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Texas State Strutters to strut on ‘America’s Got Talent’
Look for the Texas State University Strutters to kick up their boots on “America’s Got Talent” next week.
The precision dance team from San Marcos will appear on Tuesday’s two-hour edition (starting at 7 p.m.) of the popular NBC reality show.
Not all of the 79 members of the team will appear, but director-choreographer Susan Angell-Gonzalez will present 14 of the kickers:
Rebecca Freeman — Conroe
Ashley Caterina — Friendswood
Julia Kelly — Round Rock
Kayla Hamilton — New Braunfels
Katie Quisenberry — Houston
Taryn Smith — Alvin
Sterling Martin — San Antonio
Jill Ellis — Luling
Ashley Pergande — Clear Lake
Rebecca Samuelson — Friendswood
Adriana Hattenberger — Houston
Kristin Juengel — Friendswood
Lindsey O’Neal — Bryan
Danielle Barone — Keller
The Strutters have been strutting for Texas State’s beloved Bobcats for 49 years, and they’ve performed in 22 countries around the world.
They were the first U.S. dance team to perform in the People’s Republic of China, according to the school. And they have hoofed it up at presidential inaugural parades, Macy’s Thanksgiving parades and various TV commercials and films.
Now their challenge is to impress David Hasselhoff.
The Dems draw a crowd in their convention debut
The Democrats pulled in a big audience on Monday’s convention opening night when Michelle Obama was the featured speaker. It was also the night ailing Ted Kennedy wowed the crowd with a surprise appearance.
At least 21 million viewers watched the Monday night coverage, according to Nielsen Media Research. That’s an improvement over the first night of the 2004 Democratic convention, when 18 million viewers tuned in.
The ratings represent the combined viewership of the three cable news networks and the four broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS).
If the audience builds higher toward Barack Obama’s much anticipated acceptance speech Thursday night, it could be a record-breaker.
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