The high school’s dance team displayed a year’s worth of hard work and competition in their annual spring show on Thursday, March 19, Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21. This year’s theme, love it… or leave it, is based off of a line found in the song Ice Ice Baby, which the Majestics performed a hip-hop routine to.

However, the line was used for a more in-depth theme. Each dance and the music accompaniment featured a different time period, from the 1910’s up to recent pop hits. With the clever wit of the Emcee’s, Ryan Nies and Daniel Wills on Thursday and Friday and Alex Adkins and Will McInerney on Saturday, the show expanded on the idea that although each time period is loved, time eventually has to be left behind for bigger and better things.

Hours of hard work, from the dances to the sets to the skits in between, ensured the smooth running of the show.

“We had morning rehearsals and afternoon rehearsals that went really late into the night during the week of the show,” junior Sidney Hughes said.

Even the newest drill team members, nicknamed “rookie” Majestics, that only participated in 2 of the show’s dances, put forth a lot of effort for the show.

We had to go to a lot of the morning rehearsals, and we practiced everyday in class,” sophomore rookie Caryn Reeves said. “It was a big commitment.”

In addition to the spring show and their famous performances in the fall football games, the Majestics also participated in drill team competitions against other schools.

“We went to two competitions this year, one in Grapevine and one in Kilgore, and we did really well in both,” Hughes said. “We placed second in Grapevine and third in Kilgore. Overall, we were pretty happy with our scores.”

Three of the dances in the show were ones that the Majestics had taken to competition; Ice Ice Baby, Party Rock, a pom routine, and a novelty piece to the song Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. However, many new dances were still featured.

“We had to learn a opener, a closer, and an officer squad dance, so about three new pieces, but the officers learned more,” Hughes said.

In addition to these dances, the show featured performances from various choir students, skits involving the team’s members, a 1920’s themed guy-girl dance for juniors and seniors, and a father-daughter dance for the seniors.

Another special moment came when, for the first time in the show’s history, rookie Majestics were involved in the kick routine closer.

“I though it was really cool we got to be a part of the last dance,” Reeves said. “You got to see our progress while still showing the differences between the babies and the Majestics.”

All in all, although the show required long mornings and nights of hard work, for the Majestics, it was worth it.

“The show was great,” Hughes said. “The feeling you get when you walk on stage and the crowd goes crazy is just amazing.”