Basic Dance Training Camp - 2009

On June 23 - 26, I was at Basic Dance Training Camp (BDT) with my drill team. The entire team goes to this camp. We had an awesome experience there. I was a little bit nervous and so were they. It was the first time for all of them to attend a drill team camp like this. I have 8 girls out of the 21 that have been on drill before, but they had not come to this camp with their other teams. So, it was a new experience for them. I had been to this camp with my Payson teams and so I knew what to expect, but I was still nervous for the team.

We ended up having a really great time! Especially on the first night. On the first night, teams can bring a routine of their own to perform for all the other teams at the camp. We took our hip hop routine. It is called "Jump Jiggle" and it is really a fun routine. The girls can really get into it. After all of the teams perform, each team votes on what team they liked the best. Then, the team with the most votes wins the Performance Night Champion trophy. Well, Maple Mountain WON! I was so proud and excited for them! When they went to announce it, they said, "Well, we have our winner, and this is so cool, the roof better come off this place when we announce it, because it is really neat, the winner is . . . Maple Mountain! We were so excited! It was so much fun! Our first trophy and probably the first trophy for the entire school!

Here we are with the trophy!

Again, another picture with the trophy--we were so excited!
Working on military technique:

Team massage circle--gotta love it!

We also won an award for best technique in jazz technique classes!

We also had three girls make the top 25, so they were in the final drill down on the last day. And we had two girls named to the T.O.P. Corp finals. Thirty girls were selected by the staff as the top dancers of the camp. They had to learn a combination on the spot and then perform it. Both girls did really well!

It was a fun and busy two weeks of camps. Now, I get a short two week break and then we start up again so we can get ready for the 24th of July parades.