dancesport 2010

for all of you who weren't able to come, here is a recap in pictures/videos of my dancesport festivities. :)

meags helped me get ready. (this is at 6 o'clock in the morning!)

i told her i wanted a low bun, slicked back, and not too much makeup. she did a good job on the low bun, slicked back part...but the not too much makeup part...you decide. :p

our event was at 8 o'clock in the A-M. and our number was 158.

we got to the marriott at 7:40ish but we didnt have time to warm up. so jesse and i danced the first round cold...not a good idea. :S

i messed up pretty bad (sorry, no video) but jesse's good frame and posture must've wow-ed the judges enough to advance us to round 2! i was surprised. but super relieved/excited.

our first callback:

(click the picture for a bigger view)

waiting for those to post was kinda nerve-wracking!!! but once they were up and we saw our number it was way exciting.

after making it through the first 3 rounds (our third round being the best we danced throughout the entire competition but again, no video) we got called back to the quarterfinals! :)

so that meant we had to go back to the marriott at 6:30 pm to compete at 6:45.

amy came in the evening.

and she was willing to record for us. so thanks to her, you all can see us dance! :) here we are dancing in the quarterfinals:

did you see where we messed up? :p towards the end we ran into a little traffic jam and then we had to start over. i thought for sure we were gonna be eliminated but it must've happened after one of the judges had already selected us to advance cuz we got called back. :)

funny story: after the quarterfinals jesse and i went back up to the bleachers (as opposed to staying backstage) cuz we thought we had plenty of time before the next round.

um, yeah...we were wrong.

before we knew it our event was up and we were both on the bleachers, i.e. not in line, and not ready to walk on stage. they had to page for our number!!! "paging couple 158, please report to the stage now. your event is starting. couple 158." they said that (or something of the sort) over the microphone!!! lol.

we RAN down the stairs, barged our way through tons of people and rushed onto the floor at the very last second. literally.

dont worry, we made it just in the knick of time! :)

before you watch it, i'll just say that this round was a good lesson in following jesse's lead. and we'll leave it at that. dont laugh. (meagan!)

the whole missing our line-up time, being paged over the speakers, and running on stage made for quite the exciting semifinal round. :p

and the two voices at the end of the video were amy and her friend karla.

anyways, jesse had a tradition of getting a sip of water before (and/or after) each round. so after the semifinals we were in the tunnel drinking water and trying to catch our breath when our number came up on the screen!

WE MADE IT TO THE FINALS!!! :)

this was VERY exciting. i was pleasantly surprised. aka shocked. lol.

this time we did not go up to the bleachers. :) we lined up in numerical order and since our number was the lowest of the seven finalists we were first out on the stage. here we are, our final dance for the final round:

our goal was to just have fun. did it look like we had fun?

there was one part where we thought the music was pau so we kinda stopped, but the music kept going. so we had to start over...and that happened right in front of the judges!!! lol. did you notice?

at least we had fun. :)

and then it was time for the awards.

amy even recorded the ceremony so you can watch it as if you were there!

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