Starstruck Dance Company to perform recitals at Co-Lin
Published 4:00 pm Saturday, May 6, 2023
- PHOTO SUBMITTED The 2022-2023 Starstruck team is, front row from left, Katie Grace Garcia, Kennedi Johnson, Kate McKenzie, Hannah Meredith, Taylor Papizan, Maggie Runnels, Harper Johnson and Aubree Williams; second row from left, Baylee Smith, Lillian Jackson, Mary Margaret Woods, Lexie Freeman, Intermediate Team Captain Mary Katherine Kellum, Linda Grace Dunn, Junior Team Captain Emory Britt, Sarah Logan and Georgia Warrick; third row from left, Blair Boyd, Zanna Sweeney, Lexi Prestridge, Leigh Ellen Haralson, Abbey Berch, Melissa Bradford, Senior Team Captain Reagan Newman, Corley Sandifer, Allie Beeson, Bella Sills, Abby Grace Lambert, Riley Bush, Addie Claire Franklin, Carley Clayton Smith and Allie Ryan.
Starstruck Dance Company, the competition team for Nena Smith’s School of Dance, has recently finished its competition season with many outstanding awards and achievements. The team is under the direction of Kaila Denton. Assisting her are Nena Smith, Kayla Barfield and Elizabeth Nunnery.
At each competition they were selected for special “Judges’ Awards” for costume, showmanship, sportsmanship and choreography. They also came home with many first-place trophies and recognitions. The team will be performing their award winning routines at the studio’s annual recital on Saturday, May 20 and Monday, May 22 at 6 p.m. on the Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s Wesson campus.