I added a post in the middle!

I went back and added the Elites SHOW performance. It is in the middle of all the dance competition videos. It is such a long one that it took a while for BlogSpot to upload and process. Hope you enjoy!

March 2009 Awards Ceremony

The awards are given out as Queen, 1st Attendant, 2nd Attendant and so on. For this year's Utah competition, Makenna placed as the 1st Attendant in the Intermediate Preschool/Kindergarten division. She competed this year in the intermediate division because she won the Queen title last year at all three of the amateur competitions she was in. We are so very proud of her hard work and confidence that she displayed. It was definitely a "Makenna Day." She had a blast dancing ALL day and we had a really fun day watching her.

Tiny Elites March 2009 HIP-HOP

Tiny Elites March 2009 LYRICAL

Elites March 2009 SHOW performance

Competitions and friends go hand in hand!

Makenna adores her solo teacher and has a wonderful group of friends that she dances with. As an added bonus, I have have become good friends with their moms.

Makenna's March 2009 Solo

Makenna did a great job with her solo. She competed in the Intermediate Preschool/Kindergarten division. At the very beginning she got a little confused and stopped her layout. Then, she relaxed and pulled the rest together. I was nervous and at one point in the video got caught up in watching her. I forgot to move the camera for a couple seconds. The studio director calls this first competition a "dress rehearsal". I think that goes for the moms too!

2009 dance competition season begins...

We got to the gym early so that Makenna could practice her walk-in, stretch out and so Mommy could take some pictures of her in costume.

Jayden's 2009 Jr. Jazz basketball team

Makenna's kindergarten program

Jayden's book report on Treasure Island

The class was assigned an oral book report that was to be presented in character. The students could be interviewed, reenact a scene, etc. Jayden and his friend chose to write a skit. In the skit, they are sailing along discussing all of their adventures. They did this in front of two classes (50 students) and their teachers.