannot go a day without home and learning more about looking at your magazine. I have also dancing. I take dancing class every petitioned with my friends to get your night from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. In magazine in our school library. We between dance classes I will read your will find out in a week if they will let magazine with my friends and we us have it. There is nothing that I think it is so inspiring. The only thing would change about your magazine. It I request is can you please add more is such an exquisite magazine; I can’t tips on how to do your hair at even describe how great it is. The one competitions. Thank you for all your thing I like the most is the quizzes. hard work. My friends and I really enjoy figuring out what kind of dancer we are. Sincerely, Thank you for everything and please Molly Dickson keep sending those issues. Daphne, California Sincerely, Katie Nelson Pensacola, Utah Dear Editor:

Thank for making a magazine on dancing. There are not a lot of good dancing magazines out there, so I really appreciate it. The only request I have is can you do more articles on lyrical dancing? My favorite dancing class is lyrical and I know a few other girls in my class who would like that too. If you need us to we are willing to write a petition for you. Besides that I really enjoy your magazine. Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely, Taylor Busch Austin, Texas Dear Editor:

Your last issue was amazing! It inspired me to become a dancer. Ever since I started to dance I have lived a happier lifestyle. It has also made me healthier and giving me exercise. I have always wanted to try dance but was scared that I would embarrass myself. Your magazine helped cure that fear by telling me that everyone messes up and is embarrassed all the time and it isn’t just me. Thank you!

Sincerely, Taylor Kalwitz Hortonville, WI Regional Champions team that is going to be the regional By: Tristin Fahrenkrug champions for the year of 2013. Five minutes later the judges finally decide on which team won the regional In a few days, there will be the champions for 2013. They talk to all the Regional Champions in Appleton, dance teams to tell them what they did good Wisconsin. It will be held at 2:30 in the on and what they did badly on. The judges afternoon and they will be competing announce the winner of the regional against two other dance teams. This will be champions and the winner is Hortonville. held on April 17, 2013 so they have to Hortonville was really excited that they won practice! There is going to be at least six the regional champions. All of the other people on each of the dance teams. The teams came over by them and congratulated Regional Champions is all about having fun them for winning the regional champions. and getting to meet new people from The Hortonville dance team got different places. The dance team that wins together and celebrated later that night. The the Regional Champions will get a first Hortonville’s dance team’s coaches were place trophy with their dance teams name surprised that they won because they didn’t engraved in it too. The dance teams that will think that they could do it because the other be competing against each other are two teams won the regional champions Hortonville, Appleton, and Menasha. There before and Hortonville has never won it will be three judges at the regional once! It was all over the place when champions and they will choose the winning everyone heard that Hortonville won the dance team of 2013. regional champions for their first time in The first song that they are going to forever. All of their hard work payed off in start out with is Stars by Grace Potter and the end because they won. The coaches have the Nocturnals, the second song will be never been so happy in their life with their Firework by Katy Parry, and the last song dance team they said. will be Beauty and a Beat by Nicki Minaj A year later they competed again and Justin Bieber. It is finally the day of the against different dance teams that were more Regional Champions and all the dance teams challenging to compete against. They were are ready to dance. All the dance teams are anxious to see if they were going to win the anxious! The team that will be dancing first regional champions again or if they were is Hortonville then Menasha and then going to lose. There were more dance teams Appleton. this year than there were last year. That Hortonville is finally done with their means Hortonville really has to practice with dance routine and now it is time for their dance moves because the other dance Menasha to come on and do theirs. While teams were more challenging to beat like it Menasha is doing their dance routine one of said earlier in the paragraph. the girls on their dance team falls over and The day finally came for the said that she sprained her ankle…so now she regional champions for 2014 and cannot finish the dance with her team. Hortonville was anxious. All the dance Menasha is all done and now it is time for teams finished up with all of their dance the last dance team to come on which is routines and again the judges talked. They Appleton. Now all of the dance teams have talked to all the dance teams too. done their dance routines in front of the Unfortunately Hortonville did not win the judges and now they have to pick the dance regional champions for the year of 2014.

They were disappointed that they didn’t win. It ended up being a rough year for Hortonville but they still won the year of 2013 regional champions. Soon enough Hortonville dance team will win the regional champions again.

BEST AND WORST DANCE COMPETITION!

National Dance teams go to the National Championship Competition to compete with the best of the best. At this competition ever one is friendly and nice to be around. There is the big stage the V.I.P. section and the rest of the area is belcher seating. The whole room is dark except for the stage it has spot light stage. This is a nice venue for the older people to see their little dancer. You don’t have to look around heads to see your child.

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This competition is more for the studio dancers. At this competition there are some friendly people but the dances are never on time or they are so far behind. This competition everyone has to be quiet during the performance. And can only clap before and after. At this competition you may not video tape or take pictures that is for the people in the back do and sell them to you. When there is a performance you must stay seated you cannot leave during the performance unless there’s an emergency.

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By: Haley Graves Sydnee and Patricia: A Dancing Miracle High School Musical 2. The ending result of By: Paige St. Cyr the music is absolutely beautiful. Sydnee’s solo is going to be a slow It all started when Sydnee and elegant dance with the last few minutes Patricia were just nine years old. They both being fast and upbeat. She is able to create were in their first dance class ever. They her own dance routine making sure it is were so scared but had each other. Sydnee absolutely perfect and beautiful. Music in and Patricia had been going to school her dance routine include: “Breathe Me” by: together since first grade. They were the Sia and “Dance without You” by: Skylar bests of friends. After their first day was Grey. The music is slow but upbeat. Sydnee over they found out that dance was actually practices her routine on the weekends every fun and stayed in dance class. morning outside in her lawn out in the It is now 2013 grade 8, Sydnee and country where it is peaceful and quiet. Patricia are still in dance to this day. They Sydnee is a beautiful and skillful girl that is have a dance competition in a couple a very good dancer. months and have been soooo worried about Patricia’s solo is a very fast upbeat it. In dance they have just started there routine with many moves. The song she is dance routine for the competition. Sydnee using is “Drop it like it’s Hot” by: Snoop and Patricia both have a duet they need to Dog. Patricia has had many solos before but practice and each have a solo. There duet is she is very nervous due to the competition said to be the hardest, but the best. The solos being a hard, long one with 1,000 dancers. are both easy and definitely the best solos She knows she is really good and almost has there are. her solo down but she is scared she might Sydnee and Patricia are in dance mess up and embarrass herself. class and are learning their dance routine for It is two weeks before the the duet. They agreed to practice every day competition in New York City in front of after school so they would be positive they thousands of people and Sydnee and Patricia had it down for the competition in a few are very nervous. They have all their dance months. There routine included flips, Cupid moves down and have extra copies of the Shuffle, Cha-Cha Slide, the Moonwalk, the music in case they lose one. Their dance Jitterbug, the Macarena, and the funniest outfits are very original with sweats and a t- move the Creep. The creep started with the shirt saying ‘The Hip Hop Girls’ the shirt is group Lonely Island. Lonely Island made a pink with blue and purple and neon green song called The Creep with the dance splattered all over. They are going to wear moves. They put all these moves into one their hair in a high ponytail with a hot pink with some upbeat music. ribbon wrapped around the pony tail. Sydnee and Patricia start practicing It is now the day of the competition their routine the next day after school. They and Sydnee and Patricia have their dance have been able to remember their parts but routines down. They are in the hotel sharing cannot get the dance moves to line up with a room. They have taken their showers and the music making them get confused during are putting up their hair. Both Patricia and the dance. They decide to put in a bunch of Sydnee have professional hair and makeup different songs in the dance routine stylists to make sure they look beautiful. The including the Macarena, the Cha-Cha Slide, ending result of them both is absolutely the Creep, “Billy Jean” by Michael Jackson, beautiful. They have about an hour till the the Cupid Shuffle and I Don’t Dance in competition and are super nervous. It is now the competition and everyone is ready yet nervous for their turn to dance. With every person that has gone it comes closer to Sydnee’s and Patricia’s duet. It is now their turn and finish their dance with a perfect ending. They suspect that they will receive an excellent score on their routine for it being so original but they are still very nervous. Now it is Patricia’s solo and she knows she will do very well as well as Sydnee. Patricia’s solo is now over and now it is Sydnee’s turn OMG!!! Sydnee goes up on the stage, the music begins, and she starts to dance. Towards the end everyone is whistling and clapping screaming “WHOAA.” Sydnee does not make one mistake at all. With every perfect step she makes. The judges start giving out the awards and Sydnee and Patricia received the first place trophy for the duet. Patricia received a silver medal and Sydnee received a gold medal!!!! She was so ecstatic. She could not believe she got first place in the solos. Everyone congratulated Sydnee on her winnings. Sydnee and Patricia then went out to dinner after changing into different clothes. They both had the best time of their Hip Hop Dance life and will never forget it.

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The most popular kind of dance is: A. Ballet B. Hip Hop C. Tap

Most competitive dancers become dance teachers. A. True B. False

The most popular age group for dancers is: A. 5-10 B. 11-18 C. 19+

By: Ashley Stillman Answers: B, A, B

The Old Guy Dance turtle step thirteen times as the other partner By: Rachel Heath wiggles his/her fingers over there head as they do the moon walk in a square. The This Old Guy dance and has been partner one the grown hast to jump up on around for thousands of years. The Old Guy their feet and then both of them are wiggles Dance was founded by this 40 year old guy his/her fingers over there head as they do the named Joe Hockalo and lives in Eyeaban. moon walk in a square and scream “ice This unique up beat song has hundreds of cream ice cream I scream for ice cream.” different stile dances all in one. Now slap each other belly’s as hard as you This dance is mostly done alone but can then jump and land in a right foot right the remix is done with two people. This hand left foot right hand position. But dance starts with your right foot on top of remember when doing the right foot right you right hand and your left foot on your left hand and left foot right hand you always hand. Step two jumps out of this position have your back bent and your head down. and fall back in to it, repeat this four times. Repeat this three more times and you have But remember to keep your back bent and to the new remix of The Old Guy Dance. never look up. Next is called step is the Now you know how to do then turtle step, one then last jump of the right original Old Guy Dance and the new fab Old foot on right hand left foot on right hand fall Guy Dance remix try them yourself and see on your back and spin like a turtle would on which one you like better. it shell. Spine five times and hop to your feet and clap six times as to take two steps to the left and two to the right. Now slap your belly as hard as you can and scream for “ice cream” seven times. Then do the wave with your finger and your hands above your head as you run in a square. Now jump eight times then on the eighth jump go back in to right foot right hand left foot right hand and jump nine times. Wiggle your body in one spot for 10 sec. any way you fell like. Now repeat all of these steps two more times and you will have The Old Guy Dance. That was the original dance everyone knows and loves. Did you think that was crazy? Well I think it’s time for the new remix. This starts out the same but with two people facing each other. So grab a partner and go in to right foot right hand and left foot right hand and jump. One then eleventh one you land on your feet rub your backs on each other then turn sideways fall on your backs then do the turtle step. Do the turtle This is the original founder of The Old Guy

step twelve times then huge your partner, Dance -Joe Hockalo. oe Hocka then one of your throws the other one to the grown. The partner on the grown does the Dance Topeka not know what was going on, so she grabbed By: Alana Jennerjohn the sheet of paper that had said when and what time the big Dance World Competition From the News of Dance there is a would be. She looked at the date and she had new place called Dance Topeka. It is a new mistaken the date for the week before so the place where the new Dance World is going World Dance Competition was actually now to be held this year that we have never had not last week. She was surprised but in such before. Dance Topeka is a perfect place for relierf because she had thought that no one all types of dancers. It ha different rooms for wanted to come when really she mixed up each type of dancers there is a room for Pop the date. She did not know this could have dancers, Ballet, and lyrical dancers. Most happened. Now there were millions of people think it is not going to be a good people showing up now but she was ready. place for dance world because of its size.it After the whole competition was over the looks small on the outside but is actually kids and people that were competing were huge on the inside. There are a lot of people packing up and getting ready to go home that take lessons at the Dance Topeka and after a fun, but stressful few days. The they are very excited about the Dance world World Dance Committee decided that they being there because they know it’s a good were going to have more Dance World to place to have it. “Coming to you live from come because it was a big success. Not only Dance Topeka.” “Hello my name is Nancy was it good for the committee it was good LooLoo I am here to tell you about the new for the Dance Topeka. It got Nancy more dance world that will be taking place in July, business that she has ever had. Also they 2020 during the summer. A lot of people are were planning on having other world saying my place for dance world is not competitions at Dance Topeka too, so going to good place for the New Dance hopefully even more business to come. world. I am telling you it is going to be About twenty years later, Dance World good. We have more than just dance here. Competition was still being held at Dance We have a full out spa for the girls to relax Topeka. Nancy was getting old though and after the competition of just whenever they she was going to retire but what was the want, there is a pool for after competition dance committee going to do? Nancy called fun or if you just want to hang out with your up her daughter Sharon, who lived in Asia, friends. So please come to dance Topeka for and told her she had to come and take over a fun summer and new experience at all new Dance World. Her daughter did not want to Dance World Competition.” Nancy stated come back to Wisconsin and run a dance come summer, 2020, Dance Topeka is ready competition. She wanted to stay where she for the huge World Dance Competition. The was with her one daughter Ella and stay with bad news was that no one showed up and it a happy family. Her daughter, Ella, really was all ready but no one came. Nancy wanted to come and run the dance LooLoo went into depression because no competition with her mom because she one came to the Dance World Competition. loved to dance with all her heart. So Sharon A week after, she still did not take anything came to Wisconsin with her daughter and down from the World Dance Competition. It ran the Dance World for twenty years until made her sad thinking about it. That was a she had to retire and hand it down to Ella. good thing because people started showing Ella eventually got old too and had to hand up at the Dance Topeka for the Dance World it down to her one and only daughter, Rosie. Competition. Nancy was shocked she did As the generations go on, Dance World is passed on from daughter to daughter and will last for hundreds of years to come.

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Call: 620-444-6776 By: Patricia Walters Dance even more thirsty. Also if you were to By: Sierra Collins choose to eat a candy bar after or during Aerobic dancing is new in the middle dancing you will get major leg cramps south. You cover every type of dance and because the sugars in the candy goes straight never have a chance to take a breath or to your leg where you are trying to lose relax. With this dance you will work on your weight. upper body and your ankles. This will keep Aerobic dancing doesn’t have to be you moving for years to come. There are six done if you only want to lose weight. It is a altered movies to show you the different great ice breaker and gets your heart moving dances to songs to burn even more calories. if you are feeling tired. Another great way to With this you will be sweating off enjoy your Aerobic Dancer is to invite a 33,000 calories per minute depending on couple of close friends over and just goof what movies you choose and how long you around to see who can do the most sessions do the dancing. We guarantee you will also of intense dancing. lose 5 pounds per week. But it is super fun! Aerobic dancing has been Aerobic dancing is becoming a worldwide scientifically proven that the first time you sensation because all the famous people like do an entire session you will have 20% more Dustin Fiemer, Caky Terry, and George energy that before you started. But it will Bormen are all getting into shape before not hit you until an hour after you are done summer comes along. All these pop stars because you will be exhausted from all the have lost weight and enjoyed it too. exercise. These dance include The Bobbler, Also statistics have shown that if you Honky Tank, and River Yoga. These are the start this dancing when you are 50 or older three fan favorites that everyone says does you have no chance on losing or gaining the best but there are a lot of others. All anything except maybe heart attacks or even three of the fan favorite should help you hospitalization. gain weight or lose weight but you will You can do these dances with never stay the same. someone else but a fore warning; they are all The Bobbler is a dance where you fast paced dance so there is no slow dancing bend over and touch your toes. Next, you at all! But if you would like to do more slow jump up and down, but when you go down dancing and not so much fast paced there is you touch your butt to the ground. The a new movie from the same company called Honky Tank is similar to the plank except Slowed. you kneel on your hands and knees then you Slowed is a exercise video made for keep your hands on the ground and keep people who love to dance but don’t want to kicking your legs up and down as fast as you move a whole lot. This video is can. Finally, the last one is the River Yoga. recommended for the older folks who love River Yoga is the same as yoga with a few to dance with their spouse and don’t want to dance moves between each pose. While you go out and do so. do your yoga dancing, you either listen to Slowed are songs like “Gone”, rushing water on a CD or you do your yoga “Home”, and “Today”. These songs provide by a river. you with slow music that you can relax to When you do these dances you and release your stress. should always stay moving for the best Slowed also can get your younger results. If you were to stop and have a drink kids moving who just like to follow in your of anything besides water it will make you foot steps and copy you. We all know kids want to do whatever the older sibling or parent is doing so now you can have something that everyone can do together. With this you can have family dance times so everyone is together as a group. When you are all together you don’t have to worry where each kid is. Dance is a major part in a lot of people’s lives and should continually grow. Dance is great exercise and gets your heart pumping.

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The Horror of Makeup in Dance! makeup. My mom is not talented in the By: Abby Luedtke beauty part of live, she does not know how to put makeup on, or do a simple braid in My name is Carly Nicvik. I’m your hair. Here’s the story. thirteen years old. I live in the little town of About five years ago when I first Darhling, and I am a competitive dancer at started dance. It was about three days until Apples Dance Academy. My mother is my first competition. My mom and I were dance mom crazy; she always wants what is out buying all the makeup that we were best for me. My dad is just a normal dad; he going to bring with us to the competition. I is a lawyer and is barely home. My brother thought my mom knew what she was buying Jack, who is fifth teen, is always getting in and how she was going to use it on my face trouble or getting the police called on us by once she had bought it. our neighbors. I live in a three story house. I The day of the competition once have my dance diva dog, whose name is every one of my teammates and I had Lady. Lady has her own room, and is rehearsed our dance at least once, we loaded treated as if she is a person of the house. I onto the bus. We got off at the huge go to school at Darhling Middle School. My auditorium where they were holding the two best friends who also dance with me are competition. It was very exciting for being Chloe, and Rachel. I don’t have much time my first time. to make new friends because my life We headed into the room they had revolves around homework and dance. I reserved for us to change into our costumes, want to have all great grades during my do our hair, and put on our makeup. I got school time, because when I get to the point my amazing costume my mom had made for of going to college, I want to get into the me on and then walked out into the room. I best dance college ever. I believe every sat down in my styling chair. When my person on this earth was put on it for a mom came over with a curling iron I was a certain reason. I believe there is always little scared, she didn’t seem very sure about room for improvement in everything you do, using it. She plugged the iron in and let it and to always try your hardest, otherwise heat up. I carefully looked at myself in the you will never succeed to go above and mirror, just in case I didn’t look the same beyond. after my mom was done with me. My mom Now let’s get back to the dance then picked up the curling iron the wrong world. Every morning I get up at five way and just set it on my hair, thinking that o’clock to go to my dance studio and it would curl the hair, not burn my head. practice. Then at seven thirty I leave to go to She then asked if one of the other moms school. After school I go back to the dance could do my hair, it worked out just fine. studio and practice even more, I then get Then came the makeup. She grabbed red back to my house at eight thirty, and usually lipstick, looked at it curiously, and then tried do homework until nine thirty. I always to put it on my eye; someone then told her have a good reputation around the academy, that that was supposed to go on my lips not and school, until one day when my mom my eyelids. She tried wiping the red lipstick decided to go insane on another mom. After off, but the more she rubbed the more it that ended everything went back to normal. started to smudge all over my face. She then My mother makes my dance costumes, but decided she’d fix it later. She grabbled when it comes to our recitals and eyeliner, and tried putting it on my lips, competitions, I have to do my own hair, and nobody even noticed and being only eight, and never wearing makeup, I didn’t know if this was what I was supposed to look like or not. My mom said that was enough makeup, so I got up and was rehearsing my dance. As I rehearsing one of the moms saw my face and screamed, I was not sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing. Suddenly, when I was going to look in the mirror I heard my name being called that I was on deck to be dancing. I had to go; I couldn’t fix my face, as I was waking to go to backstage, I noticed people were looking at me funny. I went on stage and did my dance, as soon as I got off my dance teacher was standing right there, and said that I looked like a clown. From then on my mother has not done my makeup!

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