![Mississippi State’s Terpsichore Dance Theater Company is presenting its annual spring show Friday [April 12] in Starkville. Current members include (front row, left to right) Madeline Martindale, Mary Gardner, Lindsey Downs, Cailin Sims (middle, l-r) Zikiya Carter, Chandler McDaniel, Mikayla Poindexter, Katie Belle Raymond; (back row, left to right) Lindsey Roberts, Laura Sullivan, Abby Akins and Skylar Baldwin. (Photo submitted)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/Terpsichore_2019_full.jpeg "Group photo of MSU Terpsichore Dance Theater Company performers")
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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s Terpsichore Dance Theater Company is presenting its annual spring show Friday [April 12] at the Greensboro Center in Starkville.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and include entry into a raffle, with proceeds benefiting the student dance group. Tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting Deborah Funderburk, MSU kinesiology instructor and Terpsichore faculty adviser, at dfunderburk@colled.msstate.edu or Terpsichore President Laura G. Sullivan at msu.terpsichore@gmail.com. Purchases also can be made at the door.
Titled “Headliners,” the program will feature a series of solos, duets, trios and group dances in a variety of styles, including contemporary, ballet, modern and jazz.
“Mississippi State’s campus is home to a wide variety of student organizations with an even wider variety of interests,” said Sullivan, a junior special education major from Destrehan, Louisiana. “These students have worked hard to put these dances together, and they are so excited to share their work with the Mississippi State and Starkville communities.”
Since 2007, Terpsichore Dance Company has given students the opportunity to explore their love of dance throughout their years at MSU. Interested MSU students and staff can audition for the group at the beginning of each semester.
2018-19 MSU Terpsichore Dance Company members include (by hometown):
ALABASTER, Alabama—Lindsey B. Downs, a sophomore English major.
COLUMBUS—Abby R. Akins, a sophomore biological sciences major; and Mary E. Gardner, a senior educational psychology major.
DESTREHAN, Louisiana—Laura G. Sullivan, a junior special education major.
JACKSON—Zikiya M. Carter, a freshman undeclared major.
MADISONVILLE, Louisiana—Lindsey A. Roberts, a sophomore accounting major.
MOUNT JULIET, Tennessee—Katherine B. “Katie Belle” Raymond, a freshman special education major.
POPLARVILLE—Skylar Baldwin, a freshman biochemistry/pre-medicine major.
SPANISH FORT, Alabama—Madeline A. Martindale, a senior biological sciences/pre-medicine major.
TULSA, Oklahoma—Chandler J. McDaniel, an applied psychology/clinical psychology doctoral student.
VANCLEAVE—Cailin G. Sims, a junior mathematics and English double-major.
WEST POINT—Mikayla R. Poindexter, a sophomore special education major.
For more information, visit http://www.terpsichore.org.msstate.edu.
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