Janae’s Dance competition weekend
It’s a Thursday night at 4 pm and I'm working hard on perfecting and cleaning all of my dances so they look good on stage. Thursday nights are one of the most stressful nights for a dancer that’s getting ready to go compete, especially out of the country where I'll be competing against studios that I know of and studios that I've never heard of. This night gives me a lot of pain mentally and physically. Lots of tears and getting frustrated with myself for not looking perfect just in class. This first day you hear a lot of arguing, raising of the voice or even not talking at all and just being all in your head. Looking at the clock trying to stay awake while my whole body is ready to collapse on the last hour out of 7. 10pm finally rolls around and we say our team chant before we all either head home or drive up to the competition early. It's different for all dancers but for me when I get home and it's about to be a big dance weekend I can't eat or sleep so I...