Millcreek Flame's

A couple of months ago we found a place in Erie for Liv to continue her "Hip Hop" dancing and yesterday was her first Hip Hop competition. We signed her up for the "local" team instead of the "traveling" team and we assumed that, like her dance in Utah, they would have a year end recital where they performed for their parents. We were wrong. We got the January schedule and in addition to the hour practices every Sunday; there is "local" competitions and rehearsals at least once a week and sometimes twice a week. The first competition was in New York about 45 miles away.

When we woke up on Sunday morning there was about a foot of snow on the ground. The roads were slick and the visibility was low, but we made it there in just over an hour. Liv and her team performed brilliantly as you can see in the pictures below.

There were about 45 different cheer and dance routines that were performed, so we had to sit through 3 hours on uncomfortable bleachers in a HOT gymnasium, but when our little girl got up on the stage and performed; it made it all worth it. Watching her for those 3 minutes and seeing the smile on her face, was priceless! Our camera ran out of memory, so we did not get the whole thing on video, but we have two more chances this week because she has a competition on Saturday and Sunday.

When we finally got out of there, it had snowed another six inches. There were cars in ditches that had slid off the road and there was one point during the "white-out" that we both thought we would become part of a pile-up, but luckily the rent-a-car got through the ordeal unscathed. As you can see from the picture, through all the oh-shits coming from the front seat; the beautiful dancer slept in peace.