Talia's second individual competition

 We did it again!

Krista very nicely loaned her costume to Talia. It fit perfectly! I did a little repair job but no sequins fell off. Luck would have it that it suited the music.

There was some drama. We had to be in Pfastatt at 8:30am, near Mulhouse, about an hour south. So we get to Fegersheim, about 14 km south and Talia realizes that she forgot her hoop. We had to do a U-turn and head back up ASAP! But we still made it more or less on time with Daniel pushing (or exceeding) the speed limit.

Here she is warming up.

Starting.

This was the professional picture taken of her final pose (which was changed).

She had to perform twice. Once with her routine on the hoop and the other was a "hands free" standard dance all the girls had to learn. There was a lot of waiting around. There were only 10 girls but the competition was mixed with two other categories and the awards given out all together. 

Here are the three girls who competed in her category from her club. Océane (Oh-Say-An) on the left and Tomiris on the right. 

Trying to keep siblings occupied was difficult as it made for a long morning. 

This is the awards presentation, what I like to call "retreat" (drum corps people will get that). The results weren't ideal. Océane came in 4th, Tomiris 5th and Talia 8th. The girls were all so strong (except for the one who totally forgot the hands-free routine and freaked). It was close and the other girls do many more hours than ours' do. One more to go after this in December!