Megan Beeson needs your vote

By Maghan Hunt
Anderson Valley Post
June 20, 2012

Cottonwood dancer Megan Beeson is trying to once again make the Sacramento Kings dance team.

The auditions were earlier than they had been last year when Beeson made the dance team, because this season there wasn’t a National Basketball Association (NBA) lockout.

Megan and the other veterans have to re-audition every year,” explained Carol Kearney-Beeson, Megan’s mother. “She loved her first year with the Kings Dance Team, and wants to make the team again this year more than ever.”

After making the team last season, Beeson moved down to Sacramento and got a part time job to supplement her income along with the income she received from the Kings, said Kearney-Beeson. Adding her daughter has been doing excellent.

“She misses living in a small town, and is still getting used to city life. She has an apartment with another one of the dancers, who is also fighting for her spot on the team as well,” said Kearney-Beeson. “Last year they kept 21 girls for the online vote, and cut three. This year they only kept 18.”

According to Kearney-Beeson, the Kings have told the dancers auditioning that they want a team with between 15 to 18 girls.

This means that the dancers have no idea if they will be cut or if they will keep all 18.

“The only way to be safe is to be one of the top three that receive the most votes,” said Kearney-Beeson, who has been posting the link to the online voting for her daughter all over Facebook.

To vote for Beeson, go to http://www.nba.com/kings/2012-kings-dancers-finialists-splash

Click the “Like” button on Beeson’s picture to vote. Beeson is currently in 6th place with 1,212 votes. Voting ends Sunday, June 24 at midnight.