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Oh how ballroom has truly taken over my life. Except when I have 3 exams in one week in which case it comes in a close second because of a competition like this last weekend. It was sooo much fun, except the next one in Ohio will be better because I'll be able to watch the whole thing instead of helping in the coatcheck room. Plus staying until way early hours in the morning cleaning on Friday night was not fun.
Saturday was the first actual day of the competition, which went well considering it was my first one ever. I made it to quarterfinals in quickstep... which is now my least favorite dance btw. But on the happy side I got to see my poker ppl Sonja, Liz, Carmen, and Monica. Always a good day when these people are in it =) At night we saw amazing dancers in the Champion level, plus there was a show with some of the best people in the country. The guy was FREAKING AMAZING, if I could move like him... But owell
The night was spent at Sonja's where we played pingpong until ungodly hours of the morning. 5 am? Hopefully I went to sleep by then. Then I woke up at 930 to shower and eat. Sonja's parents are amazing and have GREAT food. Just too much of it, I had and get back to UMD for more competition. That went worse, which was quite expected so okay. The competition ended by 6 and then I stayed and helped clean until 8. At that point it was basically me, derek, and the older BAM ppl so we all went and had dinner at Franklins, which was really good. It was another of those evenings that proved BAM is a great place for me. I had so much fun just talking to everyone about how the competition went and then just life in general. Then on the drive back we were doing synchronized New Yorks out the window. We got back to Stamp around 10 because we had to take apart the dance floor at 11. So basically that meant they gave me and Derek (the newcomers) private lessons where they nitpicked our frames for an hour. So basically my back hurts from being put into ballet positions for an entire hour. Oh and I learned to Viennesse Waltz correctly which is always a good thing.
Ok that was my weekend hope yours was as incredible. I'm tired and have mucho math to do now so... bye
Saturday was the first actual day of the competition, which went well considering it was my first one ever. I made it to quarterfinals in quickstep... which is now my least favorite dance btw. But on the happy side I got to see my poker ppl Sonja, Liz, Carmen, and Monica. Always a good day when these people are in it =) At night we saw amazing dancers in the Champion level, plus there was a show with some of the best people in the country. The guy was FREAKING AMAZING, if I could move like him... But owell
The night was spent at Sonja's where we played pingpong until ungodly hours of the morning. 5 am? Hopefully I went to sleep by then. Then I woke up at 930 to shower and eat. Sonja's parents are amazing and have GREAT food. Just too much of it, I had and get back to UMD for more competition. That went worse, which was quite expected so okay. The competition ended by 6 and then I stayed and helped clean until 8. At that point it was basically me, derek, and the older BAM ppl so we all went and had dinner at Franklins, which was really good. It was another of those evenings that proved BAM is a great place for me. I had so much fun just talking to everyone about how the competition went and then just life in general. Then on the drive back we were doing synchronized New Yorks out the window. We got back to Stamp around 10 because we had to take apart the dance floor at 11. So basically that meant they gave me and Derek (the newcomers) private lessons where they nitpicked our frames for an hour. So basically my back hurts from being put into ballet positions for an entire hour. Oh and I learned to Viennesse Waltz correctly which is always a good thing.
Ok that was my weekend hope yours was as incredible. I'm tired and have mucho math to do now so... bye