{"id":9846,"date":"2025-03-10T19:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=9846"},"modified":"2025-04-03T20:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:43:25","slug":"competition-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=9846","title":{"rendered":"Competition Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Competition season has begun.&nbsp;&nbsp;Avery\u2019s much anticipated first two back-to-back dance competitions yielded some amazing results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Platinum \u2013 Solo Friday night, convention Saturday morning and early afternoon, 3 group dances Saturday evening, and convention Sunday morning and early afternoon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cHold On\u201d, Avery\u2019s solo adjudicated High Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All three group dances adjudicated Platinum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cuppett received the \u201cStudio of Excellence Award\u201d award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Avery was recognized in convention for always having a positive attitude, smile, and always giving 110%, actively participating, being up front, etc. and was given a $300 scholarship to Brant Lake Dance Camp in NY.&nbsp;&nbsp;To say she was elated is an understatement\u2026she had been wanting to get some type of convention award for hard work.&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019m so proud of her, especially considering her head was bothering her and she pushed through<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Groove \u2013 Three group dances Saturday morning, followed by a long afternoon break and Avery\u2019s solo performance in the evening.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cHold On\u201d, Avery\u2019s solo adjudicated Diamond and received 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All three group dances adjudicated Diamond and \u201cMambo\u201d received 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;place, and Landslide received 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;place.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cuppett received the \u201cStudio of Excellence Award\u201d!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5572.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5572-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5572-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5572-225x300.jpeg 225w, 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https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8047-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8047-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8060-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile the same weekend of Platinum, Harper had:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 basketball games (semi-final, final, and All-Star Game)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 soccer games (a tournament)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her team won the soccer tournament and her basketball team won the championship game.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While her team lost the All-Star Game, Harper scored four points with two layups.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8106-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" 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