The best halftime show every season at Rupp Arena is put on by the Firecrackers, a performance jump rope team. (Vicky Graff Photo)
If you have missed having the Firecrackers — a performance jump rope team made up of third through eighth-graders from the Kings Schools in southwest Ohio — in Rupp Arena because of COVID, mark January 15 on your calendar. That’s when Kentucky hosts Tennessee in an SEC showdown and when the Firecrackers will be back at Rupp Arena.
The Firecrackers have 21 team members this year and have now been performing for almost 30 years.
They have already performed at the University of Michigan and Miami University this year and will also perform at Xavier, Louisville, Indiana, Purdue, Belmont, and Cincinnati this season along with various high schools. The Firecrackers will also perform for the Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Chicago Bulls.
It’s always the favorite halftime show of the season at Rupp Arena and one if you have ever seen you definitely will remember.
