Cleveland Middle School Dance Team will dance in the 89th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Selected by the AmeriCheer/ AmeriDance Company, Ms. Kelly Owens, Dance Team coach, received the invitation in July, and the trip was approved by the Cleveland City Schools Board of Education in August. The team will travel to New York City and will perform a special choreographed show for the parade. Each team member will receive a commemorative Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade performance team jacket, pin, and travel bag.
While in New York City, the team will tour the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building as well as see a Broadway show and the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes.
The 2015-2016 CMS Dance Team members are: McKinley Calandrino, Josie Collins, Madison Collins, Naliya Cooper, Liv Davis, Olivia Lawson, Kinga Major, Ella Millard, Ellie Mills, Sophie Phillips, Delaney Rose, Kira Stander, Aubrey Swartzel, Amya Terrell, Elsa Thompson, Emma Thompson, Sloan Trewhitt, and Bridger Yowarsky. Ms. Owens has been the CMS Dance Team Coach for 16 years.