Pre-Competition

I spent this past Sunday March 9, in Baltimore with seven other dancers from my studio. The younger ones, Taylor and Chelsea had to learn a Disney dance as their opening number for their Junior Miss Dance pageant. While the rest of us, Nicole, Anna, Rebecca, Caitlyn, Katie and I were taught our opening Pirates of the Caribbean number for our Miss/Teen Miss Dance pageant. The pageant will be held March 15 at Chesapeake College.

The four-hour session went very well, and I think everyone from our studio is ready. The reason this blog is entitled Pre-Competition is because my competition is next weekend so this article is sort of an introduction, before it takes place. There are five different titles. Petite Mr./Miss Dance, Junior Mr./Miss Dance (Taylor and Chelsea), Teen Mr./Miss Dance (Anna, Caitlyn, Rebecca, Nicole and I ) and Miss Dance (Katie) . Each of these categories has some competition from other contestants, but Teen Mr./Miss Dance has 16 other contestants. Katie is against seven others and the Junior Mr./Miss Dance has 10 contestants.

I will be leaving school early on Friday so I can prepare for my solo rehearsals, my interview, and my auditions. We will be auditioning in three different styles of dance: jazz, tap, and ballet. Then, on Saturday our pageant will take place where we will do our opening dance, introduce ourselves, show our solos, and model in evening attire. On Sunday, the rest of our studio will come down and our groups, duets and trios will perform in the competition. I am most nervous about the auditions because the thought of someone watching me during a class where I'm just learning a routine, is pretty intimidating.

I will let you know how everything goes and maybe even provide some pictures. Wish me good luck!