A special musical performance was provided by 2012 JDHS graduate and local singer Taylor Vidic.

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The evening included the JDHS cheer state routine, a kids’ dance clinic and previews by various local dance teams that noted their upcoming performances including: TAFY Dance Alaska (Spring Showcase May 17 at JDHS), Juneau Dance Theatre’s Fusion Dance Team (May 9-11 at JDHS), JDHS Drama Department (April 25-27, May 2-4 at JDHS), the Juneau All-Stars Dance Team (to join contact [email protected]) and the always improving Dad’s Drill Team.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé George Houston Gymnasium was near capacity during the JDHS dance team’s Showtime 2025 on Saturday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé George Houston Gymnasium was near capacity during the JDHS dance team’s Showtime 2025 on Saturday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)


“Showtime is one of my favorite community events because country wise email marketing list you get to see an up-to-date snapshot of the dance organizations in town,” Vidic said. “So just from a joy perspective, that’s really wonderful. And then also getting to perform for so many people…to perform for a packed house in an audience with a lot of youth and kind of to get to show, I don’t know, I grew up in Juneau and I think of my progression as a participation in Showtime from, I think when I was like 12, I helped present some of the senior awards in an old dance team costume. And then I sang the national anthem and then a handful of years, they did small ensembles with various musicians and got to perform in that way. And so to get to come back several years later as a more grown artist and musician was really cool.”

Vidic sang her rendition of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston.

“The attempt was to perform it as more of a ballad, like more of with a longing,” Vidic said. “But then there was the snafu with the guitar input, and so having a gentleman hold a microphone up to my guitar, I think it lost some of the dramatic input that I was hoping for. It turned into more of a comedy number, but I still think it held some sweetness and it was fun when folks sang along. It may have been a bit of a fiasco, but it was a good moment, memories were made.”