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2/3/2015 5 Things We Learned from Katy Perry’s Palm Tree Dancers’ Reddit AMA | TIME http://time.com/3693046/katyperrysuperbowlpalmtreedancersredditama/ 1/2 NEWSFEED SPORTS 5 Things We Learned from Katy Perry’s Palm Tree Dancers’ Reddit AMA Nolan Feeney @NolanFeeney Feb. 2, 2015 Appearing in the Super Bowl halftime show was a teenage dream While Katy Perry’s left shark was busy becoming an Internet meme, the palm tree dancers from the singer’s halftime show— students from Arizona State University in real life—took to reddit for an AskMe Anything Q&A. Here are some of their most interesting answers: 1. They weren’t paid. “I volunteered and I’m not upset that I didn’t get paid. It was a great experience and I got to work with some great people. Definitely worth it. I may have been a little greedy though and tried to keep what I could from the performance.” They were, however, fed “at all but one rehearsal.” 2. Katy Perry had an outfit pit crew. “There was an entire wardrobe crew dressed in white hazmatlike [sic] outfits devoted to sprinting on/off the stage and changing her clothes, which were, for the most part, snapon.” 3. The sharks were Katy’s actual dancers. The users doing the AMA were part of the Arizona State Marching Band, while others from the props cast were from the Mesa Community College — except the sharks. “The sharks were originally supposed to be dancers from Mesa Community College, but 23 days before the performance Katy decided she wanted her own people in costume. The worst part is the MCC dancers had been practicing it for much longer and definitely knew it better at least in my opinion. My friend had a pretty good attitude about it and didn’t let it get to him too much.” 4. They weren’t naked underneath, but… “We were in unitards with only boxerbriefs or compressions shorts on underneath, so pretty close.” They didn’t get to keep the costumes. 5. They did not get to meet Katy Perry. “She showed up to our Props Cast rehearsal on Monday and said hi. That’s the closest any of us got to meeting her. She seemed nice, bubbly personality. Also she has the cutest damn dog, it looks like a teddy bear.” Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz.

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2/3/2015 5 Things We Learned from Katy Perry’s Palm Tree Dancers’ Reddit AMA | TIME

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5 Things We Learned from KatyPerry’s Palm Tree Dancers’ RedditAMA

Nolan Feeney @NolanFeeney Feb. 2, 2015

Appearing in the Super Bowl halftimeshow was a teenage dream

While Katy Perry’s left shark was busybecoming an Internet meme, the palm treedancers from the singer’s halftime show—students from Arizona State University inreal life—took to reddit for an AskMeAnything Q&A. Here are some of theirmost interesting answers:

1. They weren’t paid.“I volunteered and I’m not upset that Ididn’t get paid. It was a great experienceand I got to work with some great people.Definitely worth it. I may have been a littlegreedy though and tried to keep what Icould from the performance.” They were,however, fed “at all but one rehearsal.”

2. Katy Perry had an outfit pit crew.“There was an entire wardrobe crewdressed in white hazmatlike [sic] outfitsdevoted to sprinting on/off the stage andchanging her clothes, which were, for themost part, snapon.”

3. The sharks were Katy’s actualdancers.The users doing the AMA were part of theArizona State Marching Band, while others from the props cast were from the MesaCommunity College — except the sharks. “The sharks were originally supposed to bedancers from Mesa Community College, but 23 days before the performance Katydecided she wanted her own people in costume. The worst part is the MCC dancers hadbeen practicing it for much longer and definitely knew it better at least in my opinion. Myfriend had a pretty good attitude about it and didn’t let it get to him too much.”

4. They weren’t naked underneath, but…“We were in unitards with only boxerbriefs or compressions shorts on underneath, sopretty close.” They didn’t get to keep the costumes.

5. They did not get to meet Katy Perry.“She showed up to our Props Cast rehearsal on Monday and said hi. That’s the closest anyof us got to meeting her. She seemed nice, bubbly personality. Also she has the cutestdamn dog, it looks like a teddy bear.”

Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images

Katy Perry performs onstage during thePepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show atUniversity of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1,2015 in Glendale, Ariz.

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