Michigan Hosts Dance Competition

Dance, Cheer Competition at U of M to Attract 4,000 Women From Around the State, Saturday, March 10th

ANN ARBOR, MI - Four-thousand high school women representing 50 high school, junior high and dance studio teams from around Michigan will visit the University of Michigan Campus Crisler Arena, Saturday, March 10 for the 2007 Michigan Dance Team/Cheerleader Championships.

The celebration of women and dance is being organized and hosted by the University of Michigan Dance Team, a club sport at U of M, who appear at all football and other sports' activities and events at the school, and its coach, Valerie Stead Potsos.

Potsos, who also operates Dancer's Edge Studio in nearby Dexter, home to 350 dancers ages two years and older, is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and was a member of the U of M Dance Team from 1991-94. Dancer's Edge was recently named one of the "Top 50 Studios On The Move" by a national dance trade publication.

The March 10th competition will include:

* Dance Teams competing in Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Pom and Kick

* Solo, duet and trio competition

Each team will receive a trophy.

Additional information is available at Dexters Dancers Edge.com