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Congratulations Kimberlie Kirkpatrick!
2009 Miss Green & White Senior
We are proud of you!

Reagan Foster was crowned Saturday, January 23rd as our new Miss Clemson Teen. She will compete in July for the title of Miss South Carolina Teen. She also won Talent in the Teen Division. Congratulations Reagan, we are so proud of you.

Wesley Quinn came back to UCDC to share his passion and choreography with the UCDC Shining/Elite Stars. They are working on a new exhibition routine – A Michael Jackson Medley.  Wesley, who danced at the MTV Video Music Awards this past year, was featured dancer in the Michael Jackson Tribute. Thank you Wesley for all [...]

Hip Hop Duo – Chonique Sneed and Lisette Bustamante visited UCDC in January 2010.
The Junior and Senior Jazz Companies started the year off right with new choreography for their teams… Look for these new hip-hop dances at Hollywood Connection in Feb. at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville. A special thank you to all the dancers [...]

On December 5th-7th Christopher Tyler traveled to UCDC to choreograph 2 competition numbers. He worked with the Minis and Megas on their new junior hip-hop production and the Sr. Hip-Hop Team. He also taught 2 levels of master classes on Saturday morning. Thank you to everyone who attended the classes and to Christopher for another [...]

On Saturday Night, December 5th, Rachel Wyatt danced her way to the crown of Miss Wrenicycle 2009. Rachel won Evening Gown, Casual Wear, and Grand Talent. She was happily crowned by Faith Pickney, Miss Wrenicycle 2008, a former UCDC student. Also competing in the pageant were UCDC students Nicole Shingleton and Emily Sloan [...]

Thank you to the tappers who participated in the annual Peg Leg Bates Tap Challenge.  This was our 10th season participating in this event which helps promote scholarships for kids to dance along with the domestic violence awareness.  Tappers include Emily D’Ornellas, Belle Hunsinger, Abbey Anne Freeman, Loren Clark, Katie Bowman, Chelsea Lilland, and Landon [...]

The clogging team pictures are now up on the Clogging Team page.  Take a look!
http://www.upstatecarolinadance.com/cloggingteams/

Three UCDC Jazz companies attended Jump Dance Convention November 14th & 15th 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, SC. The Megas, Juniors, and Seniors took classes all weekend and also competed at the competition on Saturday night. The highest award of the weekend was awarded to Tara Moore. She won Overall Junior VIP of [...]

On Saturday, November 14th, 7 UCDC clogging teams attended the 2009 CCA Mountain Classic in Hendersonville, N.C. UCDC competed against some of the best teams in the country with over 110 team dances. The UCDC teams placed 1st place in their respective categories and landed 2 teams in the dance-off. Shining Stars [...]