This article is the fourth installment in an ongoing series about the Boston College Golden Eagles Dance Team (BCGEDT). Find the other articles here.
For the girls in the Class of 2018, this is their first year donning the gold dress and white boots. As part of the Screaming Eagles Marching Band, they have three more years ahead of them to enjoy amazing and unique performance opportunities, and to showcase their talents on the entire football field during Halftime. For the next installment in “Meet the Girls in Gold,” get to know the Dance Team freshmen!
Left to right, back: Amanda Sackmaster, Elizabeth Kopec, Courtney Hoblock, Rachel Vishanoff, Claire Kramer
Left to right, front: Kaitlyn Patel, Leah Lombardi, Christina King, Ali Goforth
Ali Goforth
Favorite Band Moment: “My very first time dancing at one of the football games was probably my best experience so far, just because it was so new and exciting! Not to mention, it was a night game and there were pyrotechnics and fireworks!”
Hometown: Hiram, ME
School/Major: Nursing
Activities/Clubs: BCGEDT, Jumpstart, SAP
Upper or Newton: Newton
Single/Taken: Single
Ideal date: Anything spontaneous and/or involving delicious food!
Celeb crush: Leonardo DiCaprio
Favorite spot on campus: Bapst
Amanda Sackmaster
Favorite Band Moment: “My favorite Band moment was performing ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ with the Boston Pops. It was so fun to be on stage with such a talented group of people and it was a great moment to be a part of. We danced in the aisles. Pops on the Heights was an amazing night!”
Hometown: Eagan, Minnesota
School/Major: Political Science and English
Activities/Clubs: BCGEDT, SAP
Upper or Newton: Newton!
Single/Taken: Single
Deal breakers: When people are super late.
Biggest pet peeve: The Newton Bus
Favorite spot on campus: Leah Lombardi’s room on Newton
Christina “TT” King
Favorite Band Moment: “Getting to perform with the Boston Pops! They’re such a talented group and they were so friendly to all of us; it means a lot to have performed with such a huge part of the Boston community.”
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
School/Major: Sociology/Faith, Peace, and Justice
Activities/Clubs: 4Boston volunteering at Franciscan Children’s Hospital
Best class: Challenge for Justice
Single/Taken: Single
Ideal date: Anything unique and relatively laid back
Biggest pet peeve: People who think “feminism” is synonymous with “man-hating.”
Fun fact: I’m halfway to having my motorcycle license!
Claire Kramer
Favorite Band Moment: “Appearing in the ‘Shake It Off’ video with the Band was so much fun and incredibly memorable; I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan. When I found out the video was student-produced for the C21 Center’s ‘Espresso Your Faith Week’ and seen by T-Swizzle herself, I was even happier to be a part of it.”
Hometown: Milford, CT
School/Major: Applied Psychology
Activities/Clubs: Cura and The Laughing Medusa
Best class: Child Growth and Development
Deal breakers: Being a Patriots fan.
Ideal date: Going somewhere that involves food/dessert/puppies and no snapchatting.
Celeb crush: Zac Efron (really just Troy Bolton…)
Favorite spot on campus: Stokes Lawn
Courtney Hoblock
Favorite Band Moment: “Appearing in the ‘Shake It Off’ video!”
Hometown: Sarasota, FL
School/Major: Biochemistry
Best class: Spanish
Upper or Newton: Upper
Single/Taken: Single
Ideal date: Walking around downtown Boston.
Celeb crush: Matthew Gray Gubler
Favorite spot on campus: Gasson 101
Elizabeth Kopec
Favorite Band Moment: “It was so fun to perform ‘For Boston’ at Pops on the Heights this year!”
Hometown: Ridgewood, NJ
School/Major: Arts and Sciences
Activities/Clubs: Golden Eagles Dance Team, Symphonic Band
Upper or Newton: Newton
Single/Taken: Single
Ideal date: Dinner and a movie
Biggest pet peeve: When people bite their nails.
Favorite spot on campus: The Chocolate Bar
Kaitlyn Patel
Favorite Band Moment: “My favorite memory is performing ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ with the Boston Pops. It was just such an incredible event to be a part of and the energy of the performance was great, you could tell the audience was having a great time, so it was that much more fun to perform for them!”
Hometown: Glastonbury, CT
School/Major: Nursing
Worst class: Chemistry Lab
Upper or Newton: Newton!
Deal breakers: Smoking cigarettes—so gross!
Ideal date: A day at the beach
Biggest pet peeve: When people don’t hold the door for you.
Favorite spot on campus: The garden behind Stokes
Leah Lombardi
Favorite Band Moment: “My favorite Band moment was performing ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ with the Boston Pops. It was an honor to be onstage with such an iconic group.”
Hometown: North Kingstown, RI
School/Major: Arts and Sciences
Worst class: Calc I
Upper or Newton: Newton!!! Go Keyes 3!!!
Single/Taken: Single (an understatement)
Deal breakers: Crocs
Biggest pet peeve: the Newton Bus
Celeb crush: Jim Halpert
Rachel Vishanoff
Hometown: Norman, OK
School/Major: Classics
Best class: Drama and Society in Ancient Greece
Upper or Newton: Newton!
Single/Taken: Single
Ideal date: Good conversation over dinner
Biggest pet peeve: Small talk
Favorite spot on campus: Bapst
Keep an eye out for the 2015 football schedule, sure to be announced soon. Don’t miss these opportunities to see the BCGEDT girls rock another great season on the field!