The Aptos High Dance Team traveled to Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks for the USA Northern California Dance Regional, their first competition of the year.
Aptos High Varsity Team
The Varsity team competed in five divisions: Extra small, small lyrical, small contemporary, small dance/pom, and small hip hop — and they took home 1st in all five divisions.
This was the Aptos High Dance Team’s first clean sweep in history.
The nine members of Varsity are Amelia Valoroso, Bella Garvey, Bryanna Diaz-Vazquez, E Evans, Juliana Alvarez, Mia Trujillo, Nahla Alcaraz, Natalie Perez, and Zoey Williams.
Three students competed as soloists. Bella Garvey took 1st, Zoey Williams took 2nd, and Amelia Valoroso took 3rd out of 35 dancers from all over Northern California.
It was the Aptos High Dance Team’s first time having a Junior Varsity team and their first time competing. They competed in two divisions. They took home 2nd in JV hip hop and 3rd in JV dance/pom.
Aptos High Jr. Varsity Team
The five members of JV are Dorothy DeLisle, Eleanor Pursley, Hayle White, Hazel Berman, Kalleigh Estrada, and Rina Goodman.
Coach Tanee Taylor said, “We are so proud of all of our dancers and how well they did at the first competition of the season. We have one more regional competition in San Jose this month and then are headed to nationals in Anaheim next month.”
TOP PHOTO: Aptos High soloists (from left): Amelia Valoroso, Zoey Williams, and Bella Garvey.