Golden Stars perform at 2019 Outback Bowl

The Eagle Grove Golden Stars recently performed in the pre-game and halftime shows at the Outback Bowl in Tampa Bay, Florida on January 1, 2019. The game was between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Iowa Hawkeyes with Iowa coming out on top, 27 - 22.

Dancers performed before a crowd of 40,518 fans at Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There were 402 performers ranging from 2nd – 12th grade. The Latin themed pre-game show featured all of the performers using Pink, Green and Purple fans celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Outback Bowl. D ancers took up the entire field spanning from the 10-yard line to 10-yard line as they performed their 2-minute routine. The performers remained on the field during the National Anthem and fly over. During the half-time show, dancers filled the center of the field from the 35 to the 35-yard lines with over 2,500 high school band students surrounding them and uniting as one mass band to provide the live music for the show.

This years’ tribute to American Songwriters featured such numbers as “Sweet Caroline”, “For the Longest Time” and “Living in America”. The younger dancers, performed with half of the older dancers to “Uptown Girl”. The performance ended with a patriotic finale to “Armed Forces Salute”. Cindy Clough, Executive Director of Just For Kix, was the choreographer with help from Ali Geraets and Annie Lindberg.

“We had an incredible group of dancers representing 11 states this year. We felt they came in more prepared than usual and worked very hard. All dancers learned the choreography from video links that were sent to them in late November and once they got to Florida the show was put together. They had 12 hours to work on formations and polish the routines,” said Clough.

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