Theatrics moves costume collection to Boynton warehouse
Mike Rothman
SunSentinel.com
May 23, 2012
If it involves the need for an authentic costume, Theatrics is the place.
Recently relocated from Lake Worth to Boynton Beach at 3461 High Ridge Road, Theatrics is the brainchild of owner Angel Wrona, who after being in theater all her life, decided to open a costume shop.
The 3,100-square-foot warehouse rents costumes to local plays, movie sets and even the occasional party goer looking for the real deal.
“We are one of the only places in Palm Beach County that rents costumes still,” she said of the year-round store. “Whether people are going to an event or there is a production, we are it.”
Schools in the area have also come calling on Theatrics and its original costumes. Atlantic High School in Delray Beach and Wellington High School have used the costumes for plays and events.
“Our name is getting out there,” Wrona said. “The costumes all depend on the event. Nothing trendy like Party City.”
For example, Wrona said a group came in last week looking for real cowboys and Indians garb.
The rentals start at three days to one week for a flat fee. Intricate, velvet-laced attire can run up to $100 for the rental but for a regular costume like a toga, it costs only $40.
“That’s not just a piece of cloth either,” she said. “That’s trimmed layers and the works.”
The store’s website, theatricslakeworth.com, has a Wall of Fame with pics of former customers happily wearing the costumes, including bunny rabbits, police officers and cats.
“I was raised as a theatrical ballet dancer, then came to Florida,” she said. “I am a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader alumni and former dance captain.”
In her performing days, Wrona always liked to make her own costumes.
She had the help of her husband Steve Echols to open the shop.
“She likes to serve the community,” he said. “That’s why we were originally in Lake Worth next to the playhouse on Lake Avenue.”
Echols said over time the store moved away from selling to renting. He added that his store is not for the packaged costume but something much bigger and better.
Theatrics gets its costumes from theaters that are finished with performances and other shops that may have closed down.
“People get into this,” he said. “We had people come in that were going on a Titanic reenactment cruise. We outfitted period costumes for that trip.”
As of now, Theatrics is taking appointments only at 561-623-7026. In the summer, the store will be open five days a week, then seven days a week for September and October’s Halloween season.
Reported by: Alanna Sarabia
WOAI.com
5/25/12
SAN ANTONIO – Practice makes perfect, and that’s exactly how the start their preparation for each Spurs game. The San Antonio Silver Dancers work hard for each and every game, bringing old school, hip-hop, and jazz routines combined with a playlist of different songs they perform to. Click here to watch…
Slideshow: An Inside Peek at the Silver Dancers…
Fan interaction and autograph signings take place before their performances where Spurs fans can feel connected to the team. The Silver Dancers enjoy meeting and greeting the crowd of people who have brought them to where they are today.
“I think this group has gone through what any team or any group goes through – struggles, triumphs. You watch them go through their good times and not so good times. You see them grow as individuals, as women, and as performers,” explained choreographer and coach Raquel Garcia.
Good luck Silver Dancers. Go Spurs Go!
For more information about The San Antonio Silver Dancers, visit spurs.com.
New York Post
May 27, 2012
So you think you can dance? We’re told Tanisha Scott — a dancer and choreographer who’s worked with Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Sean Paul, and appeared in videos for Ne-Yo and Ludacris — has been chosen to choreograph and guest-judge auditions for the Brooklyn Nets’ dance team. Auditions for the new, Crunch Fitness-sponsored crew will begin Saturday at Long Island University in Brooklyn. Crunch’s Fort Greene location is putting on weekly intensive training sessions for aspiring Nets dancers. The squad will be entertaining fans at the Barclays Center next season. Scott was also choreographer on “Notorious,” the Notorious B.I.G. biopic.
Working towards her dream
By Will Vandervort
MyOrangeUpdate.com
CLEMSON — It was just another boring night at home for Collin Sarvis. A freshman at J.L. Mann High School at the time, her school work was done, dinner had already been served and it was time to wind down for the evening. So just like any other night, the Greenville, SC native got on the internet — to learn.
Sarvis was not brushing up on literature or trying to figure out an algebraic formula, though math is her favorite subject. Rather, she was studying the art of dancing and trying to learn new ways she could get better at the one thing she loves to do above all else.
“That’s one of my favorite things to do,” the former Clemson Rally Cat said Saturday afternoon. “When I get bored, I go on the internet and watch other routines, routines from other colleges, television shows and other dance teams. It is one way I try to make myself better.”
It was on this night eight years ago that a 14-year-old Sarvis came across a performance by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Though she had seen the Cowboy Cheerleaders on television countless times, she had never seen them perform a full routine. She was amazed at what she saw.
“I love their showmanship,” she said. “They have so much power and energy. They are so entertaining to watch. As I was watching them, I thought to myself, ‘That’s what I want to look like.’
“You can’t help but love watching them. You can tell they love what they are doing. They are entertainers.”
It was at this point, Sarvis knew what she wanted to do. She did not want to be just a professional cheerleader — she wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. On May 19, she came one step closer to fulfilling her dream when she was named one of 45 girls to make the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Training Camp Squad.
Former Clemson Rally Cat Collin Sarvis, sitting sixth from the left, with the rest of the 44 girls that earned a spot on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Training Camp Squad. Sarvis was one of 24 rookies to make the squad. Photo courtesy Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
“I have loved them ever since that night in high school,” she said. “Once the (CMT) television show started, I always watched it. From watching the show, that’s when I thought to myself, ‘I can do this. That’s what I want to do.’”
And she is doing it. Sarvis is on the fast track to fulfilling her childhood dream. Just a few weeks after wrapping up her career as a Rally Cat for Clemson University at the National Cheerleading and Dance Competition in Orlando, FL, she boarded a plan to Dallas, TX where she, along with around 400 other girls, dared to dream.
“I told my family and my closest friends that this is what I wanted to do,” Sarvis said. “My mom told me, ‘Once you have a college degree, you can do whatever you want. If you want to try out for an NFL team, you can do that, but you have to have that degree first.’
“From that point on, I always said once I graduate from college this was what I was going to do. When I started at Clemson and became a Rally Cat, I still said it. I wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader.
“Before this year started, my mom looked at me and said, ‘This isn’t just saying it anymore, now it’s a reality. Do you really want this?’ After that conversation, I decided I was going to do it.”
Sarvis’ plans to become a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader went into full-action mode after talking to her mother, Charlotte. Though she was finishing up her nursing degree and her obligations as a member of the Rally Cats, she started a new workout schedule, changed her diet and began getting
ready for auditions.
She posted pictures of Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders by her computer and in her room to remind herself of what she was striving for. Every day she checked the auditions page of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders website, and when the audition application, times and dates were posted, she immediately submitted her application and started a countdown in her daily planner.
“I really did not tell anyone what I was doing,” Sarvis said. “My immediate family knew, the Rally Cats knew and a few of my best friends from high school. But besides that, I did not tell anyone. I got on a flight and I went down there by myself.
“I was determined I was going to do it.”
And so far, she has.
After surviving the preliminary and semifinal rounds in early May, Sarvis flew back to Dallas 11 days later for a formal interview, a test on the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and then one final performance for the judges. On May 19 — two weeks after tryouts began — Sarvis was named one of 45 girls to make the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Training Camp Squad. Her journey to become a full-time member of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders will continue over the next eight weeks as she participates in a grueling camp that will test her physically, mentally and as a dancer.
She will be doing all of this while studying for the NCLEX — her nursing license test — and moving to the Dallas/Fort Worth area at the same time.
“They are going to cut nine or ten more of us between now and the day of the team photo shoot,” Sarvis said. “That can happen at any time. I’m going to go down there and give this everything I have and do the best I can. That’s all I can do. This is what I have wanted to do for a very long time, so I’m going to give it all I got.”
Sarvis’ journey will be captured by television cameras as she, along with 21 veterans and 23 other rookies, will have CMT chronicle their stories on Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team 7, which will air in September.
“There have been moments, but I don’t know if it has totally sunk in yet that this is happening,” she said. “I go through so many stages of being excited, and then being stressed and overwhelmed. I realize this is the biggest thing I have ever done, but I’m really excited about what I’m doing.
“I have always dreamed about being a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader, and now I have an opportunity to achieve that. It has been really crazy these last couple of weeks, but it has been a good crazy. I’m so blessed to be in this situation.”
Mac Engel’s Big Mac Blog
Getting ready to take a break and thought I would leave you with this: TCU Showgirl Jordan Daigle has made it through a series of cuts to earn an invite to the Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleaders training camp. About 400 women roughly began, and now 45 women have made it to this training camp. Daigle joined The Big Mac Blog for a chat back on November 10, 2011:
Name: Jordan Daigle
Major: Broadcast Journalism
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Favorite place to eat in Fort Worth?: Sushi Axiom. Love the Tower of Pisa!
Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers and now Bridesmaids.
Favorite pro sports team: Cowboys, Mavericks, and the Rangers. Typical Texas girl, I suppose.
The Big Mac Blog: Most embarrassing song on your iPod?
Jordan Daigle: Pokemon theme song. I have no idea why it is on there.
Visinsky_TCU-(13)The Big Mac Blog: How long does it take you to get ready for a game?
Jordan Daigle: Well about an hour before game day practice and an hour after practice. So I guess 2 hours in all. I never quite feel completely ready though. There is always something to be touched up!
The Big Mac Blog: How long does it take you to get ready to go out with your friends?
Jordan Daigle: Depends on who you ask, I think I probably take an hour 1/2. However, someone like my boyfriend would probably disagree with that. In his mind I take forever!
The Big Mac Blog: Finish this sentence: Sex and the City is … :
Jordan Daigle: Not my “all time favorite show ever!” Surprisingly, I never got into. I did see the first movie though and was entertained.
The Big Mac Blog: Most embarrassing moment performing?
Jordan Daigle: One time I completely blanked during a halftime performance. I thought that was pretty embarrassing. I just kind of pranced around. I definitely heard one of the girls say “what are you doing?” as she passed me mid dance. Still, not quite sure what I looked like. I’m sure my mom has it on video somewhere.
The Big Mac Blog: Ever been injured performing?
JD: Besides the accidental/usual pom pom smack in the face, no 🙂
The Big Mac Blog: Is TCU joining the Big 12 good, or should it have stayed in the Big East?
Jordan Daigle: DEFINITELY GOOD! I cannot wait to be a fan at those games. Kind of wish I had one more year of Showgirls, but hey I did get to experience the Rose Bowl and the Super Bowl, so I am very fulfilled.
The Big Mac Blog: How do you remain interested, or cheer, in a blowout?
Jordan Daigle: Well haven’t experienced one yet. Or well actually I guess at a few basketball games. I mean it is still entertaining to watch even if we are losing. We are also constantly moving around so games go by relatively fast.
The Big Mac Blog: If a Genie granted you three wishes, what would you wish for?
Jordan Daigle: Well, I would really like to be transported to a beach right now, have a full week of spa treatment, and have an unlimited supply of Betty Crocker funfetti Cupcakes.
Kamrin Dishman
Western Front Online
Friday, 25 May 2012
As the song “Turn Me On” by David Guetta began, Western freshman Bianca Baze started the freestyle portion of her audition for the 2012 Sea Gals, the Seattle Seahawks’ cheerleading squad. She didn’t know what the song would be until it started.
After two eight-counts of her prepared routine, her mind blanked. She had to improvise the rest.
Baze said she was contestant number 174 in the semi-finals — the very last dancer to perform in front of a panel of about four judges.
To add even more pressure to the audition, fans could log onto the Seahawks’ website and stream the final audition live.
Baze waited and waited to hear her named called for the new roster.
“I was thinking in my head, ‘I definitely didn’t make it,’” Baze said.
As if auditioning last wasn’t nerve-wracking enough, “Bianca Baze” was also the last named called.
She was officially a Sea Gal.
Baze was humbled by the response from her family and friends after she found out she made the cut. Her Facebook exploded with nice comments and she received many congratulations around campus, she said
“We were elated,” said Sandi Baze, Bianca’s mother. “I thought Bianca nailed it.”
As part of the audition, the contestants had to tell the judges something unique about themselves. Baze talked about her “toe-thumbs,” — she said she has “Megan Fox thumbs.”
“My thumbs are really short and stubby,” Baze said jokingly. “At least one person from each generation of my family has these thumbs.”
It wasn’t as much what they said but how they said it that was important, she said.
She thought the judges wanted to make sure she could be comfortable speaking in front of a crowd. Until that point of the auditions, Baze said she had been shy, so she thought her lighthearted response would show the judges her personality.
A mix of Baze’s extensive dance background and natural stage presence landed her a spot on the Sea Gals after her first audition, Sandi Baze said. Some girls have to try out more than once at the annual auditions before they make it, she said.
Baze has been dancing since she was 3 years old and started dancing competitively at age 4.
Baze briefly played basketball in seventh grade, but Sandi Baze said they were probably happy when she didn’t come back.
“She was a bit of a gazelle,” Sandi Baze said. “She was just prancing down the court.”
It’s not just important to learn the moves and execute them, but the dancers also have to draw the audience in, Sandi Baze said.
“Something happens to Bianca when she goes on stage,” she said. “She executes it with such joy you just want to watch her.”
Baze said the Sea Gals perform mostly jazz, a lot of hitting, or sharp movements, and hair flips.
She has done all kinds of dance — jazz, modern, ballet and hip-hop. She said hip-hop is her favorite, but jazz is a close second.
“It’s kind of sexy stuff, which is fun to do,” Baze said.
Her love for performing goes beyond dance — she spent some of her childhood acting and modeling.
“My dream when I was younger was to be an actress on the Disney channel,” Baze said.
She also performed on Tumwater High School’s competitive dance team in Olympia and was the hip-hop captain her senior year.
Kim Hille, Baze’s high school dance coach, said Baze’s dance skills and the way she presented herself made her seem like she was much older, though she was only a sophomore. Hille said Baze got along with everybody and is a real performer.
“She [did] everything effortlessly,” Hille said. “If she’s on the floor, you can’t help but watch her.”
Hille said she thought Baze could have made the Sea Gals as a sophomore in high school.
Baze willingly went back to her high school dance team this past winter break to step in when a girl on the team couldn’t attend a choreography session, Hille said.
Baze learned a two-minute routine in only two days so the other dancers could learn the routine with the correct formations.
“Thats just the kind of kid she is,” Hille said.
Bianca’s family can’t wait to watch her at Century Link Field where the Seahawks play, Sandi Baze said. Her family is thrilled Baze is an NFL cheeerleader.
“I grew up as a [Green Bay] Packers fan, it’s in my blood,” Sandi Baze said.
Although Sandi Baze grew up in Wisconsin, she said she has made room in her heart for two teams.
“She will always be a Packers fan, but I think she’s a Seahawks fan now too,” Baze said.
The Seahawks home game against the Packers is the day after what would have been Bianca’s late-grandfather’s 89th birthday, which Sandi Baze said will be a special day for her family.
Baze will be commuting to practice in Renton twice a week and has to arrive at the Seahawks games four hours before kick-off on Sundays, she said.
Even with her new busy schedule as a Sea Gal, school will remain a top priority for Baze. She said she is trying to work her class schedule around practice. She is pursuing a degree is business, and she wants to work in the music or fashion industry.
Her spot as a Sea Gal is a paid position. Baze said the money will at least pay for gas for her commute.
“I feel like dance is one of those things that always sticks with you,” Baze said. “I just feel like I have to do it.”
We’re not bimbos’ say twins Michelle and Jo as they start their own Amazing Race
Debbie Schipp
The Sunday Telegraph (Australia)
May 27, 2012
THEYRE a reality television talent scouts dream team.
White-blonde Barbie beach-girl lookalikes, twin sisters, cheerleaders who love to be the centre of attention.
They love fake tan and dressing up, and shrug off barbs about their looks.
But as they embark on the second series of Amazing Race Australia, contestants Michelle and Jo Troy happily warn you underestimate them at your peril.
The 26-year-old twins from Sydney’s Northern Beaches are NRL cheerleaders as part of the St George Illawarra Dragons’ Flames squad.
They also work for Jetstar as ground crew in Sydney.
And in more than six years of cheerleading and working as promotional models, they’ve heard all the jibes before.
“People will assume a lot of things about us because of how we look,” says Michelle, the older twin by 34 seconds.
“We are cheerleaders, we’ve heard the Barbie doll and bimbo barbs.
“We are judged for what we are on the outside. We’re not bimbos. We’re smart enough to use it to our advantage.
“We have done modelling and promo work for years, so we have developed thick skins.”
The pair leapt at the chance to join Amazing Race after the first Australian version of the show aired last year. It was a ratings success for Channel Seven, with an average of 1.2 million viewers tuning in each week to follow the fortunes of 11 duos as they criss-crossed the world using their wits and their wiles for a shot at the $250,000 to the winner.
This year’s race sees the contestants cross four continents and 65,000 kilometres, and the pace is relentless.
The twins’ opposition includes Tweed Heads indigenous cousins Adam and Dane, Melbourne couple James and Sarah (she has a penchant for cosmetic surgery and high heels – and customised a pair of runners with heels to take into the race), Melbourne policeman duo Shane and Andrew, and Tasmanian flatmates Sticky and Sam (Sticky was born without a left forearm, but has never let that stop him being an action-man)
Amazing Race host Grant Bowler warns there “is lots of big hair” this season.
What Michelle and Jo’s fellow racers might not know is that the girls went to great lengths to prepare for the race – and not just at the hairdresser.
“I think everyone sees us at the start line and says “oh my God, what are these two fluoro-pink topped-wearing blonde things doing? We’re going to walk all over them’,” Michelle says.
“We definitely go in to prove them wrong, and surprise them.”
To prepare for the race, the super-fit twins donned back-packs stacked with phone books to run stairs on the Northern Beaches, and topped it off with a few weeks with a personal trainer.
Having learned Japanese at school, and knowing the value of knowing at least a few words of other languages through their work with weary plane travellers at Jetstar, they added a basic smattering of Spanish and French to their tools for battle – “just in case we needed it”.
Three months several years ago as part of an Australian cheerleading squad in India on the lucrative IPL (Indian Premier League) cricket tour had given them a smattering of Indian language, an awareness of the extremes of poverty and excess, and opened their eyes anew to travel abroad.
The pair then refreshed their knowledge of geography, used flash-cards to learn the flags of the world, made sure they could drive manual transmission cars.
“I didn’t learn to ride a motorbike. Maybe I should have,” Michelle says.
The preparation paid off from the outset – the pair delighting at the response of fellow-racers if they overtook them at any stage in the very first challenge.
“We are very competitive on the show, but we are friendly. We will help other teams, but at the end of the day we just want to get through to the next leg,” she says.
“We surprise teams if we overtake them because the reaction is pretty much “oh my God, it’s the twins beating us? Oh my God.”
“Basically, we’re double trouble.
“Yes, we love getting our hair done and putting our make-up on. What girl doesn’t?
“We’re also know we can use the assumptions people make about us to our advantage.”
STAPLES Center was Sports-ageddon May 17th – May 20th, 2012, with 6 Playoff Games in 4 Days, but the amazing staff pulled off all the transitions and still made this video to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” showing that their fun side was still intact. The video includes appearances by the Los Angeles Kings Ice Crew and the Los Angeles Clippers Spirit dance team.
The only question is – where are the Laker Girls?
Zooey Magazine
May 24, 2012
Abigail Klein is the gorgeous blonde who hails from Dallas, Texas (where she was a part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders). She will appear alongside Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), Adam Samberg (SNL), and Adam Sandler (Funny People, etc) in the new comedy “That’s My Boy” out on June 15, 2012. We sat down with Klein to learn 10 new things about her.
How did you get to become part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders?
I have always been a Cowboys fan and I loved dancing and performing so I thought, why not? I auditioned in May 2007 as I was finishing high school. I didn’t mention it to anyone besides my parents at first. Once I made it to training camp for the summer, I shared my excitement with all my friends and family who were all so supportive. Finally in August right before the first game, they officially announced the team. I was so happy and proud!
What is something people don’t know about being a professional cheerleader?
Being a part of the most iconic cheerleading squad ever was an exhilarating experience and a great honor. Performing at Cowboys stadium was so much fun. I made my closest friends while being a part of the organization for those three years. It was pretty much the ultimate sorority. I’m forever bonded with women who cheered in the early 1970s when the squad first began. There are so many meaningful aspects of being an NFL cheerleader. I was able to do several appearances with children’s foundations like A Wish With Wings and visit Children’s Hospital in Dallas. I met children facing heartbreaking illness and was able to be part of their team of encouragement. I am in awe of how brave these kids are. I also had the privilege of performing overseas for our troops with the USO. Joining the team as a rookie, I had no idea the involvement we could have and the significance of our commitment. I was fortunate enough to travel to Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan in December of 2009 on a USO tour. I’ll never forget meeting such courageous men and women who were so sweet and beyond hospitable. I hope they were as touched even half as much as I was. I’ll always be grateful to them.
If your friends were to use just a few words to describe you, what would they be?
I think they’d describe me as a happy, fun-loving person who’s obsessed with Nutella!
If you could be in any kind of band, which band would it be and what instrument would you play?
I love the 1940s Big Band era and the jazz sound of that time. I’d play the saxophone.
When did you begin taking dance classes?
At the age of nine, I began taking everything from ballet and lyrical to jazz, hip hop, and tap.
Do you have any interesting hobbies?
On cloudy, rainy days (though they are rare) I like to paint. I also like trying new recipes. I make a really mean basil pesto mozzarella grilled cheese. I also enjoy playing the guitar. I’m definitely a beginner so I learn how to play country songs since they’re usually only three or four chords!
What are some of your favorite films?
I grew up watching “Nightmare Before Christmas” every year with my family. That’s when I became a huge Tim Burton fan. And of course as almost every woman would say, I will always love “The Notebook.” I read the book before seeing the movie, and it was one of the rare times when I enjoyed the movie more than the book. Recently, I just added “The Avengers” to one of my favorite films. Sitting in my seat while watching didn’t feel right. Instead I wanted to be jumping up and down rooting for the heroes! I literally got goosebumps before the final action scene. A bit dorky maybe…but wow! I love it.
What kind of projects are you looking to take on in the future?
Who would you want to work with? I want to try anything and everything. I think training for an action thriller would be fun and challenging. I’d absolutely love to work with Betty White some day! She’s charming and talented. You instantly fall in love with her, and that trait in particular can’t be taught.
Now that you’re out in LA, what are your favorite places to be so far?
I adore living in LA. I like to hike in Hollywood and hang out at the beach in Malibu. I love the fact that in LA you can drive a couple hours and hit the slopes for a day of skiing. I also really love that there are countless restaurants to try all the time. Good food and good weather are my favorite perks about living in the city. It’s an incredible place to live in.
What is your most favorite quote…whether or not you live by it?
Eleanor Roosevelt said, “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” It’s a quote that I want to live by for the rest of my life. It relates to everything – career, relationships, and life in general.
