Getting Ready for the First Competition for 2010

This past weekend was a long one. Madi was at dance from 10 - 7 on Saturday and 1 - 5on Sunday. She has worked hard this year and is very excited and a little nervous for the first competition of the year. This coming weekend we're off to the rocking town of Albemarle, NC for Friday and Saturday. Solos are on Friday night. The group costumes are really cute this year.

Here are a few pictures of dress rehersal with some of Madi's friends.

New Dance Instructor

So while I was rushing to Raleigh with Tori and Jimmy, Cliff was taking Madi to her first session with Mr Paul from Triangle Academy of Dance.

He was wonderful!!!!

I was hoping to find an outlet to try to inspire her and kick-start her desire to become a great tap dancer once again. I think we have accomplished that. He has added a split to the end of her dance and improved her exit from stage with a very advanced step. I'm not sure we will get it worked in completely before the first competition in two weeks, but I am hopeful for the second one in April. We have another session scheduled for Monday night at 8:15pm.

We'll see how it progresses.

Couldn't Resist

This picture sums up how the original Queen of Hearts Gala was. I just got a copy of this from Abby. I couldn't resist!!

Another Black Tie Affair

This past Saturday Tori and Jimmy attended the Carolina Nights Gala at the Renaissance hotel at North Hills. What a beautiful event. Tori went and represented Chatham County for the ARC. They couldn't stop talking about how "upscale" the event was. Tori, Jimmy, Taylor and Garrett are becoming fast friends. It was a late night and we finally got Jimmy home around 1:30am so the two of them could get up and volunteer for church. It was a very early morning.

Getting Ready for the Annual ARC Gala

Let the good times roll!! Another week filled with drama about the annual ARC Gala this coming Saturday night. Jimmy isn't "allowed" to take Tori?? So the quest for the perfect date continues while booking hair, nail and eye brow appointments.

Madi is working hard on her first competition coming up the end of this month and starts lessons with her new choreographer this Saturday. She is very excited as he danced with some highly accredited dance companies in New York. She says, "You know New York is the dance capital of America!!"

ARC Gala

Aren't they adorable???

Queen of Hearts Gala 2010

It's official, Tori is the Queen of Hearts for 2010 for Chatham county. She couldn't have been any more excited.

It was a wonderful night! The girls raised over 45,000 dollars this year versus 29,000 last year. This was accomplished in four weeks!! Tori was also awarded a scholarship for her participation. Her first required engagement is this next weekend. There is the annual ARC Gala downtown where Jimmy will be her date.

Once the Gala was over, where else would the family go all dressed up but to Dunkin Doughnuts/Baskin Robins. The employees were thoroughly entertained by our family.

ARC Queen of Hearts Chatham Co. 2010

So much to do, so little time....

So I took Madi to her first concert the end of February!! We went to Charolette, just her and I, to see the Black Eye Peas. We couldn't have had seats any further away from the stage than if they were in the parking lot. It worked out though, Madi handled the noise level just fine and we partied like a rock star!!

We stayed at Aloft in downtown. What a great contemporary hotel!!

The ARC Queen of Hearts Campaign is over!!!! We celebrate and see who won at the Gala on Friday night. Can't wait!!