On April 15, the Javelina Sapphires Dance Team won first place in every category they competed in at the American Cheer Power Fiesta Texas Championship.<\/p>\n
The Javelina Sapphires, consisting of Team Co-Captain Lidia Morales, Co-Captain Tiphanie Contreras, Alisa Jones, Jessica Pearson and Islla Fernandez achieved first place in Pom, Jazz, and lyrical.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur dance team has been trying to broaden their horizon for a while now,\u201d said Javelina Sapphires Adviser Serena Reopelle-Munoz.<\/p>\n
The ACP Fiesta Texas Championship is the first ever competition that The Sapphires have competed in.<\/p>\n
The competition was tough with middle schools, high schools, other universities, as well as dance studios competing.<\/p>\n
Despite the number of experienced competitors, the many first place victories now place the Javelina Saphires as a distinguished team within the organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been working on this for a long time so we\u2019re happy they finally got to achieve their goals,\u201d Reopelle-Munoz said.<\/p>\n
Having been working on their choreography since January, the team worked really hard practicing and rehearsing the routine created by Morales.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember driving up there with tears in my eyes because we were given a chance to show all the hard work we put into dance,\u201d Morales said.<\/p>\n
The journey was not easy. Rehearsals were difficult, school obligations would often interfere with the schedules of practice, some even leaving the team days before competition leading to on-the-spot changes in routines.<\/p>\n
Despite all of that, Morales was confident in the team she did have and was ecstatic to hear their name called not just once, but three different times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of and happy for my girls for all we accomplished together,\u201d Morales praised.<\/p>\n
It was tough, but the girls of the team feel they left this new experience better than they were before.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest lesson that I learned from this competition is to remain hopeful no matter what obstacles are thrown your way,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n
With this newfound momentum, the next destination for The Sapphires is the Universal Dance Association College Summer Dance Camp in UT Austin in July in hopes of competing in a major varsity competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey left their hearts on the dance floor, and they were happy to bring some recognition to A&M Kingsville,\u201d Reopelle-Munoz said.<\/p>\n
Full of pride and motivation to keep improving, the TAMUK Javelina Sapphires move forward one step at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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