A circle formed before the Silver Stars final dance of the day. The adrenaline was high and emotions were higher. As Colonel Emma Frazier prayed over the team’s performance for the final time this contest season, she and the team began to cry. It would be the final time the dancers would ever compete together. 

“I wasn’t expecting to be very emotional,” Frazier said, “but as soon as we got up to pray, I realized it was the last time I would get to be dancing at a competition with this team.”

The Silver Star dance team went out of state for nationals for the first time. They attended the Crowd Pleasers competition in Nashville, Tenn. They came back with multiple awards including 2nd in the nation in the team and officer category. They also came back with three national champion solos. 

“I think my entire soul left my body,” sophomore solo champion Jordyn Mayo said, “I didn’t think it was real, I actually thought that they said my first name and then somebody else’s last name because I didn’t think I actually won.”

The team didn’t just compete, they were also able to enjoy the sights of Nashville. They did things such as going to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Zoo, Luke Combs’ restaurant and the Area 54 dance studio. Despite all the fun, the trip was an emotional end for the seniors’ competition season. 

“Ending my senior year in Nashville was very exciting and very emotional,” Frazier said, “but it was very rewarding and felt like everything had the perfect end to it.”