Region Preview 2011

We held our annual Region Preview on January 18, 2012. It is a big night for the team to perform all of their competition routines a week before our Region Competition. We invite a lot of the local dance studios to come perform as well. So, it is a fundraiser for us too!

We had a long program, because all of the studios wanted to perform at least three numbers this year. There were also a couple new studios and so it was a long night--but a good one! I felt it was a great success for our team!

Jeff Pocorro came and took some action shots of the team. I got all of these photos from his website. I'm so grateful-- he has taken some amazing shots of the team this year.

First, I have the team perform the BDT Camp Dance. Here are some pics from it:

Party Rock - the 2011 BDT Camp Dance
Then, I introduce each member of the team and give them a flower.Kimber

AubreyNeishaBryn, Madeline, and Lindsey

I didn't post pics of everyone from the intros--sorry! But here are some pics from each of our routines:

Hip hop - "Outta Your Mind"

Military - "Salvation"

I felt they really performed military well that night. They hit the headstands and everything looked really sharp!Dance - "Tigerlily"

I struggled with this costume this year - we kept adding to it to make it more "visible" on the floor. I think I learned a lesson - don't use gold or orange again--unless I have a darker, more bold color to go along with it!Lyrical - "Turning Tables"Character - "Samba Adagio"

Our character routine was an African/tribal theme. We had an "abstract" jungle made out of the cubes that we covered with greenery to look like vines. Then we had drums too. I loved the colors that we used. I knew our theme wasn't that unique and there were actually quite a few "tribal" character routines this year. Including Bountiful, the reining state champs! But, their tribal routine went above and beyond--they were on stilts! It was an amazing routine to watch! So good! Wow is all I could say! But, we did our best and really worked on our "character" of our routine.

We changed the way we did our hair and makeup for the performance that night. So, it took a little longer to get ready. I liked the changes though! I don't know why it took me 3 invitational competitions to figure out that I didn't like their hair and that the makeup needed to be something more dramatic! Oh well, I guess that is why you go to invitationals to get feedback and to make changes!

We invited Juab to come perform with us again. They did good too. Every time my aunt Lisa, Juab's coach, would come sit down by me to give me her music, I thought, what is that minty smell. Well, I finally asked her and she let me in on the secret. So now we had a "secret weapon" for Region and State. I have to admit at first, I didn't know if I thought it would work, but it did. I really felt it made a difference in some of the girls.

So, another Region Preview night was finished! A big success and it was fun to have "Elleve Alumni" there to support us! I even invited them down to do the traditional drill down at the end of the performances with us. It was fun--I'm sure I will make that a tradition too!