In the 5th grade, I won an impromptu dance contest for an anti-drug campaign that came to my school. They corralled a bunch of classes into the cafeteria, put on some music and said they'd give a prize to the best guy and girl dancer. I won a t-shirt and some buttons.
When I was in the 6th grade, I was voted "Most Likely To Become a Solid Gold Dancer."
My friends and I watched "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (the movie, not the Cyndi Lauper video) and begged our moms to enroll us in dance class. I tried ballet and jazz for a season, but wasn't a big fan.
I've taken some hip-hop classes at my gym and can hold my own. I joke that in my next life, I'll be a back-up dancer.
Naturally, I'm a big fan of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance. I got into it during the second season. Lucky for me my co-worker (CW) is also a big fan. And even luckier for me is that her sister works for FOX and was able to get us into last night's taping for this week's So You Think You Can Dance!
My CW's sis told the folks at the show that I was pregnant, so they originally had seats guaranteed for us. But then apparently some celeb wanted to attend the taping so our guaranteed seats were no longer guaranteed. Not a big deal. When we arrived and asked for a specific contact, as instructed, she came to great us at the VIP Gate. She was excited to chat with me about being pregnant, seeing as she had an 11-month-old son herself. She gave us some swanky badges and said that although she couldn't get us seats, we'd be welcome to rest in the Green Room when I got tired. Sweet!
They made us leave cell phones and cameras at the door, so sadly I have no pics to share. Take my word for it, though, when I say that the Green Room was pretty cool - a lot of tables with gorgeous floral centerpieces, a barista making blended drinks and coffees, a buffet table, flat screen TVs to watch the taping if you were hanging there instead of in the studio, etc.
After chilling in there for about a half hour, we were escorted into the studio. The stage, and set overall actually, is MUCH smaller in person than it appears on TV. We were asked to wait in another area while they ushered in "the masses" (aka peeps who didn't have the cool VIP badges like us). After everyone was seemingly settled, they brought my CW and I to a little mosh pit area to the right of the stage (if you're looking at the stage from the audience's point of view). We were only standing there for a minute and a half before our lovely point of contact came over and said, "Oooh, we got some seats for you gals!" She led us to the risers where there were seats for me to rest my pregnant feet. It was also a much better vantage point of the stage.
My CW leaned over and said, "Thank you for being pregnant!" Heh. I've said it before and I'll say it again - pregnancy has its priviledges.
We were seated behind Joshua and Chelsie's families, so if they show them holding up signs during tomorrow's episode, look for me behind them.
We also had a pretty good view of the choreographers' section. Most of my favorites were there as they had choreographed routines this week, which just made me gleeful.
My CW and I were most excited to see Will, Twitch and Joshua. Love those boys! I'm also a big fan of Courtney and Chelsie.
I won't reveal any spoilers, but I have to say that this was probably the best episode of the season. There's a really different but surprisingly relevant guest judge this week. There was probably only one performance that I wasn't a huge fan of. And I'm not just saying that because I was there to experience it live. Even the judges noted that it was a really good night.
If you're a fan, be sure not to miss this episode.
Michael: Stripper? Could I ask you a question? About women? Um … should I tell my girlfriend that you danced up on me?
Elizabeth: Secret secrets are no fun. Secret secrets hurt someone.
Michael: Wow. Thank you.
- The Office
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