Dance Team Districts

On Saturday, March 13th, we had Dance District's at South Kitsap High School. We actually got to sleep in because division four didn't start until 4pm! It was nice to see, almost all of, the teams that we've competed against this season. Our hip-hop and show performances came across beautifully! It was so nice to see how much all thegirls have improved from the beggining of the season. I'm super exited for State, in Yakima, this weekend. It will be nice for our team to have some quality bonding time. We've been so focused on perfecting everything for districts and we've all been so caught up in drama, that we've forgotten that we're all one big family, and we've always got each others back, for better or for worse. I love all of you and would like to congradulate you for making it to state! Can't wait to spend the weekend with our dance team family!

Seth Vallejos

Seth Vallejos was found dead this morning (Tuesday, March 2nd). He was a sophmore at Tahoma Senior High School and a very quiet one at that. From what I have heard, he called a bunch of people on his cell phone last night just wanting to talk. The people who talked to him at that time said he seemed to be perfectly normal, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing at all worry-some.

This morning Seth's mother went down into the basement to wake him up for school. But instead of seeing her son in bed, asleep. He had hung himself he night before. Nobody know why(stress? bullying? just for attention?) and we might not ever find that answer, but we need to be more aware of the people around us and what they are feeling, so that we can get them the help that they need, and prevent this from happening again.

Dance-Team Sleepover 2

On Saturday, February 27th, we had our secound team sleepover of the year. This time we slept in Mrs. Lindersmith's classroom. We had TV going all night long(showing Saturday Night Live, The 2010 Olympics, and the news). We did our nails and talked for awhile, but we were all exhausted so we finally went to bed around 1am. Of course I got woken up at 2am and couldn't go back to sleep because I didn't take any pain medication for my hand and it hurt really bad, but oh well. It was alot of fun getting to know the other girls on the team at a more personal level.

Interlake Dance Competition

Saturday, February 27th, we had our dance competition at Interlake. I think that this was the best Dance Competition this year as far as everyone on the team having fun. Their was alot more goofing off, but we were still able to concentrate and get things done.

Their were alot of changes to our Show routine this week. We changed the entire ending(the coreography is much better, but we still need to get down the timing). Jeanna was doing her part and mine (since I can't dance due to my broken hand)so she had to change from a vampire hunter to a vampire part way through. And both Alyssa and Sammy quit unexpectedly this week, so it wasn't our best performance, but for how much time we had practiced it, I thought that it came accross very nicely.

As for hip-hop they performed exceptionally well! They won 1st place, but did not get a trophy because hip-hop and dance were combined categories.