My oldest and youngest daughters are on a competitive drill team and they had their State Competition this weekend. My oldest daughter is 12 and did 4 dances....pom, military, prop and ensemble. They won 1st place for all their dances and Sweepstakes!
#1 Ensemble...my daughter is in front doing the jump
#2 My daughter is in glasses
#3 Pom
#4 Military
#5
#6 Prop
#7
And my 6 year old is on the Kindergarten team. They do one jazz routine and they won first place for it!!!
#8
#9
And she also does a solo. She won 1st place for the Kindergarten age division, so she is the State Champion!!!
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#12 At the end of the *very* long day, the solo finalists danced again. Here she is doing her "encore" dance
#13 The gym was *packed* with hundreds of people! We couldn't believe how she got out there and just danced away in front of them all! LOL
#14 And here she is with her prizes!
And last but not least...if you aren't bored to tears with all these pictures!...LOL...you can watch the video of her solo here:
http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...t=07030505.flv
The gym was *very* slippery. She fell flat on her face several times in the practice gym. Fortunately she stayed on her feet during competition, although she did slip a couple of times! LOL
Thanks for looking!