07/17/2026
✨ Junior/Senior Competition Team Intensive – Day 4 ✨
That's a wrap on Intensive Week! ❤️💜
What an incredible week of growth, hard work, laughter, and team building. We couldn't be more proud of this amazing group of dancers!
Here's how we wrapped up the week:
🩰 Strength, Conditioning & Flexibility
We started our evening with strengthening and flexibility exercises, placing a special focus on building core strength. We then worked across the floor on turns and jumps, applying everything we've learned this week about using our feet, arms, and body placement to create stronger, more controlled movement.
✨ Choreography & Technique
The dancers reviewed their lyrical, contemporary, and jazz choreography while adding on new counts. They also explored new floor work, practiced acro skills, and continued challenging themselves to step outside their comfort zones. Watching their confidence grow each day has been incredible!
🤝 Dinner & Team Bonding
We took a break for an early dinner, celebrated a birthday, and enjoyed time together as a team. Some of the best memories are made during these moments of connection.
🧠 Mindfulness & Reflection
We slowed things down with mindfulness and journaling, reflecting on our goals for this intensive, our goals for the upcoming competition season, and one important question:
Why are you here?
We also revisited the combinations Miss Lydia taught and spent time writing down the intentions we want to carry with us throughout the season.
🎉 Goodie Boxes & Routine Eligibility
To end the night, each dancer received a goodie box filled with a few treats, this season's competition lipstick, and their routine eligibility list. The smiles on their faces said it all! 🫶🏻
As coaches, we are incredibly proud of these dancers. This week they embraced new challenges, encouraged one another, stepped up to perform, stayed positive, and continually pushed themselves to grow. Those qualities will take them much farther than dance skills alone.
The foundation has been laid, friendships have grown stronger, and we cannot wait to see what this competition season has in store for this incredible team.
Routine eligibility lists will be uploaded to your Parent Portal by the end of tonight. Once all lists have been posted, we'll make a separate BAND announcement so you can review your dancer's routines and decide whether to keep or drop each one. Please submit any changes by Saturday morning.
❤️💜 Now... bring on Choreography Week! 🔥
