As most of you know, my daughter Angela is a dancer. THis past weekend was the first competition of the season for SOPAC (Steppin' Out Performing Arts Center), and it was in beautiful Macon, Georgia.
Angela and I drove the few hours down to Macon on Saturday morning, as she didn't have to dance until the afternoon. Everything is done by average ages and age categories, with the youngest kids going first. It's taken me a while to learn how things work, and I'll try to explain as I go along.
The first dance of the day for Angela was Copacabanna, which is a small group tap number in the junior age category. Small group means more than 3 but less than 10 kids....and the junior means an average age of 12 or under (decimal points are dropped). Since age is determined on Jan 1st, Angela counts as 13 for the year.
You can't take photos during the competition or film it, as the competition usually sells them. These photos were taken at a dress rehersal in Feb....and this will give you an idea about the dance. Hopefully, when the video comes in, I'll be able to post the whole thing.
Angela and a few of the girls practising back stage.
Yes, we do have boys in our company.
So, I bet you wonder how they did??? Well, they took 1st in the tap category....yeah!!!! We expected that they would, as we are known as a tap studio.
Besides categories of dance (tap, jazz, lyrical, etc...), overall awards are given in each division. This means all the dances compete against each other and not just tap against tap. Copa was competing in overalls with a LOT of other dances (around 40 or so I think), including Angela's musical theater and our level 4 jazz Lady Gaga.
Only the top 5 overalls are announced....so Lady Gaga takes 3rd overall. Then they call Copa for 2nd overall and not one of our girls move to get the trophy. One of the girls that is NOT on stage, leans over to me and askes when another Copa was performed. I said that I thought it was our Copacabanna....and nope, the girls said that it couldn't be them. The MC had to call Copa again before anyone moved. IT was sooo funny. Not one of our kids actually believed Copacabanna was good enough to take 2nd place OVERALL and BEAT Lady Gaga. It didn't even sink in until dinner that they BEAT the level 4's.
Congrats Copa kids!!! They did awesome!!
Angela and I drove the few hours down to Macon on Saturday morning, as she didn't have to dance until the afternoon. Everything is done by average ages and age categories, with the youngest kids going first. It's taken me a while to learn how things work, and I'll try to explain as I go along.
The first dance of the day for Angela was Copacabanna, which is a small group tap number in the junior age category. Small group means more than 3 but less than 10 kids....and the junior means an average age of 12 or under (decimal points are dropped). Since age is determined on Jan 1st, Angela counts as 13 for the year.
You can't take photos during the competition or film it, as the competition usually sells them. These photos were taken at a dress rehersal in Feb....and this will give you an idea about the dance. Hopefully, when the video comes in, I'll be able to post the whole thing.
Angela and a few of the girls practising back stage.
Yes, we do have boys in our company.So, I bet you wonder how they did??? Well, they took 1st in the tap category....yeah!!!! We expected that they would, as we are known as a tap studio.
Besides categories of dance (tap, jazz, lyrical, etc...), overall awards are given in each division. This means all the dances compete against each other and not just tap against tap. Copa was competing in overalls with a LOT of other dances (around 40 or so I think), including Angela's musical theater and our level 4 jazz Lady Gaga.
Only the top 5 overalls are announced....so Lady Gaga takes 3rd overall. Then they call Copa for 2nd overall and not one of our girls move to get the trophy. One of the girls that is NOT on stage, leans over to me and askes when another Copa was performed. I said that I thought it was our Copacabanna....and nope, the girls said that it couldn't be them. The MC had to call Copa again before anyone moved. IT was sooo funny. Not one of our kids actually believed Copacabanna was good enough to take 2nd place OVERALL and BEAT Lady Gaga. It didn't even sink in until dinner that they BEAT the level 4's.
Congrats Copa kids!!! They did awesome!!
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