Halftime at Signal Mountain Middle-High School varsity and junior varsity basketball and football games next season will now feature performances by the newly formed middle school dance team.
“We have 28 girls who are super excited about supporting the school,” said Melinda Harris, who is coaching the team along with Tammy Crawford of the Studio of Performing Arts.
The squad is currently composed of students in grades six through eight, but Harris said they plan to start a high school team next year.
“There’s a lot of interest in a high school team,” said Harris, referring especially to the incoming eighth-graders on the middle school squad. “Middle school is easier to get going because girls are looking for opportunities and sports are already planned by the time they reach high school.”
She said they had originally planned to take only 20 girls, but after the enthusiastic response at the team tryouts last month, they decided to add a junior varsity squad as well.