The document provides information about the UW Oshkosh Hip-Hop Dance Team, including contact information for the coach, captains, and co-captain. It describes the team's history, tryout process, and performances at men's and women's basketball games. The summary also addresses frequently asked questions about differences from other dance teams, how to find out about tryouts, experience requirements, and what captains look for in tryouts.

1. What does the Contact UW Oshkosh
UW Oshkosh Information Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop Team
offer you?
Coach: Shana Pawlowicz
pawlos79@uwosh.edu
Dance
Coach: Jessica Berg
Team
bergj65@uwosh.edu
Captain 2008-2009 Season:
Kristin Freimark
Friemk10@uwosh.edu
Co-Captain 2008-2009 Season:
Nicole Anderson
andern24@uwosh.edu
*Friendship
* College Dance “I don’t want people
Experience who want to dance, I
*Team Bonding want people who have
* Social Networking to dance.”
* School Involvement ~George Balanchine
Pawlowicz 2008 ©

2. Background Frequently Asked
Information Questions...
Q: I noticed there is another UW-
Oshkosh dance team. What are
the differences?
Tryouts
A: The other dance team is more of
a jazz/ pom dance team. The Hip-
Hop team performs hip-hop and
The UW- Oshkosh Hip-Hop Dance funk routines.
Team was started in 2004, in order to Tryouts usually consist of a three day
showcase a new dance style for process. The first two days you will have Q: How do I find out about this
entertainment at basketball games. two hours with the captains to learn the years tryouts?
The dances are all choreographed dance they have choreographed. This dance
by members on the dance team. And is usually a minute to a minute and a half A: You can come to our booth at
the team performs at men’s and wom- long. Then the final day will be Taste of Oshkosh in September, or
en’s home basketball games. devoted to tryouts.
contact one of the people listed un-
This year the team will also be able For the tryout day you will be put into
to look forward to competiting.
der contact information on the back
groups of three or four to perform the dance
taught to you by the captains. After that you
of this brochure.
will go one by one in your group to show off
a set of two or three 8 counts that you have Q: How much experience is need-
prepared before hand. ed to make the team?
We usually look for 12-20 girls depending
on talent level. And every returning mem- A: We do not base it on who has
ber, must re-tryout. the most experience. We look for
Captains will be looking for dance tech- ability to catch on and how well you
nique, look, enthusiasim, creativity, and perform overall.
overal performance ability.