Another amazing day of competing!

So I realized I never explained how the scoring and awards work here at Nationals.  Well let me explain.  Each number in the competition gets an individual score.  And that score translates into a Bronze, High Bronze, Silver, High Silver, Gold or a Platinum.  Then based on your score, they give a First, Second & Third Place for each category.  Categories are based on the number of people in the routine (solo; duo/trio; small group numbers; large group numbers), the type of dance routine it is (lyrical; ballet; jazz; tap; musical theater, acrobatics, contemporary, hip hop, pointe) and then the age(s) of the dancer(s) in the routine (and ages are divided into 6 divisions).  So Zoe competed in Solo Lyrical Division 2.  And Zoe and Jackie competed in Duo/Trio Lyrical Division 5 (and it was Division 5 cuz Jackie is 18 yrs old so they were in a higher division then Zoe was for her solo).  So anyways, on to the news for today.  Zoe and Jackie got a Platinum individual score (only 3 given in their category) and 3rd place overall in their category!!  We were thrilled!  For Zoe's first time to Nationals this has been amazing.  So once again, some moments from our day in addition to a few cool shots that were taken from the professional competition photographer during their duet performance.

Ready to go in my fully stoned costume.
(that's dance lingo for glued crystals on a
costume which took me many hours to do!)

Girls get Platinum!!

Time to celebrate with a rootbeer!

Zoe's substitute dad for the week
(aka: Don who is Jackie's father)

Shely joined us for lunch to celebrate

Let them eat cake!  And ice cream, and tiramisu, and.........

Now it's time to watch the video of the performance and get
the teacher's critique.  Always more to learn and to do better!

Performance pictures. 
Number was called: Angel Standing By

Beautiful shot and perfectly synchronized!

The routine was gorgeous! 

Running leap.  Nice height girls!!