Yet another comp under our belt! It was a long and sometimes very stressful weekend, but we learned a lot and I at least had a good time!
The weekend started with our first event Pre-Champ Ballroom which was on Friday. We were dressed to the nines, warmed up, and had checked our dance position with our coach and got a thumbs up. We were feeling pretty good about our prospects, though there was a lot more couples competing in this comp than the previous ones. We danced as best we could, but it still just wasn't good enough to be called back immediately. We did get quite a few judges calling us back, but we were two judges off of being able to make it back. Michael said that he thought we had a good chance at being called back, but we just weren't quite there yet.
Saturday dawned, and I had a renewed wish to make it to the final in one of our events. We had Novice Ballroom and our Gold class event which was Fox-Trot. After prepping myself with all of the needed crap, I headed to the Wilk, got dressed, and warmed up. Scott and I ran our routines, and went over our mental lists about the specific things that we needed to concentrate on while dancing. Michael came up to us and checked off our frame again, giving us a few pointers, and wished us luck. We lined up and anxiously awaited our event to begin. We were the third heat out, so we got to gear up mentally for our event. I think we danced beautifully the first round, and nearly all of the judges agreed as they called us back in both dances. We stopped for a quick word with Michael, and then we were immediately back in line-up for the next round. We were a little tired for the next round, but we still did our best. After we were done dancing Michael informed me that my shoulders were doing something weird, and that I had to get a grip on them and keep them still if I wanted to make it back again. We made it to the Quarter-Final heat. We danced as best we could, but my shoulders still were having issues. Not enough judges called us back, so we missed out on being in the Semi-Final, but only by a few marks.
Fox-Trot went a lot better, though I was still having issues with my shoulders. We made it to the Semi-Finals in Fox-Trot, but just barely missed the finals.
I feel like we are on a plateau and just need to figure out how to make the next leap to improve our impression. Michael coached us on our promenade position, which is where my shoulder problems were stemming from. We are not taking a huge break between now and January's competition, we are going to be pushing through and working on our basic technique so our dances look better overall.
I am confident that this next season will be a lot of fun, and will teach us many more lessons. I hope we can start placing consistently higher in the rankings, both in Novice and Pre-Champ. But my ultimate goal is to get proficient enough to start competing in Championship Ballroom, which is much more competitive, and has all five dances. That is my goal.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Orem High comp
Orem Highschool competition is tomorrow. After the disaster that the last comp was I am really hoping we do well tomorrow. It's a smaller comp with both of our events already semi-finals, which could be good and bad all at the same time. It's good not to have all of the really good couples going up against us this weekend, but on the other hand that means that there will be less couples for the judges to look at. I am really hoping I can keep my frame in check tomorrow, that would mean that I have improved since the last comp. I'm not really expecting a call back into the final, but Scott wants us to start placing at every comp. I will do what I can to help but that may not be in the stars for us this year.
We are trying to do more rounds during our practice sessions to get our stamina up to par. So far it's pretty much killed us when we do it, but it's good practice and it feels good to be pushing and working so much. This is a sport after all, so we need to start treating our practices as training sessions rather than just remembering sessions. I think Scott is realizing this too, and it helps that whatever Michael says he takes to heart. If Scott can remember and implement all of the technique we learned since the last comp, then I think that we will look like a completely different couple. That goes for me too. I cannot slack on pushing when it's my turn to power, and my frame still tends to break which means it's doubly hard to get it back. I'm most concerned for our quickstep since that's where all of the technique really shows and the lack of technique shows as well. If we can get our quickstep to start looking effortless, then I think that we will be ahead of most of our current competition.
We are trying to do more rounds during our practice sessions to get our stamina up to par. So far it's pretty much killed us when we do it, but it's good practice and it feels good to be pushing and working so much. This is a sport after all, so we need to start treating our practices as training sessions rather than just remembering sessions. I think Scott is realizing this too, and it helps that whatever Michael says he takes to heart. If Scott can remember and implement all of the technique we learned since the last comp, then I think that we will look like a completely different couple. That goes for me too. I cannot slack on pushing when it's my turn to power, and my frame still tends to break which means it's doubly hard to get it back. I'm most concerned for our quickstep since that's where all of the technique really shows and the lack of technique shows as well. If we can get our quickstep to start looking effortless, then I think that we will be ahead of most of our current competition.
Monday, August 2, 2010
dusting off the shoes
Five days and counting. I've been running around like mad trying to get all of the various things that i need before Saturday. There are a lot of "stuff" that i need to plaster all over myself in order to be "beautiful" which also means a lot of money that i never really had to pay for before. I am gaining a new appreciation for all that my mother has done for me in the past.
We will hopefully get two lessons this week, and then we're kind of on our own for the comp. Michael might be there, but it's small enough that I don't think he will be. Lets just hope that I hold together out there and that we can make it through all of our routines!! haha
We will hopefully get two lessons this week, and then we're kind of on our own for the comp. Michael might be there, but it's small enough that I don't think he will be. Lets just hope that I hold together out there and that we can make it through all of our routines!! haha
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Two Weeks
Only two weeks left until BYU comp. We have all of our dances re-choreographed and made more competitive and fitting for our dance level. We recently made our four wall quickstep into an eight wall quickstep, just by doing the correct technique!! Our tango would be doing better if I could figure out how to make Scott stay low! He tends to rise up, and when I don't it looks weird. But I don't think that I should rise up with him just to match him, he should stay down! That has been a hot topic between us. Choreography is another hot topic between us, he is insistent on his way and I am insistent on another. We've had some seriously annoying fights the past two weeks. He has this new attitude that he knows everything ever since we started with Michael, and he got on the team. It annoys me beyond everything else!
If we can make it to the comp without killing each other, then I will call that an accomplishment!
If we can make it to the comp without killing each other, then I will call that an accomplishment!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Four weeks til BYU comp!
Only four weeks until our first comp of the season!!!! I'm getting really nervous... We haven't been doing rounds like we should for the past few weeks, when we tried to do quickstep more than once around the room Scott was really winded. I am concerned that we won't be able to do a continuous quickstep after doing other dances just before. I'm fairly certain that it won't be a big comp, so we probably won't have time between dances to catch our breath. Which really concerns me.
We got really great Tango technique on Tuesday, but we have the tendency to settle into our hips which looks really bad in Tango. So to encourage us to keep our hips up, Michael pinched us!!! It hurt!! and he said that if we don't keep them up he will do it again! I tried sooooo hard to keep them up, he did have to warn me once and he said he wouldn't warn me again that he'd just pinch. It does work, but it freaks me out a little.
Scott and I are both having to deal with aches and pains that come with bumping up technique and practices. It's difficult, but we can get through it i'm sure.
Competitions! Here we come!!!
We got really great Tango technique on Tuesday, but we have the tendency to settle into our hips which looks really bad in Tango. So to encourage us to keep our hips up, Michael pinched us!!! It hurt!! and he said that if we don't keep them up he will do it again! I tried sooooo hard to keep them up, he did have to warn me once and he said he wouldn't warn me again that he'd just pinch. It does work, but it freaks me out a little.
Scott and I are both having to deal with aches and pains that come with bumping up technique and practices. It's difficult, but we can get through it i'm sure.
Competitions! Here we come!!!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
New Coach, New Us!
Michael Johnson is great!!! I've learned more in these past three lessons than in any other class! I've had to break some habits, re-learn basic concepts, and try absorb so much! But it's wonderful!! Our practices have become productive again, which is a great relief. I am having to break A LOT of habits, which is taking some time and a lot of effort. Hopefully I can break them as quickly as possible.
The next few months will be very interesting. Hopefully we can improve as much as we have already. This should be exciting!!!
The next few months will be very interesting. Hopefully we can improve as much as we have already. This should be exciting!!!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Summer
Our summer schedule has not been working out quite the way we had hoped. School and my work have been interfering with a regular practice schedule, as well as keeping us pretty tired so we haven't been doing the two hour practices that we wanted to do. But we're persevering anyway.
Ira gave us really great technique that I hope we can remember and do well. Our routines are being refined and becoming more competitive. Everything is going pretty well. If only we could find a way to agree in practices more, then maybe it would be more enjoyable for the both of us. As it is, we have very different opinions and usually think that our way is the right way. I'm sure that it's somewhere in between both of us most of the time, but it is hard to admit that.
In looking back at the two competitions that I have posted on here, I marvel at the differences between them, and it was maybe a month or two difference. I'm excited to see how we do this coming season! I want to do my best, and that's going to take a lot of effort. But it will be worth it I am sure!
Ira comes back from California soon, for at least a week, so we can possibly get a lesson in there somewhere. And then fall will start and competition season will be upon us. I have time to prep this year, so I am already getting excited!
Ira gave us really great technique that I hope we can remember and do well. Our routines are being refined and becoming more competitive. Everything is going pretty well. If only we could find a way to agree in practices more, then maybe it would be more enjoyable for the both of us. As it is, we have very different opinions and usually think that our way is the right way. I'm sure that it's somewhere in between both of us most of the time, but it is hard to admit that.
In looking back at the two competitions that I have posted on here, I marvel at the differences between them, and it was maybe a month or two difference. I'm excited to see how we do this coming season! I want to do my best, and that's going to take a lot of effort. But it will be worth it I am sure!
Ira comes back from California soon, for at least a week, so we can possibly get a lesson in there somewhere. And then fall will start and competition season will be upon us. I have time to prep this year, so I am already getting excited!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
New steps, New steps!!!
Our new routines are done!!! at least I think they are, i'm not sure how we connect the quickstep yet...but that will come!
We have four walls in all of our dances, and we have refined the first two walls in most of them. Today was all about quickstep! We got a really cool jump into the corner that scared me at first, but now that I know what I'm doing I am really excited to perform it!
Scott and I are trying to practice as much as we possibly can, which is proving difficult at times. Though I no longer have school, he does, plus I have work. Working around our schedules proves tricky at times, but I think we can get through and work really hard.
It has been difficult for me to apply some of Ira's technique that he has taught us to our choreographed dances, which concerns me. I hope it's only because it's still new to me. Ira has promised to let me know when he's back in town so we can have another lesson before he leaves again. Hopefully we'll get a few more in before the next competition season starts.
We have four walls in all of our dances, and we have refined the first two walls in most of them. Today was all about quickstep! We got a really cool jump into the corner that scared me at first, but now that I know what I'm doing I am really excited to perform it!
Scott and I are trying to practice as much as we possibly can, which is proving difficult at times. Though I no longer have school, he does, plus I have work. Working around our schedules proves tricky at times, but I think we can get through and work really hard.
It has been difficult for me to apply some of Ira's technique that he has taught us to our choreographed dances, which concerns me. I hope it's only because it's still new to me. Ira has promised to let me know when he's back in town so we can have another lesson before he leaves again. Hopefully we'll get a few more in before the next competition season starts.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Drained
Sadly because of the fast approaching finals Scott and I have not been able to practice a whole lot. We are still having lessons and practicing, but not in the way that I was hoping to begin doing immediately after Nationals. I have two and half weeks left to get my school and finals stuff done, and then I will be able to fully commit to the summer training schedule that we have come up with.
Ira turned out to be a really good instructor. I think I learned more about basic technique in that hour than I have in my three or four years dancing experience. It was really what I was craving as far as ballroom goes. I have missed having strict technique to stick to like in figure skating. Now I can properly judge my progress by the technique that I am learning to master. We only have about five weeks of lessons with Ira, but they will be worth it I believe.
Right now, I am physically, mentally, and sometimes emotionally drained. I cannot concentrate completely on ballroom or school because I am usually worrying about them both all the time. I cannot wait for summer to start, then my only worry will be ballroom and work. That will be a welcome relief!!
Ira turned out to be a really good instructor. I think I learned more about basic technique in that hour than I have in my three or four years dancing experience. It was really what I was craving as far as ballroom goes. I have missed having strict technique to stick to like in figure skating. Now I can properly judge my progress by the technique that I am learning to master. We only have about five weeks of lessons with Ira, but they will be worth it I believe.
Right now, I am physically, mentally, and sometimes emotionally drained. I cannot concentrate completely on ballroom or school because I am usually worrying about them both all the time. I cannot wait for summer to start, then my only worry will be ballroom and work. That will be a welcome relief!!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Nationals conclusion
Nationals is done, and it was fairly disappointing. I expected at least a little bit more from us, maybe just one call back in Novice. There is something about our Waltz that the judges just don't like, and strangely enough they liked our Tango the best.
What I have gotten out of this Nationals is a resolve to no longer take this lightly. This is a sport, and I need to start training like an athlete. Me and Scott need to re-commit to our partnership, and set new goals. I don't know how well this is going to work, or if it will work at all, but I cannot just sit back and let us float like we have been doing. It is possible to work up to being one of the top couples by the end of next season at the latest, but it will take a great deal of hard work and commitment. If we have a lesson on Tuesday then we will consult with either Craig or Brittney what went wrong and what we should do now.
I will not accept defeat. I will work harder to achieve my goals. And if anyone gets in my way, they will feel the wrath of Katie!!!! lol
What I have gotten out of this Nationals is a resolve to no longer take this lightly. This is a sport, and I need to start training like an athlete. Me and Scott need to re-commit to our partnership, and set new goals. I don't know how well this is going to work, or if it will work at all, but I cannot just sit back and let us float like we have been doing. It is possible to work up to being one of the top couples by the end of next season at the latest, but it will take a great deal of hard work and commitment. If we have a lesson on Tuesday then we will consult with either Craig or Brittney what went wrong and what we should do now.
I will not accept defeat. I will work harder to achieve my goals. And if anyone gets in my way, they will feel the wrath of Katie!!!! lol
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Nationals approaches...
Nationals is this week!!! Time has just flown by.
The American Fork competition went okay, other than the fact that I had to stay up all night Friday night working, and then compete at nine the next morning. All in all we did fairly well. We've learned a lot and come away with a better look on our dancing as a whole.
In preparation for Nationals I had the bright idea of bleaching my hair at home. This seemed like a perfectly logical thing to do as i've been feeling that my hair needs "something" to help make my whole outfit kind of look nice. However, home bleaching can go very wrong when you have no idea what you are doing! The color is pretty close to what I wanted, but because I don't think things through, I twisted my hair up to keep off of my shoulders which resulted in dark spots all throughout my hair. Now it looks bright, and dirty! This can and WILL be fixed, but I don't want to hurt my hair anymore, so it will have to wait until after Nationals. Luckily my hair will be pulled back, hopefully no one will notice the mistake.
Now all that's left to do is practice a few more times, and have one more lesson before we attempt to look good at Nationals! I am desperately hoping that we can do our very best this time!!!
The American Fork competition went okay, other than the fact that I had to stay up all night Friday night working, and then compete at nine the next morning. All in all we did fairly well. We've learned a lot and come away with a better look on our dancing as a whole.
In preparation for Nationals I had the bright idea of bleaching my hair at home. This seemed like a perfectly logical thing to do as i've been feeling that my hair needs "something" to help make my whole outfit kind of look nice. However, home bleaching can go very wrong when you have no idea what you are doing! The color is pretty close to what I wanted, but because I don't think things through, I twisted my hair up to keep off of my shoulders which resulted in dark spots all throughout my hair. Now it looks bright, and dirty! This can and WILL be fixed, but I don't want to hurt my hair anymore, so it will have to wait until after Nationals. Luckily my hair will be pulled back, hopefully no one will notice the mistake.
Now all that's left to do is practice a few more times, and have one more lesson before we attempt to look good at Nationals! I am desperately hoping that we can do our very best this time!!!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Prep for Nationals
Nationals is next week and we have a lot of work to do between now and then. Our Fox Trot needs quite a bit of work, and i'm most certainly not looking forward to that!! I'm hoping that we will be ready for all of the added couples that we will be competing with. If past Nationals has any sway on this one, then I predict that we may make it further in Novice, and maybe one call-back in Pre-champ. Or it could go the complete opposite direction and we could get no call-backs at all. All we can do is practice and prepare as best we can. I'm not expecting too much, but I would like to make some call-backs.
Monday, February 22, 2010
UVU
UVU is now under our belt, as well as the debut performance of our new fox trot! As a whole the comp went pretty well. I could have wished to have been able to perform a little better, but it was a great learning experience and we have come away with a new found determination to train harder.
The alterations to my dress have worked out beautifully! I don't think we tripped on my dress once during the whole comp. I have decided to add more rhinestones as soon as I possibly can, I do love lots of bling!
My shin splints have pretty much disappeared within the past three weeks. My research into what causes them and good remedies and prevention methods have paid off. The combination of getting good walking shoes, as well as getting inserts for my ghillies seem to have really made the difference in how I walk and dance. Quick step is no longer a torturous dance because of my shin splints.
American Fork is this weekend, on my birthday, and I compete both Friday night and Saturday afternoon I believe. I am excited to compete again, I love competition more than anything else, but two days is going to be tough!
Hopefully I will have more pictures and better video soon. My new found goal for next year is to be confident enough to compete in Amateur Standard at Nationals!!!
The alterations to my dress have worked out beautifully! I don't think we tripped on my dress once during the whole comp. I have decided to add more rhinestones as soon as I possibly can, I do love lots of bling!
My shin splints have pretty much disappeared within the past three weeks. My research into what causes them and good remedies and prevention methods have paid off. The combination of getting good walking shoes, as well as getting inserts for my ghillies seem to have really made the difference in how I walk and dance. Quick step is no longer a torturous dance because of my shin splints.
American Fork is this weekend, on my birthday, and I compete both Friday night and Saturday afternoon I believe. I am excited to compete again, I love competition more than anything else, but two days is going to be tough!
Hopefully I will have more pictures and better video soon. My new found goal for next year is to be confident enough to compete in Amateur Standard at Nationals!!!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Center Stage
It's the Monday after Center Stage's competition at Thanksgiving Point. It was a small competition, and rather expensive at that! We danced a Semi-final in Novice Standard, and after looking at the call back sheet a couple of judges wanted us back for the final!!! However, we did completely bomb both dances pretty well, I was most certainly not happy about that. We hadn't warmed up before hand, and I was tired from my night shift the previous night.
I was feeling really despondent after that, I nearly pulled us out of the Pre Champ event that was a few hours later. But after feeling sorry for myself for a while, I picked myself up and decided that I wasn't going to quit! Pre-champ went much better for the Waltz! The score sheets showed that a couple of judges placed us 6th in the waltz!!! However, every judge concurred that we were seventh in Tango and Quickstep....I actually have to agree. At the end of the Tango I hit heads with another couple and received a mild concussion from that!! I didn't really know it at the time, all I could think about was how much it hurt and how I couldn't show it!!! The quickstep was a disaster! We broke connection left and right, and then we nearly ran into someone and couldn't recover, so we ended up practically walking to the corner to start again....I was mortified!!! And in the end we got 7th out of 7 couples!! I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything though. I can see that we're improving and that's encouraging. I sometimes expect far too much from myself and others, and I need to be a bit more realistic about my expectations.
And so now we will simply prepare for the next few competitions, and these add a fox-trot onto Pre-champ, and I despise Fox-Trot more than quickstep!!! I really only like Waltz and Tango. I plan on getting my dress fixed in time for UVU so that i'm not killing myself all the time. Hopefully by nationals we will have all of these hiccups taken care of!!
I was feeling really despondent after that, I nearly pulled us out of the Pre Champ event that was a few hours later. But after feeling sorry for myself for a while, I picked myself up and decided that I wasn't going to quit! Pre-champ went much better for the Waltz! The score sheets showed that a couple of judges placed us 6th in the waltz!!! However, every judge concurred that we were seventh in Tango and Quickstep....I actually have to agree. At the end of the Tango I hit heads with another couple and received a mild concussion from that!! I didn't really know it at the time, all I could think about was how much it hurt and how I couldn't show it!!! The quickstep was a disaster! We broke connection left and right, and then we nearly ran into someone and couldn't recover, so we ended up practically walking to the corner to start again....I was mortified!!! And in the end we got 7th out of 7 couples!! I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything though. I can see that we're improving and that's encouraging. I sometimes expect far too much from myself and others, and I need to be a bit more realistic about my expectations.
And so now we will simply prepare for the next few competitions, and these add a fox-trot onto Pre-champ, and I despise Fox-Trot more than quickstep!!! I really only like Waltz and Tango. I plan on getting my dress fixed in time for UVU so that i'm not killing myself all the time. Hopefully by nationals we will have all of these hiccups taken care of!!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Frustration before comp
Yet another competition is on the horizon, Center Stage is hosting the Dancesport Championships this Saturday at Thanksgiving point. It will most likely be another all day event for us, but hopefully not quite as long as Provo. They don't have a schedule up yet so I have no idea when our events will be.
Scott and I were having trouble agreeing on counts in the quickstep today, and on a certain move in the Tango we were trying to go two different directions. It is gonna be a long season yet! We still have yet to get a fox trot, which we will need for the next three competitions if we're gonna do Pre Champ. I am NOT excited for that, I absolutely hate fox trot!!!!!! sigh, but i suppose i knew this would come someday. I also need to register with the NDCA which i'm not entirely sure what that stands for entirely, it has something to do with the National Dance Association or a variation on the title.
My dress will have to bide it's time before we can make the alterations to the skirt, which means this weekend will be danced with a slightly too long skirt...sigh, oh well. Such is life. I'm furiously avoiding my Biology homework, even though I have a test on it tomorrow that i need to take. I would rather have my entire being devoted to dancing right now. But alas, while i'm in school, this is my lot. Hopefully when the parents get back from China my life will be a bit more manageable. Being the mom, student, dancer, and dispatcher is turning out to be more difficult than I had anticipated. All i'm hoping for right now is that my parents and brother have a great experience together, that would make all this effort worth it!
Scott and I were having trouble agreeing on counts in the quickstep today, and on a certain move in the Tango we were trying to go two different directions. It is gonna be a long season yet! We still have yet to get a fox trot, which we will need for the next three competitions if we're gonna do Pre Champ. I am NOT excited for that, I absolutely hate fox trot!!!!!! sigh, but i suppose i knew this would come someday. I also need to register with the NDCA which i'm not entirely sure what that stands for entirely, it has something to do with the National Dance Association or a variation on the title.
My dress will have to bide it's time before we can make the alterations to the skirt, which means this weekend will be danced with a slightly too long skirt...sigh, oh well. Such is life. I'm furiously avoiding my Biology homework, even though I have a test on it tomorrow that i need to take. I would rather have my entire being devoted to dancing right now. But alas, while i'm in school, this is my lot. Hopefully when the parents get back from China my life will be a bit more manageable. Being the mom, student, dancer, and dispatcher is turning out to be more difficult than I had anticipated. All i'm hoping for right now is that my parents and brother have a great experience together, that would make all this effort worth it!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Provo Comp
Well, this week has been crazy what with getting parents and brother off to China, a feat which we contributed greatly!! ;)
Last night was the Provo Competition and boy was it filled with interesting happenings!
It started out with my first event at 10:00 a.m. which was the Novice Standard event. My dress was gorgeous, except that I can't quite zip it up all the way by myself... While practicing for the event, Scott and I discovered that my dress might be a bit too long!!! He stepped on it quite a few times. But we saw other dresses about as long as mine, so we didn't think about it too much after that. The first round went fairly well, except that Scott didn't put me in the right direction for the quickstep so we kind of started doing our waltz but to the quickstep timing! We got back on...sorta, and finished with me hobbling off the floor because of my shin splints. Brittney came and talked to me and Scott after we did our waltz and told me that my hair was falling out, and that I needed to come to her right after the event to fix it, and she also gave us just a few pointers to remember while dancing. And then shock of shocks, we got called back!!!! I did not go to Brittney to get my hair fixed because i was certain we weren't going to get called back, but i did do my best to secure it. So off we went again to try to look better than we really are. This round went better, it was the Quarter Final, but we didn't get called back again. However the judges marks showed that three out of the six judges wanted us back!
Mindy called me a while after my event finished and informed me that she was sick!!! Her voice certainly sounded like it. But she was determined to dance, so I got some stuff for soup that night and after dinner we went back to the comp for the night events. After I got ready for Pre Champ and Scott and I were warming up, we heard a commotion out on the floor and ran out to discover that Landon had collapsed while doing his five dance event! He apparently fainted, most likely from exhaustion. He did not finish the event. But this also pushed things back a bit, so i ended up being on my feet, in my heels for too long. I was tired, and preparing to hurt yet again. Mindy wasn't really any help as she was dealing with her increasing headache as well as losing her voice. Pre champ was kind of disastrous, nothing went right and Scott nearly tripped on my dress in Tango. We danced a Semi Final so it was all three dances in a row, suffice it to say that i was dead after quickstep, and I was quite relieved that we were not called back.
Mindy wasn't scheduled to dance until 11:00 p.m.!!! She had gotten to the point of not even being able to be stay near the competition floor because the music was too loud. She hadn't eaten since before 8:00 or earlier, and she was refusing to eat anything at all! I tried to reason with her that the rule was more that on a normal day you stop eating two hours before bed, and this was an occasion to break her normal routine. But would she listen? NO!!! Boy I wanted to wring her neck! Brittney tried to instruct in what to do while we were sitting by the floor. She had taken something for her headache, but it wasn't helping and she wouldn't take anything else! Laine Shapiro was sitting next to Brittney, and when he heard what she was complaining about he tried to help and told her to rub her temples in a counter clockwise direction. And she refused to do that! She did everything in her power to do nothing to abate her sickness!! She danced anyway, and came off the floor shaking and coughing. They did not get called back, and Mindy said that she really wanted to, even though I doubt she could have danced again. However, she could have been being dramatic and was really perfectly able to continue dancing....That child...
Craig and Brittney did not stay for her event, and Mindy was quite upset that they had made a point of saying goodbye to everyone but her. She is feeling very neglected by them right now. But if i'm honest, i'm getting tired of this needy attitude she has with them. They are her coaches, not her family. Here I am following her around, talking for her, making sure she has everything, cheering for her, and yet all she cares about is if Craig or Brittney were watching ...This is exhausting! I'm getting very tired of being her mother when she doesn't even support me in return. I had more fun when I was alone at the comp sadly...
Myleigh spent the day with James and Ali, and from her stories about what they did, it sounds like she had fun with them. They even played doll house with her!
Myleigh and I are now just hanging out watching Disney together. We slept through church, mostly because the comp didn't end until about 12:30, and we didn't get back until after 1:00. She is playing with the mermaid doll that she opened today, and so far she hasn't been missing the parental units too much.
Well, i'm off to clean the kitchen, and start baking Caramel Chocolate Eclairs!
Last night was the Provo Competition and boy was it filled with interesting happenings!
It started out with my first event at 10:00 a.m. which was the Novice Standard event. My dress was gorgeous, except that I can't quite zip it up all the way by myself... While practicing for the event, Scott and I discovered that my dress might be a bit too long!!! He stepped on it quite a few times. But we saw other dresses about as long as mine, so we didn't think about it too much after that. The first round went fairly well, except that Scott didn't put me in the right direction for the quickstep so we kind of started doing our waltz but to the quickstep timing! We got back on...sorta, and finished with me hobbling off the floor because of my shin splints. Brittney came and talked to me and Scott after we did our waltz and told me that my hair was falling out, and that I needed to come to her right after the event to fix it, and she also gave us just a few pointers to remember while dancing. And then shock of shocks, we got called back!!!! I did not go to Brittney to get my hair fixed because i was certain we weren't going to get called back, but i did do my best to secure it. So off we went again to try to look better than we really are. This round went better, it was the Quarter Final, but we didn't get called back again. However the judges marks showed that three out of the six judges wanted us back!
Mindy called me a while after my event finished and informed me that she was sick!!! Her voice certainly sounded like it. But she was determined to dance, so I got some stuff for soup that night and after dinner we went back to the comp for the night events. After I got ready for Pre Champ and Scott and I were warming up, we heard a commotion out on the floor and ran out to discover that Landon had collapsed while doing his five dance event! He apparently fainted, most likely from exhaustion. He did not finish the event. But this also pushed things back a bit, so i ended up being on my feet, in my heels for too long. I was tired, and preparing to hurt yet again. Mindy wasn't really any help as she was dealing with her increasing headache as well as losing her voice. Pre champ was kind of disastrous, nothing went right and Scott nearly tripped on my dress in Tango. We danced a Semi Final so it was all three dances in a row, suffice it to say that i was dead after quickstep, and I was quite relieved that we were not called back.
Mindy wasn't scheduled to dance until 11:00 p.m.!!! She had gotten to the point of not even being able to be stay near the competition floor because the music was too loud. She hadn't eaten since before 8:00 or earlier, and she was refusing to eat anything at all! I tried to reason with her that the rule was more that on a normal day you stop eating two hours before bed, and this was an occasion to break her normal routine. But would she listen? NO!!! Boy I wanted to wring her neck! Brittney tried to instruct in what to do while we were sitting by the floor. She had taken something for her headache, but it wasn't helping and she wouldn't take anything else! Laine Shapiro was sitting next to Brittney, and when he heard what she was complaining about he tried to help and told her to rub her temples in a counter clockwise direction. And she refused to do that! She did everything in her power to do nothing to abate her sickness!! She danced anyway, and came off the floor shaking and coughing. They did not get called back, and Mindy said that she really wanted to, even though I doubt she could have danced again. However, she could have been being dramatic and was really perfectly able to continue dancing....That child...
Craig and Brittney did not stay for her event, and Mindy was quite upset that they had made a point of saying goodbye to everyone but her. She is feeling very neglected by them right now. But if i'm honest, i'm getting tired of this needy attitude she has with them. They are her coaches, not her family. Here I am following her around, talking for her, making sure she has everything, cheering for her, and yet all she cares about is if Craig or Brittney were watching ...This is exhausting! I'm getting very tired of being her mother when she doesn't even support me in return. I had more fun when I was alone at the comp sadly...
Myleigh spent the day with James and Ali, and from her stories about what they did, it sounds like she had fun with them. They even played doll house with her!
Myleigh and I are now just hanging out watching Disney together. We slept through church, mostly because the comp didn't end until about 12:30, and we didn't get back until after 1:00. She is playing with the mermaid doll that she opened today, and so far she hasn't been missing the parental units too much.
Well, i'm off to clean the kitchen, and start baking Caramel Chocolate Eclairs!
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