Retro Post- Utah Jazz Half-time Performance

Well, since I can't post anything current, I decided to go back through older pictures and see if there was anything I skipped over! Of course, I found some, but I can't believe I didn't post about this fun event!

The girls' dance company was invited to perform at the Utah Jazz game half-time last April! It was such a neat experience and I am so happy my girls got this opportunity. There were lots of extra late-night (well, late for my girls) practices, but all of the hard work was worth it! I took them out of school for the day and we headed up to the Salt Lake Energy Solutions Arena for their afternoon rehearsal. It was awesome because the arena was empty and we pretty much had the place to ourselves!





After the rehearsal, we went and got some lunch and then went to my mom's house to get them ready for showtime! We did hair and make-up and got them all dressed in their costumes!

They were so excited, but once we walked in and they saw how many people were there, the excitement got mixed with nerves! We watched the first quarter of the game from our nosebleed seats and the longer we were there, the more excited they got! After the first quarter we headed down to meet their dance team! They did so great! Unfortunately, not everyone there was interested in the half-time show, including a group of four men with front row seats. They decided to stand up and carry on a conversation, standing the whole time right in front of Paige. I wanted to walk down there and give them all a swift kick to the rear!:) Luckily, my mom got some pictures of her because I couldn't see her at all from where I was video taping!! Grr.... However, the camera man followed Paige on their walk off of the floor and she was on the Jumbo tron alone for about 10 seconds and I was able capture that on tape!:)