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Celebrating films, TV; Award shows honor talent
from MARCH 2023
by Jen Chandler
formance and I had to keep going. It was stressful in the moment but it all worked out.”
Glenn also participates in dance and dances for Rage Box Dance Center. She has been dancing for ten years and competes as well. She says “I really enjoy just exploring my body and challenging myself to move in different ways.”
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Glenn adds, “I also love performing and having the audience feel something through watching our [dance team’s] movement and storytelling.”
REESE SHOWALTER Sports Editor
It is officially the season of award shows! These include the Golden Globes, Oscars, SAG awards, and more. These awards celebrate the films and television of the year.
Many actors, actresses, directors, and filmmakers get to celebrate their hard work from the previous year's work.
“All the girls in my family watch the Oscars together. It’s so much fun, we have ballots we fill out on who we think will win each category, and whoever guesses the most correctly gets a prize. We also have a bingo card to watch for things that happen during the show. We also get a prize if we win the bingo” hopefully if I go somewhere that has a good program for it.” She explains one of her favorite dances was two years ago when she performed “a Mary Poppins inspired dance where we used umbrellas and other props, so that was really fun.” One of the most stressful moments in her dance experience was when “my music stopped in the middle of my per-
She has been to five dance competitions and her favorite one as of now was the competition at Monsters Dance Convention. She says she recently went, although she didn’t compete. “I got to watch dances from my studio and other studios,” Glenn explains. She adds, “everyone at the event was so supportive and just had such a fun energy.” She also got to take classes from “many amazing teachers which I really enjoyed.” At the IN10SITY dance competition in early February, she performed her first solo and placed third as well. She says that “in the future, I want to be a professional dancer.”
