Season 1, episode 6
"Good morning everyone " I say as I walk into the kitchen with Maddie and Kenz
"Morning." Maddie yawns
"You girls excited this week?" Mom asks
"kind of" Kenzie says
"Why you not excited?" I ask
"I don't really like dancing" she sighs
Oop
"But you're great at it!" Maddie says
Kenzie shrugs
"I'm excited! I hope I get a solo!" I say
"Same!" Maddie says
|Chalkboard|
Miss Abby looks serious that's not good
"I wanna talk about this upcoming weekend,it's regionals everybody knows how important that is we are going to star power you know that's one of the toughest competitions out there" Miss Abby says
I smile I'm up there with Maddie
"This is what is gonna happen for this weekend" Miss Abby says
"Maddie New solo" Miss Abby says
She nod
"Maci new solo"
Maddie high fives me
"Brooke new solo, Chloe new solo" Miss Abby says
"Now the age category's are a little different so we wanna make sure that your dances reflects you as a dancer now not the beginning off the season" Miss Abby explains
Looks like me and Maddie are only against each other
"We are doing a new group routine this weekend and everybody's in it the entire cast it is called where have all the children gone this is a routine about children who become missing you've all seen the children faces on the milk cartons it's contemporary it's mature and it is very dark you have to be great actresses to pull it off and they're all in white like they're angels" Miss Abby explains
I smile to Maddie
"I don't want any discrepancies I don't want any opinions" Miss Abby says to the moms
"Well Abby I have one thing, I wish you told my kids it's your fault that they messed up like you told Maci" Kelly says
I frown
"It wasn't her fault" Mom says
"Well when your kids only think with one brain cell and forget there dance it's really not my fault" Miss Abby says
"Excuse you don't sit there an insult my daughters" Kelly says
"I didn't I just said that your kid doesn't think when it's time to think, that's common sense"
"Sorry, when you have a 500 pound woman screaming at them before going on stage all the time it kinda hard to focus" Kelly says
"WELL HOW ABOUT YOU COME TEACH THEM THEN" Miss Abby yells
I start tearing up
"Im just saying it's not fair" Kelly says walking towards the door with the other moms
"Life's not fair" Miss Abby says
We warm up and go to studio B to learn the group
|Group Rehearsals|
We start learning the group and it's a lot of fun!
"From the top!" Miss Abby says
Where have all the children gone?
The music says as we walk around
"Come in close listen to me" Miss Abby says
"You're dancing you're doing steps you're trying to listen to the words you're not interpreting the story correctly and this is very serious because maybe people in the audience have had a child that's gone missing you're going to touch someone's heart this is a very serious routine and right now you're just running doing the steps and we need to get past that we need to perform"
"Do you two understand?" Miss Abby asks Kenzie and Vivi
They nod
"It's very serious" she says
"Okay dismissed solos please" Miss Abby says
Maddie does hers and now it's my turn!
|Solo rehearsals|
"Okay, Maci, this week you have a lyrical solo call Once I was seven years old, because you are seven," says Miss Abby.
My solo is for the song 7 years by Lukas Graham and it's definitely a masterpiece it's about me
In 30 minutes we have learned all my routine.
"Woo, that was good!" Miss Abby says
I smile
"Do it from above and I want desco!" Miss Abby says
I start from above and I perform in the best possible way.
I finish the number and Miss Abby applauds.
"Now remember that you facing Maddie, don't disappoint me," says Miss Abby.
"Yes," I say
"Well, go get Chloe in," says Miss Abby.
I nodded and entered the dancers' lair.
"Chloe, Abby needs you," I tell her.
" okay." She says
|Two Days For The Competition|
I love this week's group, it's very interesting and dark!
"You run, you run and you stop." Miss Abby explains to Chloe
While Im marking it
"Give me a boom! Give me a hand, give me a fist," Miss Abby tells Chloe
"Maci runs arabesque pirouette and below" Miss Abby tells me
We review what we have done a little more and then Miss Abby teaches us the end
"It's like you're trying to understand," Miss Abby tells Chloe
"Paige find out where you're supposed to be" Miss Abby corrects Paige
"Where have all the children gone?" Miss Abby says to help us stay at the right time
|Day One Competition|
It's the first day of the competition and the solos are performing today!
"Okay, Maddie Chloe Maci and Brooke are getting ready for the solos!"
I walk behind the curtain and I LOVE my costume.
Macis solo :
Macis Hair just imagine the bow was the came color as the costume:
I went out and Maddies also in her costume.
"Look, girls!" Mom tells us
Mom fixes our makeup and hair to act.
"Hey, hey," says Abby as she enters.
"I'm going to move Maddie to the category from nine to eleven," Miss Abby tells mom.
I look at Maddie
Christi rolls her eyes
At least now I have a shot at winning now
After all that, Maddie and Chloe go behind the scenes to perform their solos.
I'm a little less nervous now that Maddie is competing in the 9-11,I hope I can win it now.
"Good luck!" I whisper to Maddie
"Welcome to the Maddie with Beautiful stage," says the announcer
Maddie goes on stage and NAILS is alone
"I'm so nervous," I whisper to Chloe while Maddies exists on the stage on the other side
"Why?" Chloe asks
"Because I know now there is no reason why I can't win" I say
"You'll do great" Chloe whispers
I smile
"Welcome Chloe to the stage with Parlez Moi," says the announcer
I love Chloe with the musical theater!
She finishes her solo and leaves the stage.
"Welcome Maci to the stage with Once I was 7 years old," says the announcer
I go out on stage and take my solo.
I make sure to stay daring and keep eye contact with the judges
I finish my solo and leave the stage.
"You were so good!" Chloe attacks me with a hug
"You and Maddie were much better!" I say
"No!" Chloe says
We go back to the dressing room while Brooke prepares for her solo
Brooke takes out her costume
It's VERY intense pink with red polka dots, it's a little eH
I make a face to Maddie.
"Ew," says Kelly
"It looks like Mackenzie would where that," mom tells Kelly.
Brooke is going to try it and she just doesn't look like a supermodel.
"It's not my favorite," I whisper to Chloe.
She nods
"That's ugly," says Kelly as she fixes Brooke's choker
"Does it look like thirteen to eighteen?" Kelly asks
"No, she looks like Penny Wise, the clown," says Cathy.
I snicker
The next thing we know is that Brooke is wearing a Vivis duo costume.
"We're going to get a little shine," says Kelly.
"Are you shining?! In Cathy's costume?" Holly asks
"Oh, fuck, Cathy! I'm not afraid of him!" Kelly says
Chloe and Paige and I left the dressing room after that to buy sandwiches.
"It's a little annoying that we don't have any more numbers until tomorrow" I sigh
"At least you have to dance today! I had to come for Brooke!" Paige complains falsely
"No, you had to come for the show," I say.
Brooke goes out with her dance clothes
What happened to your costume?
I'm going back to Chloe
"What happened to the costume?" I Whisper
"I don't know," Chloe whispers.
After Brooke acted, we went back to the dressing room.
"What happened to your costume?" I asked Brooke.
"Cathy didn't want me to use it," says Brooke.
I make a face
"I know." Brooke says
|Awards|
I really hope to achieve a victory today.
Reach the first 3
"In 1st place in mini solos"
I squeeze Maddie hand
"Act number 31 Maci with Once I was 7 years old"
I beam and get up and get my award
Now they moved on to Maddie and Chloe's category
"In second place is the 25th act, which is Abby Lee's Chloe," says the announcer.
Chloe goes up and receives her prize
I feel very bad for her, I know she wanted to win.
"In first place is the 26th act, which is Abby Lee's Maddie," says the announcer.
Maddie smiles and receives her prize
|Day Two Competition|
It's the last day off from the competition and it's the group's day!
"Maddie Maci Kenz go get ready for the group" Mom tells us
Let's put on our costumes.
Kaylas's Costume:
"Kay Kayla, let me comb your hair," says mom.
Mom puts my hair in two pigtails
We go behind the scenes Ready to act
"Welcome to the stage Abby Lee Dance Company with Where have gone all the children," says the announcer
Brooke starts the dance and then we all go in.
And one by one, we all like..die.
Then, in the end, Brooke leaves the stage.
The crowd shoots up from their seats
"That was so good!" I tell Maddie
"I know!"
|Awards|
I'm quite nervous, this is regional, if we don't win, we may not qualify for the nationals
It is literally reduced to the first place.
"Your highest score of the day goes to Where all the children have gone!" The announcer says
We all get up and cheer up.
"What studio do you see?"
"ABBY LEE DANCE COMPANY" we all shout
We lean over and go to the dressing room.
"Congratulations!" Miss Abby says
"Are you excited?" She asks us
"I'm very proud of all of you!" She says
"Things look good for the nationals! I'm just looking at what we're going to drink," says Miss Abby.
"Can we go to the mall now?" Paige asks
"Can you go to the mall now?" Miss Abby says
Paige nods
"Yes, I think you can go to the mall," says Miss Abby.
After that we left, we had fun and we went home!