Lindenwood’s Golden Line adds more dancers, dazzles new audiences
One of Lindenwood’s dance organizations, the Golden Line Dance Team has been on campus for the past three years. This third year, they have grown in size and in their presence on campus.
The first year the team consisted of fourteen ladies, now the number has risen to twenty-seven. It is filled with mostly freshman and transfer students who love to dance and are looking for ways to connect with other students.
For three hours every Tuesday and Thursday evening, the ladies in the Evans Gym. The coaching staff allows opportunities for more experienced dancers to showcase their talents and teach others different dance moves. They all work hard perfecting their routines and making sure they are in the best of shape.
The head coach, Kristen Revis, is proud of how the team has grown, and hopes that this is just the beginning.
New team member Kelsey Ramsey explains why this group is so special,
“We are a family, like we do ‘bigs’ and ‘littles’ like sororities. If anybody needs anything, we can text each other no matter what the hour, no matter what it is, we are a family. We do a lot of community service just like randomly throughout the season. Last Wednesday we performed at the cardinal game just to get our name out there. Just little things like that, super fun.”
Building a strong relationship with their teammates and helping the community are a few things the things the ladies are proud of.
They attend football games together and just started performing at rugby events. While they do not perform at every rugby event, they try and perform as much as they can at women’s and men’s hockey games.
The ladies break off into groups, the gold and the black team. One team will perform at one game and then switch. The non-performing members will attend the games and cheer on their teammates.
As the team builds a presence in the community, the ladies realize their new status as role models.
Teammate Elizabeth McCauthan says it is a great opportunity, “I just think it’s really fun for other like smaller girls to see older girls being cheerleaders, being dancers, doing something creative and active and really happy and positive.”
The ladies depend on their teammates’ critiques and positive reinforcement. They hope to continue to their growth as dancers and as individuals.
