Dance NZ Made

On Monday 6th of September Emma, Gihara, Lola, Ava, Ivy, Lara, Kristy, Ella, Eva, Sienna, Sophie, Liam, Sa, Yutong and I went to the Regent to perform in Dance NZ Made with teacher supervision from Miss Blewit and Miss Granger We arrived at school at 8.10 in the morning and organized ourselves into car groups and then we were off to the Regent. 10 minutes later we were at the Regent and we started some dance workshops run by Dean McKerras, Louise and Emma we started with Deans workshop then did one with Emma and then one with Louise. After what felt like YEARS we went up to our dressing room and started to get ready. We put on our black leggings and singlets and put on stage make-up. Then after a couple more hours we went onstage. It was a great experience <PK

Rose City

On the 27th of August I participated in the Dancesport Spectacular…  ROSE CITY!. It is a dance competition for New Zealand. I was competing for Shirley Wall Academy Of Dance and was very hyped up and excited about competing but it was still very nerve wracking.

My first dancing event was number 7.

“Pippa it’s time to go to the marshalling area,”my mum said.

“Sure,” I replied.  I climbed over the seats with my dance partner Max and made my way to the marshalling area.

“Ready to take the dance is Event no. 7 Juvenile Level 2 Latin,” announced the organiser. We made our way to the dance floor.

“Ok contestants time for… the Jive.” The jive music started.

“Not this one again,” I thought to myself. The song was Elvis Presley, Blue Suede Shoes and I’ve heard it so many times before that it annoyed me.

We started jiving to the music and 45 seconds later the music stopped. Max spun me out and he bowed while I curtsied and we exited the dance floor with huge smiles on our faces. We walked over to our family sitting at the table and sat down, satisfied with our performance. Our teacher Mrs Langely was watching and she thought we looked sensational!!