Dance Showcase Regionals 2012

Today was the last day of an all weekend dance competition that Taylor danced in. She did a wonderful job! This was a Regional competition to qualify for Nationals in Dallas. All 5 of Taylors dances qualified with flying colors.

All five of her dances won 1st Place in their categories, while 3 of the 5 took 1st place in the overalls. One of these dances that didnt win first got second and was beat out by another one of her other dances that took first in that overall. So we arent complaining. :)





Taylors 5 dances that all qualified are Rock Star Baby (hip hop), Codfish Ball (tap), Broadway Ballet (ballet of course), King of New York (character), and Lost in the 50's (Production number).

Here is the video from the competition before Regionals that was today. It scored 1st place overall at that competition as well, getting a Platinum ranking from the judges (highest ranking given out). Taylor enters from left side of the stage and is second in line. Shes the tallest one with blonde hair. She is also the one on the box at the end of the dance.



So leave her some comment love and let her know if you liked the dance!


Love and Prayers,

Taylor's Dance Commercial

On Friday Taylor danced for the filming of a commercial for Bonis studio. This video is also a commercial for So You Think You Can Dance's Dizzy Feet Foundations National Dance Day.

It was leaned by these kids in just 30 minutes or so. Once the actual commercial comes out we will try to get a copy of it for your viewing pleasure. It isn't really any big deal, but we wanted to post it for future reference.



Hope you enjoyed it!

Love and Prayers,

Dance Videos from Regionals!

Our apologies for just now getting this to you. We had to wait quite some time to get the videos we ordered in the mail. They don't let you take pics or video at these competitions so you have to buy their stuff. Quite a racket I tell ya. LOL

Anyway, this is the Regional Qualifier for Nationals. All of Taylor's dances qualified for Nationals, and we couldn't be prouder.

So we are going to get this things started right with Peanut Butter and Jelly Time. This is a large group Hip Hop number choreographed by our Miss Toni! Its always the dance that gets the crowd into the competition. I'm not just saying that because I'm partial either. You will understand once you have watched it. So get your popcorn ready and hang on because its gonna be a fun ride! Take it away Taylor!

By the way she starts in the back. She is in the group on the right, and she is the one on the left of that group with the long blond hair. She start right underneath the O in StageOne on the backdrop.



The next dance is Taylor's small group ballet. It also took 1st Place in Category as well as 1st Place in the overall and qualified for Nationals in Branson Missouri. It is choreographed by our sweet Miss Jen. Taylor is the tall one, hard to miss in this.



Last but certainly not least is Taylor's small group tap number. If you cant tell they are The Muppets and Taylor is Miss Piggy, so you shouldn't have any difficulty figuring out where she is in this one either. Choreography on this one is by Taylors favorite tap teacher and Director of her team Miss Amy!



So leave Taylor some comment love and tell her what you thought.

Love and Prayers,

I Love Dance Competition Results

This past weekend Taylors dance team competed at a competition called I Love Dance. For the two dances she does (The Muppets and 4 Swans) that are in the same age group, both won 1st Place in their category. Because the two dances were in the same age group they had to compete against each other in the overall. Overall is where they put all categories in that age group into one big group and give 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for the overall. There were about 30 dances and 4 Swans got 1st Place in the overall while The Muppets took 2nd. Cant complain about that.



Then her third dance which is Peanut Butter and Jelly Time (you can see the video of all three dances below) which is a Hip Hop number also got 1st place in its category. It also got 1st Place overall amongst 36 dances, and also won Best in Show at the end of the day which is the most prestigous award they give out for the competitions best dance.

We are extremely proud of all they have accomplished and look forward to our Nationals competition.

Way to go Taylor, we are SOOOOO proud of you!


Love and Prayers,

Masquerade 2011 Video and Stage One Results

Today Taylor finished her second dance competition (Stage One)which was a regional qualifier for the national competition in Branson. They did a great job and qualified with all three dances.

The Muppets dance recieved a High Gold ranking.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Time received a High Gold ranking and 3rd place overall among over 35 competitors.

4 Swans received a Platinum ranking and won 1st place overall among over 30 competitors.

While we wont have the video from it for a few weeks we did get the video from the last competition in the mail when we got home. So we will share the last competition with you on video now which was Masquerade.

They did the same dances today, however they did much better on them today than what you will see in the video here from the competition a few weeks back.

We hope you enjoy!



Love and Prayers,

Masquerade Dance Competition 2011

Taylor just finished her first dance competition. She was in 3 dances, a few of which you may have already seen here and some you may not have.

The dances are judged first individually which is the judges critique. The scores are silver, high silver, gold, high gold, and platinum with silver being awarded usually never as it is the lowest you can receive. Platinum is the highest and it is about as rare as silver. Gold and High Gold are given out the most with Platinum very rare as it is the top score you can receive.

After the individual scores there are rankings (1st, 2nd, 3rd) that are given out for each category.

Taylors dances earned Gold, High Gold, and PLATINUM!! Extremely high scores especially since it was many of our kids first competition ever.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Time earned the Platinum score and also won 1st place in category as well as a special judges award. It was the hit of the night.

The Muppets dance earned a Gold ranking, and the 4 Swans dance got a High Gold. The 4 Swans also won 1st place in category as well.

We only have a few pics to share now of The Muppets and The 4 Swans. The video should be here in about two weeks and we will post all of the dances from competition then. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

We are so proud of you Taylor and all you have accomplished thru dance.

















Love and Prayers,

Sleepover Update

Taylor has some dance friends over for a slumber party. They decided to do one of their dances just for you so that you could see what a fun time they are having.

So now I turn this post over to the girls.

Mackenzie:

Hey everybody, this is Peanut Butter and Jelly Time. I hope you like it bye!

Taylor:

I hope you love our dance. Bye!

Jules:

If you like our dance, put a heart by it!

Maddi:

What up hot sauce? I hope you like our dance!

Love,

The Peanut Butter and Jelly Girls

Nutcracker 2010

Taylor is soon to dance in her first Nutcracker. She got the part she wanted the first time she was able (at her age) to audition. We are very proud of this and all of her accomplishments in dance.

It will be a wonderful moment during what is a very special time of year. Just another way for her to celebrate Him during the month of His birth while using the very gifts that He has blessed her with.

Her is a video of one of the dress rehearsals. She is a mouse and about the only way you can pick her out is to look for the one with the red bow with the white poka dots. It looks like the bow on Minnie Mouse.

She starts on your left then goes to the right side of the stage and back. She is in the back on your left as you view the video in the part where they are all on stage at once. She is also one of the two that carry off the dead mouse. She picks up the other little girls arms.

The video isnt great, but hopefully you will be able to see some of it.



Taylor,

We are so proud of all you have accomplished through dance. God truly gave you some amazing gifts through song and dance. It is more than a smile and often a tear that is the result of what we feel in our hearts while watching you.

Your mother, brother and I are so proud of you and cant wait to see you dance both now and into the future. We know that this is only the beggining, and we cant wait to see more!

We Love You,

Mommy, Daddy, Will, and Bogey



Love and Prayers,

Happy Birthday Miss Boni!

We were so blessed a little over a year ago. We decided to put Taylor in dance because she had always enjoyed it so much and we thought she was pretty good. What parent doesn't?

Enter Miss Boni! We were so fortunate to find a really great place for Taylor to take dance. We started Taylor right away in the summer of last year just after we attended their recital. It was more than impressive to say the least.

It was a place called Boni's Dance and Performing Arts Studio. We didn't meet Miss Boni right away, but knew that it was a very special place just based on what we had seen with the teachers both in the studio as well as the character they showed outside of it.

First there was Miss Marsha who was Taylor's first teacher. I don't think we could have dreamed of finding someone as good with little one's as she is. She makes them all feel so comfortable even the shy one's. She is very special.

Then came Miss Terry. She is the pulse of the studio. The one that makes things happen, and in our case the one who set things in motion. She was Taylor's teacher last Fall, and after only two classes, saw Taylor's potential and chose to move her into more advanced classes so that she could be challenged. This was a HUGE turning point for Taylor and we owe Miss Terry a ton. She loves the kids and always has a smile on her face.

Since starting dance just over a year ago, and getting moved up by Miss Terry, Taylor has auditioned and made The Woodlands Dance Company and Bonis En Toure Competitive Dance Team. Her future in dance is bright and we owe much of that to Miss Terry.



So out of Miss Terry's class and into ballet with Miss Christina and tap with Miss Amy. I have no words to express how lucky Taylor was to get them.

Miss Christina is the ballet director at Boni's, and Taylor has taken many a private lesson from her as well. She is an unbelievable talent when it comes to dance and equally as good as a teacher. We almost lost her this year when she thought of moving back to Phoenix, and we are so glad she didn't. It would have been an immeasurable loss for Taylor. This is how highly we think of her.

Miss Amy is the BET Too director. For those who don't know BET is Boni's En Toure and it is the competition troupe at Boni's. The best of the best who go and compete at various competitions each year. Nationals is in Branson and we cant wait! I digress.

Anyway, Taylor has grown attached to Miss Amy's hip as she is her BET teacher. There is always the part where I tell you that Taylor likes tap the most that enters into the equation as well. Truth be told though, Miss Amy is an exceptional tap instructor and we were so blessed to have Taylor take from her last. Taylor is turning into a really great tapper and it is solely Miss Amy's doing.



Taylor also took Hip Hop this summer from Miss Toni. If you are reading this and know of Bonis then you know I don't need say much about her. She is totally business with these kids and we LOVE that! She always gets the most out of them every time they step into the studio with her. Miss Toni also does the Hip Hop number for BET that you have seen videos of. Go Peanut Butter and Jelly Time!

So you can see that this studio is a very very special place. I'm hear to tell you that it is thanks to this lady........

Boni.

That's right. Miss Boni.



She is the heart of the studio. Like an angel she glides up and down the hall never missing a single handshake, smile, or hug from a student. She is all that is Boni's and the reason little girls squeal when they see her.

She started the studio out of her garage in 1983. Very soon after she had moved into her first studio which began an amazing journey. She opened the 15,000 plus sq ft studio she is in now back in 2001, and has since opened a second campus in Magnolia.

Since 1983 she has danced her way into the hearts of many. She has won many awards and recognitions throughout the years which are too numerous to list here. However it is not the awards that define her success, but her success that defines the awards.

Today it is her birthday. So on this very special occasion we wanted to take the opportunity to share with you how we feel about this very special lady.

Boni,

It is with great pleasure that we send you well wishes on your special day. Thank you for everything you have been to Taylor. She started at your studio as a little girl, and thanks to you she has been molded into a beautiful young lady.

We love that in addition to a wonderful dance curriculum, she also learns etiquette, responsibility, trust and teamwork. The character development she is getting is priceless. We will never be able to express in words how appreciative we are to have met you. We do however take solice in knowing that we have at least 10 more years to figure it out.

So on this day we wish you the best. Thank you for all you and your wonderful teachers have meant to our beautiful princess. She has grown leaps and bounds since starting dance at your studio, and we cant wait to see what happens next.

We are honored to call you teacher, mentor, motivator and friend. God bless you on this day and the many many more that are to come! We hope to be there every step of the way.

The Thompson's

Love and Prayers,

Sleepover Dance

Tonight Taylor has her BFF Mackenzie over for the night. She couldn't be any more excited as you will see. They have their BET class for Hip Hop in the morning and wanted to show off what they know so far.

Enjoy!




Love and Prayers,

Taylor's Hip Hop Dance

Taylor just finished her first choreography week for BET (Boni's En Toure). In case you didnt know its the competition troupe at the studio she dances at.

This is a video I shot of her doing the choreography for part of it. They have allot of time to improve it as competitions don't start until February. You will see by the choreography that once they get it, no one is going to touch them. Its going to be that good. Its allot faster than it looks in the video.

This was also a very bad day for her because she had tried to stay up the night before to sneak a peak at the tooth fairy. Needless to say she didnt give her best effort as she was doing her best to not fall asleep. I promise I will do my best to video her next time when she is awake. :)

She is the blonde in the black shorts and shirt with the red bow in her hair.



Love and Prayers,

Big/Little Sister Party

Today Taylor had her Big/Little Sister party. This was a party at her dance studio to celebrate the hard work they have done so far during choreography week and mainly find out who their big or little sister will be for the year.

Taylor is of course a little since she is one of the youngest kids in this competition troupe. The big sister she got is Emma, and she is perfect for Taylor.

The following pictures show some of the festivities. We hope you enjoy!

This is Jules, Taylor, and Maddi. All three of them dance in three different numbers together. One tap, a ballet, and a hip hop. All of these are for competion.

Another pic of Taylor and Maddi. They have danced together for a year now and it seems like they will be together for years to come.

Working on the tap number with Miss Amy!

Taylor, Mackenzie, and Maddi just waiting for their next class.


Girls just being girly.

Maddi gets her big sister, and a gift in the process!

Taylor signs her first autograph.

Taylor meets her big sister Emma! She just loves her and they have much in common.

Filling out a questionairre to learn more about her big.

Emma and Taylor getting some snacks from the food line.





Hope you enjoyed the pics. It will get alot more exciting when I have pics and videos of the actual dances when they are in costume and all. Hopefully even some pics of them posing with trophies!

Make sure you leave some comment love for Taylor and wish her well with BET (Bonis En Toure)!


Love and Prayers,

BET Mixer at the lake

For those of you who dont know, Taylor auditioned for the competition dance troupe at Bonis Dance and Performing Arts Studio a few months back and made it. We couldn't be more proud. She has only been in dance for a little less than a year and has already passed auditions into The Woodlands Dance Company (they do The Nutcracker) and BET (Boni's En Toure).

We had our first event of this season at Boni's Lake House. It was a ton of fun and both of the kids had a great time. Here are a few pics from that weekend.

This is Taylor and her friend Maddi. They have danced together for almost a year and are two of just a few girls that are on the troupe at such an early age. They are in three competition dances together and who knows yet how many classes. They will be spending much time together and we look forward to getting to know this sweet little girl and her family better.





Going out on the boat!





This is Grace on the left. She has often had her private lesson right before Taylors, so Taylor has had the chance to watch her solos, duets, etc. She is two years older than Taylor and Taylor just thinks the world of her.

Everyone thinks the world of this cute one. I just cant remember his name? Geez he is cute though!






Taylor and Miss Megan. She is the blonde and a dancer that also was an assistant teacher in two of Taylor's classes last year. Of course Taylor loves her to death.

Miss Boni and that cute little boy.



Taylor and Miss Terry. She is the one responsible for seeing Taylor's ability for dance and getting her the right instruction. We owe much to her.

The famous Miss Boni! She taught Taylor's ballet class this summer and of course Taylor loved having her.

All of the team posing for a group shot. Taylor and Maddi were still out on the boat in case you couldn't find them. Not trying to trick ya or anything.



I hope you enjoyed these shots from our lake party. We are no longer using Facebook, so we will be posting things here much more often. So check back often!

Love and Prayers,