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SHERMAN -- The Austin College Aussies Dance Team will offer three performances of dance routines at the squad's third annual spring fundraising shows. All performances will be held in Ida Green Theatre in the Ida Green Communication Center. Admission of $2 is payable at the door. Performances are Friday and Saturday, April 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 18, at 2:30 p.m.The team was established in 1995 and took the name of Aussies since one of its aims is to promote spirit of the Austin College athletics programs - with a mascot of the Kangaroos. The dance team performs at various sporting events, particularly football and basketball half-time events. The Spring Show provides the team a means to raise funds for performance needs.Senior Meghan Cardwell of Nocona, Texas, is captain of the squad. Sophomore Karman Weaver of Dallas and sophomore Rebecca Farmer of Sherman, Texas, serve as lieutenants to complete the team leadership. Other members are Andrea Barnett of Bartlesville, Okla.; Sara Lifson of Richardson, Texas; Veronica Loa of Corpus Christi, Texas; Cassie Lovell of Denison, Texas; Aron Kay Montgomery of Azle, Texas; Carrie Simpson of Dallas; Priya Singhvi of Plano, Texas; and Sarah Vaal of Meadows Place, Texas.Austin College, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), is an independent, liberal arts college of 1,300 students located 60 miles north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Chartered in November 1849, it is the oldest college in Texas under original charter and name as recognized by the State Historical Survey Committee.Austin College is included in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives, ranked among the "Best 351 Colleges" in the 2004 Princeton Review, and profiled in the 2004 edition of Kaplan's Insiders Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges.
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