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Monday, August 22, 2011
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Hey Gasmi! Are you ready for another dose of Dance Moms? Now that we’ve all recuperated from the excitement of a visit from a MAJOR Broadway casting agent, it’s time to get back into competition mode.
But before we get into that, there was a comment from last week’s episode that I thought made sense to talk about here. Shana, I honestly didn’t take your comment as being too judgmental. To be perfectly frank, my son dances because he loves to dance. Because he is constantly dancing, whether he is in class or at home, and not because it’s something I push him into. As much as I love dance, I would never make my kid do something that he didn’t want to do (except, you know, something like going to school).
Here’s my example and something that I recently struggled with. Last fall I signed Zach up to play football. His cousin was going to play and he decided he wanted to play as well. Great, perfect. We signed up. He actually had a rough start to the season, but because his coach was so awesome, ended up having a great experience. In fact, at the awards ceremony at the end of it all his coach gave him a special award because he had great heart, something he pointed out cannot be taught.
Notre Dame, here we come!
Anyway, after having such a great time I thought for sure he would want to play again. Nope. Did not. AT ALL. In fact, when we talked about it Zach said to me, “Mommy, I don’t want to play the football again; I only want to dance.” At first I was going to sign him up anyway. After all, he did do well, and maybe he would realize after starting again that he really wanted to play. I went back and forth and back and forth trying to figure out what would be the best decision for my son. And then one evening we had one of our usual “dance parties”. And I saw the joy on his face when he’s dancing. And I suddenly realized I don’t see that with him anywhere else, just dance. And so I asked him again if he wanted to play football. The answer was a strong NO (like, DUH MOM, how many times do I have to tell you?!?). That was the deciding moment. No more talk of football.
I hope that answers some of your concern. I know there are a lot of people that put their kids into things that they did when they were younger, regardless of what their kids may actually want. I’m not one of them. Will I be sad if Zach decides one day he doesn’t want to dance? Yes, I will. I will probably talk to him and make sure it’s not for reasons like kids being assholes about the fact that he dances, but ultimately I am never going to force my kid to do something that he doesn’t want to do. I love him too much for that.
Okay, sorry to have gone off on a after school special tangent like that, but I do agree with Shana that ALL parents should be talking to their kids about their activities, whether it be dance or sports or whatever and making sure it’s something they want to do, not something they are forced into doing. Now. Back to our previously scheduled programming!!
Maddie is awesome. End of lesson.
Jabby tells the girls that they will be competing at Starpower, and tells them it is one of the toughest competitions out there. Starpower nationals is actually where I saw these guys and first heard about the show (but more to come on THAT later). Personally, I think some of the convention competitions tend to be tougher, but Starpower is a very well respected (and fun) competition and it’s one that our studio goes to every year as well.
Jabby points out to the girls that it’s regionals which is SUPER important. Yeeaaah. Every competition that they’ve been at so far has been regionals. It’s either regionals or nationals. Once again, they try to create some kind of drama or tension out of something ordinary. So annoying.
Maddie, Brooke and Chloe will all be performing new solos. Or so we’re told. Holly is annoyed because Nia is never picked for a solo, but she just was a couple of weeks ago. I mean, I get it; she’s only had that one that we’ve been shown, and Holly says she’s losing confidence in Jabby because she doesn’t believe in Nia.
The age categories are brought up (this will become important later), and Christi is super happy that for once (LIES) Chloe and Maddie will not be in the same age category. Maybe this will give her daughter a chance to shine.
Phew! I guess I can put that crowbar away for now.
They will also be doing a new group routine that will include everyone, even Vivi and Mackenzie. It is called “Where Have All the Children Gone?” HA! I saw this at nationals! One of the moms from our team dubbed it the Children of the Corn routine! Jabby explains the concept of the routine to them, telling them it is about children who have gone missing. They’ve all seen the children’s face on the milk cartons.
Huh?
It’s contemporary, it’s mature and it’s very dark. They will have to be good actresses to pull this off, she tells them. Also, she doesn’t want any discrepancies or any opinions.
So shut yer faces and get up to the skybox!
She tells us this is a big regionals for them and she wants the girls to do something that nobody’s ever seen before. As she starts rehearsal we hear the “music” for the piece which basically involves a guy talking in a creepy voice and occasionally asking “Where. Have all the children. Gone?” Jabby says the dancers or pieces that everyone talks about the next day at competition are the ones that told a story. Or, you know, creeped everyone the fuck out.
Mommy!!
The way that Jabby talks about the piece sounds like they may have used this number before. She talks about the original concept of the piece, saying it’s about kids going missing, but also says she adding something here like maybe there was some bullying involved as well. How timely of her.
Up in the skybox the moms are a little freaked. Cathy says she loves dark stuff, hell, she does dark stuff, but she doesn’t think it’s age appropriate for Mackenzie and Vivi. Kelly’s not worried, saying that she doesn’t think her kids even really tune into what the songs are saying, but of course Christie is also super concerned. Shocker.
Jabby talks about what an artist she is and how the kids need to become artists to perform this piece. She tells them that they need to do more than the steps and really perform. She wants to teach them how to convey the story with their emotional execution as well as with their steps.
Up in the skybox we find out that Kelly’s turning forty. Cathy wonders if she’s going to have some botox.
I was also shocked that Cathy just threw that out there. Poor Kelly wants to know if she really looks that old.
Just in your face.
I think it’s really odd that Cathy wants to push the issue about Kelly getting botox. Christi thinks she’s insecure because she’s old; in fact, Christi thinks that Cathy might be old enough to be her mother. Oh snap!!
If she was my daughter she would have danced and hated it!
Christi says she’s only thirty-four; does she need it? Oh yes, says Cathy.
I don’t know why Christi even asked that question when it’s obvious Cathy loves to say shit to piss people off. Anyway, Kelly decides she’s up for the whole botox thing. Ugh.
Meanwhile, Holly has been sitting and stewing, thinking about the fact that Nia doesn’t have a solo. Finally, she can’t take it anymore and decides to go confront Jabby. Why the moms feel the need to constantly interrupt class to voice their concerns is beyond me. Although at least Holly asks Jabby to step out of the classroom with her.
Why doesn’t my daughter have a solo?
Because she’s not good enough.
Jabby tells us that all these moms want their kids in the spotlight, but it just doesn’t work that way. You have to have the talent to be in the spotlight. Some kids have it; some kids don’t. Jabby tells Holly she’s told her before that Nia needs to be in there with private lessons, really working on her ballet technique.
What about changing her name to Maddie, would that help?
Could be. Who knows?
Jabby pops up again to tell us that these moms want everything to be fair, but it isn’t fair. Life isn’t fair. Nia is good, but she’s not great. Not yet. You know, aside from interrupting class, I think Holly is handling herself well. The trouble is that Jabby’s right; it’s not fair and it’s probably never going to be. It seems to me that there’s always one or two kids that are the stars of most teams and whether it’s fair or not, they end up being in the spotlight time and time again. The worst is when they’re lazy pieces of crap that are the stars because their mom is in charge. Or so I’ve heard. What?
We take a quick break and then come back to the botox clinic. I hope y’all won’t be too pissed if I skip this section. Needles make me woozy and if I try to watch this again to recap I’m pretty sure you’re going to end up with something a little like this: vdsinerfgujf,]of\DMWQKBFNCE[QSKKSCNJNJJMnffrm
So let’s just pretend that we all watched while they got needles full of botulism shot into their foreheads, mmmkay? Instead, let’s take a look at something equally horrifying.
What the hell is she wearing?!?!?!? It looks like some second hand choir robe held together with a safety pin that somehow got dip dripped on it. Whoever told Jabby that this outfit was a good idea definitely hates her.
She makes some comment again about how all their other competitions have been leading up to this point which is an out and out lie since none of the other ones have anything at all to do with Starpower. It’s so frustrating.
Maddie rehearses her solo which looks like basically the same routine she’s been doing only set to different music. Maddie tells us she always wins first because she works really hard at classes and she’s usually up against seven year olds. Even when she gets bumped up she does well so she’s not worried at all.
Hi five to ruining Christi’s day!
We move from Maddie’s rehearsal to Chloe’s. GASP!!! You mean Chloe is actually getting rehearsal time?!?!?!!? No way!!!! Good thing Christi isn’t here to see it. Chloe tells us this is a new solo and she’s super nervous because she wants to win first so she can go to nationals. Another misleading moment.
You don’t have to win first place to go to nationals; you have to place high enough to go to nationals and in all honesty I don’t think it happens very often that a routine would not place high enough to qualify. The more routines that go, the more money the competition makes. You really think they’re going to turn away all that business? Now, some studios may have their own rules about what can and cannot go, but I doubt Jabby has set rules on that one. At least not for THIS show.
All of a sudden Jabby’s voice rises about three octaves.
Her dog, Broadway Baby, has just arrived. I sure hope Chloe’s not allergic.
After their botox Kelly, Christi and Cathy go grab a bite to eat. Kelly says it was fun but she’s sad Cathy didn’t get it done too.
I don’t need no stinking botox.
LMAO! Cathy actually tells them she didn’t need it. She is so fucking rude. But wait! She’s not done yet. Christi says she’s gonna have to keep getting botox; she doesn’t want anyone to think she’s Chloe’s grandma…… To which Cathy replies, “That’s right. And with that nose of yours…..” Oh no she di int!!!!
No time to savor the moment though because Christi gets a text that her grandma was just rushed to the hospital. It’s not the first time she’s been there and Christi says it’s really hard because her grandmom is more like her mom that her grandma. Christi tells us going into the hospital is not uncommon for her grandma, but there is just something about this time that feels different. The cynic in me says, yeah, you’re on TV this time. Oh you know you thought it too.
Christi heads out to see her grandmom and is bringing Chloe along with her; they plan to stop at Christi’s childhood home along the way which Chloe has never seen before. Christi tells us she always dreamed of taking dance classes as a little girl, but couldn’t. Instead we find out that she put on recitals in her front yard.
I had the time of my life…..and I owe it all to yoooooooouuuuu
I feel sorry for the people that live there now; they must be wondering who dropped the crazy lady on their front lawn. Christi tells us it’s so important to her that Chloe has an opportunity to shine, and I get it a little more now that we’ve heard more about her upbringing. Even so? I still wish she’d shut up about it.
Never gonna happen.
Oh, I know Christi, I KNOW.
It’s now the day before the competition and we head back to the studio where Brooke is rehearsing her solo. We’re again told the lie that you have to win regionals in order to qualify for nationals.
Et tu, Brooke? Et tu???
And then it’s time for Children of the Corn rehearsals again. Jabby says we all know they can turn and jump and lap, but can they convey this story to the audience? A story that some of them don’t even understand?
Jabby’s so creeped out she’s starting carrying her wubby around.
Over at Kelly’s house Christi has thrown her a fortieth birthday get together with the girls. Minus Cathy. I guess Christi wasn’t up for any more cracks about her nose. Melissa’s brought Kelly a gift bag that includes a candy bra for her and candy underwear for her hubby as well as leopard furred handcuffs.
Then Kelly shows the girls her best cum shot pose.
There’s such a thing as TMI ya know, Kelly! Christi thinks Melissa is a freak and is secretly plotting to steal back her gifts later. It looks like they all actually put aside their differences for the evening and seem to all have a really great time.
Now it’s time to head on out for Providence. Christi’s grandmom is still in the hospital and has gotten worse; she is now on a ventilator. She doesn’t know whether she should go to the competition or stay behind. Ultimately she ends up going to the competition.
Speaking of which, we arrive in Providence and after a couple of quick clips of other studios, Jabby asks the girls to gather around in the dressing room. She tells them there are people there from all over and the reason why is that this is the last regionals in order to qualify for nationals. THAT IS A FUCKING LIE!!!!!!
Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!
ARGH. It totally pisses me off that she fucking lies like that. In the grand scheme of things does it really matter if it’s the last competition to qualify for nationals? No. Then why lie??? So here’s the real deal. The Providence, RI regionals were held the weekend of May 20th. The LAST regional weekend is actually the following one and there are two different cities that have regionals that weekend. One is Lancaster, PA which is actually the Starpower regional that our studio attended, the other is (I think) in Ohio. Again I wonder, why lie about it?
She also breaks the news here that she’s bumping Maddie up to the next age category. I have never heard of that being done. Your age is your age. I’m crying lie on this one too. Of course Christi is hella pissed about this because it means that Chloe will now be up against Maddie for her solo. Honestly, I don’t know why she’d do that anyway other than for the fact that she’s creating more fake drama.
As the moms get their kids ready for competition Kelly wants to know where Brooke’s costume is.
Yikes.
That is not good. But again I’m left wondering about this. Why on earth would you be at competition and not have seen or tried on the costume before? Seems fishy to me. Cathy says she looks like Pennywise the clown while Jabby looks through Vivi’s stuff. Brooke ends up wearing Vivi’s costume and Cathy is not pleased about this turn of events at all.
Now that kid’s cooties are gonna get all over my kid. I just had her deloused!
Time for Chloe’s solo.
I don’t understand how the French song she’s dancing to is musical theatre, unless it’s from a French musical? Any French people reading? Anyone? Bueller? Regardless of the strange categorization, Chloe does well.
Maddie is up next.
We all know Maddie does well, but while she is performing I notice something very interesting.
Hmmmmmmm. Looks like Chloe is performing a second solo! GASP! Why on earth would Christi let her do that? Shouldn’t she have pulled the second solo?!?!? Hypocrite.
At the solo awards ceremony we find out that Maddie is the first place winner. Of course she is. Guess who’s not happy?
Suck on that, Christi!
We head back into the dressing room where Brooke is trying to finish getting ready for her solo. Well, Cathy has thought about it and she doesn’t want Paige or whatever Kelly’s kid’s name is to wear Vivi’s costume. Kelly is pissed. She tells Brooke to take the costume off and then tells Cathy if she doesn’t want to be a part of their group then don’t come to their studio. Kelly says Brooke is dancing in three minutes and Cathy is taking the costume off her back.
Don’t care!
She really doesn’t care and says it’s ridiculous that they are so unprepared. Christi ushers the rest of the kids out (HA!) and Kelly tells Cathy to leave their studio. Will not. Cathy never saw such disorganization in all her life. You know, she is right about that but I think it’s pretty shitty to tell the kid three numbers before she’s supposed to be dancing that she now can’t wear the costume. It’s gotta fuck with Brooke’s head a little, don’t you think?
Kelly points out that it isn’t her disorganization, to which Cathy replies that the next time Jabby insists on such ridiculousness she outta stick up for herself. Again, she’s not entirely wrong, but we all know there was a much better way to handle this.
GO BACK TO YOUR STUDIO!!!!
Cathy says she’s here to stay, so like it. Ooooooooo, good one Cathy.
Oh my god it’s the fight that will never end. They’re still yelling at each other and Kelly tells us that they always share costumes, that’s part of being in a group. Blah, blah, blah. Take the fucking costume. Kelly says Brooke will dance in her leotard and she WISHES one of the kids from Cathy’s studio was here so Brooke could beat their ass!! Ha! Not bloody likely! After all, Cathy responds, all the kids here have sickle feet. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Then why is she sending her kid there? I think I just wet my pants.
Brooke seems to well despite the costume snafu.
It’s day two of the competition and Cathy is still blabbing about the costume. She told Kelly she had to fix it back to the way it was and I guess Kelly is still sewing it. When she’s finished she gives it to Cathy saying she hopes the rhinestones bring her daughter good luck.
Cue Christi looking sadly at her phone. She hasn’t heard anything yet about her grandma. She calls to see if she can find out anything. She’s doing much better, is off the ventilator and out of ICU and is asking for Christi. She feels so much better now.
Time for Children of the Corn.
I have to say, the dance looks really cheesy here; maybe it’s in the filming, because I actually thought it looked better when we saw it at nationals. The thing that’s the biggest bullshit for this number is that they have Mackenzie and Vivi basically on stage doing nothing and because of their inclusion it lowers the age grouping, so they are competing in the eight and under category. This kind of crap drives me nuts.
At awards we hear Rodney (the emcee for the awards ceremony and a really fun guy) say that if we were at nationals this would be the 11 and under victory cup winner. Of course it’s Children of the Corn. You know what else? They never say shit like that during awards. You never hear “If this was nationals….” How disappointing that they got Starpower to join in with their stupid bullshit. Of course I already knew that because I was at Nationals where even more bullshit went down. I cannot wait to see how it is presented here.
Hooray for exaggerated bullshit!!
And that’s the end of this episode, Gasmi. What did you think of all the drama this time around? Did you think Cathy was unreasonable for the costume takebacks? Or did Kelly overreact? Where was Jabby during all of that? Can’t wait to hear what you guys think!
SWAK, PottyMouth
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Cathy should be credited as “Shit Stirrer”. I’m guessing production found Cruella while scouting studios, forced her down Jabby’s throat and completely scripts her appearances. There’s just no way anyone could be so horrible. I hope.
If I were Brooke’s mom, I would have kept that on her and told Borderline mom she could strip it off her if she wanted it that badly,…and then kicked the shit out of her if she laid a finger on my kid. Kelly should have told her it was too late, taken Brooke out of the room with the damn thing on and let Borderline stuff it! That lady seriously needs Psychiatric help, not a therapist, but a PSYCHIATRIST, who can prescribe meds and have a bitch committed! Cathy is seriously crazy… not fun-crazy, like “Girl…you so crazy!” but SERIOUSLY, sadly, eating the wallpaper, bat-shit crazy. Poor Vivi, her birth mom needs to hire a Private Investigator, kidnap her back, and flee the country. Cathy probably won’t care all that much, then she can try again for a kid who actually LIKES to dance. Cathy is the reason dumb, knocked-up teenagers decide to keep their babies, she is the worst-case-scenario!
I gotta disagree. Because i cant take this shit seriously, i love Cathy. She’s my favorite and I laugh every time she says her shit stirring, completely scripted comments. I cant help it. I laughed out loud when she made her comment about Christi’s nose and I laughed and even rewound about 6 times a couple of weeks ago when they were at lunch and she was telling them she was not going to stay and watch their kids because she isnt a cheerleader and they are just dance moms blah blah etc. Then while they all sat there all open mouth and googly eyed at her she turned to one of them and said in the fakest voice EVER, “i love your necklace.” Hahaha, bitch is gold.
However, I cant stand Christi. Like, even a little bit.
I hope this show never ends, ever. I want them to never stop filming. It has completely replaced Teen Mom as my guilty pleasure go-to.
even if you find some humor in the way she treats other grown women, the things she says to her own daughter are NOT funny, she doesn’t know it’s not real
oh absolutely i agree with you there. i should have made that clear. i feel for poor vivi. she has the dead eyes.
Alrighty then, sounds good to me. And kudos to you for supporting something that your son loves to do
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Just finished the recap, great job!
I have a question that has been bothering me since I saw the episode, and you kind of touched on it in the recap PottyMouth–why would Jabby move Maddie up an age devision? To serve what purpose? Christy is ridiculous about Maddie outshining Chloe, if the girl is great, she will shine regardless of Maddie–but back to my question–wouldn’t it make more sense to have let Maddie win the eight and under (or whatever it was) and let Chloe win the nine and above? Wouldn’t going home with two wins be better than one? What am I missing? And why would they want to do eight and under for the children of the corn dance routine (like you said)? Did they judge easier for the younger divisions and Jabby was afraid they would need that extra handicap?
Another thing that was curious to me–should Christie have stayed with Grandma or gone to the dance competition? And do any of the Dads come into the picture–like, mom can’t make it so dad goes instead? It seems like something this intense would be a family decision and require family participation. These kids are really young.
Cathy is a barricuda. Fun to watch with the other ladies, but tragic to watch around Vivi, whose natural loveliness will keep her sane for a couple more years, but after that is anyone’s guess. I would agree with other commentator’s adoption guesses, but in the first or second episode, Cathy said something to the effect of: her grandma danced, her mom danced, she danced, so Vivi will definetly dance–like it was genetic. Maybe a sperm doner was involved? But Cathy obviously “had” Vivi so Cathy could have her own ‘mini me’. She treats her like she is her doll. That she is mean to. The worst part is that Cathy is weird and Vivi is full of life, and for Cathy to suck this out of her (which she is totally doing) is criminal.
I don’t watch every reality show, many but not all, and this has to be the worst bunch of women on television. It has to do with THE CHIDREN. Put this same cast of adults in the Rock of Love house and they might make me bust a gut laughing but here it is just sad. I wish it was criminally sad. So far it is just really, really bad parenting sad. Maybe one of these Networks could lock all the dance moms in a house with pagaent moms and dads and let us see that.
My first post, so go gently on me. I found this clip on YOUTUBE. It is Candy Apple Studio owned by Cathy!!! No wonder she sends Vivi to Abby Lee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX1fsGu3EL8
Am I the only one that thinks Cathy looks like a squirrel when she eats. I do love this show
This episode was crazy. I agree with shana – what was the point of moving Maddie? Why wouldn’t Abby rather win two age divisions? The only reasons are to screw Chloe or to make more drama. But is Abby really that wimpy that she’d do something just b/c the producers told her to? I do have some sympathy for Christi now that we’ve seen some of how she grew up. She needs to leave that studio and find somewhere where her daughter can shine on her own. Ain’t gonna happen at ALDC, honey.
As for whether Christi should have gone to the comp, I don’t think there’s really a right answer. She wanted to be with her grandmother but she also didn’t want to let her daughter down.
The whole costume thing was weird. How had Brooke not seen her costume until then? And it wasn’t that bad. (most dance costumes look kinda goofy so I don’t think this would have stood out) She would have been better off wearing the costume than what she wore. Weird. And I was wondering where Abby was too. She seems the type to rule with an iron fist and I can’t imagine that she just left this up to the moms.
I have to agree with Shana on this: Not only does the move into a higher age group make no sense, it makes no sense that the competition ALLOWED IT. The only thing I can think of is that the production crew kinda made that happen, either via money or complaints. It’s just weird that they’d allow a child to step out of age group on the whim of Abby. I mean, it’s obvious a pull for DRAMA, but I can’t imagine a reputable contest bending rules because of a show. But maybe I’m wrong.
Otherwise, I dislike Cathy. Not just because of the obvious shit stirring but because of Vivi’s poor treatement. It’s one thing to portray a ‘bad guy’ drama maker for adults, it’s another to treat your child as she does. I want to put my daughter in dance in two years (she’ll be four and she loves dancing now) but i worry.
Viv isn’t Cathy’s daughter in real life. You DO realize this show is fake, don’t you?
Hi Pottymouth – love the recaps. Don’t get so upset about the lies and misrepresenting facts. It’s a fictional show. Scripted, plotted, rehearsed and about as real as the Doctor Drew curing celebrities.
As soon as Christi lifted Chloe in the yard, I thought of Dirty Dancing. Made me laugh to see I wasn’t the only one! I actually had a costume incident happen when I was 12 and I’m still scarred by it 18 years later. I had originally ordered a large child costume and this other girl had ordered a small adult. By the time it came in, I had grown a set of boobs and the other girl was still tiny and flat as a board so when they came in, the teacher had us switch sizes and they fit both of us switched. At the first competition, before we were gonna go on, the asshole mother of the other girl took the small from me and refused to let me wear it. So I wore a too small costume while her kid wore the too large costume just so she could make me look worse. Total Cathy! To this day, she remains on my shit list but I saw a pic of her recently and she now looks like an ugly old witchy hag. Karma’s a bitch!
I felt so sorry for Brooke. No wonder she wants to quit dance, every week so far we’ve seen getting hurt. And this week we see Cathy ripping the costume off her back. It seemed really weird that they didn’t know what Brooke’s costume looked like, especially after all the episodes we’ve seen them doing costumes fitting before competition. But I really don’t understand why Cathy was so mad, it’s not like they took it without her knowing. Jabby asked if she minded and she just sat there. That’s why I laughed when she told Kelly she needed to stick up for self.
I think it’s great your son loves dance. He’s like a little Billy Elliot (LOVE that movie! The ending gets me choked up every single time I watch it!) If your kid knows what they want I say let them pursue it; but if they know what they DON’T want (eg.: ViviAnne) then drop the delusions and let them drop the torture!
I hate Cathy; not for the way she treats the other moms because, let’s face it, they’ve all got the axes at the ready. Because of how she treats the kids, her own kid included. That poor child looks miserable and ol’ chicken head doesn’t seem to notice or care. People like that should just be taken out back and horse whipped. You had your chance, you blew it for whatever reason and now it’s your kid’s turn. Stop being a psycho and start being a MOM.
“Jabby says the dancers or pieces that everyone talks about the next day at competition are the ones that told a story. Or, you know, creeped everyone the fuck out.” Hee hee. This comment, along with the photo stills & captions, had me giggling so loudly as I was reading this in bed last night that I was sure I was going to wake my husband and the dogs. And that photo of Kelly totally shows how her faced is perfectly shaped to be The Joker for Halloween.
Abby’s sweet little dog totally had me cracking up, the way she came waddling in, all ahuffin’ and apuffin’, like she was going to go into cardiac arrest. That dog seriously needs to lose some weight, but was adorable nonetheless. It was hilarious how she was trying to wag her tail and be all excited yet her tubby little frame kept her practically stationary.
What is the big deal with more than one dancer doing a solo at the competitions? Can anyone explain this? I have never been to a dance competition so I have no idea how this works. Is there a limit to how many dancers each studio can enter? I mean, what prevents everyone from throwing their hats in the ring, so to speak?
Basically, Maddie’s “Beautiful” solo was just her “Cry” solo, with a name change and a slightly different pose at the end. I am so sick of watching her dance the same choreography over and over!! I still think Chloe has way more personality on stage and is much more interesting to watch.
Christi irritates the shit out of me. “Gee, do I go to my daughter’s umpteenth dance competition, or do I go to my grandma’s bedside where she may be dying and this might be the last weekend she might be alive? Oh, silly question! The competition, of course! I mean, the TV cameras aren’t at Grannie’s hospital room!” It’s not like Chloe would have been scarred for life if Christi wasn’t there this ONE time. From the looks of it, it seems like they are constantly performing or competing so it wasn’t like this was a once-in-a-lifetime event for Chloe. And it kinda pissed me off in the end when her grandma turned out to be okay and Christi was like, “Whew! I just knew I made the right decision coming here!” Whatever! She would have been kicking herself in the ass had her grandma passed away that weekend. And could you imagine being the people currently living in Christi’s childhood home? All of a sudden looking out the window to see some television crew standing out front while some crazy lady cries and dances around with her little girl on your lawn? Yikes!
LMAO at the “best cum shot pose!” Classic!
I really feel like the whole “my grandma is sick” drama was scripted, especially given how it was totally resolved by the end of the episode. But if it were real, and it were me, I would’ve gone to see my grandma and let Chloe go to the competition with the other girls. If my grandma is unconscious and on a ventilator, I would want to be able to say good-bye to her, whereas Chloe will live to dance another day.
id love to see the girls from cathys studio compete against them!
@GMAHart, thanks for the link. That’s an example of Cathy’s fabulous teaching??? It is hilarious. It looks more like badly done cheers than dancing. Now I can laugh at her crazy ass even harder when she acts haughty about being a dance professional.
I’m sorry I also don’t find Cathy funny at all. Lifetime obviously put her there to cause problems, which is why Abby can’t say two words to her. That’s fine, but Lifetime needs to screen its “Villan” more carefully. She wants to cause problems with the moms, I have no problem with that. It is when she goes after children that makes her borderline psychotic. Its bad enough that she treats Vivi like her own personal plaything, now she is attacking other people’s girls. That is beyond certifiable, that is the mark of a sociopath. I believe she is a narcissist. The only person she truly loves is herself. Good thing that crazy lady has money, Vivi is going to need it for the therapy bills. God help that poor little girl, I will say a prayer for her…she needs all the help she can get.
Yes, thanks for the link! I went to a not so great dance studio as a kid, but even we had better routines than this! I found this link as well, and it features a non-crazy Cathy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ss8AxfGBAM&feature=related I wonder if she’ll get more students after doing this show. At least she doesn’t seem as mean and nasty as Abby.
Btw, does Abby own more than 3 shirts?? And in any color other than black?!
@you must know: “Viv isn’t Cathy’s daughter in real life. You DO realize this show is fake, don’t you?”
I am sorry, but where are you getting this information from? I mean, all the children on the other reality shows belong to their moms–and Brooke and her mom are practically identical, minus the coloring and age.
@Jazzy: Hiya Jazzy, we seem to have a lot of shows in common!
@saffie: I was also thinking of Billy Elliot when Pottymouth described her son (LOVED that movie too! The best is when he reads his mom’s letter, and yes, of course, the end.). And like you said, “If your kid knows what they want I say let them pursue it; but if they know what they DON’T want (eg.: ViviAnne) then drop the delusions and let them drop the torture!” ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTELY!!
@sagittariuskim: I totally agree with you!
@Sahara: I was wondering the same thing about Jabby’s wardrobe.
@Tapnfeet99: You poor thing! How traumatic! When I was eleven years old I sent a neighbor, who I admired greatly, a long, happy letter from sleepaway camp about a great day I had going camping with my bunk (I barely ever even wrote to my own parents). About a month after I came home from camp, I found the letter in a drawer in my Mom’s desk. When I asked her why it was there, she told me that the neighbor brought it over to show my mom all my spelling mistakes. Since then I have always had problems filling out forms of any kind, fearful of mistakes and being judged (some twenty plus years later). These childhood traumas, no matter how big or small, if it hurts enough it can last a lifetime. After that I disliked my neighbor greatly and thought she was a real tool, but your story puts mine to shame.
@ Phartsmeller and rubinia: Thank you for saying that. I don’t know much about the competitive anything world, but I do know that if my cousin wasn’t at the hospital because of a dance recital (and one that wasn’t even the “Final/Superbowl/Nationals” one), I would have been furious. My Grandma and I are extremely close and when she was ill last year, I was by her side continually and could barely function when I wasn’t. And when she was very, very ill–my mother came in and slept in her hospital visitor’s chair (so uncomfortable) all night and stayed almost all day, so that with the help of the whole family, my grams never spent a moment without a loved one by her side during her entire stay. Not only did we want the staff at the hospital to know she had people who loved her (they treat the elderly patients with family better), but WE needed to be by her side too (no matter what she would have told us to do). I couldn’t believe Christie chose to go, it would have been a no-brainer for me (that is why I asked about the dads going, as a temporary substitute for mom). Chloe was surrounded by a good support group, it was being taped, and she could have talked to her mom on the phone before she went on. And ultimately, she is alone on stage. All that stuff that Christie said about her grandmother agreeing with her decision to go, well I don’t think that is true based on what her cousin said on the phone. I mean, can you imagine being the grandmother, waking up from a near death experience, asking for the granddaughter that you raised like your own, and being told she chose to go to dance recital instead? I don’t know. It felt wrong and I wasn’t sure if I was being too judgemental, or if it felt wrong to other people too.
To “You Must Know”… I don’t know how much of the Cathy/Vivi interation is scripted, but about her really being her daughter… I have seen posted multiple times in various places that Vivi really is Cathy’s daughter, that Cathy and her husband adopted her years ago from Guatemala. Some are just “I heard somewhere” posts like my own, but enough different people that actually know Cathy and her dance studio have said this, that I tend to believe it is true. Some mentioned seeing Vivi around the studio a lot even before she was old enough to dance (always dolled up in fussy frilly dresses and such).
To Brittany, that wants to put her already dance-loving 2-year-old into dance once she gets to about age 4, but is starting to “worry”. Don’t worry, just research.
I remember when we moved, Mom looking for a new studio for me, I was still young enough that she did it and made the decision, but old enough for her to share some of it with me. For me, she looked for studios that were based around the yearly recital, not the competition ones. Mom said this was mostly because she “liked the recitals” and I have no doubt that was true, but she didn’t hide the fact that the competition ones required more investment then my parents would have been willing to take on, not just the money although that would have been part of it, but also the time and energy too, since I was encouraged to participate in multiple activities not just one, and I was expected to do well in school of course too. (The part that Mom never alluded to at all, but I understand in retrospect, is that I was totally not at all talented enough for competitive, but she still wanted her little bookworm to get some exercise doing something physical that she correctly figured would be more fun for her than sports.)
On the other hand, if your child is already showing an affinity for dance, she might thrive in a more challenging environment that what I describe. The point is, there are all sorts of totally different atmospheres out there for kids to experience dance, and the key is to find the one that fits *your* kid. And realize this might change over time, one might decide to try something fun and non-intense to see how it goes at first, move into something more challenging if appropriate, and later either amping up even further if trying for a dance scholarship or something like that or maybe backing off to something less intensive to balance with other activities.)
I just saw Cathy’s school perform on youtube (thanks GMAHart) and though I am no expert, wasn’t Cathy’s impromptu solo just a condensed version of those same moves? The hand waving around the overly-smiling face reminds me of those 1950′s black and white dancing commercials. Appropriate, since Cathy looks like she was probably a teenager back then learning how to dance.
FREE VIVI!!!!! My little lady takes dance once a week and has a recital once a year. I am proud to say for the first time(she’s 6) she was on point with the music:), the past 2 recitals she would dance perfectly about 2 seconds ahead of the music?everyone else. While I think reality Tv is scripted this show takes the cake! I too believe the whole ‘Grand mom’ situation was staged, I also believe the alerted the homeowner AND neighbors Christi was coming. Cathi was cast to be the villian period, there is no way anyone can tell me otherwise. I am so happy someone else notice that Maddie’s solo was the SAME SOLO we have seen, of course you are going to be good if you perform the same dance over and over. I think the whole age bump up thing was due to Maddie having a birthday not ‘she is just that good’. I can say over the course of the season Nia had improved. Isn’t Brook small for her age…she blends in with the little kids quiet well.
“The worst is when they’re lazy pieces of crap that are the stars because their mom is in charge. Or so I’ve heard. What?”
This particular phenomenon is one of my least favorite things about being a dance mom. Our school just cast this year’s Nutcracker and our Clara is lazy and disrespectful…except when she knows the director is watching. We all knew it was coming, of course. It’s maddening when you see dancers with more talent passed over time and again. (And lest you think this is just sour grapes, my DD was not even in the running for the part of Clara because of age requirements.
Love the recaps PottyMouth, especially all the first-hand dance mom experience you bring! I look forward to them almost as much as the show itself!
@Sahara…don’t you realize? Black is THINNING!!! Can’t you see the pounds just MELT away on Jabby when she wears black? It’s almost as if she looks 19 again with a Playboy body! Okay, my delusional sarcasm is at an end.
Tonight’s episode has to be the worst piece of shit that I have seen in a long time. It was truly awful. Just remember these words “Acro and Lyrical”.
Somebody needs to grow a pair, too.
TC, Robin
I should wait for the recap but something is bugging me. Shangela on RuPaul steals from another comedian and Dance Moms has a child dance to a song about it? The girl’s outfit was even the same pattern. Why in the world would Jabby think that was the perfect song for anyone under 18?
Cause Jabby has absolutely no sense of age appropriate behavior whatsoever. Remember the comment to the kids in the first episode about Elton John being straighter than the kid’s legs? Yeah, cause these kids really get topical gay humor like no one’s bizness–it’s ridiculous, she needs to take a childhood development class pronto.
I am new to tvgasm and going back through to read every single Dance Moms recap because I literally laugh my ass off at every single one! So I know that probably no one will even see this comment since this was so long ago but I still have to say it.
I am 30 years old and I do not remember EVER seing a milk carton with the face of a missing kid on it. Do they even do that anymore? Obviously I know that it is something that used to be done (from seeing it in movies and stuff) but it’s no wonder the kids looked at Abby like she was insane “Milk cartons have faces on them?” LOL!
This is way after the fact, but PottyMouth, I competed all throughout high school (22 now) and I have indeed seen a ton of people moved up an age category. Mostly, we seemed to do it for bragging rights. In my last year, we had a lot of really good fifteen-year-olds who were stuck in the “teen” category at a lot of competitions, so my teacher registered some of them in the “senior” category more or less to prove a point. For one competition when I was fourteen, I was in a fourteen-and-under category for a tap solo against about seven others, including one of my own teammates, so my teacher moved me up to the sixteen-and-under category because it was challenging enough to warrant it and there were fewer people to beat. You can move people up a level, but not down (obviously).
Sometimes it sucks that you can’t move down because at DEA, the age levels are fairly large groupings (i.e. 13-15 all compete in the same age category, not just 13-year-olds against only 13-year-olds which you see at competitions like Terpsichore Dance Celebration) and you’re placed based on your age on that very day, not January 1st. It sucks when that moves you up into a whole new age category. We had a set of twins on my team who were in the tenth grade and had turned sixteen a few weeks before DEA, but they were still in an awkward young-teenager phase with overly long and skinny limbs that they had a harder time controlling. They were better suited for the “teen” category and technically should have been in it, but instead because they were born in March, they had to compete against seasoned eighteen-year-olds.
Anyhow, moving someone up the day of is completely unheard of. I’m not sure what’s more likely – that Abby got the competition to just go along with it due to the clout of the show (likely considering they did the whole “if this were Nationals” spiel) or if she had moved Maddie up months before and just pretended to announce it that day. And also, why move her up? As far as I realize Abby is concerned about the number of titles to her name, but maybe Maddie had more competition in the 8 & under category. Or, maybe the whole “You’ve had an easy year” thing was completely fabricated and Abby entered two solos of the same genre, which would definitely make Maddie a candidate for being moved up.