Daytona 2012 (why we do it)

So, you may ask us where do we learn the dances. The answer is that Becky choreographs our original dances but a lot of inspiration comes fom workshops.Did you know that there are clogging workshops?

Well, there are lots of them but the biggest one near us is in Daytona each summer.

Daytona 2012 was in August and we spent the whole summer (literally) getting ready.

This year of dance music was 3 Elvis songs streamed together into a 5 minute mix. The Elvis theme was evident in our Elvis inspired outfits but I'll save that for another post

Here is our group at our final rehearsal before we went up (in full dress)

Oh... We had it going on, didn't we?

Basically, the weekend is a two day event. A Friday arrival to the Daytona Hilton is check-in, dinner, and a dance party) and Saturday is a day full of clogging classes followed by one fantastic evening of performances.

Our group wears matching outfits the WHOLE weekend... Power in numbers, I suppose. But I must admit we look awesome when we arrive.

Our Friday starts out with a group shot. Gotta get it....

I mean, is this a fantastic bunch of kids, or what?

(Had to get the stairs involved for two....)

Plus, what walk to a nearby restaurant is complete without passing a landscaped area and attempting another group shot. At least we tried....

That BIG bush in the front was really thorny. As cute as it is, it isn't our best group shot... At least olivia3 (front and left) we having a ball. This rest of us were dodging prickly thorns.

Dinner was at The Hog Heaven. A BBQ restaurant across the street. (this is Olivia3's mother. Leighann. The two clearly share the CUTENESS genes.

We basically took over the place. Each booth is us too, plus the tables behind me.

These shots are just half of our tables that evening.

Four families were in these two booths alone. We love each other, ;)

Our instructor, Becky, with Olivia1 and Kelly.

Kelly used to clog with us, we are actively working on her return.

I have no idea why the $$$ was flowing that night, but I'm happy to the the girls excited about it.(Lindsay and Olivia3)

At least they are $20's.

Holly















A table shot from the other side of the room.

We celebrated a few birthdays while we were there. (Olivia3, Carmen, and Bri)

Finally, a picture of Lora alone.

Jessica, olivia2, olivia3, and Meredith leaving for the short walk back

This is the Friday night dance party. Just a 3 hour dance class, really.

The are hundreds of photos of this weekend but I'm trying to tell the story in a few short posts.

I'm hoping I do a good job.

Until next time....

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