Guest: Kim Cardwell
Hosted by: Kelli Woodruff

Learning the choreography is just the beginning. The real work comes when you start turning a group of individual dancers into a clean, polished team moving together with precision and uniformity.

In this episode of Lights, Lines, & Leadership, I’m joined by my longtime friend, former colleague, and THE cleaning queen, Kim Cardwell, for a practical conversation about the cleaning process. We share strategies directors can use throughout football season, along with a few contest-cleaning tips that take the details to another level.

Whether you’re a first-year director or a seasoned veteran, you’ll walk away with practical ideas you can take straight back to your next practice.

In This Episode

• Making sure dancers know the choreography before cleaning begins
• Preparing officers to effectively lead cleaning groups
• Using cleaning rotations to give dancers more individualized feedback
• Auditioning, setting spacing, and moving into detailed team cleaning
• Cleaning head-to-toe and hand-to-hand—including focus, body angles, pathways, and timing
• Changing your perspective to catch details you may be missing
• Cleaning entrances, exits, victory lines, fight song, and other football details
• A few contest-cleaning strategies to take the details one step further

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