the SCOOPTM archives
by Lesli Blackman
- I Love This Game!
- Drill Team Member OR Trend Setter?
- Newsies for you, New D’s:
- Thumbs up, way up:
- The Grammy for football song of the year goes to …
- Feed the World:
- Football Follies:
SCOOP #2
- Boys on the Side, Part One:
- 70% … Is that passing?
- Super Model Wanted:
- Best Idea of the Week:
- "I am my own best choreographer."
- Jazz up the half:
- Dance Fashion Must Haves:
- Keep in touch…
SCOOP #3
- Pepto Dismal:
- Besides the SAT:
- Pop Tart Choreographers Alert!
- Super Snacks:
- Panty Raid!
- Boys on the Side, Part 2:
SCOOP #4
- We have heard this before.
- These hands are small I know,
- Tune In
- School Insecurities:
- Click Routine:
- DT Ettiquette 101:
- True Bliss!
- I Speak the TRUTH!
SCOOP #5
- Seeing Red:
- Tsk, tsk of the Week:
- Want a Date?
- 70% … Is that passing?
- Convention Mention:
- Seeing Stars:
- In the green (and red)!
SCOOP #6
- Hottest looks for this season
- What's not hot
SCOOP #7
- Pop Tart Choreographer Alert, Part 2:
- The eyes have it!
- Convention Mention:
- There’s a ringin’ in me ears!
- Tips to U:
- A Sweet Tribute:
- What about U, Utah?
SCOOP #8
- A Judge’s Concern:
- To all contest administrators:
- On the lookout!
- What it’s all about:
- Convention Mention:
- Beauty comes in many packages!
- A report from Miss Drill Team Texas:
SCOOP #9
- National Dance Week SCOOP
Lesli Blackman has had over 20 years of drill team experience, including directing, performing, choreographing, teaching, and judging. She directed her own teams for six years, taught camps for 10 years, judged national and international competitions for 10 years. Lesli taught jazz and ballet for studios and musical theater and dance in the public schools. Her performing experience includes high school drill team, University of Houston Cougar Dolls, Houston Oiler Cheerleaders, Six Flags, and community theater performances in musicals such as Guys and Dolls. She has choreographed and served as Dance Captain and Entertainment Supervisor for Six Flags Houston. Lesli currently serves as a Regional Representative for National Dance Week, is a Regional Director for United Performing Association, an instructor for American Dance Drill Team School (ADTS), outside sales of dancewear for a leading dancewear manufacturer, as well as persuing her MFA in Theater and Dance.
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