Dance Competitions Are Hard to Practice For (Groan!)

Helloooo! I am so excited for April and May. Can you guess why? Here, I'll give you a hint: competitive dancing! Yep, you guessed it - my competitions are in April and May.

This year my dance studio is doing 4 competitions! I do not know the names of the competitions, but I am just as excited. Absolute Dance usually competes in 3 competitions but, this year they had a vote and the majority of the kids said they wanted to do 4. I voted to do 4, my friends did too, but... my friends and I kind of forgot that we are not in the Novice (easy) competition any more!😟😧😟

Just in case you don't know the levels of dance competitions, they are -

LEVELS AND NAMES

Novice= Easy

Junior= Normal

Intermediate= Hard

Advanced= Really hard!!

The thing is, the level names keep changing for each competition! These were the levels from the last competition, but I have a feeling they will change.🚫🙅 

I think that it is about time I tell you about all my dances.

I have 6 dances to perform, including a solo! 2 tap, 1 hip hop, 1 ballet, 1 jazz and 1 musical theatre. I know most of the names of my dances but the ones that I do not I will just say what they are about.

Tap Solo= Think

Tap= Happy Feet themed 

Hip Hop= Paw Patrol themed

Ballet= Synchronized Swimming themed

Jazz= Who Let The Frogs Out

Musical Theatre= Kung Fu Panda themed

I am so excited for my competitions and my team and I are doing the daily grind of practicing the choreography  . I can't wait to see how it goes, I'll tell you all about it in the spring and see you next week!        

Winter Carnival

This blog post is going to be about the Winter Carnival.  This is an event that takes place at my before and after school care every year, either in January or Febuary. This is a fundraiser for the 9-12's Club. My out of school care is for kids from Grades K-6. The kids from Grades K-3 are called The Chinchillas, and those of us in Grades 4-6 are part of the 9-12s Club. That is because the kids who are in Grades 4-6 are between the ages of 9 and 12! 

This year the Winter Carnival is on January 26th. As the name suggests, the games need to be winter themed, such as snowflakes, snowmen and penguins. The carnival is put on by the 9-12s for The Chinchillas.

This is the way the event works...the younger children bring dimes and play games. Each game costs 1 dime and they can play as many times as they want but only if they go to the back of the line. When they get back to the front of the line and it's their turn, they need to pay 1 dime again to play. A person can also go to other games and then come back. Each time they play, they get tickets (maximum of 8 tickets per game).  At the end of the carnival, The Chinchillas can redeem the tickets for prizes.

Each person in the 9-12s Club does not have to come up with a game but he or she is encouraged to do so. This is because if they do not make up a game, they cannot have a say in what the collected money is used for. I know...it seems harsh...but fair!

I haven't completely decided yet what my is going to be but it will involve a penguin, fish, buckets and throwing!

I am so incredibly excited about the Winter Carnival. I remember when I was a Chinchilla and played at the Winter Carnival. It was so much fun; my favorite part was the bouncy castle! (gaaaaaaaaassssssssp) I didn't tell you about the bouncy castle! The leader for the 9-12s Club orders a bouncy castle but sets it up himself. I also loved playing the games. The game that I was best at was finding the snowflake hidden under cups. Over the years when I was a Chinchilla, I used my tickets to get yo-yos, candies and a whoopee cushion!

I really hope The Chinchillas like my game!

If you have any suggestions for a game for next year, please, please please tell me in the comments.

BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

The Minecraft Youtuber...Stampy Cat!!!

Sssssss boom!!! That is the sound that a creeper makes in Minecraft. You might guessed what this blog is going to be about. MINECRAFT!!!!!!

I talked a little bit of what Minecraft is in my last blog. Today I am going to talk about a Youtuber named Stampy Cat. Stampy also plays Minecraft.

Stampy is a master builder! He makes a lot of shops and games. To make people like his videos he makes a lot of baaaaaad puns to make us laugh. (I said baaaaa like a sheep from Minecraft) Some people who are really big fans send him pictures of him that they drew and he adds them to his love garden. His love garden is where he gives somebody a shoutout and puts their name on a sign.

 
He also has a lot of Minecraft helpers to help him build mini games. I will get to the mini games soon. The helpers names are L for LEEEEE, Amy Lee 33, iballisticsquid, Polly Reindeer, William Beaver, Fizzy Elephant and much more. The helpers are very smart and funny. Once Fizzy was throwing cookies to find Hit the Target and Veverdash who were invisible! Hit the Target and Veverdash will come up very soon.

Now the mini games. Stampy and his helpers build and play a lot! My favorite mini game is the Raindrops ride. You get into a boat and you ride up a big pillar and when you reach the top you ride from one cloud to another like a little raindrop. When you go off the last cloud you go down a rainbow and land in a pot of gold. This is what I look like in Minecraft.

On to Hit the Target. Hit the Target is a evil player and wants to STEAL Stampy's dogs. Veverdash pretended to be Stampy's friend but she was actually helping Hit the Target! Once Hit the Target and Veverdash built a robot to act like Polly but the rules that they programed did not make sense!

RULES

1 Act like Polly

2 Be evil 

3 Protect masters

The rules do not make sense because they wrote act like Polly and be evil but Polly wouldn't ever be evil!😟😟
Hit the Target and Veverdash=😡😡😣😣
One thing that always stays the same with Hit the Target and Veverdash is that they will NEVER win.😺😺😺

Every chance that I get I try to get into Stampy's Love Garden! He tells us to think of something original, but I can't think of anything!

If you have any suggestions please please tell me in the comments!

Santa Came!!!!! Santa Came!!!!!!!!

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HELLO!!!!!! You can probably guess what this blog post is going to be about. (hint: it's about Christmas)
I am going to be telling you what presents I received because I got a lot of cool stuff! First I'm going to tell you what I got in my stocking.🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

                WHAT'S IN MY STOCKING????????? 

(I only got two things) 

1. I got a Minecraft game play on the PC 

2. I got sugar cookie mix inside of a jar decorated as a snowman

Just in case you don't know what Minecraft is, it is a game where you mine for gold, diamonds, coal, redstone, lapis and more, with which you craft items. Hence the name Minecraft. 😄😄😄 There are two ways to play Minecraft! You can play it in Creative mode where you cannot die and you can search for itams. You can also play Survival mode where you can die and have Monsters or Moobs chasing you. moobs is another name for Monsters.

Minecraft on the PC is really easy to play, to move forward all you need to do is press W, if you want to move backward just press S. See, even a kid can play it (and she does 🤣🤣🤣🤣).

I am going to tell you more about Minecraft in a future post!!! I will also talk about my Minecraft hero Stampylongnose  😺😺😺.

Now I think it's time that I tell you about the present that Santa got me!! I only got one present but I think it is awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY PRESENT FROM SANTA🎁

A SKATEBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so happy when I saw the skateboard. I literally slammed my head on the floor (not really slam) and then I picked up the skateboard and I said "YAY".
My skateboard has different coloured wheels! Red, Blue, Yellow and green. The actual board is Black, my favorite colour. My skateboard is a shortboard, it also has a kicktail. A kicktail has a few purposes, one is that if you put your weight on it, it will stop. Another purpose is you can use it to do tricks. You can do tricks by leaning a little bit back on the kicktail and keep going!! Pretty cool, right?

In the summer I am planing to start riding my skateboard! My sister has ridden one before so I am thinking she can help me. I am planing to go to the park and just ride in the basketball court. I am really excited to ride my skateboard!!!!! I wonder if any of my friends have skateboards. If they do maybe we can ride together!👧👧   

I really wanted a Nintendo Switch, but I did not get it probably because it was too hard for Santa's elves to make.😓 

I hope you had a jolly Christmas too!!! If you don't celebrate Christmas then I hope you had a really relaxing winter break!

                   Tell me in the comments your favorite Christmas gift!!!!!! (HARD ONE, ISN'T IT)

BYE!!!! HAVE GREAT 2018!!!!!

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Santa Claus is Coming To Town

I LOVE Christmas! Some of the things that I like about Christmas is being able to sleep in (I'm sure a lot of people can agree). I also like waking up on Christmas morning and seeing all of the presents. I know that Christmas is not about the presents, I just get really excited!😆😆😆 Christmas is all about spending time with your family and friends.

One more thing that I like about Christmas is the magic of SANTA CLAUS!!!!
Santa is awesome!!  One Christmas Eve I could swear that I heard Santa's sleigh bells.🔔🔔🔔



I love Christmas carols. My favorite one is Six White Boomers. Which Christmas carol is your favorite? Tell me in the comments, if you do not celebrate Christmas tell me your favorite part of the winter break.

My family is really in the Christmas spirit. We put up lights, decorations and we also put up two Christmas trees! One is downstairs in out dining room and one upstairs in our bonus room. Both of them have a lot of ornaments. We even put tiny presents on our reading area plate!

  Hope you have a merry Christmas and if you do not celebrate Christmas have a safe and warm winter break! BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am In Grade 4 and Now Grade 2!!

WHAT!! How can you be in grade 4 and 2? Let me tell you how.

I am in grade 4 at school and I also had my ballet grade 2 exam on December 6th. The exam was very exciting, but nerve racking at the same time. We had to perform exercises to get marks. We had to get a 50 or higher to pass. I don't know if I passed yet, but I will know in February and that is making me nervous. (WHAT IF I DIDN'T PASS!) I do think that I did pass because I did really well on all of the exercises.💃

We also had to do two dances. The names of the Dances were Dance A and Dance C. Dance A was about a person who had never seen snow before. (bet they don't live in Calgary 😆😆😆) Dance C is about a person who wants to plant a garden.

We had coloured bows in our hair and a number on our bodysuits. I was number 1 and I had a pink bow in my hair. The examiner's name was Mrs. Lackner. Our piano accompanist was Ms. Carla. Something funny that happened was that Ms. Carla's music binder fell off the piano while my friend was dancing!!!!😆

I can't wait to.......start grade 2 ballet. Classes start tomorrow! Most of my friends took the exam and are starting grade 2 with me. I won't see my other friends in class but we will meet in other classes. I am really looking forward to seeing the results of my exam. I hope I did well!


 P.S There's only 2 weeks and one day until Christmas! Today the chocolate in my advent calendar was a tiny Santa which was inside the belly of a snowman picture. BYE!!!!!!!!   

Herald The Seahorse

Last Week my dance studio put on a show. The show was The Little Mermaid. I was Herald the Seahorse. Herald is King Triton's helper. My costume was vary cute. It had a Seahorse head and a really bright neon dress. I was in scenes 2,9,13,18 and 19 the names of the scenes were:

2-Daughters of Triton

9-Under The Sea

13-On Land

18-Ariel Left Behind 

19-Interrupted Wedding 

I was in my Herald coutume for scenes 2,18 and 19.🐚 Under The Sea was the most tiring scene because we had to sing as well as dance. In scene 19 I had to pretend that King Triton was hurt, it was very hard because I could see him right there and he was okay. I am going to tell you what different animals I was during the show.

The animals I played in the different scenes 

2-Seahorse

9-Fish

13-Seagull 

18-Seahorse

19-Seahorse

I was the only one in a Seahorse costume because I was a character. My sister was also in the show. She was part of the singing group.

 My dad came to watch. He was right in the front row. During the show I could not see him.👀 My mom was backstage, helping the grades 1-3s and the 4-6 year olds. There were 2 shows, one from 2;00pm to 3:15pm and the second  from 4:00pm to 5:15pm. Both shows were an hour and 15 minutes long.

That is all I have to say for today! Hope you enjoyed the blog and tell me in the comments which song from The Little Mermaid is your favorite. Bye!!!!!!!

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