Spring Showcase - March 2014

The Spring Showcase took place in Foster City, CA, on March 30, 2014. It's an all-day event with students throughout the region participating in two types of heats - one set in which you get critiques from the judges and one set in which you compete and get rankings within your heat. It's a not a full multi-day competition in which you get overall rankings, but the rankings within the heats indicate whether you'd progress if there were overall rankings.
IMG 1989 Feeling elegant and ready for my smooth heats - Waltz, Tango, and Foxtrot. IMG 2024 Waltz IMG 2007 Feeling sassy and ready for my rhythm heats - East Coast Swing, Cha Cha, Rumba, and Samba. IMG 2022 Rumba
IMG 2023 Cha Cha IMG 2021 Samba IMG 2086 My secondary instructor, Zach: He competes professionally when he's not at the studio, so he kicks my butt in technique work. IMG 2047 My primary instructor, Nate (on the left): He is also my partner for performance and competition.
IMG 2170 Samba IMG 2166 Samba IMG 2167 Samba IMG 2173 Samba
IMG 1990 Waltz IMG 2470 Rumba IMG 2008 East Coast Swing - Unfortunately, out of 3 swing heats, this was our worst. We were having fun, but definitely not "in the zone" for this one. But, since I didn't have a video of either of the other two, I figured it was better to post something than nothing. IMG 0245 Tango
IMG 2181 Samba