Simply Saintsational: Coast dance veterans again make the roster

By JUSTIN MITCHELL
SunHerald.com
April 15, 2015

The reigning Biloxi Queen of Neptune, an Ocean Springs woman and a Moss Point graduate who made headlines in 2014 have all earned their spot again on the 2015 New Orleans Saintsations dance team.

Brandy Jarvis of Ocean Springs will enter her third season as a Saintsation. A marketing graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi, she was inspired to first tryout by her father, Kevin Jarvis, who has been a Saints season ticket holder for more than 3 decades.

Jarvis was a cheerleader at St. Patrick High School and a member of the USM Dixie Darlings dance team. She was the queen of the 2014 Krewe of Neptune in Biloxi.

Kriste Lewis, a Moss Point High graduate and Hattiesburg resident, made national news headlines in 2014 as becoming one of the NFL’s oldest dance team members. At the time of her 2014 audition, she was 40. She made the squad again this year.

Lewis told the Hattiesburg American last year that she had been battling kidney disease for more than 14 years.

Lewis said last year she was proud to be a Saintsation.

“It goes back to a definition of what a 40-year-old woman could be or should be, and they forget that you can be beautiful and smart,” she said to the Hattiesburg American. “I think my generation especially is redefining (that image).”

Sarah Friday, an Ocean Springs native, was also on the Saintsations in 2014 and made the squad again this year.

The Saintsations released the 2015 lineup on Wednesday.