Thanksgiving Point Dance Competition

Peyton is in her 3rd year of dance. We felt that she needed a little more of a challenge than what she had been getting the last 2 years, so we decided to move her to a different dance company closer to our house and put her on a competition team. Let me tell you, it is like night and day the difference in what she has learned and how she is dancing this year then in the previous 2 years. Maybe it is because she is older or because she is on a competition team or maybe both. But this year she has had to learn 2 dances and think she is pretty darn good to remember both and dance as good as she does for only being 5.

Yesterday, February 27th, Peyton had her first dance competition of the year. The competition was at Thanksgiving Point and she was so excited to dance on stage. The performing on stage in front of tons of people has always been her favorite part of dance. I think she is crazy! I have never been to excited to get up in front of a lot of people. She did great with both of her dances especially for it being such a long day between getting her hair and make-up all done, arriving an hour before she was scheduled to dance, and the 2 hour wait in between dances. She started to get a little antsy in between the dances and just kept telling me that she just wanted to dance again. But again, for only being 5 I think she did awesome. Peyton even told me that she wants to do a solo and dance on stage by herself. CrAaAaAzY!!! The rest of her team all did great too. Her team took 2nd in both dance categories.

She has 5 competitions this year. I know, we will be busy. Her next one is on Saturday, March 20 at Timpview High School in Provo. The next weekend we will be at another one in sunny St. George. I am getting excited for that one! I can't wait to get in the warm weather.

I just did video while she was dancing and didn't think to have praper take pictures. I will try to get pictures of her dancing at the next competition.


Peyton in her "Dog Pound" Jazz costume


Peyton and her friend/neighbor Marisa


Peyton in her "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" Ballet/Lyrical costume (she was so tired of me taking pictures, can you tell?)