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Olathe West Dance Team Places Third in State

Olathe West Dance Team Places Third in State

Harper Adams December 5, 2024

For the past few months, the dance team has been spending tireless hours preparing for their state competition. On Nov. 22, their work paid off at the Topeka-Stormont Event Center in Topeka, Kansas.  “We...

Dance team prepares for nationals at practice on March 4.

Dedicated to Dance: Dance goes to Nationals

Logan Kraft, Writer March 4, 2024

Wake up at 6 a.m., put on your workout clothes, tie your hair back and set out to go to the gym. Not the gym with weights and machinery, but rather the West gymnasium that is used every day, sometimes...

Junior dance team member Anita Reyna holds up the necklace at the end of the field show “The Heist”.

Dance Performs New Field Show “The Heist”

Addison Smith, Online Editor September 12, 2023

The dance team has a new field show for the year called “The Heist,” in which dancers maneuver around band members to steal a necklace placed upon a podium. “Every year we find out the next season's...

OW Dance Team Goes To Finals

OW Dance Team Goes To Finals

Miranda Elgin, Writer March 25, 2023

On March 1, the dance team traveled to Orlando, Florida to participate in the 2023 NDA National Championship.  The team made it to finals last year, so this will be the second time that our Olathe...

Dance Team Travels to Florida for Nationals

Dance Team Travels to Florida for Nationals

Riley Cornell March 11, 2022

The Olathe West Dance Team headed to Orlando March 3 for Nationals. The team stayed for five days and brought two routines: jazz and pom. After the team flew into Orlando, they spent most of their time...

Dance team members (left to right) Delaney Johnston (10), Mikayla Forde (10), Molly Richardson (9), Katie Alstatt (9), Delaney Storm (9), Emma Plankers (11), Peyton Falen (10), and Sydney Bui (9) perform for the varsity basketball halftime show against Shawnee Mission Northwest.

Behind-The-Scenes Look: The Dance Team Prepares for Competition

Dahlia Vang and Hannah Snakenberg January 30, 2018

The Olathe West Dance Team attended the Lee’s Summit North Dance Invitational last Saturday, Jan. 20. It was their second, and final competition of the year. Just over a month earlier, the dance...

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