Why She Dances

This is the princess and Angelica--the awesome choreographer who put her "Anyway" dance together.

I reported earlier that "Anyway" took home the High Gold trophy, and here she is with it. There was much disappointment when they didn't do the top overall kids in her category because that was a missed opportunity at another trophy.

You see, her coaches enter them in competitions so they can learn from the judges' comments, but the truth is that this girl has had a shelf in her room, sitting empty for a year, waiting for a trophy. She was really hoping to pack that shelf this year. Thus the utter and complete disappointment when the opportunity for an award was yanked from her waiting fingers!

But alas, all was not lost. On Sunday she was back at dance for her group competition. During those awards, and while I wasn't really paying attention and the camera was put away because the group stuff was done, I heard, "And first place overall goes to 'ANYWAY'!" HUH?????? Sure enough they had waited until more kids danced in that category to do the overall stuff, and she took 1st place. This garnered her another plaque! Sweet.

But the best news came later in the evening. Her dance teacher called to tell us that somehow, in this computer age, all of her scores were not added into her total the day before. Her high gold had become--and this is the way the guy says it when he announces it--LLLIIIIIIIGHTNING GOOOOOLD! She was so excited.

Now we are very proud of her for going out there and doing her best and working so hard, but she's just glad to have filled up the trophy shelf!

Hey, she's 12!