This Saturday the Marquesas dance team will be competing at home for eligibility at national championships
According to Yee, the team captain, audience turn out from MVHS is especially important. At the last states competition only five MVHS parents showed up.
"[With fewer audience members], it makes it harder to dance and it also hurts our showmanship," Yee said. "We're hoping [that] by having [the competition] at MVHS, there will be more people to cheer us on."
This will be the last competition before national finals and around 10 to 15 teams are competing in different divisions. For the solo competition, there will be around 50 or fewer competitors—three from each school. Each division will have fewer competitors; for example, in Large, MVHS is only competing against Archbishop Mitty High School. The competition will take place in the gym, starting at 8 a.m. and ending with awards around 6:30 p.m.
