The STA varsity dance team performed to ‘Rock that Body,’ ‘Dynamite’ and various other songs at their halftime performance at the Rockhurst High School varsity football game Oct. 8.

According to dance team member junior Lindsay Cook, the team always looks forward to this particular performance.

“I think [the team] can agree that this is the most exciting performance of the year,” Cook said. “The crowd is a lot bigger, and performing in front of so many people is a lot of fun.”

Cook said the team puts in hours of work perfecting the dance before the game.

“We usually start learning the dance a month ahead of time, and once we are finished learning it we begin cleaning it up to make sure everyone is together,” Cook said. “After that we just run the dance over and over until it looks as good as possible.”

According to Cook the team also has many nerves in addition to all the excitement before the game.

“Most of us get pretty nervous, but once were out on the field it isn’t so bad, especially when all of our friends are there to watch us,” Cook said.