If you know me at all, you know that the weeks leading up to the first competition season tends to be a little rocky... I scream and yell and cry A LOT. This year was different... it was still stressful, but I was so excited to see how far the kids had progressed and how ready they were for the competition.
We traveled to Cedar Rapids (which my kids were super mad about because they thought we were going to See The Rabbits), and competed our 63 dances of track and elite dancers. We won diamond after diamond and placed in the top 5 over and over again. Every time I thought the kids couldn't dance any better they proved me wrong. I have never been so proud!
Honestly they danced super well, and the awards were awesome, but the best part of the weekend was seeing how all of the families came together. We all sat together, ate lunch and dinner together, laughed and celebrated together... it was something I've never experienced before: pure excitement for being there. There was no drama, no crabbing, it was honest to goodness a celebration for the entire team's accomplishments.
Here's a picture of our RIDICULOUS team at the awards ceremony on Sunday night... they're so dang funny :)
As I returned home late Sunday night, I celebrated our team and prepared for this next weekend in which we have yet another competition. Although I'm certain exhaustion will soon set in, it's so worth it to see these kids soar to new heights. I LOVE MY JOB!!!!
Here's some more pictures of the weekend:
Here's our gorgeous elite team (well most of them are in this picture...) We unfortunitely didn't get pics of all their costumes because they were in a different costume every other second. They won Diamonds for all numbers except 2 and placed in the top 5 for small groups and WON senior large group for their dance Fame. The outfit they're in here is Tangled Up In You. They were all AMAZING!
My God Put The Rhythm In Me kids... they're the funniest, silliest and most hard working kids ever. They performed this piece with so much passion and heart, it honestly made my heart overflow with joy to watch their hardwork pay off... they're SO great!
My children were SO well behaved this weekend... Sam was dressed as a cowboy, running around with the girls and having the time of his life. Maicey thought she was such a big help to Mama... I loved every moment of spending the weekend with them. A special thank you to my husband Rob for making it a possibility to have my inspiration and support team with me during the weekend... it made it so much better to have them there to celebrate with me!!!
This is our Kayla :) She just came to our studio a few years ago and she has brought nothing but sunshine to our lives since. she works her tiny little butt off every single day she's at the studio and it sure has paid off. Miss Kayla won overall junior solos doing her gorgeous lyrical dance to Cinderella.
The name of this duet is "divas"... I'm not so sure I could have come up with a more appropriate name for a duet with these two sas-a-frasses. Kayla and Paige are 9 and 10, and they are dancing a duet that many 17 and 18 year olds couldn't do. They have a natural God given talent and a work ethic to go with it.
Me and these terds made a bet before they danced that if it was up to my standards I'd go get them ice cream.... They won Junior Duet overall, so I guess I better get them to DQ asap...
Once these three terds heard about my promise to Kayla and Paige they threw a fit. I'm telling you these girls have been dancing with me since they were like 5 years old. They're now 15 and amaze me every single day. I adore watching them perform this trio "Nothing Compares 2 U" because it's so graceful and passionate and beautiful. It's also very serious which cracks me up because when they're not competiting, you'll find them making fools of themselves in a hallway somewhere :) I guess I do owe them ice cream as they one Senior Trio...
So that's Symposium weekend in a nutshell... it was amazing in every way possible. Who's ready for round 2???? Let's get it ATB!
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