The night before the competition, they hosted a gala dinner with dancing, performances, and a professional couple doing some of their routines. Our dance studio danced their formation from our Winter Showcase.
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| The formation |
Our son joined us and did some dancing with mom and other women!
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| Parent/child dances |
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| Having fun |
We were having too much fun to take many pictures!
The next day was the competition. The event started with the smooth dances--waltz, tango, and foxtrot. We had a bit of confusion when they changed the order of the heats and had to go earlier than planned, which meant there are no photos of just me and my wife dancing together. Later, we did multi-dance challenges. For those, we danced with our instructors. We have plenty of those pictures!
After lunch the rhythm competitions were held. Luckily, someone else from the studio took some pictures here of us as a couple. And also some video!
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| Waltz moves |
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| Swishy dresses |
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| Elegance! |
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| Whoops, someone was just outside the frame! |
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| Bowing in different directions |
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| Turning in sync? |
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| A flowing sleeve |
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| Showing off the lady |
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| A bit of swish |
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| Cha Cha Chase |
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| My arm should be higher |
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| Swishy cuddle |
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| Other couples on the floor |
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| More of the same |
Yes, that's the dance instructor dancing with his daughter in the two pictures above!
We finished up with multi-dance challenges back with our instructors.
And some more pictures from our fellow student...
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| Cha-cha-ching! |
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| I chase, my wife turns |
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| Less than a second later |
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| Getting ready for the next dance |
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| Still apart |
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| Close up from above |
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| Another close up from above |
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| Great fringe movement! |
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| Elegant lines |
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| About to shoulder check |
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| Hands higher! |
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| Good job! |
And some more pictures from our fellow student...
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| In sync? |
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| Watch out, here we come |
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| Not exactly in sync |
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| Nice spin |
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| Ta-dah! |
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| In the same shot |
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| Great lines |
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| Similar move |
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| Fringe flying! |
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| Is this a bow or a start of the next dance? |
We did get some off-floor photos, including one with the whole group from the studio.
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| Smooth attire |
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| Rhythm outfits |
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| The silly photo of the studio group |
We had a great time. We scored a lot of first places just because we were alone in our categories. On the multi-dance challenges, since we were dancing with our instructors, my wife and I were competing against each other! I was gracious enough to let her get first place in those. Or I wasn't as good as her lead (the studio owner and main instructor).
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