Showing posts with label dance team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dance team. Show all posts

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Muah!

Leah doing some last minute stretches before the dance team heads out to perform.


Saturday, March 31, 2012

Our beautiful dancer

Leah had a wonderful competition experience today. Her team did beautifully and competed well. They won some top awards and went home very happy. I bought Leah a shirt she's had her eye on for a while now. She couldn't wait to put it on.

Leah's passion for dance is something I'm sometimes quite envious of. She works so hard to be good at it and more importantly she truly loves and enjoys it. I'm so happy she found it early on in her life. I'm sure that no matter what she chooses to do as she grows older? Somehow someway she'll always be dancing...one way or another.


Saturday, March 10, 2012

First Dance Competition--Bravo!

Today Leah competed in her first ever dance competition. She's on a team of 7 & 8 year olds. They danced 4 routines together and one large company routine. Their dances include lyrical, jazz, hip-hop and tap. Leah has worked hard this year and has been dedicated to attending her dance classes, practicing her routines and staying on top of her school work as well. She danced very well and the team won Golds/high gold for their dances.

Our day began earlier than usual. Leah woke up on her own, showered and then woke me up to help get her ready. I made sure to organize, label and double AND triple check all of her supplies the night before. I did the same two more times in the morning.

Except for two mishaps (both my doing) everything worked out well. I braided Leah's hair the wrong way so I had to fix it when we got to the school. We also had an issue with a wig she wears for her tap number. Even though we had it held down with a dozen bobby pins AND she danced, jumped and ran for 15 minutes before her dance, it still fell off her while dancing. We will make sure this does not happen again at the next competition. I missed the number because I ran to grab some coffee and it took longer than expected. Fortunately a parent recorded it so I was able to see it. She danced beautifully even with the wig coming off her head.