Showing posts with label Ally's accomplishments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ally's accomplishments. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Las Vegas Open Ballroom Competition

Today, Ally competed in her very first ballroom competition.  She was awarded 1st place in six dances and 2nd place in three more dances.  We are all very proud!  We are so grateful to Lupe who is her amazing and hilarious teacher!  Scroll for some beautiful pictures and a short video.











The is the first video I have ever edited!  I'm so proud.  Oh, and Ally is great too.  :)




Saturday, February 16, 2013

2013 Bolognini Competition

Ally competed in the 2013 Bolognini competition and was dubbed the cadenza queen by all her peers.  She received and Honorable Mention and never sounded better.  Another proud moment!





Friday, February 15, 2013

Ally wins ZYS audition!!

Ally auditioned for a spot (1 of 3) in the Zion's Youth Symphony and won!!  We are especially proud because she is only 12 and technically you need to be 14 years old to be apart of the orchestra.  I'm sure the concert on March 10th will be an amazing experience for the young musicians and the audience.



At the first rehearsal and fireside

How I found out the results....
(I didn't think she would make it in because she is so young.)

Saturday, February 2, 2013

First ballroom performance

Ally and Aden participated in their first ballroom performance at the VZ Dance Studio Winter Showcase.  The studio had a red carpet and awesome lighting!  The kids both did a great job and had a blast!

Aden on the red carpet


 Ally waiting for the show to start


 They were both excited for the show to start.

Say Cheese!


 After their performance, they were each awarded a medal for all their hard work. 



 Aden asked me, "Mom, does this medal count as a real award or is it like soccer where they give it to you even if you don't do a good job?"  Even though everyone got one despite how they performed, I assured Aden that it "counted" because he worked so hard and gave a spectacular performance.  :)


Ally and Lupe (her teacher and partner)



All the performers and teachers

Aden and Tanya (his teacher and partner).  Aden actually did a lot of the choreographing for his dance. His poor teacher could barely get a word in edge wise during his lessons.  He has so many great ideas that they just couldn't fit them all into one performance.  Aden had them dance to Wipe Out because he knew his dad would love the surfing/hawaiian theme (and he did).


Posing for the camera