Registration. Check out our competition in the back! No joke - we went the youngest, blondest ones there...
Showing the old people coming in their competition...
My cousin, Jeremy, got us an amazing deal at a La Quinta and they had a waffle maker for our continental breakfast. It was the very first time my mom EVER made me a waffle. EVER. We had to document it! But I do have to thank my mom for my waist line!
JT Thomas, current American Ballroom Champion, taught us swing. She called us "The Fembots"
Pierre Allaire, 10 time world champ! He was so much fun!
Thomas Mielnicki, partners with JT. Just nice to look at... oh, and an amazing dancer!
Ron Montez. An incredibly well known icon in the ballroom world. I took his advanced rumba class and his teaching makes so much sense!
New Mocha M&M's... we over indulged when we came back from dancing all day! Yum!
Monica doing a Tango with our shared partner, Michael Jackson. His real name...He, He!
Mom dancing with one of the many hot men available...rrrr!
You may recognize this familiar face from "So You Think You Can Dance". Jean-Marc Genereux and his wife France Mousseau choreograph the ballroom pieces for the show. Such a fun teacher! He and France missed 2 weeks of the show to be with us. I performed a Cha-Cha he did for our advanced class!
France Mousseau. Beautiful dancer! She it so quite on "So You Think You Can Dance, " and so feisty when she teaches! It was funny; every time I took her samba class, I was partnerless. I never could seem to find someone to dance with so France would hook me up. Jean-Marc one day pulled me aside and said, "My wife keeps calling you the 'lonely samba dancer!'" Ha!
Our written steps for each class...
Eddie Simon. A true gentleman and a brilliant teacher. He taught my tango piece for the showcase. There were so many people that attempted harder classes like this one and they would ask the dumbest questions, but he always was very respectful to each person and made us look pretty good...even with all the rejects.
Meet Ashlyn. I always have to visit my closest friend Lindsay when I go to Utah. This is her new addition. Isn't she gorgeous?!(If I missed anyone in Utah, I'm sorry! I had to skip 2 classes just to visit her. There wasn't much time to sit and visit!) I also got to visit another friend Katie and her beautiful kids and brand new baby. I didn't take pictures with her because I had a feeling she wouldn't want me to since she just had a baby. Katie, I love you! I'm so glad I got to see your beautiful face!
Lovely Lynz...
Wednesday night we had a great banquet at the Marriott. A few of the BYU students performed for us.
We had very INTERESTING people at our table...
This is my old college roommate, Sharelle. She is deaf and I was very rusty on my sign language, but it eventually came back! She's a riot! And it was so much fun catching up with her...
With Patti and Kenny McEwan. I hadn't seen them in 15 years! They were in my homeward years ago! They haven't changed a bit!
Our final night was a banquet/performance night. We each performed a Tango and a Ch-Cha. Then the pro's performed and put us to shame!
Before performing...
To our surprise, we got an award. They gave out about 5 or 6 "funny" awards to some of the camp members. I guess we just stuck out like a sore thumb because we got the "there goes those 3 blonde girls" award! We got cute, matching, pink BYU shirts.
I found one of my old friends from my team back in '99, Candace. It was so fun to see her! Ballroom's a small world...
The Pro's showing off...
Thank you mom and Monica for an incredible week! I love you! Dance or die......
4 comments:
BYU didn't know what hit 'em! ...Those three blonde girls, I love it.
Oh my gosh, I've been meaning to blog about So You Think You Can Dance, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. It's my favorite show of all time. I think of you whenever I watch it and wonder why you don't try out. You really should. Maybe your mom should too.
That is so awesome that you got to go and dance at BYU dance camp. And with your mom and sister too! How special! I am so jealous that you got to meet Jean-Marc. I love him and his wife. I cried when Twitch and Kherrington danced that beautiful Viennese waltz that Jean-Marc and his wife choreographed in honor of their daughter. I don't know what to do now that it's over. I just loved Katee, didn't you? And the ballroom dancer Chelsea from Utah too.
You are so beautiful. You look like a model in every picture. Monica and your mom are so pretty too. What a neat and talented family!
Wow, what a fun trip. I would love to do something like that, but I'm not good at leaving Lily. I still have never spent a night away from her. Sad, I know. It looks like you guys had yet another great adventure together.
Thanks for writing this.
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