Jazzline seeking recognition
By David Shuey
Emerald Contributor
Drenched to the bone, the 17
members of Jazzline, the Univer
sity's dance team, quickly scur
ried to their lockerroom, leaving
behind the rain that enveloped
Parker Stadium throughout the
1 <M12 Civil War footbo 11 game
They had just finished their
half-time show with the Oregon
Marching Band and Colorguard.
and although this wus probably
their most important perfor
mance of the \ enr. it turned out
to be one of the most miserable.
Jazzline member Allison
Mavemnn sail! she doesn't regret
performing on the cold Saturday
in Corvallis,
"We wouldn't do it if we
weren't having fun," Maveman
said "I guess you get to the
point where you're used to peo
ple not watching you, but you
just have to do it for yourself."
But sometimes the Universi
ty's dance squad members
believe they are hardly noticed.
"It's a shame,” said co-Cap
tain Darcy Anderson. "We put a
lot of time and effort in. and we
don't really get enough (notori
ety) out of it as we think we
should.”
For those who've missed out
in the past. Jazzline's last perfor
mance of the season is tonight
during half-time of the men's
liasketball game against Stanford
at McArthur Court.
Adviser Nicole Elliot, who is
earning her GTF by advising Jaz
zline, said this would lie a great
opportunity for University stu
dents to see one of the few colle
giate dance teams in the
Northwest. In fact. Elliot said
Jazzline is one of the pioneering
programs blazing the trail in the
region.
"Colleges rarely do (have
dance teams)." Elliott said. "I’ve
never heard about it before I
moved here."
During fall term. Jazzline is an
. tr«
Members of Jazzline. I he University's dance team, practice Wednes
day lor their final season performance tonight.
auxiliary ili\ ision of the Oregon
Marching Bond Much of the
focus of the show is placed on
the hand members rather than
the dance team But this term,
Jazzline has been on its own
without the band, which has
given choreographers Jenni
Fuller. Anderson and Elliott a
greater amount of freedom in
routines.
Another way Jazzline is hop
ing to improve in the future is
by expanding the number of
dancers from lfi to 24 The team
is looking forward to a large
turnout during spring tryouts,
which take place May 20 at t>
p in. in Room 353 Gerlinger
Annex.
Fuller, a fourth-year Jazzliner,
said it takes u special kind of
dancer to make the team.
Although tonight's half time
show is her last in Jazzline, she
said she still takes an active
interest in the future of the team,
saying those who hope to make
next year’s dance fort e better lie
prepared
"The performance quality is
the most important thing we
look for in people — the ability
to pick up things real quickly,"
Fuller said "We don't have very
much time to learn our routine.
We usually have one to two
weeks to put together our whole
field show,"
|<izzlmo me miters suit! they
believe the experience is worth
it Team members are able to
earn two credits fall term and
one in the winter They also had
the opportunity to travel to
Shreveport. 1-a for the Indepen
dence Bowl, an opportunity that
first-year member Wendy
Domenigoni found to lie a pleas
ant surprise
"I enjoyed going to the Inde
pendence Bowl a lot.”
Domenigoni said, it was a
bonding experience Wo made a
lot of new friends, not only
through our own band, but with
the Wake Forest band, also ."
Most importantly, lazzline is
simply an opportunity to dam e
”1 love to dance." said first
year dancer Jeneva Watson,
"and 1 don't care how muny
hours a week wo have to prac
tice. because it's the perfor
mance that makes it all worth
it."
And if they have to perform
in a torrential downpour next
year, they’ll do it without miss
ing a step, letting the rain drip
by them like water off a duck's
back
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