It was cooking this weekend in Portland... over 100 degrees AND BlazerDancer auditions were held for the 2006-07 BlazerDancer squad at SEI in North East Portland . Over 57 contestants showed up on Saturday and around 31 were asked back for the finals on Sunday. Check out the photos of the contestants to the right and click on the photos to view a larger image.
The judges included:
Michelle Damis (Divisional Group Exercise Manager of 24 Hour Fitness)
Beckie Thompson (Dancer, Teacher, Choregrapher)
Michelle Burch (Former BlazerDancer, Assistant Director/Pricipal Dancer NW American Ballet)
Tracy Mavrolas (Former BlazerDancer)
Roz Collins (Volunteer Council Board of Portland Center for the Performing Arts)
Jay Allen (Sports Director 750am KXL, Host of Trail Blazers Pre-game, Half-time, Post-game shows)
Brian Wheeler (Trail Blazers Play-by-Play Announcer)
Listen to Courtside Monday Night tonight at 7:45pm to hear the announcement of the 2006-07 BlazerDancer Team. The 16 girls who make the team will be announced, and their photos will be posted here on trailblazers.com.
Click here to stream KXL online.