The purpose of Madison Dance Club is to provide an opportunity for students to express themselves through various forms of dance, including but not limited to jazz, hip-hop, street and lyrical.
Madison Dance performs all around campus for different events, and we also perform for great causes in Harrisonburg. In the 2008-09 academic year, we performed at:
- Sorority sponsored late night breakfasts,
- 4 different charity events,
- pep rally,
- MS sleep out,
- a cell phone company grand opening,
- JMU’s Got Talent,
- performances at retirement home talent shows,
- a performance for the Phi Sigma Pi event,
- MS walk in Duke Hall,
- and the ring premiere in Festival.
Not only do we do these performances to help out other organizations we have an end of the semester show each semester; we have a pretty full schedule. All the girls are very devoted and love being involved with the club.
Members
48
Executive Board
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President
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Heather Ballew |
ballewhm@dukes.jmu.edu |
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Vice President
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Gina Mogavero |
mogavegm@dukes.jmu.edu |
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Treasurer
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Sarah Janser |
jansersk@dukes.jmu.edu |
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Secretary
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Heather Ballew |
ballewhm@dukes.jmu.edu |
Season
Our "season" begins the second week of each semester and ends before finals week, unless there is a conflict with when our end of the semester performance, thus causing us to push the end date back to the week of finals.
Tryouts
Try-outs occur once every semester; one try-out for Fall and one try-out for Spring. Try-outs are held in the UREC MAC Room around the second week of school from 9 AM until 5 PM.
Membership Requirements
Student in good standing with the University (2.0 cumulative GPA) are eligible for membership after attending auditions and being offered membership. As a member, one is required to attend organization practices and meetings regularly, pay dues, and actively support organization projects.
Dues
Currently, each member pays $30 per semester, but it may be subject to change.
Practice Schedule
Each section (jazz, lyrical, hip-hop and street) practices once a week for 2 hours.
- Lyrical typically practices Sunday nights from 9PM until 11PM
- Hip-hop typically practices Monday nights from 9PM until 11PM
- Street typically practices Tuesday nights from 9PM until 11PM
- Jazz typically practices Wednesday nights from 9PM until 11PM
Achievements
- 2008 Best in Uniform
- MDC has participated in the Leslie George Foundation, Mosby Foundation for Dogs, Blue Ridge Retirement Home, Kids night out, MS 5k Walk, Warm a Winter Wish, Church/community fundraiser, SPCA volunteering, 2 canned food drives, walked in the Harrisonburg Autism walk, and we’ve just started an adopt-a-street program sponsored by Madison Dance. All of these programs we continue to participate in all year.
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