Daily Archives: October 19, 2008

20 Questions: With Bethany Brindley

Meet Bethany:

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1. What is your nickname?
“B”

2. What is your guilty pleasure?
Eating Dessert!!

3. What is your favorite pastime/hobby?
Making cookies!

4. What is your hometown?
Wilmington, Delaware

5. When is your birthday?
November 3rd

6. What is your major?
Kinesiology/ Pre-dental

7. Who is your favorite dancer/ choreographer?
My favorite dancer is Travis Wall and my favorite choreographer is Doug Caldwell

8. Who is your idol?
My older sister….. look up to her for everything

9. What is your favorite style of dance?
Jazz and Ballet

10. Why do you love to dance?
I love to dance because no matter what kind of day I’m having everything
seems to disappear when I start dancing, and I’m free. (good exercise too!)

11. What is the name of your old studio?
Anna Marie Dance Studio

12. What are your aspirations?
to be a dentist

13. How would your friends describe you?
sweet, funny, and trustworthy

14. What do you love about UMass?
The campus is beautiful!

15. Do you have any habits?
I’m kind of a neat freak….. Just a little

16. What is your favorite quote?
“Ask yourself this….. How big can I dream?”

17. What is your favorite holiday?
Thanksgiving and Christmas

18. What would people be surprised to know about you?
I lived in Texas!! Best time ever!

19. Do you have a special talent?
Golf (I’m like Tiger Woods lol)

20. What is your favorite dance team moment?
My first football game. I was nervous I was going to get in trouble for
doing something wrong..example throwing an extra kick!

20 Questions: With Dominique Pagan

Meet Dominique:

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1. What is your nickname?
Dom, mo

2. What is your hometown?
Long Island, NY

3. What is your major?
Communications

4. When is your birthday?
August, 9th

5. What is your favorite pastime?
Drawing/painting

6. Who is your favorite dancer/choreographer?
Mia Michaels and Justin Giles

7. Who is your idol?
Loren Picciarelli

8. What is your old studio?
CS Dance Stylz

9. What are your aspirations?
to be a head of an advertising corporation in NYC

10. What is your favorite place in the world?
Bryant Park, NYC

11. What is your favorite dance team moment?
making the team

12. Do you have any special talents?
Drawing

13. How would your friends describe you?
creative, stubborn, and sarcastic

14. What do you love most about UMass?
That it’s close to home but just far enough

15. Do you have any habits?
yes, i always crack every bone in my body

16. What are your favorite foods?
pizza and bagels

17. What is your favorite quote?
“Life is beautiful”

18. What is your favorite holiday?
Halloween because i get to dress up

19. What would people be surprised to know about you?
I can cut my own hair

20. What is your favorite style of dance?
modern/lyrical

20 Questions: With Loren Picciarelli

Meet Loren:

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1. What is your nickname?
Ren

2. Where is your hometown?
Long Island, NY

3. When is your birthday?
December 27th

4. How would your friends describe you?
Sarcastic, stubborn, and funny

5. Who is your idol?
Dominique Pagan

6. What is your favorite quote?
“Life goes on”

7. What is your favorite holiday?
New Years Eve

8. What was the name of your old dance studio?
Michelle Ferraro’s Dance USA

9. Who is your celebrity crush?
David Beckham

10. What is your favorite dance style?
Contemporary/ c-style

11. Who is your favorite dancer or choreographer?
Justin Giles, Sonya Tayeh, and Cynthia Mareaux Geffon

12. What is your favorite pastime?
Dancing, obviouslyy

13. What are your favorite movies?
Old school, and Grease

14. Why do you love to dance?
Because dancing is therapeutic and it’s my passion

15. What is your favorite place in the world?
Times Square, NYC

16. What is your Favorite TV Show?
Degrassi: The Next Generation

17. What is your favorite dance team moment?
Besides making the team, when caitlyn fell at the basketball game haha…
classic.

18. What is your major?
Journalism

19. What is your guilty pleasure?
Old-Car car shows & craft fairs

20. What is your favorite thing about UMass?
The UMass Dance team:-)

Homecoming!

Despite the cold weather and the upsetting loss, we still managed to have some fun! Here are some pictures from Homecoming ’08:

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Simone Shenny, Sarah Stevens, Bethany Brindley, and Siobhan O’Keefe

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Lauren Wischhusen, Sarah Stevens, Bethany Brindley, and Siobhan O’Keefe

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Jackie Bourque, Katie Judge, Caitlyn Melia, Dominique Pagan, Jessica Rubnitz and Caitlin Bohara.

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Kelly Pinola, Danielle Degnan, Trish Fox, Chelsea Gilbert, Stephanie Marchese, Ashley Konrad and Simone Shenny.

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Jessica Rubnitz, and Loren Picciarelli

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Caitlin Bohara, and Jessica Rubnitz

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Dominique Pagain, Caitin Bohara, Loren Picciarelli, and Jessica Rubnitz

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Caitlin Bohara, Caitlyn Melia, Jessica Rubnitz, and Katie Judge with dance team alumni Christine Rozolis

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Dominique Pagan, Caitlin Bohara, Caitlyn Melia, Loren Picciarelli, and Jessica Rubnitz

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2008-2009 UMass Dance Team with Sam the Minuteman