|Pyramid|
"come on ladies let's go!" Abby calls
"alrighty..we went to youngstown Ohio to intensity dance..we won..we should've won you're national champions let's move onto the pyramid"
"i have Chloe, Chloe remembering your choreography that is what you need to work on..right it down maybe if you write it out it will sink in try that"
"next Camila, you didn't stand out in the group routine and normally you do..you've let the new kid come and take over."
i nod
"next Nia, Nia you don't apply the corrections that's what you need to do try writing them down"
"next Mackenzie, Mackenzie when i took you out of the group i gave you this cute little part to do and thank goodness it was humorous because have they started timing our number we could've been disqualified and the Abby Lee Dance Company is not gonna get disqualified..you will not be in the group numbers going forward not until it's appropriate for you"
"and Paige, you got the featured part you had the big jump the tilt..you could've made that fabulous but you didn't do that you were given an opportunity and instead of running with it it was mediocre"
"next Maddie, you were good i notice you have the Sophia hairdo how about we have the Sophia energy or the Sophia turns and not worry about the hairdo"
"next Kendall, you were in the front you were given a correction a hundred times did you keep up with Sophia? i don't know"
"and on top of the pyramid is Sophia kind of a given she won the high score in the nine to eleven year old and she won the entire competition she was the high score of the day"
Sophia
Kendall Maddie Paige
Mackenzie Nia Camila Chloe
"this weekend we will be travelling to Greensboro North Carolina we will be attending Dance Troop Challenge" Abby says
"since Brooke is not on the pyramid does that mean she's not going?" Kelly asks
"well Brooke i wanna know what happened last weekend" Abby asks
"well Friday i was here then went home..on Saturday i went to my friends house and Sunday i worked on a project all day" Brooke says
"so you didn't come to rehearsals Sunday?" Abby asks
Brooke shakes her head
"you're fourteen you've been taking ballet class since you were six or seven years old" Abby says
"but Abby if she's going to do that like she spent the entire week learning the number for the group why wouldn't she just go away with us and compete the number?" Kelly asks
"but that doesn't mean you don't do anything dance wise all weekend" Abby says
"the group piece is entitled Voyage Home this is a very serious piece you will be immigrants, everybody will be in the routine but Brooke who will be staying home and Mackenzie...Brooke i wanna see you work to get back into this group"
"Mackenzie you will be doing a solo, my next solo will be Paige"
we all clap for Paige
"my next routine will be a duet with Maddie and Kendall..moms you can head upstairs"
|Group Rehearsals|
we learn the group and Brooke is filling in for Sophia
"Brooke go ahead and play the music because i don't want Gianna counting this and doing the music" Abby says
"let's use Mackenzie."
we do the routine with Kenzie filling in
we then do the group in threes or a we have a four with me Maddie, Paige and Chloe
"what was that? do it again." Abby says to me and i do the turns again
|Three Days To Competition|
|Group Rehearsals|
"Paige back foot!" Abby calls out
"more acting! i don't think you understand like there's people with machine guns in their cars that won't let you get out of the car like you need to be stronger im seeing this..be tougher! come on!" Abby calls
we do the group again
|Competition Day|
we get on the bus for the competition and i sit beside Kenz
"ladies we are going to the Dance Troop Challenge and we need to remember that those kids are already there they're already working!" Abby says
also while on the bus we find out Sophia isn't going to come so i know Abby is just going to hate us this weekend
we arrive at the competition and we get to the dressing room
the solos get ready first
and i think they both did really good
Mackenzie was really cute
and her tricks were clean
Paige's solo was also very good
i definitely think she should get more opportunities
to do solos
we go back to the dressing room and the moms congratulates the soloists
the duet is the next to perform
"that's a big arch back Kendall" Abby says
"so Abby i have a question about you came right out and said Melissa said she doesn't want to do the duet" Jill says
"we were discussing the duet and she said i'm not to crazy about it either that was her words" Abby says
"i said i'm not to crazy about not having a solo is what i said" Melissa says
"well i think everybody in this room knows you have a selective memory" Abby says
"i did not say that" Melissa says
"come on Melissa your ex husband told me many times when you were on the phone with me telling me this telling that you'd hang up with me and call somebody else and rip all over me" Abby says
"i have been so dedicated to that studio." Melissa says
"you are the person is love the one you're with if your kids doing duet with Chloe or Camila you're up Christis butt eeetdtdtdtd" Abby says
the duet runs through the routine and there's also drama with that
the duet performs and i think they did an amazing job!
|Solo and Duet Awards|
for the solos
Kenzie got first
and Paige got third
for the duets
Maddie and Kendall got first!
we head back to the dressing room and we get ready for the group routine
"congratulations ladies" Abby says
"you should all be fine without Sophia"
"Kendall you remember how you move into the middle where Sophia used to be." Abby says
Kendall nods
"you're not gonna screw that up you know what you're doing" Abby says
"i think the girls will be just fine doing the parts because Sophia never really did the dance" moms says
"i know just compare her develpe point blank to Chloes" Abby says
"yes and her dance teacher from DVA taught it where you taught Chloe so her-" moms says
"no i taught Chloe to do it correctly Chloe pikes it forward and she gets told about it every time she does it" Abby says
i sigh and i continue my makeup
she really hates us..
we soon head backstage for the group number
"let's welcome the Abby Lee Dance Company for Voyage Home" the announcer says
we start the group and i make sure to put my emotion into it
and to do everting perfectly so Abby doesn't hate me
we go back to the dressing room cheering
"good job!" Kelly says
"does anybody know who messed up?" Kelly asks
"don't throw anyone under the bus" mom says
"cause Abby was like somebody messed something up and she looked at all the moms" Kelly says
Abby then comes in
"so Christi i'm not so sure it was amazing" Abby says
"no but they are usually amazing" mom says
"come on girls let's go." Abby says
|Group Awards|
"and now our top scores for our junior small groups" the announcer says
"our third place trophy goes too Criminal"
"our second place trophy goes too Blow"
"and our first place trophy goes to Voyage Home from the Abby Lee Dance Company"
we all cheer
i give Maddie the biggest hug
we come back to the dressing room cheering and me and Chloe hug mom
"oh amazing Christi amazing!" Abby says
"they were amazing" mom says
"really? you really think that just cause they got lucky and won" Abby asks
"Kendall are you going to admit you just screwed the whole dance up and you were off timing"
"i messed up one part not the whole dance" Kendall says
"it couldn't of been that bad because they won the whole thing Abby" Jill says
"yea you know what last week they looked at Sophia today, you couldn't take your eyes of Maddie" Abby says
"some people are good soloists..some people are good in the group other people choke onstage..there you have it" Abby says and she leaves the dressing room