From time to time the Glencoe Tidettes hold an event called the Youth Clinic. Students from Elementary and Middle schools are invited to take part in the fun day – to learn some choreography, play games and in the end,…


From time to time the Glencoe Tidettes hold an event called the Youth Clinic. Students from Elementary and Middle schools are invited to take part in the fun day – to learn some choreography, play games and in the end,…

After the football season comes the Fall Competitions season. This year, the Tidettes performed Contemporary and Modern routines. Their first competition took place in Gladstone High school. The Tidettes took the first place for their Modern routine and third for Contemporary.…

As the school year and football season started, Tidettes started to perform during the half time of all home football games. Boys and Girls Assembly Glencoe vs David Douglas Glencoe vs Madison It had rained during this game, and the…

Another dance camp happened in August. Another 3 days of hard work and performance in the end. All girls were assigned to different classes, Ira took Advanced Jazz and Contemporary level 3 classes. Some routines that were learned during that…

First dance camp in the new dance year is the Thunderbird Camp. Ira and all girls from Tidettes had 3 days of intense training and a performance in the end. Ira was very tired but happy at the same time.

After the fall season is over, we start to learn our final piece, the State routine. This routine is four to five minutes long, and since we are in the Show division, we get to dance with props, and a…

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…

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…

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…

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,…