Marlie's solo was so cute this year and really showed off her personality. She danced to Everything's Coming Up Roses. Clara did the choreography and worked with her throughout the year. She competed it at Strutter and Elite competitions.
This video is from KPark in January. She danced it so well at this competition. Mom's fault that her bow came flying off - oops! I am certain she did so well because her BFF came to watch her and Marlie was thrilled!
This is the first year Marlie competed on stage. It took her a bit to get used to the stage...the lights are bright, you can't hear the crowd well and you have to watch your placement on the stage. As the year went on, she got the feel of it and did great. She placed in the top 10 several times with an 8th, 6th and 4th place finish. She even won a "golden ticket" at one competition to dance somewhere in New Jersey????
I think she danced her best at Hall of Fame where she placed 1st in Musical Theater and 4th overall. She was so excited and I was so proud of her! I love this picture of her tilt leap which is absolutely amazing!
What Marlie was most excited about was her Elite Nationals experience. As I mentioned in the previous post, Marlie moved up to the junior division so as a 9 year old she had to compete against girls that were 12! She knew she was dancing for fun and she would not place. Honestly she hardly practiced the few weeks before Nationals. As they were calling the names for the top 10 they got to 4th place and called "The Roses"! Marlie was shocked and we were too! She danced really well but we didn't watch the other dances and assumed there was no chance. Her friend Tatum came in 8th place and Reagan came in 3rd and they look so little onstage compared to all the other girls. I'm so proud of all of them!
Marlie had so much fun with all of her friends this year. Thank you again Clara for picking a great song and doing such a great job with the choreography on this dance! It was amazing to see how much she improved this year. We will miss you a ton next year when you're off to college!
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