Cheer Dancing Competition

This is open to all grade levels at my youngest daughter’s school. It is supposedly a fantastic experience for her but she refused to join the audition. I just let her do her thing until a co-parents daughter convinced her and another classmate to try at the last minute screening. There were so many pupils at the audition area hoping that they could be chosen as one of the cheer dancers. We waited for awhile until the jurors have announced the hopeful participants. The announcement of lucky contenders called one after the other, it is almost done but my daughter has not called yet. I trust my childs’ capacity but I am starting to loose hope when her name was called to be one of them. She was very happy and excited. They immediately had their practice the following day because the competition is very soon. Their choreographer required them to stay after class to practice since they have barely two weeks to master their piece. And no need for more elaboration, we the stage mothers are around patiently waiting for their dismissal.

The most awaited day has come…we left very early to avoid the rush. Everybody is in their cheerful mood in spite of the fact that there are participants who were not ready physically. When everything was in order, everybody marched to the competition venue. It so, so muddy but nobody should complain…the show must go on. All of the participants and even the parents were so excited and assumed of winning because they were the crowds’ favorite. But the excitement has gone when the principal has announced that the group was disqualified for not registering on time. They exerted all efforts and resources to let them be a part of the competition but not even the mayor can deviate from the rules and regulation of the organizer. The only consolation they offered is to perform as guest performer. They were applauded by the crowd and even concluded that they are the unanimous winner. We thought then that other participating schools were intimidated because we are the sure winners. At least we learned from our experience and the same should be duplicated in the future..