Month: May 2019

Fundraising For UDA Camp

This year, Adelphi’s Dance Team will be attending UDA Camp for the second year in a row.

The Universal Dance Association, (UDA) provides high quality educational training for college and high school dancers through summer camps and clinics on college campuses.

The purpose of attending camp is to learn new routines for your team to perform at sporting events throughout the season as well as learn chants to enhance game day spirit. Not only is camp a great experience to learn new things but it also allows for dancers to bond with their team and with dance teams from other colleges and universities.

The 2018-2019 Dance Team with their awards at UDA camp last summer.

Last year, the Adelphi Dance Team attended a three day UDA camp at the University of Scranton. The team was awarded first place for the Home Routine they performed and won other awards including the Superior Award and the Collegiate Recognition award!

This year, the team plans to attend a three day camp in the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The 2018-2019 Dance Team pictured with USA staff dancers.

To attend camp this year, the team has to partake in a lot of fundraisers in order to cover the costs. To participate in UDA camp, the team has to pay a fee for each dancer to attend as well as fees for transportation and for choreography.

In the past, the Adelphi Dance Team raised funds in the following ways:

  • Bake Sales
  • Participating Restaurants
  • Fitness Classes
  • Car Washes
The 2018-2019 Dance Team pictured with firefighters after washing their firetruck at a car wash.

“Car washes tend to be the most successful of our fundraisers because they not only bring in family, friends, and acquaintances but they bring in people from the community as well.”

Alexa Munoz, rising senior on the Adelphi Dance Team

This summer the Adelphi Dance Team is planning to set up several fundraisers. The following fundraisers have already been scheduled:

  • Zumba – The team will be coordinating a zumba class on Saturday, June 1st that will cost $5 per attendee.
  • Car Wash– on Saturday, June 8th, Adelphi will be hosting its first car wash of the season at Applebee’s in New Hyde Park.

Stay tuned or visit our Instagram for updates and future fundraisers.

If you have any fundraising ideas to help the Adelphi Dance Team or would like to help fund the team go to camp contact Coach Marissa Speciale!