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Local Jump Rope Team Auditioning for 'America's Got Talent'
The audition, in Atlantic City on Jan. 5, will determine if the Bucks County Bungee Jumpers will perform on live television in front of the celebrity judges.
The Bucks County Bungee Jumpers, a Doylestown jump rope team, is headed to a private audition for the primetime show “America’s Got Talent.”
The audition, in Atlantic City on Jan. 5, will determine if the team will perform on live television in front of the celebrity judges. They were invited to audition after a producer saw the team on YouTube.
The team, which has 15 elementary-aged jump ropers, performs up and down the East Coast for large crowds, including at college sports halftime shows.
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Justin Pillmore, a PE teacher in Bensalem School District, started the team in 2008 when he was a teacher at Groveland Elementary School.
There are open tryouts in July. Click here for more information about the Bungee Jumpers.
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