Hippy Hippy Shake

I could'nt help but be excited when Kassie's dance teacher informed me that her first solo was going to be to Hippy Hippy Shake. After all, I love, love the movie COCKTAIL with Tom Cruise. I had always liked the song. Kassie started learning her solo right after we got back from New York in the summer. She was cleaning it, and was not sure when she wanted to compete it. She had only competed in group numbers so far. I went ahead and designed a costume for her and took the drawing up to Marge so that she can create it. Man I wish I had learned to sew without a pattern. But then again, Marge is so awesome, she makes costumes exactly like you ask. I have to admit that I did the rhinestoning on my own. It would have cost a fortune, I used about 15 gross of Swarovski's, I know that is CRAZY. She finally felt comfortable enough to do it, and by gosh, I think she did a great job. I was probably more nervous than she was when she went on stage. I knew the dance by heart, as I helped her practice every chance we got. I think I might have been dancing it with her in the stands. She just barely made her back hand spring, but heck, she got through it. She was so excited when she was called up for her award and she was given a Platinum, then, she was called up again with a 9th place finish. There were 68 other dancers in her division. What can I say, we were proud. Pretty good for having been her first time competing that solo. Her dad promised to build her a trophy case so that she can display all her trophies in. On a funny note, Kassie as hispanic as she is, is soooo pale white. So, I went to Nordstrom and bought the Estee' Lauder self tanner and applied it on her the night before. She was so mad the next morning when there were streaks on her legs, it's not my fault that I have never applied this on someone else before. Lesson learned. What really made her mad, was that horrible smell of rust that comes with having self tanner. Oops...I guess she will never let me do that to her again. But then again, I could do it while she is sleeping. LOL

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