Creation Dance Competition

On Saturday May 31st, my dance studio and I attended our last regional dance competition at which we did fairly well. There were two different award ceremonies--one for solos and the other for groups, trios, and duets.

Chelsea’s jazz solo was the first dance of the day and she did very well and placed 1st. Then Taylor performed her tap piece and also earned 1st place. Out of all the solos (ages under 12) Taylor and Chelsea received overall best awards. Chelsea won 2nd runner up and Taylor won 3rd runner up. Everyone was very proud of them.

Next came the age 12 and up solos where all the girls placed first; Katie, Anna, Caitlyn, Nicole and Rebecca. I, on the other hand, received the Ultimate Victory award for my solo! (Ultimate Victory is just like platinum: the highest award you can receive) I also received a special award called “Pretty Pointed Toes.” Then, I won 1st place overall of the age 12 and up solos and was crowned with a pretty tiara and huge trophy that comes up to my waist! It was a very exciting day for me.

After all the solos were over, it was time for duets, Anna and I performed our jazz duet followed by Katie and Caitlyn in their jazz duet. Both of our pieces received 1st place and both got special awards. Our special award was called “Blue Tongues” because Anna and I came up with this idea to eat blue Airheads so our tongues would be blue. We did this because in our dance we stick out our tongues and the song is called "Let's Go Crazy"; so we did!

Katie and Caitlyn’s special award was called “Best Kicks” because they do a kick-line in their jazz duet. Finally we performed all of our group dances and received 1st on all of them. The younger girls got a special award for their tap piece because of their funny facials. This was a great competition to end the regional season. We all had so much fun, but we are glad we don’t have to worry about competitions anymore--until nationals in the Baltimore Inner Harbor in July.