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SHADES and Sanctify add new members

February 13, 2013 by Emmett Niland

Sanctify Hip Hop Company and Shades Step Squad each added new members as they prepare for their upcoming performances. Both groups held auditions last week, which resulted in six new members for Sanctify and four new members for Shades. Shades and Sanctify are both on campus groups in the Office of Multicultural Enrichment. Shades performs ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dancing, Sanctify, Shades

Dance teams preparing for shows

February 6, 2013 by Christina Williamson

As Sing Song is fast approaching, everyone is dancing around campus getting organized, losing sleep and trying to focus on preparing for the performances. For the first time in several years, ACU is bringing back the Sing Song Dance Team. The team consists of students with all different types of dancing styles. This year the dance team will ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dancing, Omega Dance Company, Sanctify, Shades, Sing Song, Swing Cats

Two dance groups pursuing new members

January 25, 2013 by Mark Smith

Two dance groups on campus are actively looking for new members with spring tryouts as they prepare Sing Song performances. SHADES step team has been conducting tryouts each night this week, and will again Friday evening in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building room 115 from 8 - 10 p.m. It's the first time the group will welcome open ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase Tagged With: Sanctify, Shades, Sing Song

Dancers Unite: SHADES and Sanctify partner for first joint show

November 14, 2012 by Mark Smith

Nearly a dozen women on campus share a passion for stepping. Performing a combination of dance and creative percussion, SHADES stomps and claps in unison and rhythm to create its own music or to accompany other songs. SHADES will perform a show in Cullen Auditorium on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. alongside a similar dance group. Rather than ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Sanctify, Shades

Dance groups to join for performance

October 10, 2012 by Erika Tanaka

ACU dance organizations SHADES, Sanctify and Omega Dance Company will come together for a weekend performance to showcase the dance talent of students with a cornucopia of different styles. In mid-November, ACU dance organizations SHADES, Sanctify and Omega Dance Company have committed to putting together a joint showcase on campus.  Though all ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Omega Dance Company, Sanctify, Shades

Performing groups SHADES, Sactify, Omega conduct member tryouts

September 14, 2012 by Optimist Staff

This week has been one filled with excitement and dancing. All three of ACU's dance and step teams had their tryouts for new members. Omega, ACU's contemporary and jazz dance group had auditions this past Sunday. Omega is a contemporary organization on campus that is all about exploring expression of faith and creativity through dance. They want ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture Tagged With: Omega Dance Company, Sanctify, Shades

SHADES transitioning after resignations

September 7, 2012 by Optimist Staff

SHADES, the school step team, is starting this semester with new plans and a new leadership team. "It's a whole new game plan with fresh new leaders. Our spirit for dancing and stepping for the Lord is stronger than ever and you know it's always going to be 'hit hard or go home.'" said Angie Nsumbu, sophomore accounting major from Fort ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: OME, Shades

Steppin’ Out: Student dance group shows off their skills in spring performance

April 18, 2012 by Sarah Fatheree

SHADES Step-Squad incorporated some traditional favorites from under the big top at their annual spring performance last weekend. The show was appropriately titled: "Shades Sircus." Acrobats and giant jack-in-the-box dancers were among many performances at the show in Cullen Auditorium Friday and Saturday. "For the SHADES Sircus, we wanted to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase Tagged With: Shades

SHADES to put on unique ‘Sircus’ performance

April 12, 2012 by Carole-Marie Wiser

SHADES step-squad will conduct their annual show on Friday and Saturday night in Cullen Auditorium. This year's theme, Sircus, is the group's take on a normal circus with a twist. "It's a kind of strange show," said DeMarco Howard, SHADES advisor and co-captain. "It's a circus-meets-dead people performance. We have been choreographing steps and ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Shades

Shades, Sanctify, Omega and Swing Cats to perform in Sing Song

February 16, 2012 by Special Contributor

By Nikki Wilson Sanctify and Shades, two campus dance teams, are performing in several dance routines between upstage acts at Sing Song 2012. They are among the many groups participating in the show. The groups practice schedules were somewhat intensified due to the number of routines they are performing. Jacob Kilpatrick, sophomore youth and ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Sanctify, Shades, Sing Song

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