Last weekend, Serafina had another dance convention. Since we are more experienced at this point, it was a much smoother experience than last convention. We were back at the Hyatt where the first convention took place.
The competition part of the convention happened Friday afternoon. All the Dance Academy routines went back-to-back. Leo went with us to see his sister compete. Here he is in the hotel waiting for her performance.
Once she was done, we crept home in Friday night traffic.
The convention shared the downloads of her two performances.
The first dance has improved significantly since the first time they performed it for their video submission to a prior competition. This routine won third place in their category. Woo hoo!
The large production number was missing the male dancer that is a stand-out in the routine. Even without Mateo, they placed second in their category.
Here a a couple of still shots that the convention photographer took.
At noon on Saturday we drove back up to Burlingame so she could participate in five hours of workshops. We made the excellent choice to get a hotel room for Saturday night, so when she was done that night, we enjoyed dinner and watched a movie. Then we streamed the award ceremony that was happening in the ballroom downstairs.
Here she is enjoying the hotel life.
The next morning she had a 7:30am check in for more workshops so it was very nice to just have to roll out of bed and head down in the elevator. She danced until noon on Sunday. It was a long, exhausting weekend, but we executed it better this time and that helped a ton.
I'm very proud of her. Next weekend is her final competition of the season. It's been an unusual experience because of covid, but she's had a chance to bond with her teammates and she's learned a lot. She auditioned for next year and made it onto four teams - two jazz, one contemporary and one hip hop.
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