Ticket to Broadway Competition

On Saturday May 10th members of my dance studio and I went to Baltimore to participate in a full-day dance competition called, Ticket to Broadway. The event started at 10 a.m. and ended around 9:30 p.m.

Chelsea’s jazz solo to Shake your Groove Thing was the first performance and she received High Gold. Taylor’s tap solo called Hip Hip Chin Chin was next and she also scored High Gold. Chelsea placed 6th in the junior jazz category. Taylor placed 3rd in the junior tap category.
Later in the day, the juniors performed our jazz dance called Saturday Night and we earned High Gold. Then the juniors performed a tap dance called Let the Drummer Kick and we also earned High Gold. Our jazz dance placed 8th in the teen jazz category and our tap dance got 4th place in the teen tap category.

Anna and I performed our jazz duet to Let’s Go Crazy and received 3rd in the teen jazz duet/trio. Then Katie and Caitlyn who were also in our category performed their duet to Mama I’m a Big Girl Now and received 2nd in the teen jazz duet/trio category. They also placed 4th overall in the teen duet/trio group.

The younger girls performed their group dances. Their tap dance to Little Shop of Horrors was first: They received High Gold and placed 2nd in the junior tap small group category and placed 4th overall the junior small groups. Next the younger girls did their jazz number called Privacy and earned 5th out of the junior jazz small group and scored High Gold. Getting closer to the end came the lyrical small group called I’ll Stand by You. We received High Gold and placed 1st in the lyrical teen small group.

To finish out the long day, everyone performed their solos. My solo was the first to go from my studio. I did very well with my modern dance called The Lioness Hunt and earned High Gold and 9th place out of all the other solos in the senior division. Rebecca performed her jazz dance to Steam Heat and earned High Gold. Right after Rebecca, came Anna, she did very well with her jazz dance to Knock on Wood. She also received High Gold. Then Katie performed her open dance to Oh So Quiet and received again another High Gold. Next Nicole performed her tap dance to Mambo Italiano and received High Gold. Finally Caitlyn was the last soloist to go from our studio. Her tap dance to Mambo Lido went very well. She got High Gold and placed 1st in the senior tap solo category.

The most exciting news of all is that Anna, Katie and I were all invited to Nationals to participate in the Circle of Stars. We are all very excited! I was invited there last year, too, and I had so much fun and met so many people! We have one more competition this month on May so I will let you know how our studio does.