Showbiz, first competition of the year

Only three of Olivia's dances went to Showbiz this past weekend. It was her duet with Kenny, Love Shack (a few changes from last year and the new costumes received right before regionals), the large group lyrical Falling Slowly, and the large group jazz Soul Man. However, we had gotten to the competition early enough to see our studio's solos. We saw Sydney, Kenny (2), Abbey (2), Mary Ellen (2), and Amber (2). They all received at least one High Point Diamond First! Then, Kenny got Mr. Showbiz (entertainer) for 8 & under, Abbey got first runner up for Ms. Showbiz for 8 & under, and Sydney got Ms. Showbiz for the junior age division. Then, Mary Ellen received a costume award. It was a great afternoon for our studio!

Because Kenny had won Mr. Showbiz, he received a gift card of $50 for the gift shop at the competition. He bought Olivia a stuffed bear with a showbiz shirt that she picked out. It was SO sweet of him! Liv loves her bear!






When Liv and Kenny performed, we were so excited! Their steps were in order, but Liv's personality wasn't as big as she'd done before. I realized later that her cold had affected her energy level, but they still did awesome, receiving a High Point Diamond First and coming in second place in the Petite division! Abbey and Gage performed Lost and they also got a Diamond, and came in first. So, our studio did awesome on the first day of competition...we couldn't WAIT to see how the groups would do on Sunday.




Falling Slowly performed first, and I was literally almost in tears...they were so together and clean with that dance! I was proud of them all! Then, Soul Man went on about an hour later, and it was really cute! The costumes were adorable!! During awards, there were only 3 Diamonds given out for the Petite division, and we received 2 of them! When the top 7 were announced for Petites, we received 3rd for Soul Man, and 1st for Falling Slowly! That dance also received a choreography award! What a great way to start out our competition season!!

(sorry, these were taken with my phone so they are pretty dark...)