First Event of 2017!

Well, it has definitely been a while since I've posted.  It isn't that we haven't been busy.  To the contrary, we have been almost overloaded.  Tiny spent the summer after the last competition doing choreography for two community theater productions, which lasted into December.  Additionally, she has been preparing for her level passing and Mini Match (she was able to get trial runs on all of her Latin opens) as a springboard for Nationals this April.  We didn't take any accidental pictures this time, but here are the videos from this past Saturday:

Rumba #1

Rumba #2

Mambo #1

Cha Cha #1

Swing #1

Mambo #2

Bolero #1

Bolero #2

Cha Cha #2

Cha Cha #3

Swing #2 

Next up is her level passing, and I will try to get video from that.  It will be the last event (to my knowledge) before Nationals.

Texarama 2016

This past weekend was Texarama!  We split Tiny's entries between the Junior category and the Ladies category.  We were honestly just really happy that she made the finals for her championship round in the Ladies category, since it is such a competitive division, and the people she danced against were formidable, and when she ended up winning, we were thrilled! I haven't had time to write a full post, but here are the links to her videoed rounds and our favorite pictures from yesterday.  Stephen Marino (the photographer) got some amazing shots of everyone, and these are the ones we loved the best!

Open Cha Cha, Rumba and Swing with Daniel.

Ladies Championship Semi-Final Round.

Ladies Championship Final Round.

Junior Scholarship Championship Round.

Starlight

Tonight was Starlight!  It went really well.  Tiny danced a rumba with Matt, a foxtrot with Richard, and her open swing routine with Daniel.  That should be the routine she's taking to Nationals next April. 

Everyone did a great job, and it was a really fun evening.  We may schedule in an extra cocktail party in May, but we're pretty much hibernating for the rest of April.

New Latin Dress Came In!

Her Latin dress we ordered back in January came in today!  We got an email about shipping less than a week ago, and we really expected it to take longer, since it was coming from Hong Kong!  We think it looks great!

Competition Jacket Came In!

So, Shara's dad bought her an official competition jacket for her birthday to wear in the ice-cold ballrooms over her costumes.  We went into the studio for a West Coast Swing class, and not only were we able to pick up her jacket, but we also got on the list for this weekend's events - the Professional Competition on Friday night, and a show with renowned Latin World Champions, Maurizio and Andra, during the Into the Woods ball.  We're pretty excited, and by we, I mean I'm pretty excited, and the stoic teenage female thinks it's "cool."