Most of the dance families stayed at the same hotel and travel over together. The girls could hang out at the pool. I felt safer staying where people I knew were, since it was just the 2 of us.
If you are not aware of what is involved in getting ready for dance competition - you have to get there 1 hour before your dance time, and there is a lot of makeup and hair spray involved. We had early mornings both days of competition. She was a little nervous, but we prayed the night before and the day of with her dad over the phone. She knew her dance, and I just wanted her to go out and have fun and do the best she could do and be happy with her performance. She did great! She smiled and look great. Another mom was sitting with me while we were waiting for our daughters to dance. I think both of us were about to throw up waiting for them. It was the biggest stage she had danced on by herself. When awards were called out she received High Silver and that qualified her for nationals in Orlando. We were very happy for her, and she was pleased. That afternoon she participated in the scholarship auditions for the 7-9 year old age group. They have them in all the disciplines, but she just did tap. She had never done them before, but we decided to try them out. She was in there with around 30 other dancers. They learned a short routine and then had to do 2 steps down the floor followed by a pose. We were not allowed in there and had to sit outside and wait. Several of the other girls from our team competed that day as well. Emily was the only one in the youngest group. We did not know how she did until the next afternoon. She just told me it went well.
That night we went out to dinner where they had giant meatballs. She was very excited to eat there, and then we were able to find her Easter dress and found some fun nail polish at Sephora to paint our toes that night.
Saturday morning was another early day getting ready for the group dance. Ms. Joan wanted the girls there so they could go over their dance together. We busy getting all the jewelry handed out, making sure all the bows were in the same place on the costumes, and getting pictures taken. It was a flurry of activity backstage. I was not feeling well that morning, because the cold that the family had the beginning of the week had decided to attack me. All the girls were ready to go. They did a great job, despite the early morning. We had to wait about 3 hours till awards. We watched the other dances and waited. I wanted to go back to bed.
Dances were over and it was time for awards. They called the scholarships out first, and to Emily's surprise she received 3rd place in tap. She was shocked and could not believe it. She won $25. Only 2 other girls from our group won a scholarship award. Next up were judges special awards, and our group received "Tops in Taps". Again they were all surprised and happy. Then they called out the rest of the awards, and our group received High Silver and qualified for nationals. Great job girls!! Ms. Joan was happy. Emily and I had a fun time together. We acted a little silly and would do it all again. We did miss Noel and Hannah.
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