Jessica MacMillan, a renowned dance instructor and choreographer from Abbotsford, has been named the Dance Team Lead of the Fraser Valley Bandits’ inaugural Junior and Senior Dance Teams.

MacMillan has been teaching dance for over 10 years, with previous dance experience extending across professional and amateur sports, with stints alongside the Felions Dance Team of the BC Lions, while also serving as the founder of the Chilliwack Chiefs Dance Team in the BCHL. MacMillan is the founder of JAM DANCE and My Heels dance programs in Abbotsford, and enjoys giving back to programs throughout the Fraser Valley by teaching at DanceWorx, Just for Kicks School of Dance and Pulse Dance Centre.

Auditions for both the Junior and Senior Dance Teams will take place at Xtreme Talent Dance Company on Sunday, February 24 at 12:30 p.m. Auditions will be separated into two studio spaces and will last until 2:30 p.m.

The Junior Dance Team will consist of dancers between the ages of 8 and 18, and as a group, will be no more than 20 individual dancers after the team has been established and announced.

The Senior Dance Team will consist of dancers ages 19 and older, and will feature no more than 8 dancers.

To register for the audition, interested individuals are asked to register online through the audition’s Eventbrite webpage where further details can also be found. All registrants are asked to bring in a headshot. Registrants ages 18 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who will be responsible for signing in the registrant prior to the audition.