Ballroom Dance Lab

So this is my third semester taking a ballroom dance class

and I absolutely love it!  I took a lot of dance classes when

I was little, but they were jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, etc.  I

guess taking all of these different types of dance has helped

me in learning the different styles of ballroom.  This semester

I'm taking International Standard 184, which includes waltz

and quickstep.  I've taken 180 and 280, in both of which

we learned the waltz.  The waltz is probably one of my favorite

dances of all time!  It's smooth and graceful and you just look

 so elegant as you rise and fall across the dance floor.

So for 180 we are required to go to a dance lab and compete

in a mock dance competition.  We were randomly assigned

partners the week before in class.  I guess my prayer was

answered when I was paired with one of the better guys in

my class, not to mention probably the tallest.  Don't get me

wrong I don't mean to hate on any of the other guys in my class,

but there are certain guys you can just dance better with

(especially if they're taller).  So I was super excited to get to

practice with my partner, we both had our minds set on

practicing and making it as far as we possibly could.

There were over 70 couples who entered into the competition.

I was expecting my partner and I to get past at least the first

round, which thankfully we did (barely).  The first round was

definitely not our best, we kept running into other couples

and didn't even finish the entire routine once.  Our second

round we did much better and we were a little more confident.

We got called back for the third round and the fourth round, we

kept getting called back and we even made into the semi-finals

and were anxiously awaiting our number to be announced to

be included in the finals, but sadly we weren't called.  I honestly was super happy though making it all the way to through the semi-finals which is a round for only 10-12 couples usually.

This lab just got me that much more excited for Dancesport

next month! I can hardly wait, it's going to be a blast!!