FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact:

     Gloria Gritz, 651-681-9663

     Barbara-Ann March, 651-456-5381

January 9, 2006

    Henry Sibley’s varsity dance team members are (sitting) Abby Rice, Abby Silverman, Angela Schroeder, Vanessa Vasterling, Jessica Jones, Tessa Kleinschmidt, Meg Kammerer, Brittany Gengelin, Lizzy Carl, Andrea Wills, Allison Rutman; (kneeling) Sarah Ung, Ashleigh Kahler, Erin Devine; (standing) Lauren Gillen, Anna Verstraete, Maggie Vallez, Taryn Abel, Alexandria Caspers, Sable Hafiz, Mercedes Connors, Ashley Hall, Jamie Utermarck, and Alyssa Berg.

Henry Sibley High hosting dance-team championship

    WEST ST. PAUL, MENDOTA HEIGHTS, EAGAN – Henry Sibley High School in

    Mendota Heights is hosting the Classic Suburban Conference dance team championships on Saturday, Jan. 14, beginning at 11 a.m. with jazz/funk routines. The high-kick competition begins at 1 p.m. More than 200 dancers are expected to compete on varsity and junior varsity teams. Going into the championship round, three teams are within a point in the quest to place first: Henry Sibley, Simley, and South St. Paul.

    Last year’s Henry Sibley team won the conference title for the first time ever, according to Barbara-Ann March, president of the Dance Team Booster Club. This year’s team is

    coached by Molly Vasterling, a professional dancer and choreographer whose credits include choreographing a Super Bowl half-time show and dancing for the Timberwolves. She is also a regional and national dance-competition judge.

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    School District 197 serves the communities of Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Lilydale, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, and West St. Paul. For more information, visit www.isd197.org.