All of the funny... None of the drama...
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Dear Dance Mom Community,
This is what four years after high school looks like & it’s all going out with the trash tonight with my dancer’s blessing. Over her 11 years in competitive dance, we saved exactly three “trophies”…
Wins & Placing are great!…. Achieving excellence is too!…. But far more important is that your dancer is happy, healthy, & LOVES doing it because THEY want to…. If they have those three things, everything else falls into place.
Gave DCDaughter tickets to @boniver in Nashville next summer for Christmas… Possibly the best dance-adjacent gift I’ve ever given… 🤔
No greater #prouddad moment than to hear L’il D’s coach talk about how hard she works in & outside of practice... Same as her big sister with her dance teachers... #proudparent
That time DCDAUGHTER realized that Spencer James & Jordan Baker live in her apartment building... 😳@CWAllAmerican @MichaelEvansB05
Shoutout to @NBCSongland & @RyanTedder for validating DCDaughter’s career path... Nothing easy about moving to LA to start your dance career & then have a world pandemic shut literally everything down. All you can do is stand your ground... #NoPlanB
Watching a performance of The Nutcracker tonight... Not to see DCDaughter perform... But instead to see her littles perform... Big takeaway so far... I’d really like my own cape...
So honestly, the biggest difference between being a DanceCompDad & being a Softball Dad is that there’s SIGNIFICANTLY more available counter space in my hotel bathroom... #notevenkidding #L’ilD
That’s it folks... If they truly love it... And they truly work their butt off, undeterred by whatever life throws at them... They will make it at some level of dance that will make you proud!... Forget the competition results... This is all you need to know...
Factor #2... Does she bust her ass consistently in all things related to dance & life?... Does she face setbacks head on, regardless of the situation, & finds a way to overcome?...
Factor #1... Does she love it?... Beyond almost everything else? Does she willingly give up the things other kids her age enjoy to be in the studio? Ball games... Parties... Socials... Dating in general... Other endeavors like Cheerleading or Dance Teams...
So what’s the difference maker? How do I know if my dancer will be one of the ones to make it? Fortunately for you, I’m an engineer & I work a mean spreadsheet... So I know exactly what correlation variables define the make it or break it factor...