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About Coach Erin

Erin is a 17 year veteran dance team coach in Minnesota. A 3 time MADT coach of the year (2009, 2010, 2014) and winner of 2 state championships in high kick with the Cannon Falls Bomber Dance Team. In high school Erin danced for Winona and Apple Valley high schools. Erin is a nationally known blogger, writing for the Radio City Rockettes and a Hollywood movie among other projects. Erin also teaches on a freelance contractor basis for many MN high school teams and can be contacted for date/time availability at mnhsdanceteam@gmail.com

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Sections Preview – 1st Weekend 2019

January 31, 2019 Coach Erin Sections Comments

There is zero chance we can start the sections conversation without mentioning the historic closures of schools due to cold and snow this week. Teams who have to “go first” with sections this weekend will certainly be feeling the upset in the schedule. Thankfully, travel weather for the actual event day is going to be ....

Section Leaderboards 18-19

January 30, 2019 Coach Erin Competitions, Results, Sections Comments

While we’re all waiting out the no-school days, here’s our annual update on the leaderboards! These scores are the best of your last 2 performances. A few teams had scores only from December, so keep it in mind that things have changed since then. I’m loving how close some of the sections races and top-10 ....

Weekend Preview: Invitational Finale

January 25, 2019 Coach Erin Competitions Comments

Well I really don’t know what happened to make January go so fast, but we’re on the last hurrah for the invitational season starting today. JV championships and final performances are happening this weekend as teams head into the post season for varsity starting next week. Congratulations on a great year to those of you ....

Weekend Preview: January Chill

January 18, 2019 Coach Erin Competitions Comments

Well my usual trick of filling a target bag with some snow for injuries isn’t working out so hot this year. Fortunately dance team doesn’t need winter conditions to compete, unlike our poor ski team friends who end up running in the hallways and looking for practice space not taken up by us indoor folks. ....

Weekend Preview – January Calm

January 11, 2019 Coach Erin Competitions Comments

Is it just me or is it March-like? Seems like we’ve dodged the usual ultra-cold and wicked snowstorms that make this time of year a scheduling challenge. Only a few seasons ago we had all cancelled 2-3 practices a piece during this week just because it was “cold”. I’ll take the pleasant calm 2019 has ....