Katrina Nishioka 13, Katie Freund 12, Caroline Huttinter 12, and Eliza Thornton 13, practice a dance routine with the Premier Poms Experience junior team. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Julia Brashler 9, dances in the front row with her youth team during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

The senior team of Premier Poms Experience practices their hip-hop dance routine at the Lake Barrington Field House. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Emily Mchugh 10, dances with the youth team during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

The Premier Poms Experience junior team finishes a run-through of one of their dance routines during practice. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

The junior team lines up on the floor to watch the senior team run-through one of their dance routines during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Katrina Nishioka 13, dances with the junior team during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Senior team dancer, Jaclyn Aievoli 15, rests and hydrates after performing a dance routine with her team during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Lindsay Behrens 12, jumps onto the back of her teammate Kayla Nehf 13, as the junior team of the Premier Poms Experience practices. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

The junior team runs through a dance routine during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

The junior team lines up on the floor to watch the senior team run-through one of their dance routines during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Julia Giacomin 12, dances in the front row with the junior team, during a practice for Premier Poms Experience. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media

Kayla Nehf, 13, shows off her enthusiasm while she dances with the junior team during a Premier Poms Experience practice Feb. 12 at the Lake Barrington Field House. | Ruthie Hauge~Sun-Times Media