I'm not gonna lie; emotionally and physically exhausted!
Not only was internet connection awful yesterday (they even announced at the convention their "live feed" was gone so there must have been a major issue somewhere), I just didn't have the heart to post anything.
They're final competition number earned double platinum and I think earned a 2nd Overall but, after the performance, Katie was so upset she wouldn't even come out of the dressing room for a group picture.
We "let her be" and Allie came with us to eat lunch before Awards when they found out 3 Center Stage dances had made the "Ultimate Showcase". Katie had been selected a couple months ago to be part of the opening number, along with 9 other Center Stage dancers, and she was in a much better mood for that 5:30 show. They're small group contemporary,
Praying, had been named as one of the "ultimate performances" after having compiled the 8th highest score, over all groups and categories, in the entire competition.
Beautiful number so "technically" that was her final
FINAL performance on stage and they really put their heart in it. There were 4 seniors out of the 6 dancers in that group and it was beautiful. Shortly after that the Seniors were called on stage and introduced...and it was done.
We've all been "struggling" today...even David. Ended up with probably 1500 pictures (mainly since we haven't been allowed to take photos during previous competitions); I wanted her to have as many as possible to remember each dance. Started going through them on the way home
but only halfway through. Stopped and had lunch with BFF on the way home and finally made it about an hour ago. Now to unpack...water my plants (it's been 100+ real feel temperature EVERY day both here and in Port Aransas/Corpus area
) and start our "boring life
without dance OR soccer"!
No Ma'am, not from HS.