The Sartell Dance Team hosted their annual banquet to celebrate the competition of their season on February 28. The banquet was held at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course, and took place in the event room. The team, parents, and coaches feasted on pasta, breadsticks, salad and cake.
The banquet kicked off with a quick speech from head coach Kelly McCarney, to recap the season. After this, each captain followed with a speech.
The choreographers were next recognized. There were girls recognized for choreographing Varsity Kick, Varsity Jazz, JV Kick, JV Jazz, B-Squad Jazz, and Fall routines. The next gave awards to All-State dancers, and All-State Honorable Mention dancers. Once these concluded, they award those who had perfect attendance with a Chick-fil-a gift card.
The next awards that were given were teammate awarded awards. Varsity Kick and JV Kick both
vote on their teammates to decide which award will go where. Some of the awards voted on are best kick technique, best jazz technique, most dedicated, most improved, and Sabre Star.
After these awards concluded, it was time to recognize the graduating seniors. Each senior was called up to the front where they took a trip down memory lane. Kelly presents each senior with their freshman year application for the team. It is always so fun to see what each dancer wrote four years prior. After this, Kelly gave a brief statement about each senior and what she would miss most about them. Finally, the senior was awarded with their well deserved alumni crewneck.
The team concluded the banquet with the long awaited end of the year video. This highlights all the best moments of the 2024-2025 season.
