Dancers bring the circus to town

Level 2 and 3 dancers perform the finale of the Forever Dance Spring Show in the East Gym on Sunday, February 26. In this piece, the girls perform the song "Bring In the Clowns". All of the numbers that the dancers performed centered around the circus theme. In lieu of admission, a free will donation was taken, with proceeds going to the family of Emerson Skadberg for medical costs associated with her recent leukemia diagnosis.

Cardinaires' dancer Arianna Alinder delivered a moving solo performance of "You Say" by Lauren Daigle. The Cardinaires also got one more opportunity to perform their state champion routines in both pom and jazz at the show.

After a short intermission for audience members to purchase Girl Scout cookies and flowers, the Level 1 dancers put all their energy into "Join the Circus," complete with tiny ringmaster hats. Other numbers on the program for the Level 1 dancers were a pom routine called "At the Circus" and a rousing version of Katy Perry's popular tune, "Roar."

Level 2 dancers performed the finale with Level 3 called "Bring in the Clowns," featuring fun costumes. Level 2 also danced to "Back Flip," where they paired up to perform some fun jumps and stunts. The pom routine delivered by Level 2 was "Enter the Circus." Other Level 3 performances included "Just Like Fire" by Pink and the theme song from the movie "The Greatest Showman," filled with kick lines, stunts and pyramids.

The youngest dancers, The Tinies, kicked off the show with several short numbers, including "I'm a Little Teapot." Here the dancers are shown pouring out their teapots. According to coach and announcer Brianne Partlow, "The Chicken Dance" was their overall favorite routine to perform.