Dancing, parties and Hockey

Well this past weekend had our shares of up and downs. On Saturday we were up bright and early to be in Ajax for a dance competition for 7:30 am. Shyla danced her lollypop tap trio at 8:30 and they did a great job considering the venue. Usually the girls dance on a stage in an auditorium. This competition was the first year it was run and called Dancer's Choice. The venue was at a hotel in Ajax. The conference hall was suppose to be done by the time the competition took place, however, like all construction it was not even close to done. Thus, the dancing was done in the small ballroom, in the main hotel. The ballroom was very small with the dance floor being long and narrow. The judges table was right in front of the dance floor and the seats were to the sides of the narrow part. There were probably only 50 or so seats on each side, thus making the place very crowded, especially for the larger groups that had no 'backstage' to get on and off of. When the girls danced they were only about a foot away from the judges when at the front of the 'stage' (dancefloor). In both shyla's dances, she was right in front of the one judge. There are usually 3 judges for the competitions. The judge she was in front of happened to be really into it, bee bopping away to most of the dances and showing lots of expression. Some judges don't show any. Shyla also danced that afternoon at 3:30 with her musical theatre group 'talk to the animals" they did really well too and again shyla ended up in front of the groovy judge and with shyla's animated face during this dance, the judge broke out laughing at her. The venue was awful, however the competition was very well run with a lot of personal touches. We receive one free 5x7 and shyla got a silver necklace with a dancer's choice medallion to put on it for every dance she did. The groups did well: Lollypop scored a gold and a first (you get a dancer's choice (distinguished mark), high gold, gold, high silver, silver, high bronze and bronze). It is scored much like skating. they also scored a special award called "the too cute award". The "talk to the animals" scored a 1st and a gold and an overall award and a special award entitled the "grrrr" award. Also in the afternoon, Ryley had hockey tryouts for AA. He was released, so next tryouts for A is this weekend. That is where he really wants to play as he will have one of the same coaches as last year. Saturday night we attended a euchre party and had great eats and fun. We didn't win though. Sunday, Ryley had baseball practice and Shya went to a neighbours birthday party. Her name is 'teela' and she is turning 4 tommorrow. She is so cute. They went to planet gymnastics and had a ball and had some good homemade treats after.