My first day on the dance team
The Tryouts:
This dance team is for a soccer team, both teams are new and tryouts for the dance team weren’t really publicized as much as they should have. They had two house auditions and also they gave you the option to send in a video which would then be judged by the teams management, I sent in the video that my color guard choreographer helped me with. Honestly it was the worst video ever made. I did so many takes which made my back hurt and at the end it looked so bad. I sent in the video on a Thursday and for the whole weekend I waited and waited the whole weekend by Saturday I knew I wouldn’t make it I was okay with it but I was bummed out. My friend that was already on the team told me don’t worry about it wait until Monday that’s when we have practice. Monday came around, It was 4 and I still didn’t get anything. My mom’s friend was taking care of us, she took us to a pizza place to eat, my mom’s friend is also my best friends mom; we were eating having a conversation about life when I checked my phone and I got the text of a life time. It said that they were proud to say that I was a member of the 2016 dance team along with that it said that I had practice that day at 6! I was so nervous I wasn’t prepared! All types of anxiety ran through me!
My First Day:
Like I said I had turned into walking talking living ANXIETY! I texted my mom that she needed to pick me up asap! She was confused at first until I explained why then she got happy. When she picked me up we went to get my workout clothes and running shoes. The drive there felt too short I didn’t want to get off. The weird thing was the gym where practices are held is a 21 min drive from my house and it felt like 5 minutes. Finally after almost crying from the amount of anxiety I had I got off, the first hour of practice is when we work out with a trainer, she isn’t part of the team she just works for the gym that sponsors the dance team, she had no idea who I was luckily one of the captains, Amber, passed by when I passed by them. She knew who I was, my guess she was part of the decision making team. She told the trainer I was new and she out me straight to working out. Let me tell you I absolutely died! I HADN’T WORKED OUT SINCE MAYBE 3 MONTHS BEFORE THAT. After my friend was happy to see me we walked into the dance room and the director came up to me and shook my hand. She told me were just getting ready for a game right now just sit down and try to get acquainted with things, my friend couldn’t go to that weeks game so she was on the side with me teaching me some of the dances. Then she would take a break to explain what they were doing and stuff like that. There were two other girl on the side with us but those two weren’t doing anything. The main captain, Gigi, got annoyed and moved all of us literally the first day and she got mad at me. I was scared but you know I got over it. By the end of it I felt better I still felt like an outsider I don’t think that feeling ever went away maybe on the last two games.
There was plenty of times where I wanted to quit but luckily I didn’t. It ended up being one of the best experiences of my life and also the worst. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into, all I knew was that on the soccer team there was attractive European pro soccer player. Let me tell you I met probably the love of my life just kidding the story with the soccer player was probably one of the most embarrassing thing to happen to me there are so many stories with that boy that he probably doesn’t even know of. IT’S ACTUALLY HILARIOUS !
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-M-