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KSU Rhythm Dance Team
We are the Kennesaw State University Rhythm Dance Team! Our purpose is to promote school spirit, cheer on the Owls, perform at basketball games, and competition!

KSU D-I Rhythm Dance Team Overview
The KSU dance team is a Spirit Squad comprised of athletes/performers who dance & cheer on the Owls at athletic events, such as soccer and basketball.

Program Highlights and Traditions:
-Summer Practices & NDA Camp
-Teambuilding parties & activities
-Rhythm "spirit day" practices
-Holiday Party and gift exchange
-Dance clinic for local schools and youth programs
-Nationals Trip to Florida (NDA at Daytona Beach, FL 2005)
-Conference Competition (PBC up until 2005)
-Regional Competition (UDA 2004)
-Soccer and Basketball Performances
-Dance Team Banquet
-Dance technique and conditioning Program

Brittany
Ashley
Bobbie

Juliana
Elizabeth
Rose

Lauren
Olivia 		 


Head Coach Sandra Fields
Sandra Fields is a graduate from the University of Florida, where she was a member of the Dazzlers dance team her junior & senior year. Her junior year, Sandra switched majors to Exercise & Sports Sciences and minored in Dance. After the switch, she studied all spectrums of fitness/wellness, including a practicum with UF Strength & Conditioning coaches, working with UF athletes (women's basketball and women's track).

Sandra graduated from UF with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science and a minor in dance. Sandra began her coaching career at KSU in 2002. Since coaching the KSU Rhythm Dance Team, the squad progressively moved up the ranks at the Peach Belt Dance Team competitions, they placed 5th in 2003, 3rd in 2004, and took first place at the 2005 PBC competition! In 2005, the Rhythm also competed at Nationals for the first time, placing 5th in the Open Dance division.

Dancing happened on accident for Sandra. With no prior dance training, she tried out for her middle school dance team and made the squad. She danced for her high school squad and finally took ballet, jazz, and modern classes when she turned 18 so she could audition to be a dance major. Other dance credits include being a 2005 captain for the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders, this is her 3rd season with the Falcons and she's a member of Show Troupe. She performed in musicals and dance shows in college, including showcases in France, Miami, and San Diego. TV credits include appearing in Whitney Houston's video, "One of those days," and "R U the Girl" on UPN. She choreographed for various middle & high school dance and cheer squads, and she has judged several tryouts & competitions.

In her spare time, Sandra enjoys reading, spending time with family/friends, and training for fitness competitions. 2005 marked her first season as a fitness competitor; she hopes to place top 10 in future national competitions, when she'll compete against her idols she often reads about in fitness magazines!


Assistant Coach Vera Lukens

Assistant Coach Vera Lukens
This is Vera's first year as an assistant dance coach at KSU. Vera is currently working with Universal Dance Association as an instructional staff member, teaching dance camps surrounding the Southeast. Vera was a member of the KSU Rhythm Dance Team for 4 years and served as captain for all 4 years. In that time frame, she contributed to the team's success as they became Peach belt Conference Champions and won 5th place at NDA nationals in Daytona, FL. Vera is a former member of Sequoyah High School's Dancin' Diva's dance team; in her senior year, the team took 1st place at KSU's invitational competition.

Currently, Vera choreographs for middle school and high school dance teams; recently, she has been working with a middle school team in Tennessee on their competition routine. Vera's husband, Tom, has taken on a vital role contributing to the Rhythm's success! During the 2004-2005 season, Tom created their eclectic blend of music for the bid routine and competition routine, and he helped with editing and graphic design work for their videos.

Vera's has received training in jazz, pom, technique, and she has extensive training in hip hop. Film credits include being featured as a dance extra on the Paramount Pictures film, "The Fighting Temptations." She is currently finishing up her degree in Communications at Kennesaw State University. Vera enjoys reading, singing, playing the piano, attending church, and of course....dancing! Vera and Tom have been happily married for 2 years.


Rhythm dance team places first in Peach Belt Dance Competition

KSU's Rhythm Dance Team won the championship at the Peach Belt Dance Competition when they beat seven other teams competing for the first place title at Augusta State University's Athletic Complex March 5.

The eleven woman team had been to the Peach Belt Dance Competition before, but they always seemed to come up short. With this success they are qualified to compete in the Nationals April 6-10 in Daytona, Florida.

"In 2004, we went to Nationals to support the KSU cheerleaders and to watch the dance competition, just to see if this was something we were capable of," said Sandra Fields, KSU Rhythm Dance Team Coach. "After watching our cheer squads in the United States [competition], something clicked in all the returning KSU dancers."
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