(Ellie is wearing slippers because her feet were tired of the dance shoes. It is really pretty funny and interesting to see the odd combinations people wear between dances. You see slippers, bathrobes, satin boxing robes with lots of splashy embroidery, leg warmers, winter boots, elegant dresses with polar fleece jackets, etc.)
We had a blast on Friday. If you like anything that is glitzy, glamourous, sparkley - you've gotta be here. To get registration you walk through the vendor's area. Oh, what a sight. There are amazing dresses in what seems like endlesss combinations of colors and designs. I tried to look at everyone. But I was sure not to touch any of them. Most of them cost well over $3,000. The rhinestone jewelry was something else, too. If you like glitz and sparkle, you need to find your way to one of these events.
We cheered our studio team mates on. Well, actually I gave them complimentary comments when they practiced in the hallway. I did not buy a ballroom ticket for Friday, only Sunday.
This is one of our dancers. She did really well, making it to podium for each of the three dances she did on Friday.
The day was filled with classes. It started out with "The Mysteries of the Heel Turn" which was really very useful. (The title of the class makes me laugh just a little. I imagine a very serious conversation going on between a couple of world renowned dancers in which one remarks on the others remarkable heel turn. The other humbly replies a thanks and the first encourages her to teach a class in it. "Some day," she might reply,"once we are no longer competing against each other." Next up was the "Creating a Beautiful Rhythm in Waltz." I think that was the general favorite of the day between the girls. The last dance class was "Injury Free Dancing" in which they learned about how to move gracefully so as to not hurt yourself. Marodi devises funny things to keep them clicking. After reviewing what they learned in the session she played "stupid party games" that were a hoot. Things like, what weird thing can you do with your body and what animal would you be if you were not human.
The kids are "on" the whole time we are here. That is great fun for the extroverts. It will be fun, but taxing for the introverts.
I spent part of the morning working and part of the time helping the organizers unwrap rubbery flashing party rings that every person will get later in the evening. I had fun visiting with a young man who is in college in Utah.
He, like many others, traveled with his studio team to be part of this event. He teaches dance 7 hours a day and still loves it. He hopes to transfer college and get a balldance scholarship from BYU. They have a serious team, or rather, several teams. I hope that happens for him. He seeed like a really nice young man.Here's what we packed for today: (pictures to be loaded soon)
Make-up: nearly white eyeshadow, a dark grey eyeshadow, lip stain (because lipstick gets on your teeth)bronzer, concealer, mascara (two kinds because Heavens knows one does not do it all), fake eyelashes (with adhesive), fake fingernails with a French manicure (but they did not end up working - back to doing your own nails!)bobby pins, hair ties, a flower for her hair, make-up remover, fingernail polish, fingernail polish remover, cotton balls, spray-on panty hose (because regular panty hose make your legs look fat and glowy with the kind of light you find on the dance floor).
Clothing for today: A summery evening dress for the evening dance party, jazz shoes, ballroom shoes, ducky slippers (for when your feet start to hurt.)a sweater, if you can find one, jewelry, if you have some to match your dress.
Food for the daytime - They will be dancing a ton since they have Dance Camp each day, not to mention the formation practice inbetween things:
Vanilla Protien drink (Odwalla), Lemon and Mozzarella Pasta Salad, nut bars, an apple, Swedish fish candies, Cheezits crackers and water.
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