Yesterday, I spent all day in Milwaukee for a dance competition. I left at 6 am and picked up my friend Maggie. We drove for about and hour and a half. During the drive, Maggie fell asleep and I had no one to talk to, so I listened to music the whole time. I watched the sun rise and saw the amazing colors in the sky. Also, while we were driving, we encountered some fog, and not just a little. At some points it became so foggy we couldn't see the trees next to us. We were only able to see the truck in front of us. The farthest we could see was about 10 to 20 feet in front of us. It was actually quite scary. We arrived in Milwaukee about an hour before we needed to be there. This gave me time to do my hair and makeup. Usually our competitions take place in a high school. During these competitions, we This competition, however, was very different. It was in a huge convention center and we put all of our things in a giant hallway. We were forced to change in the bathroom which was very cramped. We performed great and we felt very confident in ourselves. The competition floor was marley, which is a very thin rubber material. The floor of the convention center was cement, so dancing on the marley felt like dancing on cement, but stickier. In our jazz dance, which was first, I did many things that involved dropping directly to my knees, and some things involved dropping to only one knee. After we performed jazz, I was almost in tears because my knees hurt so bad. I couldn't bend my left knee because it hurt so bad. They were, and still are, covered in bruises. Here's a picture, and yes, I know they're kind of nasty. . Unfortunately, I had two more dances to go. My kick dance didn't hurt my knees because I didn't have to go to the ground, except for the jump splits part, but I jump into a split into the air and land flat down, so I didn't land on my knee. Pom was my main concern. I did a lot of things in pom on the ground. Luckily for me, I had time in between kick and pom to rest my knees. They still hurt pretty bad after pom. We changed for awards, but first I did the turn-a-thon. This is were I did fouettes for as long as I could. Only two other girls from my team did it. I started out very strong, but I soon realized I should have been turning slower. I got really dizzy, and wiped out. I told myself that anytime I do a turn-a-thon I will not give up and come out of my turns. I will keep turning until I fall. I didn't win, but I think I came in the top five. Plus, there were girls in high school also turning. Next up came the award ceremony. We got first in kick, but we had no competition. We got second in jazz and pom. In our jazz category, there were only two teams, but in my defense, the other team has girls in high school as about half their team. In pom there were four teams, and the same team beat us, the team with high school girls. One of the girls on my team was told by the studio owner's mom that in pom, we lost to them by less than one point! That is amazing! We didn't do as well as we wanted to, but now we need to work harder and maybe we can beat them next. The ride home was pretty fun. Maggie and I watched Over the Hedge. I got home around 6 pm, but I was very exhausted. I fell asleep very easy last night. Yesterday I had so much fun and I'm looking forward to our next competitions.
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Fionna
12/2/2012 12:29:00 pm
Your knees look terrible! I would've been crying.
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Marisa
12/5/2012 11:50:44 am
I love sun rises! One time I was in a plane watching the sun rise and it was the coolest thing ever. The sky was dark and full of stars but at the bottom it was pink and orange gradually taking over the stars. Your knees look so bad! I have been complaining about my knees hurting but mine are nothing compared to yours.
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DLP
12/6/2012 03:34:25 am
Sounds like a very intense day. Your knees....ow...you poor thing :(
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Jackie
12/6/2012 05:38:42 am
sounds like so much fun!! i like never get to go away for sports...(*tear*) i hope ur knees feel better !!! :)
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