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...Irwinville, Georgia finally caught up with and arrested him. Three weeks later, General Smith's forces in Texas surrendered; and on June 23, the Cherokee chief and Confederate general Stand Watie, aware of Smith's surrender, accepted the inevitable. He galloped into the tiny Indian Territory hamlet of Fort Towson-in today's Oklahoma-and surrendered his battalion of Cherokee, Seminole and Osage Indians to Union forces. The Confederacy had officially become a lost cause...
...years ago, Harvard dancers had no such rigorous opportunities. For an experience like CDT’s today, dancers would have to turn to schools like Towson, Brigham Young, or the University of Louisville—schools that provide major funding and institutional support to competitive dance teams...
...college dance team submits a video-taped routine to the NDA each fall. Judges use the tapes to rank all the teams before April’s National tournament. This year, for the first time, CDT was seeded number one, toppling long-time rivals and six-time national champions Towson University. The honor put Towson on edge; CDT’s captains say that after they won, Towson’s coach sent them several nervous e-mails asking about technicalities like their website. It also won Harvard a free ride to Daytona. The NDA covered Harvard?...
While Harvard scrimps to send its 16 team members to nationals, Towson sends eight backup dancers in full costume to stand in front of the performers and cheer...
Finally, reigning national champions Towson University take the stage, their eight costumed alternates cheering in front. By the end of the near-perfect routine, it’s obvious Towson will retain its stranglehold on the national title for the seventh year...