This past week at Notre Dame has been an exciting one for the Stepper-ettes!  We were able to win 9 events and have also qualified to represent the United States at the World competition to be held in Switzerland in 2012!  The following teams were named National Champions:

"Bond"
Junior Pom

"Boxing"
College Pom

"Cards"
Primary Halftime

"Carwash"
Juvenile Large Beg.  Dance Twirl and Twirl Team

"The Fame"
Senior Lg. Beg. Twirl Team

"Star"
Junior Twirling Corps

"Alice"
Large Twirling Corps Champions & Grand Corps Champions!

All of our teams and individuals did a fantastic job and everyone's hard work certainly paid off!  Congratulations to all of the girls (and boy) for a job well done!

Congratulations to all of the Stepper-ettes who participated in the 2011 Miss Shamrock Competition held on March 5th. Over 90 Pre-Competition Team members attended the event and they did a wonderful job!

Congratulations to Rachel Foehlinger for her outstanding performance at the Twirl Mania competition held February 18-20 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Rachel competed in the Collegiate Classic against 35 feature twirlers from colleges and universities from across the country.  She was thrilled to make the top 10 and went on to compete in finals at EPCOT Center!  It was a very exciting competition with people cheering on the twirler from their favorite university.  Rachel finished 9th overall but was so honored to be among the top 10 college twirlers in the country!

The Stepper-ettes won 8 first place National Titles at the 2010 National Baton Twirling competition held at Notre Dame University July 19-22.  The following teams won first place:

Primary Pom-Bumblebee

Junior Pom-Workout

Senior Pom-Witches

Juvenile Large Twirling Corps-Fireman Junior

Small Twirling Corps-Star

Senior Large Twirling Corps-Gladiator

Kinder Halftime-Stepper-ette Scouts

Tiny Tot Small Twirl Team-Mr. Postman

Congratulations ladies (and gentlemen) for a job well done!

Congratulations to all Stepper-ettes who participated at the Miss Shamrock Competition held this past weekend.  You all did a wonderful job!!

We would like to say a big thank you to all of our fellow Stepper-ette teammates, our parents, our friends, and our families for all of the support over the past few months!  It is truly unbelievable that we returned from the World Championships with the Gold!  It wasn't an easy task, that is for sure!  Along with the pictures and journal entries posted in the "Belgium Trip Updates" page here are slideshows from the trip.  SPAIN

BELGIUM

Thank you to everyone for doing a fantastic job at the Miss Shamrock Competition! We were so pleased with how all the teams looked!