Cheer and Dance: Washington Redskins Cheerleaders to Host Summer Youth Camps

photos courtesy Redskins Team Photographer Ned Dishman

Ashburn (June 17, 2013) - The Washington Redskins Cheerleaders (WRC) July Youth Summer Dance and Cheer Camps enrollment is closing Wednesday, June 20. Aspiring dancers and cheerleaders at all levels, ages 7-17, can participate. Register at www.redskins.com/cheerleaders. Space is limited.

Dance: Beautiful Opening! Bella Ballerina Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Leesburg

(March 19, 2013) - Town of Leesburg officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Bella Ballerina, a new children’s dance studio, on Sunday, March 17. Bella Ballerina is located at 1053 Edwards Ferry Road NE, in the Battlefield Shopping Center in Leesburg.

News: Tryouts for The Studio MBS Performance Dance/Cheer Teams

(Nov. 14, 2012) - "The Studio MBS" has an opportunity for middle and high school students in Loudoun County to appear in a local television commercial filmed at halftime of a Washington Redskins, Wizards or Mystics game.

"The Studio MBS" is looking for all levels of cheer and dance performers, ages 12 to 17, to try out for their performance teams Dec. 1 and Dec. 2.

News: Malone Foundation Recipients Honored - Scholarships to Middle School Students in Art, Math, Music and science

Some of the Malone Foundations honorees

(Oct. 25, 2012) - The Loudoun County School Board recognized the Teri and Shari Malone Foundation Class of 2012 at its October 23rd meeting.

The Teri and Shari Malone Foundation is dedicated to the memory of exceptionally talented twins who lost their lives in 1989 at the age of 14 in an automobile accident. They had just completed their eighth grade year at Seneca Ridge Middle School and were to enter the freshman class of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the fall. They were particularly accomplished in the fields of art, computer science, dance, mathematics, music and science as well as being straight A students at Seneca Ridge.

Dance: Potomac Falls Dance Team Hip Hops to Second Place at American National Championships

Sterling (Jan. 28, 2010)  - The Potomac Falls High School Dance Team brought home second place for their hip-hop dance routine performed in the National Champion Jazz category of the American National Championships. The dance competition was sponsored by the American Masters National Cheer and Dance Team Competition held January 16th and 17th at the Baltimore Convention Center.

This is the team's second honor this year. This fall the nine-member team captured first place in jazz and hip-hop as well as the Grand Championship for the highest score of the day at the Manchester Dance Team Invitational held November 14th in Midlothian.

“We are both extremely proud of the job the girls did at Nationals this year,” said Potomac Falls dance team coaches Nicole Jordan, an eighth grade physical education teacher at River Bend Middle School, and Jessica 
Prevost, a Potomac Falls social sciences teacher. “Their hard work and dedication definitely paid off by winning the title of National Jazz Champion. It was a great experience.”


Members of the Potomac Falls High School Dance Team include:
· Gina Gatti
· Savannah Kaiser
· Chelsea Lasik
· Abby Pierro
· Carly Piotrowski
· Lauren Sturman
· Julissa Swigart
· Riley Trainor
· Kimberly Wood