jopesta.com | impressions and reflections

Lindybout III in Vancouver was a combination of a variety of words: exhilerating, intimidating, hilarious, shocking, disappointing, amazing. It felt a little like a rollercoaster, as the nature of competition led to disappointment when I didn’t make it into the finals, being in a different city was occasionally a little intimidating, and yet performing for the first time was exhilerating and in general the people and weekend was amazing. I really enjoyed watching the competitions as the quality of dancing was great, making them inspiring and reminding me of how much I can still learn. Some of the performances also brought out huge laughter and more than a couple looks of shock (Birkley!).

I competed in the Short & Sweet Competition with Robert, and we were so amazing that we won! Grand prize being amazingly tacky sparkly red belts, and yellow “Champion” buttons of honour! It was great because the spotlight was only 60 seconds long – enough to get nervous but so short that we both walked off stage wondering if we did it right or not.

Vancouver was beautiful, as spring was in full bloom with the smell in the air and green as far as the eye could see. Definitely looking forward to Calgary’s spring, which is always a couple months behind. Sigh.