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FULL CIRCLE: For seniors like co-captain Addie Seckar-Martinez, shown here performing in the large ensemble contemporary dance for which the team won a Best in Class award, the site of the Central Texas Dance Festival at Georgetown’s East View High School offered an opportunity to come full circle.  East View was the site of the first competition the seniors entered as freshman four years ago. “We have had a lot of events get canceled this year due to COVID and weather inconveniences, but being able to be out there dancing to an audience with my Blue Brigade family meant so much to me,” Seckar-Martinez said. “I always tell the team to go out there and just have fun and that’s exactly what we did.” Reporting by Zazie Bryant.

Blue Brigade competes, wins both in person, virtually

In a traditional spring semester, the Blue Brigade would have competed in two local competitions with the entire team, performing a full slate of routines, some of them involving the entire team, some...

After a frustrating summer of cancelled traditions and an interminable four weeks of school without a face-to-face team gathering, the Blue Brigade finally held its first in-person practice on Monday morning on the baseball fields.  While the delay in in-person practice has been frustrating Seckar-Martinez is still hopeful that she and her teammates can have a successful year together. “I hope we can continue to dance even if it stays like this all year, and I hope the freshman have a great first experience on Blue Brigade because I remember how new and exciting everything was. And I hope seniors will have a last dance at the end of the year. But the main goal is to have fun and stay motivated.”

After a summer and a month of school apart, Blue Brigade can finally dance (together) if it wants to

After a frustrating summer of cancelled traditions and an interminable four weeks of school without a face-to-face team gathering, the Blue Brigade finally held its first in-person practice on Monday morning...

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