Get to Know: Aimee

Aimee Gregory

Year:  Junior 

Age: still 20…

Major: Marketing

Hometown: Collierville, TN

Favorite Season:  I love nationals season because I get to go to Disney with my family and best friends!  Also, its fun to compete against my twin, Audrey, who dances for the University of Arkansas. 

Interesting:  I have a red miniature poodle named Ruby Sue!

I can’t wait to start my senior year on rebelettes and cheer on the rebels to many

more victories!  Hotty Toddy! 

Hope this helped you get to know Aimee a little bit better!!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get to Know: Garrett

Garrett McDonald

Year on Team: Senior

Age: 22

Major: Real Estate Finance

Hometown:Edmond, OK

My favorite season is football. Oxford in the Fall is like nothing I could've ever imagined. Walking through the Grove on game day is chaotic in the best way possible. The pregame show is my absolute favorite part of being a Rebelette. From walking onto the field with the band to "Locking the Vaught" with the student section, it is an indescribable feeling. Chills run down my entire body every time I stand on the field with the band behind me and 60,000 Ole Miss fans cheering their hearts out, win or lose. And Rebel fans sure do know about losing! I've had some of the greatest memories the last four years with some of the best friends I'll never forget. I wish I could start all over again and relive some of the best moments I've had at Ole Miss!

After graduating in May, I'm moving to Nashville to pursue a career in either Real Estate or Public Relations. At some point in my life, I hope to live in New York City. I love visiting there and want to experience it more before really "growing up". I have a puppy named Bauer, yes named after Jack Bauer from the tv series 24, who I treat more like a child than a dog! Like any true McDonald, he is also an avid Ole Miss supporter!! I have four brothers and am in the very middle. Needless to say, there was never a dull moment growing up in my house. Being the only girl, my mom is my best friend and biggest fan! My parents came to support me at almost every game. I have loved being a Rebelette and I believe it has made me grow a lot as a person. I wouldn't change my experience I've been blessed to have the last four years for anything. Hotty Toddy!

Hope this helped you get to know a little bit more about Garrett!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get to Know: Kelley

Kelley Deibler

Year on Team: Senior

Age: 22

Major: Hospitality Management

Hometown: Collierville, TN

Being a senior on the team has made me really think about which season is my favorite.  The past four years have been a roller coaster.  I have to say my favorite season is Football.  I still remember the feeling the first time I walked onto the field during Pre Game and they started to play "From Dixie With Love."  Chills spread over my whole body.  The cheering crowd of 60,000 was something I have never experienced.  It was a feeling I knew I never wanted to miss again.  From then on every football game was just such a blessing to be able to dance on the sidelines.  Even if we lost I was still on the 50 yard line at the end of the game with 20 of my best friends swaying.  It's a feeling I will never forget and am sad to say is over.  Although football is my favorite, this past year in basketball has been a whirlwind of fun.  The excitement that comes at the end of every basketball game is something that you won't get with any other sport.  Sitting right by the basket at every game is something I am so thankful for.  The past four years will never leave my memory.

Some things you may not know about me:

I love my family so much! I have a 30 year old brother who is currently in Basic Military Training to become a load master for the Air Force.  I also have a sister who just recently turned 28, and is a second grade teacher.  My parents are at every home game and most away games for any Ole Miss Sporting events.  We are HUGE Ole Miss Fans.  Something else I am so excited about is the fact that I just got my new puppy a week ago!  Her name is Fenley and she is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.  (Apparently the Rebelettes really like Cavaliers)  She is 9 weeks old and I am so excited to have her in my life.  I am dating the same guy that I met my senior year in high school.  I'm going to miss Rebelettes so much.  I have met some of the best people of my life over the past four years and I don't know what I am going to do without them.  I plan to work in event planning at a Children's Hospital when I move back to Collierville in August.  I can't wait to see what life holds.  Without Ole Miss and Rebelettes I wouldn't be the person I am today.  Hotty Toddy!! 

                

We hope this helped you get to know Kelley a little bit better!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get to Know: Maggie

Maggie Brian

Year On Team: Junior

Age: 20

Major: Business Management

Hometown: Brentwood, Tennessee

It’s hard to pick just one season of Rebelettes, although I do love Nationals! I love everything about the Nationals process. The way our hard work evolves as a team from the moment we learn the choreography to the moment we step out on that floor in front of the castle in Orlando representing Ole Miss. I love the training, the discipline and the technique, but most of all I love working towards a common goal with my team. Nationals may only be three days long but it is a moment that each one us will take with us for the rest of our lives. It teaches us that with hard work, focus and dedication anything is possible.

Some Interesting Things about you:

1) Growing up I intensely trained in ballet and pointe. I had the opportunity to study at The Rock School for Ballet in New York for a summer. It was amazing!  2) I just got a puppy! Her name is Sophie and she is so precious!  3) I do not like drinking water. I know, that’s crazy. Thank goodness someone invented peach mango crystal light!  4) I’m obsessed with Oxford! I love everything about it. It is the most charming town. I truly believe there is no greater school than Ole Miss. HOTTY TODDY! GO REBS!

Hope this helped everyone get to know Maggie a little bit better!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get to Know: Ally

Ally Edwards

Year on Team: Sophomore

Age: 19

Major: Exercise Science

Hometown: Jonesboro, AR

These past two years on Rebelettes have been absolutely amazing. I've made so many lifelong memories and friendships and every season is so great, but if I must choose then I'd have to say football season is definitely my favorite! I love the fall and I love Ole Miss football! There is nothing like the grove, and even better, nothing like pre game at Ole Miss. I have so many great memories cheering on the rebels, and nothing is more exhilarating that standing on that field staring up into the sea of fans and cheering on your favorite team with your best friends by your side. 

Just a few things about me: 

Most everyone now calls me Al Pal, but some call me Ally Grace, and my daddy calls me Gracie. I come from a family of 4 and I'm an older sister to the best little brother, Carr, who is a junior in high school! Although dance has always been my favorite thing to do, I used to be into soccer as well and loved every bit of it! I have a birth defect called nystagmus which, if you know anything about dancing, makes it really hard to spot while turning, but that doesn't stop me! I was born on 7-7 and i weighed 7.7 pounds so yes, my favorite number is 7! God has truly blessed me in this life and I'm just trying to live it out for His glory! 

HOTTY TODDY! 

Hope this helped you get to know Ally!!

Love Always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Kelsey

Kelsey Loebel

Year on team: Sophomore

Age: 19

Major: Business Management

Hometown: Collierville, TN

It is really hard for me to pick a favorite season of Rebelettes. However, I would have to say that nationals sneaks to the top of the list. Don’t get me wrong, nationals is grueling. As a team we spend four and a half weeks of our six-week Christmas break in Oxford practicing at least 6 hours a day. It’s tough, tiring, and extremely tedious. I have never experienced anything like it. But as exhausting and emotionally draining those weeks leading up to nationals are, I would not trade that time for anything else. I love to dance; I love that feeling of performing and nationals gives me that fix that I’ve craved my whole life. On top of that, this is the time when our team becomes extremely close. During this time, our team of twenty girls all want the same thing. We have a common goal and a common love for dance and each other. We support each other and see each other through our bad days and are there to celebrate each small success we obtain each day. I am so proud of this team and find great happiness in having the privilege to say I am a part of it.

A few interesting things about me:

I love to bake!!! I want to open my own breakfast place/ café someday! I’m obsessed with Fall…I’ve gone as far as saying I would be a park ranger just so I can play in the autumn leaves (not actually ever going to do that for the record). IM GOING TO BE A DOUBLE AUNT! Both my sisters are expecting babies and I’m going to be the best/coolest aunt ever! My family and friends mean the world to me. I honestly do not know how I got so lucky with the people God chose to put in my life! I have five dogs and three cats… in the most normal way possible! We are just big animal lovers. I’ve recently taken up hot yoga, which is so much fun if you have never done it. I would love to travel, anywhere and everywhere! Also, single and ready to mingle along with Caroline Cripps! Make sure to check out Carol’s blog post too!!!

Hope this helped you get to know Kelsey a little bit more!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Caroline Cripps

Caroline Cripps

Year on Team: Sophomore (2nd year on team)

Age: 20

Major: Business Management

Hometown: Suwanee, GA

It's extremely tough for me to pick my favorite season of Rebelettes but since I have to choose, I would have to say nationals. That is our time to express ourselves as well as represent our amazing University with what we do best. During nationals, it's all about us and what we do. It doesn't concern the football or basketball team, it is strictly the group of Rebelettes competing in a UDA competition against other schools from all over the nation. We practice 70% of our Christmas break and prepare like crazy but ends up being completely worth it. I wouldn't change either of the nationals experiences I've had or the bonds it brings amongst the team. Nationals is hard work but we all somehow come out alive in the end!



Dance has always been such a huge part of my life. Some people have said to me before, "you were raised in the business world of dance". I have a very tough time denying that statement. Being the youngest of two older sisters, who also started dance very young, I didn't have much of a choice but to be a dancer. I started dance at the age of 3 and never stopped. At age 6 I started dancing competitively and again, never stopped. When I was 8, my mom decided to open up her own studio. So as you can tell, we are a family full of dance. To some this may sound insane but I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.That's probably the reason I enjoy nationals as much as I do. It's the kind of dance and environment I've been used to my whole life. Dance is and always will be my creative outlet. It truthfully completes the person I am today. Thank God for Rebelettes, otherwise I would be lost in this world! HOTTY TODDY!

 P.S. Something else you may like to know, I like to meow.. all the time!

You may think you have seen Caroline before... Well you're right.  She's the "cheerleader" Marshall Henderson flirted with during the Ole Miss vs. Mizzou Men's Basketball Game.  Take a look here: Carol's Claim to Fame - Click Here

Hope this helped you get to know Caroline a little bit better!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Melissa

Melissa Griffith

Year on Team: Freshman

Age: 19

Major: Exercise Science

Hometown: Saint Louis, MO.

 I personally enjoy basketball games, mainly men’s. I have always been a sucker for sports and having played basketball in my past, I love the hype of the game. It makes me miss playing, but I could not see myself anywhere else than the sidelines with a team who has been through so much, but become so close. Nationals would be a huge reason why that is, and I would not change my first nationals experience for anything. I could not be more proud of my team than what we have accomplished this year. 

I come from a family of 6.  With me being the oldest of 4 I am constantly on the look out for my  two younger sisters and brother.  I also have a guardian angel I have been blessed with. My grandfather, Papa, passed away on my eighteenth birthday and I could not be more grateful for having such an amazing role model in my life. He is the reason for my goals in life to become a physical therapist. As I watched him struggle for two years and go through a hard process in life, I found a calling of wanting to help others and make people smile. 

"And your eyes twinkle bright as can be...

You should laugh all the while and all other times smile, 

And now, smile a smile for me"

 

Hope this helped you get to know Melissa a little bit better!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Ole Miss Rebelette Tryouts

Ole Miss Rebelette Tryouts 2013-2014

April 13, 2013

If you're interested in trying out for the 2013-2014 Ole Miss Rebelettes Dance Team you have come to the right spot.

Tryout Information:

Rebelette Tryout Information - Click here

Ole Miss Spirit Squad Tryout Packet:

Ole Miss Rebelettes Tryout Packet - Click here

We hope to see everyone out on April 13, 2013, and can't wait to see all the new talent for the upcoming year!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Natalie

Natalie Wood

Year On Team: Senior

Age: 22 

Major: Broadcast Journalism with a Minor in Business Administration

Hometown: Oxford, MS

There is absolutely nothing like standing on the Ole Miss football field and cheering for your school in front of a packed stadium. From the time that we step foot in the Grove until the end of the game, my job as a Rebelette doesn’t stop. And even though the day is exhausting, it is extremely rewarding to represent a school with so many deep-rooted traditions. I believe it is at football games that those traditions are most visible and that is when I feel the most pride for my school. Dancing on the Grove stage at the pre-game pep rally with the band and the cheerleaders, marching with the band to the stadium, and performing throughout the entire game are the main ways that we contribute to the overall game-day experience at Ole Miss. When I’m wearing my red and blue sparkles, listening to the band play the “Alma Mater,” and feeling the fall breeze blow on my face as the entire stadium stands in front of me- that’s just hard to beat. And it’s a feeling that I’ll never forget.

I have enjoyed my four years as a Rebelette and am thankful for the experiences that I’ve had on the team. Not only have I learned dance choreography (and trust me, a lot of it), but I have also learned lessons that I will take with me through life. When I graduate, I plan on moving to Nashville, TN and working in television production and media communications.

Thanks for a fantastic four years and Hotty Toddy y’all!

Rebelette Tryout Clinic Information

Rebelette Tryout Clinic

We encourage all dancers to come out on March 23, 2013 to our Tryout Clinic. You can register for it here: Tryout Clinic Registration

Details:

    Rebelette Spring Clinic Participants will learn routines similar to the ones taught at tryouts

Saturday, March 23

Basketball Practice Facility

Registration Fee - $50

8:30 a.m.- Registration

9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. – Clinic

*Must bring a Copy of your insurance card*

We can't wait to see you!!!

Love Always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

We Love Basketball!

As the SEC Basketball Tournament is approaching in the near future, we are coming up with all new halftimes for our fans.  We loved being able to perform this UDA Camp Routine at our White Out Kentucky game a few weeks ago.  Let us know your thoughts on other fun halftime dances you would like to see us perform!

We hoped you like it and can make it out for the rest of our Men's and Women's Ole Miss Basketball Games!!

Love Always

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Ole Miss Rebelette Tryouts 2013-2014 Season

After a very grueling basketball season, and still more to come... we are very excited to announce our tryout dates and times for the 2013-2014 season.  

Tryouts will be held:

Date - April 13, 2013

Time - 8:00 am

Location - Please check back at a later date  for more details

We will update different things to be ready with and what to wear.  For any more questions go check out our Facebook page:  Ole Miss Rebelettes Facebook

Stay tuned for updated Get to Know our Rebelettes and basketball season updates and pictures.  

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

P.S. - If you haven't checked out the awesome King Kobraz new music video "TSUNS of GUNZ", follow it to check out some of your favorite Ole Miss Rebelettes and Basketball Stars.