Utah Bound..

I a still in Ohio waiting to board a plane back to Utah. I am very sad. Friday was the very last performance we had together as a team. I love all of them like my family and yet, I have to leave them behind once I reach Utah. We will have a banquet in May and some summer clinics where I will learn to be an effective teacher and help teach many classes to other performers and directors as well. But since most of those are not mandatory, I don't know when we will all be together again. After finishing out the season with the 13th spot in the entire world out of 104 groups, I can honestly say I am proud and honored to perform alongside people I love.

To Susan Raymond, my other mom aside from my real mom and Momma Dupaix. How I love your wisdom and the trust you gave to me to care for everyone else because I am the oldest. Thanks for taking me under your wing and trusting me to do almost anything.

To Sumer Addy, my mentor and friend. Thank you for trusting me to take your movement and your show (your "baby") to another level. Thanks for allowing me to grow so much as a dancer and for helping me gain the confidence to to go foreward with my dance career.

To Cory Oliver, my friend and the brother I felt I never had. Thank you so much for loving me more than I loved myself and for never judging me. Thank you for helping me understand my potential and my excellence, even when I felt I had none.

These people taught and trained me to be the best and now we must part ways. Sumer and Cory are potenitlly going away and I will not be with the group next year. I see Cory regularly as we are going to practice for bigger auditions and bigger plans!

I am holding back many sorrowful tears at the moment, but it will all be okay.

13 is not so unlucky...

Why? Because that was our final palcement for World's!!! We accomplished our goal! We wanted top 20! The fianl fifteen go to finals! We got the 14th spot going into finals but came out with hte number 13 spot in the end!!! It was a very productive week!

Brief Update

Yes! In Ohio and it is so beautiful here. Mostly, because it was almost 80 degrees yesterday. A far cry from the blizzard we had in Utah on Monday. Plus, I get to be with a lot of cool people! We perform today as a show-n-tell a few times, then dress up for dinner and go watch other groups! Tomorrow is the ultimate day! We figure out a projected score and placement. Finals are so close and we hope to make it to top 15. Now, I am sitting in the hotel room, waiting to go to rehearsal and do a performance today! Here we go!

Dayton Bound

Going to Ohio! Be gone from April 6-11th. Wish us luck. We are in a great spot to potenital take finals! My love to all!

Movie Review-The Blind Side

I am going to admit it...I went to FHE for the first time in a long time. There was a flier on the door of the apartment stating that FHE was a movie night and that we were watching The Blind Side. Oh my goodness, such an amazing movie! I loved it I can see why Sandra Bullock got an award. The movie made me cry, but it was so frekaing good! I loved every moment of it. The actting was amazing, the sotry line was heart-wrenching and heart-warming...everything about this movie was great. Five stars!

Roller Coaster of a Week

This entry week has proven to be a week of trials. But I must start off with the results of our California trip. It was such a blast. Our group placed second overall and are now sitting at number 16 in the World! We were then invited to go to the International Competition in Ohio (as known as World's). We are still trying to decide if we should go. We would be in Ohio from April 6-11th. The top 60 groups go to World's, the top 32 from the preliminary performance go on to semi-finals and the top 15 from semi-finals go on to finals. Hence our excitement. Sitting in the #16 spot gives us hope and potential to hit finals. So, for the next week or so, we doing all we can and working very hard to hit the #15 spot.

However, a few days after leaning about our amazing spot, I got a major shock. The principal of the high school that I work at informed me that budget cuts were being made and I am being let go as of April 9th. I thought everything would be okay since I still had my job at Craft Supplies. However, on Friday, I found out that they are eliminating my position and I have two weeks left at Craft Supplies USA. I guess it is time to find a new job. I don't like this one bit. I had a BIG plan that I was in the middle of completing, but now, I have a set back. I did cry on Friday and Saturday. I taked to one of my instructors, Cory, and he re-assured me.

I absolutely love Cory. He is like the older brother I never had. He sat me down and told me a lot of things I needed to hear. Then, he commented about my "gift of hard work." Please note he is not LDS, but recognizes talent, passion and abilities. I loved out talk!

Yep, I am hoping for a better week.

Last Week of March 2010

I don't have a lot of time. This entry is being done at school because I finished everything and am now waiting to go to my 9am class. However, I felt as though I needed to have some sort of an update.

This weekend was a very fun and eventful weekend. To make a long story short, I participate in a performance group that is helping me pay for school! Our performances were just that...performances. Now, we are in competitive mode. This weekend we trekked out to California with a high school group and another performance group from Weber State, to event a competitive event in Rancho Cucamonga. There were nine groups in our division and we had to place top five in order to have the success we needed. We did place top five, in face, we placed second overall. Our performance group is now sitting at #16 in our division competitively and #17 in the world. We are now debating a World Championship performance. If we improve our standing and our score these next two weeks, we could sit in top 15 which would guarantee us an amazing spot at Worlds! Great weekend overall!

I can't believe it is the last full week of March. I have so much to do. I am back from the California trip and have homework, work, teaching, performing and so much more to do. Today I have to finish my portfolio so that I can get it all put together and edited before I turn it in Thursday (it is not due until next week, but I get extra points for turning it in early)! My students are becoming restless too. I give them material to practice and they get it fairly well. My next task is to make things more difficult.

Now, it is 9am and class must be attended. More frequent updates will occur! Promise!