During the fall season, we learn two or three routines that we then take to competition. This year we learned a contemporary and a jazz routine. Not everyone on the team is in the dances, only those Coach Stephanie thinks…
Glencoe Tidettes. School Year 2017-18. Football Season
During the year, we perform various routines at school assemblies, football and basketball games. Most of the routines are the ones we learned from the two camps, but some are choreographed by our three captains. One of the assembly dances…
Beaverton Parade 2017
Another year, another parade at Beaverton. Only Pavlik this time.
Totality hunting
After 2012’s annular Solar eclipse, we studied the eclipse calendar and found out that the next one, a total eclipse, will take place in August 2017, and not just somewhere, but in Oregon. The closest location to us would be in Salem,…
Glencoe Tidettes. School Year 2017-18. NW Dance Camp
The second big event we did as a team was Northwest dance camp. We hosted the camp at Glencoe, and we got to go home every night. It was similarly structured to Thunderbird, but it was a lot less crowded…
Glencoe Tidettes. School Year 2017-18. Thunderbird Camp
When I started high school, I auditioned for the dance team. I’ve only been on the team a year, but they’re already like a second family. As a team, we practice up to four hours every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday,…
NVDC Showcase, June 2017
The next day after the last performance was going to be very hot – whopping 100 F. I badly wanted to take pictures of the kids in their showcase costumes. So on Sunday I woke up at 6.30 am and after…
Graduation 2017
The end of the year was always a busy time, but this year was even more busier than ever. First it was a performance in Kate’s classroom, then Middle School graduation and Elementary School graduation. Add showcase week, and you…
How to take over the wor.. I mean, how to survive 8th Grade
Taking over the world is a simple task when you think about it. Here, at Evergreen, the teachers know exactly how to do it. They also try to destroy you in the process, because they all would like to have…
Tinker Crate. Hydraulic Claw and Fiber Optic Stars
Hydraulic Claw When I first got the box from Tinker Crate, I wanted my Dad to help me, because i didn’t know if it would be hard, and i was afraid of failing. But then a few weeks later, my…