As the spring season sports wrap up their final games, the Dance Team also closes out their year-long season with their 24th annual dance show on May 1st in the BCA. This show not only featured the Dance Team performing but also included Future Saints, Dance P.E., and boys from different sports. Although this show was bittersweet for seniors, as most of their dance careers end here, it was also a celebration of all the hard work, dedication, and memories made throughout the year.
As the clock struck 7:00, a video played on the screen showcasing all the different groups performing in the show, and of course, the 25-26 SDHS Dance Team. Once the video ended, the song titled “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga and Colby O’Donis started playing. After the first 8-count of the song started playing, the Dance Team came out into the crowd and performed a routine that ended on stage. Even though the song ended, and the lights dimmed, their presence on stage didn’t leave, and they continued to perform after that to a mashup of two songs, such as “Make It Rain” by Pop Smoke and Rowdy Rebel, as well as “Start a Riot” by Duckworth and Shaboozy.
Next after this amazing performance was the Future Saints #1 routine, choreographed by Senior Victoria Contreras and Junior Amber Liu. This routine consisted of little kids aged 4 to 8. It brought a fun and cute energy to the show, as they performed to the song titled “Fired up” from the well-known Disney movie “Zombies”!
Following the future saints #1 routine was the JV Jazz routine, choreographed by Junior captain Jocelyn Ruelas. This was the first competition routine in the show to be showcased. This routine brought a sassy but entertaining energy to the stage, for they performed to the song “The Fame” by Lady Gaga, which is all about being famous. As the dancers left the stage, they were reportedly saying that they felt good about that performance, as nobody messed up the hardest part of the routine, which was the turn section, and they made sure that the last time they performed it would be the best time, and it indeed was.
After a couple of routines had passed by, the next routine up on stage was Varsity Jazz, which Coach Brooke Boyd choreographed. This number had a very sassy song, which was titled “Jealous Type” by Doja Cat, and was a crowd favorite. It brought a very different energy to the stage, with sharp, quick choreography executed very well. As Coach Brooke Boyd choreographed this routine early in the season, she had a story.
that she wanted to tell through this routine, this story was about a girl who confronts her own insecurities, relationship anxieties, and the toxic dynamics that arise when her partner gives her a reason to be suspicious that there might be someone else. Towards the end of the routine, this girl and her friends go crazy trying to get at this boy for what he did, but they don’t reach him. Soon after this, they act as if nothing happened and continue to live their lives.
As the show neared the end of the first act, the last varsity performance of the act was their contemporary routine titled “Death Row”, which was choreographed by Broadway star Lauren Boyd. The setting of this routine is around the 1600s, during the Salem witch trials, and there’s a group of girls trying to hunt down someone they think is a witch, but isn’t. They try many times to capture her and fail over and over until, one day, they finally capture her and put her on a stake. This routine left the crowd in shock, with a very dark storyline and scary acting, while the performers performed beautifully.
After many amazing routines went on stage and were performed, the routine closing out act 1 was the JV Production routine titled “Newsies,” which was choreographed by Coach Diana Boyd. The production category is one in which San Dimas is well known, so the audience was able to witness firsthand the greatness of this performance. The storyline of this routine is about a newsboy named “Jack Kelly,” played by Junior Jacob Marshall, who leads a group of orphaned street kids on strike in 1899 New York City. This routine brought a different feeling to the floor, as it was fun, energetic, and overall a great way to end the first act of the show.
Senior Farrah Carrey was asked, “How does it feel to be a graduating senior after being on the dance team for 4 years and finally performing for your high school one last time?” She responded with “my last show after being on the varsity dance team for the last 4 years and as the head captain was very bittersweet. i’m excited for the next chapter in my life and to move on from san dimas high, but i’m sad that i won’t be dancing for coach brooke and coach diana anymore. i’ve known them my entire life so being on their team in high school was super full circle for us and it doesn’t quite feel real that it’s over yet. even though my time on the team here is done, i know i won’t stop dancing because i still have to finish out my season with Adage Dance Center and hopefully i’ll dance at my college UCLA too”
Once the 15-minute intermission was over, the curtain opened, and immediately, the varsity team performed their “Clarity” pom routine. This routine consisted of a mashup of hit producer Zed’s songs, including “Clarity,” “Stay The Night,” “Spectrum,” and many more. This routine has to have been one of the hardest, if not the hardest, dances San Dimas has ever performed, as it featured high-intensity, sharp movements and tricks, and was for sure a crowd favorite.
Soon after this routine was Victoria’s senior dance titled “The moment I said it”. Victoria’s senior dance was one of many senior dances showcased at the show, and it was choreographed and taught in 2 weeks by Victoria. This routine had a lot of suspense, with the music and choreography building on each other. It featured hard lifts, tricks, and turn sequences, leaving the crowd amazed.
Following Victoria’s senior dance was the last of many dance performances, which was their Jazz routine titled “The Place To Be.” These routines consisted of students from two different periods of dance pe taught at San Dimas High School. Most of these numbers were choreographed by English teacher and dance enthusiast Rebecca Ingram, while others were choreographed by students part of the dance pe program.
As the dance show neared the end, a specialty number that they love to put together every year is titled the “Sports Dance”, which was choreographed by Senior Farrah Carrey and Junior Jacob Marshall. This number represents male students at San Dimas from different sports coming together to create one big routine. It is always a routine the crowd loves, as it brings diversity to the show and is fun to watch.
To close out the dance show’s routines was the performance of the Varsity team’s production number titled “Georgia,” which was choreographed by Coach Brooke Boyd. As the music started for the final number, it kept the crowd in suspense, for they saw cowboys in all black and two characters: “The Devil,” played by Senior Mia Guerrero, and “Johnny,” played by Senior Farrah Carrey. The storyline of this amazing routine is about a boy named Johnny who lives in Georgia and is great at playing the fiddle. Then one day, the devil goes down to Georgia and finds this boy, and decides to challenge him to a fiddle-playing contest, but with a twist: if the devil wins, then he gets Johnny’s soul, but if Johnny wins, then he gets a fiddle made of gold. Soon after this long battle, the devil ends up losing and gives Johnny his promised fiddle made of gold. This routine was the highest-scoring number at every competition for San Dimas and was by far the fan favorite.
After the last routine in the show was over, it was time for the final curtain call, which showcased every dancer in the show. As each dancer came out and was spotlighted, the crowd continued to applaud. While this may mark the end of some seniors dance journey, it’s also a start to others new beginnings, and the coaches couldn’t be more proud of them. Congratulations to the 2025-2026 San Dimas High School Dance Team on completing an amazing dance season. The school can’t wait to see what the future holds for this team.
