This past weekend was dance competition #3 out of 4 competitions for this season. Abby and I left our house at 9:30 a.m. and didn't return until 10:30 pm. It was a long day. We knew ahead of time that it would be a long day though, so Brian and Emma opted to stay home. Fortunately, Abby LOVES these competitions and loves watching all the other dances. Being there close to 12 hours was pure bliss for her.
The competition was held at UT Arlington, so we had lots of choices for things we could do during our breaks. Brian mapped out all the fast food and restaurants in the general vicinity for me. We went to eat at Applebee's for lunch, and I tried to talk her into going to the mall for some shopping, but she wanted to head back to the competition to watch more dancing. Many of the girls went home from the morning session to the evening session and skipped out on one of the awards ceremonies at 3:15. Abby's first dance (tap) looked the cleanest I've ever seen it. It scored High Score 1st place and 7th place overall for all the "petite" category dances (I believe there were a total of 20-25 dances). Since Abby was one of only a few there from her dance, she ran up to get the trophy and actually got to talk in the microphone when the announcer asked what studio she was from. She's waited 2 years to do that, and it was fun to see her standing so proudly (only 1 girl from the dance goes up to accept the award, and Abby usually isn't agressive enough to run up there before anyone else).
After awards, we had an hour or so 'til her next dance, so we decided to leave to get dinner. I turned the key in the car, and it doesn't start - ughhh! Dead battery. So, Brian did get to drive out to Arlington with Emma after all, bring us dinner, and a new battery from Autozone. Praise God that this didn't happen to us at 10:00p that night -wouldn't have been fun at all! The 2nd dance (jazz) scored 4th place overall out of 4 total, so it didn't do as well but it did receive High Score marks. The girls didn't quite have it together. Maybe for the last competition....
The competition was held at UT Arlington, so we had lots of choices for things we could do during our breaks. Brian mapped out all the fast food and restaurants in the general vicinity for me. We went to eat at Applebee's for lunch, and I tried to talk her into going to the mall for some shopping, but she wanted to head back to the competition to watch more dancing. Many of the girls went home from the morning session to the evening session and skipped out on one of the awards ceremonies at 3:15. Abby's first dance (tap) looked the cleanest I've ever seen it. It scored High Score 1st place and 7th place overall for all the "petite" category dances (I believe there were a total of 20-25 dances). Since Abby was one of only a few there from her dance, she ran up to get the trophy and actually got to talk in the microphone when the announcer asked what studio she was from. She's waited 2 years to do that, and it was fun to see her standing so proudly (only 1 girl from the dance goes up to accept the award, and Abby usually isn't agressive enough to run up there before anyone else).
After awards, we had an hour or so 'til her next dance, so we decided to leave to get dinner. I turned the key in the car, and it doesn't start - ughhh! Dead battery. So, Brian did get to drive out to Arlington with Emma after all, bring us dinner, and a new battery from Autozone. Praise God that this didn't happen to us at 10:00p that night -wouldn't have been fun at all! The 2nd dance (jazz) scored 4th place overall out of 4 total, so it didn't do as well but it did receive High Score marks. The girls didn't quite have it together. Maybe for the last competition....
3 comments:
Abby looks "Fabulous"!
Sounds like a very busy and exciting day!
That's so great!
I am glad you had fun.
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