Quaker Shakers Ready for Moorestown Premiere

Serena Jacobs, a Gifted and Talented teacher at Roberts Elementary School, leads her dance troupe through a series of steps. Demonstrating each part of the routine before adding music.

“It’s been interesting,” said Jacobs of teaching the squad.

Jacobs, who has been choreographing dance routines since she was in high school, is working with the Quaker Shakers, the first-year Moorestown Dance Squad. The Shakers, made up of district teachers, will be performing for the first time when the Moorestown Magic takes on the Harlem Wizards March 26.

A very limited number of tickets is still available for the game, which will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Moorestown Athletic Center. Tickets can be purchased at the Moorestown Public Library and are $15 each for ages 2 and up. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Seating is all general admission and tickets are nonrefundable.

Tickets can also be purchased on the Wizards website. A $1.25 handling fee is charged for each ticket ordered online. This is the third year the Home & School Association has hosted the Harlem Wizards. This year, there will only be 1,000 seats sold for the event.

Jacobs, who choreographs dance routines for children who dance with pro sports teams dance squads, has had just four rehearsals with the Quaker Shakers. She has, however, provided each member with a CD of the Black-Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling,” the dance count and a video of the moves for the squad to practice.

“We were sitting at the lunch table and we were talking about the Wizards and how we should do a halftime routine,” Jacobs said of a conversation she had with fellow Roberts teacher Bridget Potts.

In addition to the Quaker Shakers, two families will get the opportunity to win a one-night stay at Crystal Springs during a halftime shootout.

Each of the two selected families will team with a Wizard. Each family’s designated shooter must make a layup and a foul shot. Their Wizard teammate must make a trick shot from half court for his team to win. All three shots must be made in three minutes.

The Quaker Shakers Dance Squad includes:

• Serena Jacobs
• Bridget Potts
• Sue Powell
• Kathy Philips
• Katie Furman
• Mindy Hall
• Marianne Baker
• Laura Dishong
• Leslie Ackerman
• Kelly Gartland
• Cricket Dever
• Marion Mourey
• Barbara Sweeney
• Maryellen Heeneke
• Sara McClain
• Lisa Wood
• Tahira Aziz
• Syretta Lee
• Doti Stewart
• Laura LaMarra
• Katie Scully
• Talia Custer