As I was driving home the other day, I happened to come across the song "Run Around Sue" on the radio. It was one of the songs my dance partner danced to when I did competitive dancing when I was little.
Listening to it brought back so many amazing memories from those days. The travel, the fun, the costumes, the experiences. How many kids can say they took dance lessons in Las Vegas with legendary jazz dance teacher Frank Hatchett? The one thing that really hit me though was how lucky I was to have such a warm family to support me through it.
You turn on TV nowadays and you see those crazy dance shows with aggressive teachers and snobby stage moms pushing their kids towards greatness. These children are turned into robots that have to be perfect at everything. That's not my experience.
Mom was always happy and willing to help the studio in anyway. She never pushed us to practice 24/7, or yelled when we did something wrong during a performance. In fact, I was harder on myself than she was. I was actually not so pleasant on several occasions, but she was always there... calm and supportive. I didn't win gold medals every competition. I wasn't the best dancer, nor was I the worst. I was however one of the luckiest though, because I had an amazing team supporting me.
I was thinking about those days this weekend. Michelle had a post about the competition they were attending. We always had so much fun. Happy we didn't have any "Dance Moms" in our group. Great memories!
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