This year, I actually had someone competing in the solo competition. Shalee is the very first Elleve to compete in a solo competition!
Shalee Hiskey - a junior member of my team. Here she is in her solo costume. Her routine is to the song, Pop, Drop and Roll. She did awesome and won 1st place in the 4A Jazz division!
Me, Laney, Makayla, Shalee, Hailey, Madeline, and Jamie.
I drove a suburban up to watch Shalee compete and the girls pictured above came up with me. We had to load the character props before we left and then I got a little lost on the way to Juan Diego, but we were still going to be there in pretty good time. But, I guess they were running way ahead and things were somewhat disorganized? Anyway, Shalee's mom texted us and said Shalee is on next we we were pulling into the parking lot of the school. I stopped the suburban at the door and had the girls run in so at least they would get to see the whole thing! I quickly parked and ran in, but I just barely missed seeing her perform! Oh well, as least her team mates were able to see her dance!
Shalee - doing a move from her solo.
The next day, bright and early, the whole team came up for the team competition. It went pretty good. Bountiful was there and so was Hillcrest, two top competitors in the 4A division this year. We ended up taking 2nd in Hip Hop, 2nd in Lyrical, 2nd in Military, 3rd in Dance, and 2nd in Character.
The team with the trophies.
We also had three girls place in the drill down. Neisha Martinez won 1st place, Aubrey Finch won 2nd place, and Laney Melton won 3rd place! Awesome!
One week later, on January 14th, we competed in the Murray Classic Competition at Murray High School. We had another great day--this time we ended up being 1st in Hip Hop, 2nd in Lyrical, 3rd in Military, 3rd in Dance, 4th in Character. But, we won two other trophies. One for Exceptional Technique. This one was decided on by the judges. We also won this award last year, so I felt good about receiving it again for the second year in a row! Then, we also won the Sportsmanship award! This was voted on by all the teams. The girls felt very honored to have received this award--it meant a lot to them!
The team with the trophies.
Drill down winners again - Aubrey Finch, 1st place, Melissa Durtschi, 2nd place, Makayla Wilson, 4th place, and Kaitlynn Blood, 5th place! Elleves rock at drill down!
The seniors at their last invitational competition of the year!
Well, the invitationals are over. Now all that is left is Region and State.
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