Dance Part Dos

Dance Weekend Again!

We were in Lancaster for Dance Educators of America.

This past weekend, we were in Pittsburgh.

View from the 14th Floor of the Station Square Sheraton.

It was a great weekend, except for the hubbub surround this person, who shall remain unnamed:

If you know who she is, you'll understand. If you don't, just be glad. She may be a perfectly nice person for all I know; I don't watch her show, but selling your studio's t-shirt and autographs of you and your dancers was a little . . . gratuitously obnoxious. If that isn't an accurate description, well, it should be! Manuevering around the lines and crowds surrounding her, and her entourage, and her moms, and her dancers was a small pain. But on to MY dancer! 'Cause I'm sure that's what you want to know about in your interweb browsing adventures!! Is that enough exclamation points for you?!!!?! No? Tough shit!!!!!

Sorry, got carried away by the drama. Let's put her on the Gateway Clipper and send her awayyyyy.

Drama aside (or intended, I suppose, but good sense won out), I did want to get t-shirts made that said "Not that kind of Dance Mom", but I did not want to incite any violence in the elevators. There is already enough violence, oddly, on these elevators; moving hordes of dancers, costumes, props, random dogs, and parents up and down 15 floors is too much for 4 elevators to handle.

On to the real show.

Picture I Got:

Rock on, Mom.

Picture I Wanted:

Aww, cute!

Picture I Got:

Ethan, please smile so it looks like you were thrilled

to spend your Saturday at a dance competition.

Picture I Wanted:

Yes, I, Ethan, am thrilled to be here! Teenage girls rolling on the floor to

anguishing music is AWESOME in my twelve-year-old book! **

Yes, she is standing on a bench in order to tower over Ethan.

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Meghan and her daddy. He's not so sure about this dance thing as his baby gets older,

but he did enjoy her dances. His eyebrows went up and down a lot,

and a few times he looked at me during other studios' particular numbers

and said, "Inappropriate. Absolutely not."

Agreed, Daddy. Agreed.

Obligatory Ribbon Shot with Overly Adorably Obnoxious Child.

Grammy takes a picture of MeggyPeg.

As soon as I took this, I remarked on her pose

and got an eyeroll and a "Muuuuhther". Sigh.

Awesome shot of a Real Dance Mom and her kid who loves to dance.

**Yes, I am aware that his opinion about watching girls will most likely change in the next few years...