The Lisbon Dance team held their annual dance showcase Saturday, March 8, at the Lisbon Lion’s Den.

The team placed at the state dance championships back in December, with their kick routine to “Harry Potter” and their pom routine to “Jump.”

As well, the dance team were recognized for their outstanding GPAs this year of 3.93, the highest of all schools their size in the state.

The team sees four seniors departing this season.

Aislin Andrews was a two-year member of the team. She will be attending the University of Iowa and major in business next year.

Andrews said her favorite dance was the pom routine this year. Her favorite memory was “winning judge’s choice in that pom routine this year.”

Kaitlynn Hasselbusch is a three year member of the dance team. She will be attending Iowa State University and majoring in marketing.

Her favorite routine was last year’s pom routine.

“My favorite memory was throwing a surprise baby shower for coach Amy,” Hasselbusch said.

Gretchen Moehlman was a three year member of the team. She will be attending Capri College to become a nail technician/esthetician.

Her favorite dance was the one to the Kim Possible theme from last year.

“My favorite memory was just the team bonding we had that Sunday night the weekend of state dance competition,” Moehlman said.

Brynn Epperly is a two-year member of the dance squad. Epperly plans to attend Wartburg College, where she’ll major in biology and run on the track team.

Her favorite memory of dance has been being able to dance with her sister, Paige, on this year’s team.

Head coach Amy Geis called the team this year “joy filled.”

“These are some of the happiest 15 team members I’ve ever worked with,” Geis said. “We could have performed at state and took home no awards, and they would still have been okay with that because they just enjoyed dancing.”

Geis also commended her assistant coach Bailey Hill this year, who stepped in and really helped the team through the season.