Monthly Archives: October 2008

20 Questions: With Stephanie Marchese

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Meet Stephanie:

1. What is your nickname?
Steph, Stephie

2. What is your favorite pastime?
Reading, Shopping, Drawing

3. What is your favorite movie?
Can’t choose just one: Love Actually, August Rush, P.S. I
love You, and Je`taime Paris

4. What is your favorite tv show?
House/ Will and Grace

5. Who is your idol?
Audrey Hepburn

6. What is your favorite style of dance?
Jazz and Lyrical

7. Why do you love to dance?
I love to dance because it relieves stress and makes
me forget about the day’s stress. It is extremely relaxing but provides for a
great workout!

8. What is the name of your old studio?
Rosemary’s School of Dance

9. Who is your celebrity crush?
David Beckham and Matt Damon

10. What is your favorite book?
Recently: Eat Pray Love- All Time Fav: The Great Gatsby

11. What is your favorite place in the world?
Palermo, Sicily

12. What are your Aspirations?
To attend Suffolk Law School, Be successful, Have a
family,and Travel around the world.

13. What is your favorite dance team moment?
When I made the team.

14. How would your friends describe you?
Sweet, Enthusiastic, and Altruistic

15. What do you love about UMass?
The location, the people, the
opportunities…There is something for everyone!

16. When is your birthday?
August 7th

17. What is your major?
Political Science, Minor Psychology IR Certification

18. What is your favorite quote?
“I’m never as good as when you’re there.” -Almost Famous

19. What would people be surprised to know about you?
I can speak italian fluently. I also would like to eventually become fluent in french and spanish.

20. What is your hometown?
Totowa, NJ

20 Questions: With Jackie Bourque

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Meet Jackie:

1. What is your nickname?
Jacks

2. When is your birthday?
October 14th

3. What is your hometown?
Worcester, MA

4. What is the name of your old studio?
Chickee’s Dance World

5. What is your major?
Kinesiology

6. Who is your favorite dancer/choreographer?
Mia Michaels

7. Who is your idol?
my mum

8. What is your favorite style of dance?
lyrical

9. Why do you love to dance?
It lets me be whoever I want to be that day, plus
it’s a great way to let go of whatever you’re feeling

10. What is your favorite place on campus and why?
Pita Pit!! No explanation needed.

11. What is your favorite place in the world?
Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, and my house

12. What are your aspirations?
to be a successful physical therapist with a good home and a
big family

13. What do you love about UMass?
How many people there are!

14. How would your friends describe you?
sweet, laid back, and organized

15. Do you have any special talents?
I’m actually a really good cook!

16. What is your favorite quote?
“Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.”

17. What is your favorite food?
avocado, scallops, or anything cheesy

18. What is your favorite pastime?
camping, hiking, coloring, & reading

19. What is your favorite holiday and why?
Thanksgiving…food, football & family-what could be
better?!

20. What is your favorite dance team moments?
The one with Chels & the sandwich…hahaha. And
basically any one of our bonding nights.

20 Questions: With Lauren Wischhusen

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Meet Lauren:

1. What is your nickname?
L Dub

2. What is your guilty pleasure?
tostitos nacho chips

3. What is your favorite pastime?
making brownies!

4. What is your favorite movie?
Across the Universe

5. What is your favorite TV show?
One Tree Hill

6. Why do you love to dance?
Dance is therapeutic. No matter what kind of day I have, I feel relaxed after dancing but not too mention its a good workout!

7. What is the name of your old studio?
Michelle Ferraro’s Dance USA

8. Who is your idol?
my sister…. she doesn’t know it but I always wanted to be her when I was little

9. What is your favorite place in the world?
Sydney, Australia

10. What is your favorite dance team moment?
after try outs when they called me in to say congrats and I met everyone on the team. Everyone was so welcoming and nice!

11. What are your aspirations?
I want to be a secondary math teacher…….and maybe live in Australia!

12. What do you love about UMass?
I love how it is away from home, but not too far that I can’t go home for a weekend.

13. When is your birthday?
October 10th

14. What are your habits?
I have a habit of cracking every part of my body when I wake up

15. What is your favorite color?
lime green

16. What is your major?
math

17. What is your favorite food?
chicken fingers

18. What is your favorite holiday and why?
Christmas is my favorite holiday. Every other year I go away with my family to somewhere warm and I love doing that. Otherwise I’m home with everyone and we get to decorate the tree and everyone is together.

19. What would people be surprised to know about you?
when I was little I hated girls who danced and I never wanted to be a dancer!!!

20. What is your hometown?
Long Island, NY

20 Questions: With Bethany Brindley

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Meet Bethany:

1. What is your nickname?
“B”

2. What is your guilty pleasure?
Eating Dessert!!

3. What is your favorite pastime/hobby?
Making cookies!

4. What is your hometown?
Wilmington, Delaware

5. When is your birthday?
November 3rd

6. What is your major?
Kinesiology/ Pre-dental

7. Who is your favorite dancer/ choreographer?
My favorite dancer is Travis Wall and my favorite choreographer is Doug Caldwell

8. Who is your idol?
My older sister….. look up to her for everything

9. What is your favorite style of dance?
Jazz and Ballet

10. Why do you love to dance?
I love to dance because no matter what kind of day I’m having everything
seems to disappear when I start dancing, and I’m free. (good exercise too!)

11. What is the name of your old studio?
Anna Marie Dance Studio

12. What are your aspirations?
to be a dentist

13. How would your friends describe you?
sweet, funny, and trustworthy

14. What do you love about UMass?
The campus is beautiful!

15. Do you have any habits?
I’m kind of a neat freak….. Just a little

16. What is your favorite quote?
“Ask yourself this….. How big can I dream?”

17. What is your favorite holiday?
Thanksgiving and Christmas

18. What would people be surprised to know about you?
I lived in Texas!! Best time ever!

19. Do you have a special talent?
Golf (I’m like Tiger Woods lol)

20. What is your favorite dance team moment?
My first football game. I was nervous I was going to get in trouble for
doing something wrong..example throwing an extra kick!

20 Questions: With Dominique Pagan

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Meet Dominique:

1. What is your nickname?
Dom, mo

2. What is your hometown?
Long Island, NY

3. What is your major?
Communications

4. When is your birthday?
August, 9th

5. What is your favorite pastime?
Drawing/painting

6. Who is your favorite dancer/choreographer?
Mia Michaels and Justin Giles

7. Who is your idol?
Loren Picciarelli

8. What is your old studio?
CS Dance Stylz

9. What are your aspirations?
to be a head of an advertising corporation in NYC

10. What is your favorite place in the world?
Bryant Park, NYC

11. What is your favorite dance team moment?
making the team

12. Do you have any special talents?
Drawing

13. How would your friends describe you?
creative, stubborn, and sarcastic

14. What do you love most about UMass?
That it’s close to home but just far enough

15. Do you have any habits?
yes, i always crack every bone in my body

16. What are your favorite foods?
pizza and bagels

17. What is your favorite quote?
“Life is beautiful”

18. What is your favorite holiday?
Halloween because i get to dress up

19. What would people be surprised to know about you?
I can cut my own hair

20. What is your favorite style of dance?
modern/lyrical

20 Questions: With Loren Picciarelli

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Meet Loren:

1. What is your nickname?
Ren

2. Where is your hometown?
Long Island, NY

3. When is your birthday?
December 27th

4. How would your friends describe you?
Sarcastic, stubborn, and funny

5. Who is your idol?
Dominique Pagan

6. What is your favorite quote?
“Life goes on”

7. What is your favorite holiday?
New Years Eve

8. What was the name of your old dance studio?
Michelle Ferraro’s Dance USA

9. Who is your celebrity crush?
David Beckham

10. What is your favorite dance style?
Contemporary/ c-style

11. Who is your favorite dancer or choreographer?
Justin Giles, Sonya Tayeh, and Cynthia Mareaux Geffon

12. What is your favorite pastime?
Dancing, obviouslyy

13. What are your favorite movies?
Old school, and Grease

14. Why do you love to dance?
Because dancing is therapeutic and it’s my passion

15. What is your favorite place in the world?
Times Square, NYC

16. What is your Favorite TV Show?
Degrassi: The Next Generation

17. What is your favorite dance team moment?
Besides making the team, when caitlyn fell at the basketball game haha…
classic.

18. What is your major?
Journalism

19. What is your guilty pleasure?
Old-Car car shows & craft fairs

20. What is your favorite thing about UMass?
The UMass Dance team:-)

Homecoming!

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Despite the cold weather and the upsetting loss, we still managed to have some fun! Here are some pictures from Homecoming ’08:

Simone Shenny, Sarah Stevens, Bethany Brindley, and Siobhan O’Keefe

Lauren Wischhusen, Sarah Stevens, Bethany Brindley, and Siobhan O’Keefe

Jackie Bourque, Katie Judge, Caitlyn Melia, Dominique Pagan, Jessica Rubnitz and Caitlin Bohara.

Kelly Pinola, Danielle Degnan, Trish Fox, Chelsea Gilbert, Stephanie Marchese, Ashley Konrad and Simone Shenny.

Jessica Rubnitz, and Loren Picciarelli

Caitlin Bohara, and Jessica Rubnitz

Dominique Pagain, Caitin Bohara, Loren Picciarelli, and Jessica Rubnitz

Caitlin Bohara, Caitlyn Melia, Jessica Rubnitz, and Katie Judge with dance team alumni Christine Rozolis

Dominique Pagan, Caitlin Bohara, Caitlyn Melia, Loren Picciarelli, and Jessica Rubnitz

2008-2009 UMass Dance Team with Sam the Minuteman