Hope everyone enjoyed their day off, aside from the delay of no electricity…
Tonight we are featuring Energy Member, Jamie Garrido!
Jamie’s birthday is June 21. She is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is her freshman year here at UNCW and she is majoring in Biology. Along with being part of Dance Co., she also part of the Pre-Veterinary Medical Association.
Jamie has been dancing for five years when she took my high school’s dance class for PE credit. After her first few weeks she fell in love with it and took it until she graduated. She also learned about dance from her two years in color guard and rifle line with her school’s marching band which let her learn how to handle herself in a group with giant flags and project to an audience.
One funny/embarrassing moment from her dance career: “During my first musical (Beauty and the Beast) freshman year I was a feature dancer in a few scenes so I had a lot of costume changes. For the Gaston bar scene I had to find a last minute costume since the other one I had was ruined during a steaming accident with a new member of tech crew; I ended up finding a nightgown and skirt that was a black fabric held together by one safety pin. During the dance I had to jump and sit on the stage edge and when I went to stand up for the partner lift the safety pin tore the fabric and my skirt dropped to the floor. I pulled it up as quickly as I could but couldn’t stop laughing when my friend Lane was spinning me on his shoulder trying to help me with my skirt and we heard an old woman say “Oh my, I didn’t expect that kind of show”. I did the rest of my dance with one hand since the other held my skirt up and none of us could stop laughing for the rest of the bar scene, but it wasn’t bad since I was wearing a floor length night gown under the skirt but I got best costume slip award at our theater departments “Groscars” awards that year.”
This is Jamie’s first year with Dance Co.!
Her favorite thing about being part of the company is dancing in a group again!
Fun facts about Jamie: : “I love working with animals, I used to work at a therapeutic riding center as grounds and stable manager, I am a vegetarian of nineteen years, I used to do soccer, swimming, horseback riding, and archery, I love being outdoors and listening to any music, I am a bibliophile (book lover), and I love being able to dance and perform.”
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