Houston Dynamo host annual “Dynamo Girls” auditions
News Fix Houston
KIAH
March 12, 2012
HOUSTON, TX—The annual Houston Dynamo Girls auditions took center stage on Saturday, March 10 at the University of Houston downtown campus.
The Dynamo finalized their roster on the soccer field, now it’s the ladies turn to complete their line-up on the dance floor.
“When you start going you’re like, ‘am I getting it? Oh my God.’ You kind of like freak out,” Alejandra Leal, a Dynamo Girls hopeful, said with a smile.
It would be easy to freak out, especially since there’s “a lot of choreography that they’re actually learning [on the spot],” Luisa Baquero, a Dynamo Girls co-captain, said.
They’re learning fast in hopes of earning their spot to perform at Dynamo home games.
The Dynamo Girls roster isn’t finalized just yet.
“We’ll have two weeks of interviews and after that we’ll hold our final auditions on March 24, and we’ll make our selection the following day,” Marilu Harman, a Houston Dynamo dance team director and former Dallas Mavericks dancer, said.
OK ladies when is the last time the Dynamo won the MLS Cup?
“Now you’re putting me on the spot,” said Leal smiling when asked by the Fix.
Tabitha Fuller, a Dynamo Girls hopeful, responded with “2007”. That’s correct. In fact, the Dynamo won back-to-back MLS Cups in 2006 and 2007.
“If you’re going into a Houston soccer team, you need to know something about it,” Lithia Garcia, a Dynamo Girls hopeful and student at University of Houston, said.
Garcia is right, too.
Best of luck to the ladies, and, hey, if things don’t work out, “You’ve got to keep getting out auditioning, taking classes. The more you try it, the closer you get to your goal. And you can be a professional cheer leader if that’s what you ultimately want to be,” said Harman.
To whoever ultimately makes the cut, congratulations from the Fix.
