Bob doing Ballroom

November 2009 BYU

2009-11-22T20:05:00.000-08:00

Kyla and I got a 1st in Syllabus Waltz and 3rd in Open Junior I Latin.

Rumba

2009-08-20T20:07:00.000-07:00

We finally got through our paso and are now onto our Rumba.

Learning to be sharp

2009-04-26T17:44:00.000-07:00

Brent #2

2009-04-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

Today Kyla and I had another lesson with Brent Keck. I was so excited.!

Learning Latin

2009-04-08T18:51:00.000-07:00

We get to have a lesson from Brent! I jumped up and down. I am very excited.

Playing Baseball

2009-03-30T19:11:00.001-07:00

I am the one in the middle.

ChaCha Lesson with Nadia Eftadal

2009-03-29T18:12:00.000-07:00

We are beginning our Open Latin routines. We had a lesson with Nadia Eftadal which was more than awesome. She did cool moves for us. It is the beginning of our Cha Cha. I love practicing it! My partner has to learn how to do the splits.

Yesterday in the morning, we danced at Lone Peak High School. We got two first places. We got the award for the best pre-teen dancers in Open Standard in Utah. We won the Open American Pre-teen also, but we didn't do any competitions in the winter, just the fall, so we didn't get the award for the best in Utah in American because by two points. We wanted to dance syllabus at Nationals, so we could dance more rounds. I got a big donut after the competition.

Nationals 2009

2009-03-16T21:32:00.001-07:00

I had a great time dancing. We got second place twice and first in our team events. I love to dance.

Center Stage Comp Pics

2009-02-10T20:02:00.000-08:00

Notice the NEW Pants!!!

Provo Competition and Center Stage Competition

2009-02-08T19:34:00.000-08:00

It has been fun dancing the last two weekends. This weekend at the Center Stage Comp I was pretty sick. I had lost my voice and wasn't feeling that good. My partner wanted to wear her fancy dress so we danced at 6:00. I was really tired by then. We got first in Samba/Paso at the Provo Comp and first in Preteen Standard Open this weekend. We got comments from the judges because we were the only couple dancing. They said we had lots of potential. I guess that means we get to get better.

One good practice deserves a Donut!

2009-01-24T19:54:00.000-08:00

We had a good practice today! I got a Texas size donut afterwards! I ate the whole thing! It was huge!

My own pair of latin pants

2009-01-19T17:00:00.000-08:00

Today I got measured for my very first pair of new latin pants. All my other latin pants have been hand-me-downs. My mom just would take up the waist seam on Richard's older latin pants. I am so excited to finally have my own pair.

Foxtrot video

2009-01-19T16:47:00.000-08:00

We had a great lesson today. We finished up our foxtrot.
My partner's part

Our short wall

Top of the Leaderboard

2009-01-13T20:36:00.000-08:00

Tonight I found out that my partner and I are top in Preteen Standard for Utah. Also second in American. This is fun!

Beginning Foxtrot

2009-01-10T00:10:00.000-08:00

Tonight we started our foxtrot. We also worked at cleaning up our quickstep.

Boo hoo....no dancing!

2008-12-16T16:43:00.000-08:00

This week, there will not be any dance lessons or team. I will practice with my partner.

Christmas Concert/Singing in the Rain

2008-12-13T18:31:00.000-08:00

Christmas Concert with Santa's laugh

2008-12-13T18:27:00.000-08:00

Paso -Next section

2008-12-02T21:19:00.000-08:00

Paso

2008-12-02T21:14:00.000-08:00

My partner and I am going to do a great Paso. We learned some sweet moves tonight. It went a lot faster when the music was turned on...but I've been practicing.

Tango Counts

2008-11-29T08:11:00.000-08:00

My brother James and Ashley

2008-11-17T20:35:00.000-08:00

Found a pic of the Latin couple

2008-11-17T20:34:00.000-08:00

Provo BYU Competition November

2008-11-16T09:40:00.000-08:00

What a fun weekend! On Friday I didn't have to go to school. My partner's mom came and picked me up at 9:30. We danced Open Junior Rhythm and didn't get called back. But we love doing the Mambo...so it was fun. My partner dropped me off at grandma's house, and she wasn't there. So I waited until my mom was done with school and then walked back down the the Wilkenson Center's ballroom. I had the most fun dancing in the middle of the ballroom between sessions. We got home at 12: 20. I slept all the way home.

Saturday was a busy day because I got to dance more than once. I began my day by going to Richard's scout Pow Wow rocket blast off at BYU. Thirty rockets were launched off at once. It was cool. Then dad dropped me off at the Wilkensen Center and my partner found me. We started off by dancing the Junior Waltz. We placed 3rd out of 41 couples. I got a trophy! Then we danced Junior Samba and placed 5th out of 34 couples. That was fun. Then at 3:23 pm we danced Preteen Samba with 11 couples and won 1st place! We were so happy! Then that evening we danced Open Preteen Standard and won again. Amazing..we got three trophies. I'm glad my partner is a good dancer!

I got to watch Professional dancers Victor Fung and Anna Mikhed. I like there Samba the best. lol It looked a lot like a standard dance to me. They were good. Saturday night they had a perfect Tango. I wish I were him. Both professionals walked right by me. I almost touched one.

On Friday night there was this very good Amatuer Latin couple. He was very quick and played with the crowd almost too much. I ran around the edge of the floor to watch him. I think I want lessons from him.

2008-11-13T19:49:00.000-08:00

We cleaned up our quickstep on Wednesday. It was too choppy before in most spots. We changed our sharpness. Tomorrow and Saturday we dance in Provo at BYU. I even get to miss school on Friday.

Preteen Standard- 1st place

2008-11-10T14:30:00.000-08:00

They did a great job and won 1st place in Preteen Standard.

Jack and Jill - Hillcrest Comp Nov 8

2008-11-10T14:23:00.001-08:00

Bob made it to the final in the Jack and Jill. He had to do a Poka for his last dance. It was a good thing his partner knew how to do it. He placed third and got a medal.

Last week

2008-11-02T17:10:00.000-08:00

At team, we did Foxtrot, Quickstep, and Swing. We got to wear our costumes on Wednesday. We got cookies and a drink. My partner was 1/2 pirate, 1/2 boy. Crazy. I had to dance with 1/2 a boy! I was Zorro. At school I went as Michael Phelps in my swim trunks and 8 medals. Everyone thought it was a unique costume.

Dancing with my Partner

2008-11-02T16:52:00.001-08:00

We bought this picture. It came yesterday and looks great.

Ballroom Friends

2008-10-27T19:50:00.000-07:00

Timpview Oct 25 Competition

2008-10-26T08:38:00.000-07:00

Awards: 1st in Preteen Open Standard Waltz Quickstep
2nd in American ChaCha Foxtrot
2nd in Preteen Swing

Orem Comp in Sept

2008-10-18T16:11:00.000-07:00

Finding my Dance Bag

2008-10-15T20:04:00.001-07:00

I lost my dance bag with my shoes and pants in it a week ago. I looked everywhere. Tonight, my brother found it in the lost and found at the Apollo in American Fork. I am so happy.

Great dancing- Nationals 2008 Couple

2008-10-14T21:19:00.000-07:00

Private Lessons

2008-10-14T20:18:00.000-07:00

Today I had a lesson with Betsy. She added a few steps to our Samba routine. It spiced it up. I learned quick walks, some Boto Fogos, and Voltas. We reviewed all of our dances too.

Beginning of Tango

2008-10-13T04:56:00.000-07:00

Preteen BYU Youth

2008-10-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

I am on the Preteen BYU blue team. We practice every Monday and Wednesday. We are learning a routine using Quickstep in it. My competition partner is very nice and fabulous at dancing, and so is my team partner.

Tango

2008-10-11T20:18:00.000-07:00

Today I started my first lesson on Tango. My teacher said I was very good at it. It was very fun. The prep steps are very different. The tango prep step is much cooler. It is very quick and snappy. My partner is very good. My teacher is Andrea Hale. She just got married and is now Andrea Tatton. She was on "Dancing with the Stars".