Baby I'm a Star

Competition season is here!!!  Makenna was SO EXCITED to start off the year and finally get her new solo and trio in her first competition.  I'm not kidding, it's all she talked about for the 2 weeks leading up to it. 

Her routine only was finished a few weeks ago, but a routine on the stage is always a big hurdle, and you want to do it as soon as possible.  The costumes were only finished the week of, so just as it seems to be in the dance world, we were rhinestoning up until the last minute.

This year Makenna's routine is a Jazz routine to "Wash That Man."  It's a fun routine and I think her costume is perfect for it.  Just like last year, Ms. Melissa choreographed it and designed the costume.

The girls were eager to start.

Here are the trio girls.  They all have new solos and costumes this year.  Emma is dancing to, "Don't Go Hollywood," and Bailey's is to, "Ring Them Bells."

Makenna was the first one up for the competition, and as they pointed out at the awards, the first one up for the whole season.  This was their first city on their tour, and Makenna was up very first!  She had to set the bar high!!  And boy did she!  She was the only 8 and under that scored an Elite High Gold, the highest possible for the competition.  She ended up winning 1st place for the 8 and under solos and received a Top Soloist t-shirt and a gift certificate for her solo next year.

We were able to videotape at this competition, so disregard the yelling from our cheer section. :)

Our trio performed too and they won 1st place overall too.  This the 4th year in a row that these girls have won 1st place at this competiion and we keep getting gift certificates so we haven't paid for their trio since they were 4!!!

There were so many of the other dancers that came to cheer on Makenna, Emma and Bailey we were so grateful!!

Lauren, Emma, Madilyn, Bailey, Nikki, Makenna, Jennifer

After the competition we went out to Red Robin, our signature place, to celebrate.

The next day the girls performed again at a different competition.  This time we only took the trio and there was some tough competition.

The girls are dancing a musical theater routine this year to, "I Can Cook Too."

The girls did amazing and got 4th place.  With the competion they had, (which had some amazing 9 and 10 year olds!) we could not have been happier. 

The following video is from the 1st night, but they did even better the next day.  I will get a copy of that as soon as I can.

Way to go!!!