Insane Weekend Day 1

Elite Grand Champions

Image Courtesy of: Elisa Slobodow

Sooooooo lets see this past weekend was basically insane, but it was also probably one of the best weekends of my life.

So Friday started out as a normal dance competition day.  But as the weekend continued.........well, you'll see

7:00 AM: I woke up, packed up all my stuff, put my hair up, then hopped in the car and headed down to Sandy. 

11:00 AM: We arrived and got ready for our first piece.

12:00 PM: Then we continued performing for the rest of the day, and we were doing pretty well. 

9:00 PM: Lets just say by this time I was getting a little tired so might have had "some" sugar to wake myself up

11:00 PM: While the judges were calculating the scores they played just dance videos on there huge screens to the sides of the stage. Everyone then got up on their feet including all the dancers and parents and started following along.

11:30 PM: Yep we were still dancing, and by the time the videos ended we were all dripping in sweat.

12:00 AM: They had finished calculating the scores and announced that they were putting on a gala were they picked the top 3 advanced teams and top 3 elite teams to perform and compete for the grand prize...........We got chosen! And it was my favorite piece!

12:05 AM: We sprinted back to the dressing room jumping and chanting, but knowing we had to move fast because we only had five minutes to get ready.

12:10 AM: We stepped out on the stage and it was magical......our piece is called Proserpina and is about a mother loosing her child and it was very emotional for all of us.

12:13 AM: When we finished the piece we all had tears running down our face. We all huddled together and listened to what the judges had to say. I thought they were going to say something like work on transitions or articulate your feet more, but that's not what they said at all. They were speechless and barely new what to say. 

12:15 AM: We got off stage and were so happy, we didn't even care if we won or not. We just hugged each other and watched the other people perform.

12:30 AM: It was time for awards, so all the different studios jumped on stage to hear their results.
All of our dances did pretty well, but then it was time for the gala awards so all of the other dancers not in the gala left the stage

12:45 AM: The 3 advanced pieces went first they announced each group by playing the song, so they played 3rd places song, then 2nd places, and then 1st.

12:50 AM: Now it was our turn we stood on stages holding hands waiting for the first song to come on.

12:51 AM: They play the first song......and it wasn't us!! But, then the announcer said "In third place Proserpina" We were all very confused. Then he realized it was a mistake and the song they played really got 3rd

12:53 AM: The second song played......and it wasn't us!!!! We didn't want to seem really obnoxious so we kind of just stood there and looked at each other and squeezed each others hands.

12:55 AM: They finally announced "First Place Proserpina!!"We jumped up and down screaming and hugging

1:00 AM: We ran back to the dressing room screaming "WE WON!!!!", or at least I did

1:30 AM: My mom and I loaded all of the stuff in the car and we headed to a friends house to stay the night.

1:50 AM: We arrived at the house and I ate noodles

2:15 AM: Night Night

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