Blacklight

One of the biggest parts of the year for the Elk Grove High School Drill Team is the end-of-the-year showcase called "Blacklight." There are two performances--a "parent dress-rehearsal" which was on Wednesday night and the "Blacklight Rally" at EGHS on Friday at 2:30 PM. This is always the girl's favorite performance of the year because of the concept--every routine is coreographed and costumed to using blacklights. All of the lights in the gymnasium are turned off and only blacklights light the room. The girls have been working on this since February and, while I am very happy that the rally has come, it is very sad to know that this really was my last dance performance at EGHS.

There were 7 dances total. The first dance is always "Hands." This dance is choreographed using hands only (hense the name). The girls where black unitards, "pockets" and white gloves.

The next 5 dances were choreographed by the captains and coaches. The concepts change every year. This year, the dances included a hip hop to a variety of popular songs, character dance centering around a "Toy Store" theme, dance medley with many different types of songs and dances, and a drill team/hip hop combination. Also, the coaches (me, Jeannette, and next year's coach Brittany) decided to surprise the girls by cheoreographing a dance to Backstreet Boys' "Everybody." We didn't tell the girls we had done this until an hour before the Friday performance and I think they all really enjoyed it.

Finally, the showcase always ends with a "senior tribute" performance. This dance is called "Wings." The seniors wear black unitards and have white sheets that they choreograph into making them look like wings. (Again, I know the name makes since). The juniors used ribbons and the underclassmen end the performance by writing out the graduating class's year with their gloved-hands.

All of these videos were taken with an iPhone (Thank you Terri!!! :]), so that quality is not fabulous. Also, I think she was only able to record 5/7 of the routines. However, I know another parent was the "official" videographer and once I get her higher-quality videos I will switch them out.