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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Royelles Ranked Second as Final Conference Meet Nears

They’ll next compete Jan. 17 at Hopkins.

  CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the place Hopkins finished last week.   Following a fourth-place finish Thursday, the Royelles are in second place as they prepare for the final Lake Conference meet of the season. The Hopkins High School dance team finished fourth at the Edina kick meet. That leaves them with a total of 18 points for the season, behind only Wayzata’s 25 points. Hopkins is second among the five schools in the conference for kick meets. The final conference competition will be a jazz meet, in which it also sits in second place. That meet takes place Jan. 17 at Hopkins. The Royelles have at least three more meets after conference competition ends, including the 2AAA section meet Feb. 2.   …

Sunday, February 19, 2012

(PHOTOS) Hopkins Dancers Compete in State Tournament

The dancers competed in the high kick division.

Hopkins dancers competed in the high kick division of the 2012 state dance tournament Saturday at the Target Center. The Royelles put on a colorful performance but did not make it to the finals. Eastview of Apple Valley won its second consecutive AAA title followed by Eden Prairie and Brainerd.

CHERYL STEIN

12:15 pm on Monday, February 20, 2012

LOVE THE PHOTOS. THE GIRLS LOOK GREAT AND DID A FAB JOB!!!   more ›

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Hopkins JV Dancers Grab Fourth With Eastview Invite Routine

More than 55 teams representing 30 schools performed 96 routines at the Apple Valley event.

Hopkins High School’s junior varsity dance team placed fourth in the JV AAA jazz competition of Saturday’s Eastview High School Dance Team Invitational. More than 55 teams representing 30 schools performed 96 routines at the Apple Valley event. In all teams competed in 11 events. Full results are listed below.  Only the top third of teams in each category have been listed. *** JV A/AA Jazz A Jazz AA Jazz JV A/AA Kick A Kick AA Kick AAA B-Squad Jazz JV AAA Jazz JV AAA Kick AAA Jazz AAA Kick

Friday, December 9, 2011

(PHOTOS) Hopkins Dancers Take Third In Lake Conference Kick Meet

The Royelles hosted Eden Prairie, Edina, Minnetonka and Wayzata Thursday evening.

High spirits and high kicks were the order of the day as the Hopkins Royelles dance team came away with third place Thursday in a home meet against four other teams. The top three teams were:

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