April.8.2005 to April.11.2005

Bedazzled Baybee!! What A Weekend!!

So friday, bright and early i started my drive to Collingwood. 2 hours and 5 minutes later I arrived at the Blue Mountain Resort Inn all ready for the competiton to start.

First up was Boogie Woogie Buggle Boy, Little Kendra. And she did a great little job, and got a High Gold, 2nd place in her category. Then it was time for Fascinating Rhythm. The twins (Charlotte & Leanna) were very nervous, but they did a great job, and they got 1st in their category and a High Gold. They also won Overall High Score Novice 11-12 yrs. Soo happy for them! Next up was Controversey ... Hilary & Kendra had a bit of trouble with their dance, and got a High Silver.

Then into the afternoon we had If Mamma Were Married. A great little Musical Theatre number by Amara & Yara, they won 1st place in the category, a High Gold, Judges Choice "Broadway Bound", AND Overall High Score Musical Theatre/Song & Dance/Vocal Duet/Trio Intermediate! WAY TO GO GIRLS!!! Then it was time for Name Game...So cute are they! My little jazzers! They got 2nd place in their category and a High Gold. Then it was Disco Inferno, little Leah's jazz solo. She cam in 3rd in her category with a Gold. Dissappointing for her, but still a good job! Then Last of the night was Boogaloo the little tappers. They came in 1st in their category with a High Gold.

So after all that competition, i went to dinner with Diane, Gwen, Jackie & Edie. We found this cute little restaurant just down the street from our hotel. It was kinda slow, but good food. Or maybe it was just slow cuz i wanted to get back and into the POOL!

We finally got back to our great little resort. ($79/night for a Queen Bed, a Pull out couch, Cable TV with VCR, Fireplace, walk out balcony, fridge, stove, dishwasher, microwave, dishes, jacuzzi tub, outdoor HEATED Pool, hot tub! what more can u ask for?!?). I ran to my room to change into my bathing suit and join the girls in the pool! I swear we stayed in the pool for nearly 1.5 hours!! Doing lifts and throws and chicken fights. All the fun stuff. Then we all decided to pile into the hot tub. Once we were in there the little ones decided to start singing "If Mamma Were Married", so we all joined in and sang at the top of our lungs. I think we ended up alienating the other people around because they all left. Oh well more fun for us :) While in the hot tub i gained a few more nick names... the God of Dance Vibes, the Cesar of Dance, and everyone's Dance Mom. Whatever works I guess.

Then we went back to Kendra's room for some birthday cake, since it was Kendra's birthday on Thursday, and Leah's birthday on Friday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS). Then it was over to Kelsey & Rebecca's room to have some hang time. While we were there, the biggest come back of the night was from Naomi when she continuously called her sister a "Chien"! It was the funniest thing! And then Rebecca proceeded to tell her sister hat she was going to become a Porn Star, in which Naomi responded with "I'm not going to be a Porn Star, even if they ask me, I'll just say no!". So cute. A late night, then back to the room to sleep for a few hours, get up and do it all over again.

Saturday morning, the alarm clock went off at 6AM!!! And we didn't set it! So we got back to sleep for like 45 minutes before our wakeup call came. So we have breakfast with Kendra cuz apparently our bagels tasted better than hers, and then head out to the competition. I'm not even there 2 minutes and Diane starts to yell at me that i'm late...it was like 8:15am! Its not my fault the kids were freaking out that i wasn't there yet. So we go in the change room and calm Jessie & Alexia down and up to the stage to do Trouble, their jazz duet. They ended up 2nd in their category with a Gold. Then it was time for Hot Stuff, the little jazz group who got a Gold. Then it was Raining Men. These girls did an awesome job, made my favourite part big, just for me :) And they were 1st in their category with a Gold. Next was Katelyn & Robbie's tap duet - Insane in the Brain. They got 3rd in their category with a High Gold and were awarded a Judges Choice award, the "Hoofing Award". After them was a big break for lunch which for now i have no idea how i spent it. After lunch we had to get Amara & Kelsey's Pink Panther acro duet ready. They were 1st in their category with a Gold. They also won "Overall High Score Acro Duet/Trio Intermediate". Yay for them, even tho we ALL know the dance wasn' 100%!!!!

After that adjudication we all headed to Pizza Hut for dinner. The find times sharing pizzas! Then again back to the hotel for more swimming. This time it was only Amara, Yara, Kendra and myself in the pool, and Robbie & Katelyn came to watch. We swam for what seemed like hours, as Amara & I tried the "Dirty Dancing Lift" soo not as easy as Patrick Swayze makes it seem in the movie! Then we hung out in the hot tub for a while. When we started to prune, we got out and went back to Amara & Yara's room to make some cookies. Once they were baked we took some to Gwen, and then some to Dena, Danielle & Jonathan's room. We hung out there for a while, as the younger ones threatened to join some random person's party in room 313. Then we spent some time walking the grounds before we called it a night.

Again bright and early Sunday morning the alarm clock went off at 6AM!! We forgot to make sure it was turned off. Then we fell back asleep awaiting our wake up call that never came. We got up at about 710 am and had to hustle to get to the competition for 8am for Katelyn's Like I Love You tap solo. She did a great job and received a High Gold. Gwen thought she'd take the category or at least come in 2nd...even the girl who placed second came up to Katelyn to tell her she should have come in second. Then we went back to the hotel to have some breakfast, watch some tv, and check out. We then still had time to kill so we went to Canadian Tire and Zellers to do some browsing. Then it was lunch time so Gwen and i headed to Subway. After lunch we headed back to the competition where Because We Can was starting to arrive. I ushered the girls down to the changeroom and they began to get ready. They to were jipped by the judges and received a Gold. They came in 4th, but there was at least 1 if not 2 groups in their category who they were better than and i just don't know what happened.

Next up was Robbie's Used to Love You tap solo. I was sooo proud of Robbie, and i'm sure it helped that the girls were in the audience cheering him on. His sounds were so clear and he was smiling! Even Jonathan had to turn to me and ask who that person was out there dancing his number! Unfortuantly the judges didn't agree with us, but Robbie received a High Gold and was 4th place. Next up was Amara's Foolish Games lyrical solo. In a category of 6, Amara finished 4th behind 'gangliy girl', 'twisted colours' and 'the good one', with a High Gold. Then we had our big dinner break, so Diane and headed to "The Village" for dinner. We ended up at the Fire Hall Pizza Place. Great food, although a bit steep ($20 for a Chicken Ceasar Salad -no garlic bread- and a Diet Coke?!? Common). Then we headed back to the competition for Crabbucket. My biggest thing with these guys was for them to go out and have fun with their dance. The majority of their costume came from H&M (of which i'm getting Katelyn's hat when their done - love it!) and its a good dance, they just need to relax and enjoy it! And they went out there and it seemed like they did. The judges obviously liked it cuz they ended up 2nd place with an EMERALD!! The highest mark for our studio for that competition. One of the judges gave them a 95 out of a possible 100!! Thats awesome for them, i was so happy!

After the adjudication Amara, Clare & I piled into my car, having issues with getting all our bags and the chairs into the trunk, but we did it, and started on our way home. After stopping at Tim Hortons to get some drinks and timbits for the ride home, and after Amara yelled at the lady cuz at first she said she didn't have any timbits, we were on our way. About 1 hour into the drive home i realize that the road didn't look familiar anymore. I couldn't understand why i wasn't in Barrie about to get onto the 400. I kept driving because i couldn't find anything open at midnight on a sunday! Next thing i know we're passing an Airport Road, Caledona East, and then we're in Brampton. Finally i find somewhere to stop and figure out how to get the the 410, then 401 to get my butt home! I finally drop Clare off at like 1:15am, and Amara at like 1:30am. I get in my door at 1:35pm. Of course i have emails to send and so i start uploading pictures to the comp and sending my emails. I think i fell asleep sometime around 2:30am this morning.

When the alarm went off at 8am i thought i was dreaming, unfortunatlty i was not. I got up went to school, came home and made my poster for the girls, then went and got my pictures developed from Shoppers. $8.99 for 31 pictures, not too shabby. All the girls were of course excited to see the poster and pictures, and then we had a great night.

What a LONG 4 days it has been. Its not 12:13am and i am TIRED, so I'm going to bed.

till next time...