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Monday,Ml ;ett gem ) keep up with myclassmaiJ rried and have kids.ajidl h \\ ith people who end up AGGIELIFE Monday, April 3,2000 THE BATTALION Page 3 kggie dancers to make appearance at2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia s of 2000 agents hopetoi'j diiTerent than what hash;; looking for a way to honor. :d in the 1999 Aggie Bor! , they are not surewhattM also thinking of a class gilit rrsity, said Baggett, a sera ineering major, d to keep up with classmd sses are so big. The larger:;| it is to keep up withpeopkej ett said. lly we will find a better .* with our classmates.” j agents w ill begin their fed ith thssociation ofForfj .iple of weeks, ly excited that I will be«i smates to keep them inte iatsell a senior computer J ition will allow me toltetj ve made.” BY JULIA RECINDUS The Battalion 7 ^he 2000 Summer Olympics are just around the comer and this summer the world will see 12 Ag- * gie Swingcats participating in Sydney, Australia. NeoSwing, the American Olympic Swing Perfor mance Team, was organized by three Texas A&M students: ErtfDelcarson, a sophomore speech communications major, Jlhn Fonner, a sophomore biomedical engineering major and Jeremy Mitchell, a junior agricultural journalism major. The group will be representing Texas and Texas A&M during the Bnerican Performing Arts Series at the Olympics. ■ The team includes a total of 35 swing dancers from Austin, Houston, Dallas and Oklahoma City. ■ Delcarson, Fonner and Mitchell were discovered at the Texas Hall of Fame. The three were told to call The Nation al Association of Performing Arts Education, which is the wanization in charge of bringing American acts to the Sum mer Olympics. However, a minimum of 15 couples were ffiteded so Delcarson contacted people from different swing ’.sjenes and organizations. I Team members were recruited from University of Texas, Rice University, University of Oklahoma and Southwest Texas University. Once the members were secured, it was time to look for coaches. The 1998 Lindy Hop Champions, Tena Morales and Camell Pipkin from Houston were suggested by one member. “We went to a workshop and talked to them, and they were really interested,” Delcarson said. She said everything went very smoothly and the swing couple is now coaching the team on a voluntary basis. The team has now been together for a month and a half. “We’re borrowing from everybody’s talents to put to gether the show,” Fonner said. Delcarson and Fonner are both looking forward to visiting Australia. “We can show what we’ve been working so hard for,” Fonner said. Delcarson said she agreed that she is eager to show-off the team’s efforts in Australia and is looking forward to the trip for other reasons also. “I’m excited about seeing the kangaroos,” she said. There is, however, one other goal the group must ac complish before they head off to see the wildlife and are seen by millions of people - the group must raise enough money for the trip by June 1. The total cost for the entire troupe to go will be around jate Christian Fellowship rsity Christian Fellowship f ): Grad students meet at' die study, prayer, fellowship <s. Please see our Webi 7stat.tamu.edu/~ii r locations and moreiit >r call Jen or Mark at 76^ mts For Peace: There- ; on Iraq: From Desert:' ling Sanctions. Conti' le Doraziofor details oft vents at 779-8498. ■Erin Delcarson (third from left) teaches steps at a rehearsal Sunday night. $140,000. The cost includes expenses and costumes. The team will be dressed in red, white and blue. The ladies will be wearing blue dresses while their partners will be decked out in red zoot suits. On March 25, NeoSwing held its first community fund-raiser, “A Night of Swung” at the 3rd Floor Cantina in downtown Bryan. At the event the group per formed a preview of their Olympic routine, and also hosted dance lessons on swing, lindy hop and hip-hop swing. Lindy hop is the original form of swing and is named after Charles Lindbergh. Delcarson said hip-hop swing has become “al most a new genre.” “It puts the music of today with the swing moves of yes terday to create a new style,” she said. The group hosted an all-night dance marathon lasting un til 8 a.m. the following Sunday morning. “We had two performances that morning, plus an all day workshop,” Fonner said. Delcarson said the weekend was definitely a full one. “We had 13 hours of practice, three hours of performing and 10 hours of dance-a-thon. It was exhausting but totally successful,” she said. “Members in NeoSwing were really impressed at how many people came out, how eager they were and how quickly they picked it up and how hospitable they were. We have a guy from the Hast (’oast and he was blown away by the ‘Howdys.’” Swing Night brought in $ 1.000 and the profits will be used toward getting the team to Sydney. The group is trying - to find corporate sponsorship and are working on other future fundraisers. “It’s great [NeoSwing] originated with Aggies, and the University is really supportive,” Delcarson said. “We’re working closely with the Swingcats, so in that respect we might be able to hold lessons through Swingcats and use Uni versity facilities. Aggie Network and Ag gie Moms are definitely willing to help.” She said that sources of help have not been limited to Aggies only. “The Bryan-College Station com munity is helping out immensely, like donations. Some radio stations are do ing free announcements,” Fonner said. NeoSwing will be hosting a work- ryla scuu/The Battalion shop April 29 on Rice University Cam- Jeremy Mitchell (second from left), teaches male steps at Third Floor Cantina Sunday night. pus, and it will be open to the public. “We’d love for Aggies to go down there; it’ll be phenomenal,” Delcarson said. If the team raises the money for the trip, they will be in Sydney from Sept. 26 through Oct. 4. Even though they have a long way to go, they are glad for the opportunity to be in Sydney and have a full day to show how swing is done in America. “It [swing] originated in America, and it’s going to be a great opportunity to represent our country; it’s humbling,” Delcarson said. “It’s an honor and a blessing to say we’re Aggies and we’re Swingcats. We make up about a third of the team and that’s a big responsibility, and hopefully we’ll come back and give A&M more of a name internationally,” Fonner said. 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