The first of her two competition weekends was in San Antonio at La Toretta Resort and Spa. We went to a local spa for her spray tan, this time. We tried getting her tan hand airbrushed. It was a little more expensive, but it looked a lot better, less streaky than the one she had in December from the spray tan shower. We drove up to San Antonio for one night at the Hilton, since it was a lot cheaper than staying at the resort both nights.
We painted nails and toenails back in the room and had a terrible night's sleep, despite the king size bed. The next morning we got up early enough to head to the resort for check-in and makeup.
The view was gorgeous, and so was our room, but I had to stash our stuff quickly and head down for coffee.
Once she had hair and makeup done, she got set to dance.
It was an all Latin competition for her, and she only danced with Daniel. She competed in mambo and bolero in addition to her regular cha cha, rumba and swing categories, and went head to head against a really great dancer a little older, but in her category.
As usual, I'm not the best photographer.
But the professional photographer got some really great shots. Shara and the other dancer went back and forth winning categories, and in the final round, with five judges voting, Shara wiped the floor with the other girl in cha cha, lost all five votes in swing, and lost by one vote in rumba, giving her a runner up youth title. She had a great time, though, and it helped to restore some of her confidence after the Foxtrot Debacle.
After she was done competing, we enjoyed being at the top of a hill during a huge flood, hit the resort's water park the next morning between showers, and headed back home before the rain started up again.
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