Tryouts
2024-2025 Team Tryouts are here!
Tryout Schedule:
MANDATORY parent meeting- May 9, 2024- 7:30 p.m.- Castle View Library
May 13, 2024- 4:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. Castle View Dance Room
May 14, 2024 7:15 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. Boutique Dance Academy (See map below)
May 15, 2024 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Boutique Dance Academy
May 16th, 2024 7:45 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Castle View Dance Room
YOU MUST REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS! Please visit this link to register on MySchoolBucks.
FULL TRYOUT PACKET AVAILABLE HERE! All waivers, headshot, Transcripts, receipt from MySchoolBucks and Physical must be complete and turned in on the first day of tryouts!
Boutique Dance Academy is located about 5 minutes from Castle View.
Please note that due to space availability at the school and technique classes, several practices a week will be held at Boutique. If transportation is an issue for your dancer, please let a driving dancer know so we can help arrange rides.
Tryout Frequently Asked Questions
Many questions may be answered in the tryout packet. Here are the most common questions
How much are tryouts?
$60. This covers a t-shirt for the dancer as well as the cost of our judges.
Are there multiple levels of teams available as a Sabercat Pom?
At this time, Coach TSue is planning on having ONE team. All dancers will perform at Varsity games and school spirit activities. Selected dancers will then be chosen to represent Castle View at regional and national competitions. Not all dancers who make the team at tryouts will be on the competition team, though all dancers will be expected to act as alternates should the need arise.
What are the requirements to make the Sabercat Pom Team?
To make the spirit team, some performance experience, including dance experience is helpful. This would include basic dance knowledge such as single/double pirouettes, toe touch, leaps, basic pom motions, etc. Competition level dancers will be expected to have advanced dance experience, to include at minimum a triple pirouette, advanced turn combinations, aerials, jump sequences (multiple toe touch, split jump, c-jump, etc.) head spring, kip up, calypso, and leg hold turns. If the dancer does not have one or all of these skills, please still try out! We are looking to develop dancers and we have had many varsity level dancers over the years who have started as beginners and worked their way up.
How are tryouts conducted?
A panel of local objective dance teachers will hold auditions and provide scores. Placements will be based upon these scores.
Who is eligible to tryout?
Any Castle View area student who will be a 9th-12th grader for the 2024-2025 school year. We welcome any gender dancer on our team!