Competition

Tomorrow we will be heading to Greensboro with The Dance Company (Danielle & Amber's Dance School) for the third competition of the season.

I love the competitions. It doesn't matter how the studio or my own dancer places - for me it is all about watching all the girls giving it their all and absolutely loving what they are doing!!!

We are very blessed to be with a studio that is full of kids, parents and family members who are there in full force to support EVERY GIRL that is dancing. While this is officially a competition - there is no competitiveness within our studio. I am not just saying that at all...I have seen these girls be so happy for a fellow dancer who wins an award, I have seen the groups have great compliments for the other groups in our studio and I have heard parents yell at the top of their lungs for girls on stage even when their child is not dancing. It is like being at a BIG family reunion where people are just happy to be together and really care about each other.

We are a new studio, this is our first year, and the last competition we went to we won for the outstanding studio of the day...to show you how close knit this group is there were tears being shed all over the auditorium for the studio owner and sole choreographer, Miss Charyl. Parents, kids, relatives all were that happy for her and "our girls."

This is a great environment for young girls to be a part of - it is truly teaching them how to be part of a team, how to encourage each other, how to win or not with with grace and how to be respectful of all the other studios and dancers at the competitions.

For me, we couldn't be spending our money in a better way.