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Former Laker Girl Shares Love of Dance

Alice Chien, a Walnut High alumna, opened Dancecapade Performing Arts Center in Diamond Bar in 2004. By Melanie C. Johnson Diamond Bar Patch August 4, 2011 Alice Chien’s start in dance was a reluctant one. The Walnut High School alumna took her first class at five years old, largely because she had no choice. “I […]

Laker Girl Auditions: Director’s Blog (cont’d)

Lakers.com: Director of the Laker Girls Lisa Estrada is keeping a daily diary of the audition process for Lakers.com, starting with a summary of a full Saturday as over 400 hopefuls came to the Toyota Sports Center to show off their skills. Estrada will be checking in with updates throughout the week, covering individual interviews, […]

Former Green Country resident featured in dance troupe on ‘America’s Got Talent’

KJRH.com 07/25/2011 TULSA – A Green Country native is being featured Tuesday on NBC’s hit talent show “America’s Got Talent.” Tanea Brooks, a former Owasso, Okla. resident, is a member of the dance troupe Purrfect Angelz, which is one of 48 acts competing for a top 24 spot this week. Born and raised in Owasso, […]

Ashley Benson Wanted to be A Laker Girl!

JustJared.com July 22, 2011 The 22-year-old actress, wearing Sutra earrings and a Katharine Kidd cocktail dress, opened up to the host about how she got into acting, Pretty Little Liars and how she really wanted to be…a Laker girl? Yep! Ashley’s sister is actually on her way to becoming one and she shared, “She got […]

Laker Girl Auditions: Director’s Blog

Lakers.com: Director of the Laker Girls Lisa Estrada is keeping a daily diary of the audition process for Lakers.com, starting with a summary of a full Saturday as over 400 hopefuls came to the Toyota Sports Center to show off their skills. Estrada will be checking in with updates throughout the week, covering individual interviews, […]

More from Laker Girl Auditions

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Carmageddon doesn’t deter Laker girl tryouts

Laker Girls tryouts: Who has what it takes?

Janis Carr OC Register 7/16/2011 [Slideshow] The Laker Girls are arguably the most prestigious dance teams in the NBA, so who wouldn’t want to be a member of the team? Ask the more than 400 dancers, who showed up Saturday for the annual auditions held at the Lakers’ training facility in El Segundo. Women, such […]

The Lake Show must go on

Stephanie Graves FoxSportsWest.com July 16, 2011 Check out FOXSportsWest.com’s gallery of the Los Angeles Laker Girl auditions on July 16.] Carmageddon might have turned out to be a disappointment of near apocalyptic proportions, but you know what wasn’t? The 2011-12 Laker Girl auditions. Not an over-exaggerated traffic jam, nor rain (if LA ever had any), […]