They kicked up their heels, we clicked our cameras.

The culmination of Blue Brigade’s Kiddie Clinic Dance Camp was enthusiastic, energetic, just plain adorable

Angie Seckar-Martinez and Dave Winter, Maculty image makers
August 9, 2019

Blue Brigade Kiddie Clinic Dance Camp 2019

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The Blue Brigade hosted its annual summer dance camp for elementary and middle school students, and 63 aspiring young dancers answered the call. After a week of dance training, with the occasional dose of fun thrown in, the Kiddie Clinic dance troupe was ready to perform for a cafeteria full of supportive parents, and MacJournalism was there to capture the show in all of its unabashed enthusiasm and adorableness.
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To see our unabridged collection of images, click the picture at the top of this post to be taken to our Flickr album of more than 350 images from the show and the Thursday practice before the show.

After the campers performed, the Blue Brigade took a turn showing off one of the routine it had been practicing in the morning sessions before camp sessions in the afternoon. The performance, which Blue Brigade director Nancy Honeycutt Searle said could be called “Blue-Grey” or “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble” will also be performed at Wednesday’s first ever Back to Mac Community Kickoff Rally, and it will be performed at the Blue Grey Scrimmage on Aug. 14.  You can see the first ever live performance of this routine (or any routine for the 2019-2020 Blue Brigade for that matter) by clicking on the YouTube icon at the bottom of this post.