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Planoette Director's Corner
Planoette Supporters,
The Planoettes have been hard at work preparing weekly routines for our
Wildcat football games and pep rallies throughout the semester. They have
put on a number of great performances including pom, streamer jazz, kick,
prop, and the Plano Production number with the unveiling of the Plano
PAWS!!! If you missed it, it was quite a treat. We are excited that the
girls will be able to perform their traditional homecoming ladder routine
this Saturday! Due to rain and concern for the safety of our girls, they
were unable to perform it on Homecoming night!
Throughout the fall we had tremendous success at our 3rd annual Golf
Tournament and our parents didn't stop there! They then went on to sell
and make over 400 mums and garters for our Plano students! We are so very
blessed with the outpour of support from our area retailers and parents in
PISD. Our fundraising allows our girls to compete at the regional and
national level as well as put on our annual Spring Show in April. The
girls enjoy choreographing routines for those as well as learning from
some of the best choreographers in the state. Costumes and Props are also
possible because of the monies raised. If you want to be awed come to our
spring show debuting April 7th in the Dr. Doyle Dean Performing Arts
Center.
We hope that we will see you all this Saturday at the play-off game
against Coppell as the Wildcats move on to the 5A playoffs. You will be
sure to be wowed by the Halftime put on by your Planoettes and the AWESOME
Wildcat Marching Band!
Planoette love,
Mrs. Walraven
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Director - Meredith Walraven
Meredith
began her dance career at Steps and Broadway Dance Studios in the Garland
area. While dancing competitively with Steps under the direction of Robin
Mitchell and Teresa Price and Tempe Kirby at Broadway Dance Studio, she won
numerous overall awards as well as solo awards. Her team at Broadway was
selected to perform at the Maverick’s pre-game show. Meredith has
performed in different cities such as San Antonio, Houston, Dallas,
Nashville, and Orlando.
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Meredith attended Rockwall High School and was apart of the Stingerettes
Varsity Drill Team under the direction of Melissa Holliman. While on the
team, she was a member of the elite dance group, Showstoppers, and elite
kick line, Kick Club, her sophomore through senior years. She was awarded
Lieutenant her Junior year and Captain her Senior year. At the end of her
senior year was awarded Best Dancer by the team.
She
attended TCU in the fall of 2000 where she was a member of the TCU
Showgirls. Meredith transferred from TCU to SFA where she was apart of the
dance program. Her senior choreographic piece was awarded to be presented in
the Dance Repertory Showcase. She earned her BS in Dance and Speech
Communication in May of 2004.
After
completing her degree, Meredith received a position at Rowlett High School,
where she was the Junior Varsity Drill Team director and Assistant Varsity
director. She was at Rowlett from 2004-2007. In those three years her teams
won numerous state and national titles. Her JV team won three consecutive
regional best in class team awards in the JV category. They were awarded the
National title in JV teams her first year there and 3rd and 1st runner up
the following two years.
Meredith
is in her fourth year as Director of the Planoettes. The last three years
have been a huge success with numerous regional and 2 National Team titles
along with an officer National Title and Elite Team National Title! Meredith
is very blessed to be the director of this talented and dedicated group of
ladies. She is very excited about continuing her tradition of excellence in
her teams with the Planoettes. She is honored to have this position and
hopes to continue the great traditions of the Planoettes for years to come!
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Assistant Director
- Lindsay Placke
Lindsay started dancing when she was 3 years old at Chamberlain School of
Ballet in Plano. Throughout elementary and middle school she continued with
ballet and also took jazz and Pointe class. While attending Vines High
School she participated in Drill Team as a Vikette. She is also a graduate
of Plano Senior High School and served as a class officer on Student
Congress. After PSHS, Lindsay attended the University of North Texas in
Denton. During this time, Lindsay taught a three and four year old ballet
class. She earned her BS in Human Development & Family Studies.
Lindsay is excited to be back at Plano Senior High for not only her first
year of teaching but also her first year as Assistant Director for the
Planoettes. She looks forward to working with the girls and having an
awesome first year.
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