A Brentwood High School dance team member was awarded the All-American title for dance by the National Dance Alliance in the summer of 2002.
Sophomore Jennifer Campbell was one of 20 girls, out of 50 who tried out, honored with this award.
Dancers who receive the All-American honor are said to be the most talented, graceful and poised dancers, and they are given the opportunity to travel to places such as London, Paris, Hawaii and the Rose Bowl in California to perform.
During the NDA dance camp, the staff selected dancers to try-out for the All-American title. Try-outs are on the last day of camp. The participants must learn a four eight-count dance in front of the camp. Then they must create their own two eight-counts of dance in 20 minutes and perform in groups of four for the judges.
“This was the first award I won for dance,” Campbell said. “It is the most special to me because you had to be selected to even try-out.”
The NDA camp where Campbell was awarded the All-American title was in Louisville, Ky. Campbell attended the camp with the Brentwood High School dance team. Brentwood is in Nashville, Tenn.
Campbell also received the All-Star award from the Universal Dance Association twice as a member of the Brentwood dance team.
Campbell began dancing when she was 3 years old. She said her mother introduced her to dance.
Campbell attended the DC Dance Studio and was a member of a competition dance team, Premier All-Stars. She is skilled in jazz, hip-hop and ballet. She said her favorite dance is jazz.
Campbell is still involved in dance. She is a member of the open dance team at Premier Athletics in Knoxville. Her open team competes in dance competitions, and they recently received an invitation to compete in Orlando, Fl.
“I have made my best friends through dance,” Campbell said. “I have also made several connections for the future. I hope that when I get a permanent job, dance will be a part of it.”
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Jennifer Campbell was awarded the All-American title for dance by the National Dance Alliance in the summer of 2002.
Dancers who receive the All-American honor are the most talented, graceful and poised dancers. They are also given the opportunity to travel to places such as London, Paris and the Rose Bowl in Hawaii to perform.
“This was the first award I won for dance,” Campbell said. “It is the most special to me because you had to be selected to even try-out.”
During NDA dance camps, dancers must be selected by the staff to try out for the All-American title. Tryouts are on the last day of camp. The participants must learn a four eight-count dance in front of the camp. Then they must create their own two eight-counts of dance in 20 minutes and perform in groups of four for the judges.
Campbell was awarded the All-American title at the NDA camp in Louisville, Kentucky. She attended the camp with her Brentwood High School dance team.
Campbell also received the All-Star award from the Universal Dance Association twice as a member of the Brentwood dance team.
Campbell began dancing at the age of three. She said her mother introduced her to dance.
Campbell attended the DC Dance Studio and was a member of the Premier All-Stars, a competition dance team. She is skilled in jazz, hip-hop and ballet. Her favorite dance is jazz.
Campbell is still involved in dance. She is a member of the open dance team at Premier Athletics in Knoxville.
“I have made my best friends through dance,” Campbell said. “I have also made several connections for the future. I hope that when I get a permanent job, dance will be a part of it.”
(Isn’t the Rose Bowl in California, or is it another Rose Bowl?)
(At the beginning of your article, you have concentrated most of your information on NDA competition, when it is really about Jennifer Campbell.)
(Looks really great!)
The only thing that I saw that you could change is to use pronouns. So you don't repeat Campbell so many times in your story. Other then that your story was easy to read.
Nice story, Julie.
I think you should indicate that Brentwood is in Tennessee in the lead. Watch punctuation errors. Overall, a really interesting story on Jennifer.
Keep up the good writing.
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