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The Jasper Jazz Drill Team is composed of Sophomore girls from Jasper High School. Jasper High School is located in Plano, TX. The Jasper Jazz performs at all home football games for the Jasper Jaguars Sophomore football team. The team also performs at some basketball games, competitions, events around Plano and their annual Spring Show. 

Tryouts for the next year's team occur in the spring of the Freshman year. Freshman girls can elect to take Fundamentals of Drill Team to satisfy the Physical Education requirement. This class helps prepare girls wishing to try out for the following year's team in the Spring. The Freshman drill team class performs at a basketball game and also choreographs, costumes and performs a routine with fellow classmates for their class final.

Jasper Jazz Director


Jen Gray
Jasper Jazz Drill Team Director

Jen Gray was raised in Friendswood, TX, where she started dancing at the age of 5 and focused strictly on ballet for eight years. In 1994, she had the opportunity to study ballet in California with Zola Dishong and Richard Cammack. During her eight years in ballet she landed numerous lead roles in productions such as "The Nutcracker" and "Sleeping Beauty."

Jen attended Clear Brook High School, where she realized her passion for drill team. In Jen's first year on drill team, she was the only sophomore to make the "Jazz Company," in her junior year she served as Jr. Lieutenant and as Captain in her senior year. After graduating from high school, Jen was part of the Starmakers Dance and Performance Camps staff. There she aided in leadership workshops, technique classes and choreography.
After graduating from high school Jen auditioned for and became a World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette. She was a swingster and then had the honor of serving as Lieutenant her sophomore year. She participated in many special performances, which took them to Ireland (2000) for the St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Lord Mayors Ball. New Years Cotton Bowl Classic pre-game and half-time shows (2000/2001); the parade and Texas Black Tie & Boots Ball for the Presidential inauguration of George W. Bush, where they also performed with Lee Greenwood and Mark Chestnut; the pre-game and half-time show at the Dallas Cowboy Game on Thanksgiving Day (2000/2001); Adolphus Children's Parade (2000); appeared at the Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame (2000/2001); performed with Jessica Simpson and Billy Gilman (2000).

After Kilgore, Jen attended University of North Texas where she earned her BS in Kinesiology. She also had the opportunity to work at Mike Miller and Associates, where she assisted with choreography for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade dance routines, along with the Cotton Bowl pre-game/half-time show. While attending North Texas she has choreographed and continues to for numerous schools in Dallas and surrounding areas. And during her recent years, she also had the privilege to assist the Plano West Royales for five years, choreograph for the Kilgore Rangerettes and still continues to teach summer drill team camps. 

Jen has her Masters of Arts degree in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and maintains to explore and develop strategies to enrich the education of drill teams. 

Jasper Jazz Assistant Director

 

Kathy Conklin
Jasper Jazz Drill Team Assistant Director

Kathy started dancing in kindergarten with the jazz/tap combo and fell in love from the beginning. She danced and competed with studios up until high school, when she moved to drill team. Kathy was an officer and member of the Clark Cougarettes and Plano East Golden Girls. When she went away to college she went back to the classroom with ballet/pointe technique classes. Kathy didnt major in dance, but she did spend several hours a week in the studio, while at the University of North Texas. Instead, Kathy majored in history and found a love for Latin. After college she completed a MAT in social studies at Texas Woman’s University. Even though she hasn't spent much time in the studio over the past two years she will occasionally find herself in a yoga studio working to maintain flexibility.

Photo courtesy of Shipley's Photography.

Links

Drill Teams
Jasper Jazz on Jasper Website (Maintained by the school.)
Jasper High School Jaguar Band
Plano East Senior High Golden Girls
Plano West Senior High Royales
Plano Senior High Planoettes
Shepton Stallionettes
Vines Vikettes
Williams Chey-Annes on Williams Website
Drill Team and Booster Club Rules
UIL Side by Side

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