The Texas HighSteppers attended the Danceline USA National Championship competition this past Friday and Saturday at SeaWorld San Antonio. This was the second and final competition they attended this year....
Story by Emily McMaster, copy editor
• December 12, 2017
The sound of French horns, tubas and clarinets playing band songs is replaced with violins, pianos and harps playing Christmas melodies. A grass field turns into a wooden stage floor. An audience of cheering...
Homecoming dance will be held in the Texas High School cafeteria on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are on sale in the cafeteria during all lunches during the upcoming week, and students must...
Story by Ali Richter, staff writer
• April 28, 2016
Long flowing dresses, crisp black tuxes, and luxurious stretch limos are all a part of a night upperclassmen will never want to forget.
Texas High will be hosting this year’s long-anticipated prom...
Texas High will hold the annual Sadie Hawkins dance Feb. 13. The dance will be in in the Dan Haskins student center from 7-10 p.m. Tickets will be sold during all lunches starting Feb. 8 in the cafeteria...
Story by Emily McMaster, staff writer
• January 29, 2016
You wait patiently behind the curtains, the routine constantly running through your head. Trying not to watch the performer in front of you, for it could make the nerves increase to the extreme, you...
Dancers from all over Texarkana will perform “The Nutcracker” at the Perot Theater, which will run from Dec. 4 through Dec. 6.
Student dancers feel a special connection to the annual show, and...
Story by Caroline May, in-depth editor
• October 9, 2015
She worked hard to be senior lieutenant, she waited three years for this moment, she practiced these skills all year, she perfected this routine for weeks, she landed this leap everyday. What she never...
Story by Emily McMaster, staff writer
• September 2, 2015
Starting this school year Texas Middle School will have a drill team prep class. So far this course has 25 eighth graders signed up hoping to one day be a Texas Highstepper.
These girls will be bussed...
Story by Caroline May, in-depth editor
• August 31, 2015
"Point your toes and kick to your nose." A saying that has been drilled into her head throughout the years. Now she has packed up her life and moved to Texarkana so that she can teach a new group of girls...
The Texas Highsteppers competed in the Lone Star State Championship in Austin, Texas on Feb. 21. They took three team dances, three officer dances and three ensembles.
The team spent their first nights...
Story by Katherine Doan, staff writer
• December 15, 2014
600 girls in full costume and makeup.
55 New York city blocks.
35 mph biting cold winds.
7 girls from Texas High.
One unforgettable morning.
Senior Tristen Collins performed in the 88th...
