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MSUā€™s Terpsichore Dance Theater Company presents ā€˜Headlinersā€™ show

MSUā€™s Terpsichore Dance Theater Company presents ā€˜Headlinersā€™ show

Mississippi Stateā€™s Terpsichore Dance Theater Company is presenting its annual spring show Friday [April 12] in Starkville. Current members include (front row, left to right) Madeline Martindale, Mary Gardner, Lindsey Downs, Cailin Sims (middle, l-r) Zikiya Carter, Chandler McDaniel, Mikayla Poindexter, Katie Belle Raymond; (back row, left to right) Lindsey Roberts, Laura Sullivan, Abby Akins and Skylar Baldwin. (Photo submitted)

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.ā€”Ļć½¶Ö±²„ā€™s Terpsichore Dance Theater Company is presenting its annual spring show Friday [April 12] at the Greensboro Center in Starkville.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and include entry into a raffle, with proceeds benefiting the student dance group. Tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting Deborah Funderburk, Ļć½¶Ö±²„kinesiology instructor and Terpsichore faculty adviser, at dfunderburk@colled.msstate.edu or Terpsichore President Laura G. Sullivan at msu.terpsichore@gmail.com. Purchases also can be made at the door.

Titled ā€œHeadliners,ā€ the program will feature a series of solos, duets, trios and group dances in a variety of styles, including contemporary, ballet, modern and jazz.

ā€œMississippi Stateā€™s campus is home to a wide variety of student organizations with an even wider variety of interests,ā€ said Sullivan, a junior special education major from Destrehan, Louisiana. ā€œThese students have worked hard to put these dances together, and they are so excited to share their work with the Mississippi State and Starkville communities.ā€

Since 2007, Terpsichore Dance Company has given students the opportunity to explore their love of dance throughout their years at MSU. Interested Ļć½¶Ö±²„students and staff can audition for the group at the beginning of each semester.

2018-19 Ļć½¶Ö±²„Terpsichore Dance Company members include (by hometown):

ALABASTER, Alabamaā€”Lindsey B. Downs, a sophomore English major.

COLUMBUSā€”Abby R. Akins, a sophomore biological sciences major; and Mary E. Gardner, a senior educational psychology major.

DESTREHAN, Louisianaā€”Laura G. Sullivan, a junior special education major.

JACKSONā€”Zikiya M. Carter, a freshman undeclared major.

MADISONVILLE, Louisianaā€”Lindsey A. Roberts, a sophomore accounting major.

MOUNT JULIET, Tennesseeā€”Katherine B. ā€œKatie Belleā€ Raymond, a freshman special education major.

POPLARVILLEā€”Skylar Baldwin, a freshman biochemistry/pre-medicine major.

SPANISH FORT, Alabamaā€”Madeline A. Martindale, a senior biological sciences/pre-medicine major.

TULSA, Oklahomaā€”Chandler J. McDaniel, an applied psychology/clinical psychology doctoral student.

VANCLEAVEā€”Cailin G. Sims, a junior mathematics and English double-major.

WEST POINTā€”Mikayla R. Poindexter, a sophomore special education major.

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