Where’s Mr Papa? Plus Another Victory
May 30, 2008
Wow, been a while since my last post – my apologies. It’s been a busy time. And a fun time. I will try to bring yall up to date on what’s been going on.
First, last night was another victory for Sean’s baseball team. They won a close game by a score of 7 – 5 that went the distance. That gives them a record of 12 – 1 on the season. Its been a very good season for them, losing only their first game.
As usual, it was another road game. To be honest, I am anxious for the season to come to an end. These late night, long distance, road games are getting quite tiring. For example, I went to work at 6:30 yesterday morning and went straight to the game after work. We didn’t get home until almost 10:30 at night. That makes for a very long day. Tonight will be even worse with the game even later and further away in Willcox.
There are 4 regular season games left to go. Then we start the All Stars. Its like the Little League World Series were you compete at local level, qualifying for regional competition and then moving on to State and National levels if you keep winning. Since we have beaten all the local and regional teams, except for that first game whom we have not played again, the kids have a chance to go a ways in the tournament.
School ended this week for the kids. They are happy to be out of school and beginning the Summer. We still come up with assignments for them during the Summer, but they do get more video game time. This Summer, we are instituting a “the more you workout, the more you play policy”. They will get limited video game time unless they workout in our garage gym. They also will get extra chances to earn some money with chores/projects so they can have more money for souvenirs on the upcoming cruise.
I have been busy developing a new website for our church. We decided to put one up so folks looking for a church in the region could easily find one on the net. Of course, I volunteered to host it and do the leg work. So, I spent most of the 4 day Memorial Day Weekend getting the site ready for launch. The site is up and running, but needs some more content which I am working to get. Please check out the Our Lady of the Angels Church website and provide any feedback you might have.
We also celebrated our 15th Wedding Anniversary this past week. It was pretty low key with the Savannah’s dancing and Sean’s baseball. Sunday is Suzanne’s Birthday, so we will probably go into town this weekend and do something with the family to celebrate the two events. Suzanne really wants to see the new Indiana Jones movie, so maybe will get dinner and take in the movie. I much prefer movies at home than theaters, but I can deal with once a year.
Showstopper Scores
February 25, 2008
The scores and results are now posted on the Showstopper Website. Here are the scores and some past scores for comparative purpose.
Savannah’s Solo’s both got 79.5. Last year she got 79.0 at Regionals and 80.3 at Nationals.
Sean’s solo got a 79.6. The closest thing with which to compare that result would be his duet from last year with an 80.3 at Regionals and 81.0 at Nationals. A 79.6 for a first ever solo was very respectable as it was the highest solo score from our dance studio in the 9-11 age group.
Suzanne’s solo got an 83.9. We are not sure what she scored last year at Regionals, but she got an 84.6 at Nationals. She plans to perhaps add a bit more dance to the routine for Nationals in hopes of bringing her score up to a Platinum.
The age group winning Norteno scored a 107.8, and last year their folklorico dances got 108 at Regionals and 108.9. However the group from last year was much older, to the 107.8 with 1/2 of the group being under age 9 was a very respectable score.
Savannah’s lyrical class dance received an 107.2, and last year that group got 106.6 at Regionals and 107.3 at Nationals. I suspect that this group will do even better at Nationals as they continue to improve their dance technique.
This year the same class did a Jazz dance with a score of 107.0. They also joined the older girls tap class for a large group tap number. That dance went into the competitive category. Since their were so many more dancers in the competitive category and the online results only show the top ten places and ties, we don’t have the scores for this years tap routine. Last year’s tap recieved 107.2 at Regionals and 107.6 at Nationals.
Suzanne’s Folklorico class received 111.2 for their Tololoche dance. Last year at Nationals the Folklorico class earned a score of 111.4.
Finally Savannah’s Polynesian class received an 108.2. Last year at regionals the group received 107.2 and 108.3 at Nationals.
All of these scores were good enough to earn Gold Awards for the kids in all of their groups and solos. They will have to continue to improve if they want to continue to earn Golds or strive for Platinum. As the age groups increase, so does the required score to earn a the award levels.
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