Minicap: Dance Moms

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   Gwen
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 5:30 pm

   I teared up a bit when Nia got that award. I know it’s cheesy, but I was just really happy for her.

   Leslie is one whacked lady to make Jill look calm and reasonable. I was sort of confused by their parking lot conversation. What was the point of that Halloween story?

   Can I just say I am soooooo glad none of these women is my mother. That bar scene made me cringe.

   Is it just me, or is this show getting more fake every week? I almost can’t stand to watch it (key word: almost). I can only imagine what next week will be like with this “new girl”.

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   Jazzy
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 5:59 pm

   I teared up too for Nia. That was great!!

   This show has gotten ridic. What was up with that strip club scene? I think that was filmed at some other time and was just thrown in tonight to fill a few minutes. It made no sense in context. And for Cathy and a bunch of moms to go to the recital was just bizarre. They don’t have anything better to do? But for all Cathy’s bragging, I now want to see one of her spectacular recitals. Maybe she should just stick to recitals and forget competitions since she usually loses anyway.

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   April
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:06 pm

   I feel for Payton. I had to do that quick change stuff a lot during our recitals. I also would be in like 15 numbers and had only minutes to change. I had to change behind a curtain with male crew members less than 4 feet away during puberty. Fun. It can be exhausting. If anything it teaches great organization. I had to have each costume in a garment bag with everything that went with it in the bag like tights, hair pieces, earrings, shoes, bloomers, hair pins, hats, etc.

   I agree with Christi or Kelly whichever one said that the hip hop number said Go somewhere else for hip hop. That hip hop number was crap. Obviously not their forte.

   The new little girl looked cute. I hope she can dance as good as the others. Her mother looks like she won’t take any crap from the other moms.

   It is common for other dancers/dance teachers to attend the rival studio recitals. We would go for laughs or to see if they copied our stuff. It is not like it is bad form. Recitals are open to the general public or whomever can get a ticket. I kinda agree with Cathy that the plain Jane recitals kinda suck. Ours always had themes and all the dances fit or at least we tried to make them fit into the theme. We had backdrops and props and sets and nifty lighting like strobe lights and fog. Abby has great dancers and dances, but some kind of theme or flow or special effects or flair would help from just Here is one dance, now another dance, now yet another dance.

   I liked watching the moms party at that bar. They do look like they can all have a good time together at least.

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   April
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:09 pm

   I also don’t appreciate the whole “I am mad so I am making my kids leave” drama that Kelly and Melissa both perpetuate regularly. If you want to leave, leave. Your kids are fine at the studio by themselves. Pick them up later. Big whoop. I agree with Abby on that. My mother NEVER stayed at the studio even when I was little. She helped me with costume changes and stuff at that age, but that was only at performances.

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   jen
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:25 pm

   i wanted to punch Leslie straight in the baby maker when she went up into the booth. If I recall, Abby said something like “well that won’t work” and she clearly said when leslie interrupted her that she was fixing it. But Leslie kept picking. She just wants more screen time.

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   AshleyS
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:29 pm

   Also, I really want to know what was going on when Kendall went off on her mom. I should have felt bad for Kendall, but instead I was like cheering her on! After so long of Jill making things difficult for Kendall, she finally stood up to her–even if it was in an uncontrolled ‘kid’ sort of way.

   I have a good feeling about this new mom. Can’t wait!

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   Jazzy
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:42 pm

   @April – it’s not really common now for just anyone to go to a dance recital. At least not around here. The tickets are for friends and family of the dancers only. I certainly don’t want any old person wandering in. For another dance studio owner to get a ticket, they would have to know someone who went to that studio. And they see each other’s best dances at competitions, there’s really no reason they would want to go to a recital.

   @Ashley – I know – they didn’t really show what that was about. I’m sure it was just Kendall being tired and stressed. It’s another example of how this show doesn’t really make sense half the time!

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   April
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:51 pm

   Jazzy: that is not how it is around here. They have them in fairly large theaters that can hold a lot of people. They sale the tickets to the public and anyone that wants one can buy one. Usually they never sale out. You never know if someone there is just some random person or like someone’s relative or friend of a dancer. Nor did we particularly care. It upped our ticket sales regardless. For the most part, random people are not going to want to attend a dance recital. They are long and can be very boring. For every good dance you have to sit through 5 bad or average dances of the kids just doing it for fun with most studios.

   They are not advertised or anything. But the theater does have it on the marquee the night of the performance.

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   jen
   Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:52 pm

   the other weird thing about the kendall scene is they show the girls in their “Trapped” costumes right before Shrill says something about having a problem or whatever she said yet when they flashed to Kendall you could see a few girls in their Hip Hop costumes.

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    April
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    Jazzy: Is it a space issue or more of a we are scared a pedophile might come and watch our kids thing? Do you know the reason behind not letting anyone who wants to come get a ticket? I am just curious. Sometimes I get sentimental and consider attending recitals in town if I hear about them and that would be weird if I was told because I don’t know anyone I would not be allowed to buy a ticket.

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    Cheergirl
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    jill: why are you crying?

    kendall: Because I hate you

    LOL

    the new girl’s name is Nicaya Wiley. She has a dance up on youtube from 2011 I believe and she is good! she has a lot of stage presence and is quite sassy!

    wait i just searched for it on youtube and it’s gone it was there last night! ah o well. she looked better than maddie and chloe to me but it could have just been her stage presence (I don’t know much about technique. It was a jazz number)

    And yay Nia! I teared up for her. I love her because she really is trying and improving.

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    Bec
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    Her technique wasn’t as good as Maddie or Chloe’s . I trained in dance for about 15 years so I can spot it. Just IMO of course. Great stage presence. Sort of like nia but better technique. Technique level of Paige probably

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    Jazzy
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    @April – sometimes it’s a space issue, but more of a not wanting a creepy pedophile thing. Our studio used to have the recital in a smaller venue, so each dancer got a form for tickets and could get 4 each. People that wanted more could go on a wait listif not everyone used all of theirs. Now it’s at a bigger auditorium and everyone can get 6, and usually more if they want them. But each family still has to turn the form in and gets the tickets through the studio. As far I know, that’s how it works at most places.

    Last year, some man walked into the studio asking for recital tix. when the person at the front desk asked him if he knew anyone in the recital, he said “no.” Now why a 40-something year old man want to go to a dance recital when he didn’t know anyone in it?? Needless to say, he was turned away.

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    Wednesday
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    I thought with this being a dance recital we might get to see more dancing. I should have known better. Seemed like the whole episode was one dumb argument after another. It’s exhausting.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    @April I was confused about the moms staying all the time at the studio. At my [gymnastics] gym, parents never stay to watch their kids. They just drop them off. The show most likely wants the moms there, though.

    Also about random people/other teachers, etc. coming to shows: At our last gym show, a couple of coaches from a gym that had recently closed came to our gym show. I have no clue why they came, and I was sort of creeped out about it. On our first practice of the season, a coach who used to have his own gym came and stayed at hour practice for two hours. He does not work at my gym. It was supremely creepy. But I understand why other teachers/coaches would go to another studio’s show.

    @AshleyS I think Kendall was just stressed. It looked like she had a hair elastic stuck in her hair (ouch!). For me personally, the most stressful part of gymnastics meets is not competing, it’s doing my hair lol. Beam is a close second though.

    @Jen the editing on this show is often poor and choppy, and usually has poor continuity.

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    Over 12 years I took dance at 5 different studios (because we moved). All of my recitals
    were open (and free–I guess recital costs were factored into the tuition). My cousins lived in another town & it was the same for them. Maybe it was an Arkansas thing, or a 1980s-1990s thing?
    I’ve also heard of people having to have tickets for high school graduations. It’s been a while since mine but I’m fairly positive we didn’t have tickets. Sports events and high school dances are the only ticketed things I remember. Sadly I still have most of the stubs & other “important” mementos in a trunk in my guest bedroom.

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    katwoman
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    Greetings from another “almost” can’t take it anymore fan. But I like watching the girls dance and they all seem so sweet and like they truly are friends and support each other (like when they hugged Nia and were so happy for her at pyramid). I also wanted to punch Leslie when she was forcefully badgering – in her face – Jill in the parking lot, conniving and trying everything she could think of to convince Jill that she should go to another studio – out of deep concern for Jill’s well-being? – I’m sure that’s it! In reality, the more dancers she can eliminate increases the chances of Payton being put on the team. That probably accounts for her out-of-line interrogation of Kelly also. She is a trip!

    I have one more comment & then I’ll go (I don’t mean to be rambling). I think the producers/cameramen just film everything left and right and then “cut & paste” so the end result doesn’t make sense. We end up thinking “where did that come from?!” and things could be taken out of context (like the “Chloe, what are we going to do with you” could have been about something else but pasted here for more drama).

    Which brings us back to fake, fake, fake, more scripted than reality, producer-induced drama. I think if these girls were really being abused and disrespected, their mothers would not continue to bring them. (Although they probably do like being on TV; you can tell that the talking heads love to voice their opinion.)

    Thanks for letting me vent. Can’t wait for the whole recap – SnoopK8′s are awesome and hilarious!

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    Dani
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    @Bec– I agree with you about the new girl. I saw a youtube video of her this morning, and she was good (about the same as Paige from what I saw), but not up to the level of Chloe or Maddie at this point. She DID look like she had A LOT of potential though, like someone who could get up to that level really quickly if she had the training. I think the mom (of the new girl) took the video down because some mean kids (or maybe adults, but I would think adults wouldn’t be so mean..?). There were some comments and then the mom commented back about how this was a year or 2 ago and she was great, so they should shut their mouths, or something like that.. If I knew it would have been taken down, I would have tried harder to remember what was written.. Anyway, I think she took it down because she didn’t like people talking crap about her kid, which I can’t blame her.. She looked like a talented little girl with a lot of potential.. Will be interesting to see what happens. I don’t think she stays though, because she didn’t go with them to Nationals from what I hear.. Anyone else know?

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    April
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 4:21 am

    As I said our recitals and the competitions were always open to the public and it never even crossed my mind that some guy might be out there getting his jollies off watching us. Maybe it happened but so what? A Dad of another dancer could just as easily be perving too. I am very anti-fear thinking when it comes to stuff like that. We should not just assume people are perverts. Maybe that man that wanted a ticket had a daughter and he wanted to check out the recital to see if he wanted to bring his daughter there next year? Maybe he was a talent scout? Maybe his daughter died and she used to be a dancer and it makes him happy to see other little girls dance? Maybe he is an ex dancer? There are lots of reasons that are not automatically PERVERT alert!

    Now if you see some guy with his hands down his pants watching the girls dance. Sure, call the cops. But don’t just assume he is a pervert. If you teach your kids safety rules regarding stuff like that, you shouldn’t have to go around worrying about it all the time.

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    classy drunk
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 5:08 am

    My brother was watching something else on tv. He looked over at my while I was cooking dinner and asked Do you HAVE to watch Dance Moms? I laughed, and said well of COURSE I HAVE to watch Dance Moms. What’s wrong with you?

    I watched the Encore presentation so he could watch Hard Knocks.

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    Jazzy
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 5:17 am

    Hey April – it’s not that everyone walks around terrified of perverts all the time, it’s just more of a mindset that recitals are for families to see what their kids have been working on all year. They aren’t for the general public. And you’ll just have to trust me that the creep-o-meter went off when this particular guy came into the studio!

    @Gwen – are you a gymnast? My daughter is a competitive gymnast and all the gym moms at our gym want to see a Gym Moms show!

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    Tally
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 5:44 am

    Add me to the list of people who teared up for Nia’s scholarship. She really has improved over the last year, and I’m always happy when she gets recognition.

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    SmellyMelly
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 6:35 am

    Did I imagine it or did Jill say SHE invited Cathy & co to the recital?? Not the smartest move to get on anyone’s good side, imo!

    Also, did Kendall (during her breakdown in dressing room) when asked why she was crying say “Because it’s important to YOU!” to her mom? Poor thing is cracking from the pressure & uncomfortable situations her mom is putting her in!

    Last thing…YAY, NIA!!

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    SaraKate
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 6:46 am

    So happy that Nia won the scholarship! Yay NIA!

    Add me to the list of people that worked at studios that allowed anyone who wanted to to buy tickets! I’m also on the list of dance teachers that went to other studios recitals (painful as it sometimes was, LOL!) However, we would NEVER have done with Crazy Cathy did and take notes, or crash the after party!

    Finally, I’d LOVE to hear more about the whole Melissa/Leslie thing!

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 7:29 am

    i feel like maybe a bunch of people’s providers are airing commercials for too long during this show, maybe? because every time you & commenters say they didn’t get to see something (also happens with t&t) due to commercials running over it, it’s always something that did show up for me. the moms boozing it up, jesus … i wasn’t even going to comment this time but when i saw that i was so freakin’ embarrassed for them. wtf, lifetime is right!!!

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    abacadabradance
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 8:30 am

    That Hip Hop dance was such a let down. Paige should not have been in the number based on the state her foot was in. The fire looked pretty pathetic too. I don’t think Maddie should’ve gotten the schalorship because her mom works at the front desk and she already gets most of her lessons for free anyway. Payton should’ve said No to doing the Hip Hop dance knowing that she already had enough on her plate with costume change numbers.

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    KRB
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 9:18 am

    OK, so did anyone else notice how Christi was all about Chloe getting Maddie’s part? If the roles would have been reversed and Maddie would have been give Chloe’s part it would have been WWIII on Melissa. I find it super annoying that all the moms will stick up for Chloe but not Maddie… and to top it off, Christi went on to say how much pressure was on Chloe. I wonder how many other competitions that these girls do, Maddie and Brooke both had sashes and tiaras on at the end and I believe that sash said DEA on the one that Maddie had on.

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    Anniehall
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 9:20 am

    April, I so appreciate what you said regarding reasons a man might attend a dance recital when he did not know any of the performers. Very broadminded and empathetic. And I also agree with Jazzy that most dance recitals tend to be very long and more interesting to the families and friends of performers. My daughter took dance in two major metropolitan areas, at three studios altogether, and recitals were always held in big venues–municipal auditorium, university and regional performing arts centers. There were so many attending that competing teachers could have blended in with the crowds without notice, I think.

    Dressing my daughter for her first recital at age three, I was worried about getting her lipstick straight! When I saw her looking about three inches tall on the big stage, I laughed and laughed!

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    April
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 9:48 am

    KRB: I noticed that too. I was thinking Christi would stick up for Maddie because normally Christi seems to love all the girls and support all of them. Not this time. I think the tension from this show is getting to her. Which is unfortunate. At first she and Kelly and Holly kinda reminded me of my mom friends in that we all love each other kids and it is like our own kids by proxy. There is no competition or whatever. I was really shocked it did not seem that way last night.

    Jazzy: I get it. I get the creepo vibe from people too sometimes. You just have to take it on a case by case basis instead of making blanket policies. My husband would be very hurt if someone acted like that toward him. He doesn’t have a daughter but has always been very loving and sweet to other little girls we know. Nothing shameful or weird about that.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 10:06 am

    @Jazzy yes I am, this is my last year on the team (sob!) because next year I am off to college. I think a gym mom show would be pretty boring, at least if it was filmed at my gym! The parents never stick around to watch practice and they’re all friendly and not very competitive. But maybe at another gym the moms are crazier? I guess it could get pretty crazy at gyms training elites but the moms/kids probably wouldn’t have time to film a TV show. Are the moms at your gym crazy?

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    Samantha
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 10:24 am

    I think Kendall said she hated her mom because she knew her mom invited Cathy and didn’t want everyone getting mad at her once again when they find out. She already got a lot of crap from the parents because of her Mom and maybe she’s just sick of it. Just my opinion of course because who knows

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    Gwen
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 10:55 am

    I don’t know if my comment posted, because I don’t see it, so I’ll post it again (sorry if it did actually go through).

    @Jazzy Yes I am a competitive gymnast. Are the moms at your gym crazy? Because the ones at my gym are totally normal, friendly, and not competitive with each other. So a Gym Mom show (at least at any of the gyms I’ve been to) would definitely be not very entertaining. Our gym is not super competitive though, maybe there is more drama at gyms that train very high level gymnasts.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 10:56 am

    Oops, now I see it!

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    AshleyS
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    @Samantha That would make a lot of sense!

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    Jazzy
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    @Gwen – no, our gym is normal too. But I have storeis of the top gyms where the kids are training elite and trying to get on the national team, and it can be insane. I think it would be a blast to watch! What level do you compete? My daughter is almost 10 yrs old and is repeating level 5 this year. I don’t know if she’ll stick with it through high school but so far she loves it.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    @Jazzy I am a prep op gold (also known as intermediate, sometimes prep op is called the Xcel program). I love it too Maybe there should be a show about Texas Dreams or WOGA? Those gyms are huuuuuuge. My friend’s aunt told me TD has like 70-some elites.

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    Wednesday
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Did anyone else notice Paige running in her supposedly broken boot? I’ve never broken my foot but I wouldn’t think she’d be able to run on it like that. It makes me wonder if they faked the injury just to further the Jill/Kendall storyline.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    @Wednesday I don’t think they faked the injury. I saw pictures of Paige out & about with her friends that Kelly posted on her Staree and she still had the boot on. It’s probably not that bad of a break, there was a girl on my team who fractured her growth plate in her foot but had a walking cast and was still participating in practice as she could.

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    KRB
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    @ April: I think that all the moms do like each other. They seem to go out and all that jazz. If you look on their staree pages they have pictures of them as a group, which makes me think they like each other, no one is making them post those pictures. It’s just easy to snap at good friends esp. when you’re with them for 8 hours a day 4 or 5 days straight, (or whoever long they film). However, I think that Christi does feel threatened for Chloe by Maddie, not sure why, they are both amazing and very different. She seems like she would do anything for Chloe to be the star. Maybe I’m wrong, but when Maddie gets a “special” opportunity they all slam Melissa for letting her due it (the two comps, etc.) and when Chloe gets an opportunity, it’s just a “great opportunity”….

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    Elle
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Paytons mom is a crazy harpie. I felt bad for her in the birthday party from hell scene where she walked into an ambush but “Well your daughter didn’t SAY anything at rehearsal” I cannot imagine Paige who is pulled in both directions by Abby and by her mom to be able to tell Abby no. Shes not a forceful little girl and I don’t imagine her wanting to disopoint Abby. Leslie needed to mind her business because it was less of an attack on Kelly and more on how assertive Paige is.

    I totally get Kelly pulling Paige out of the dance. Though I think from the beginning she should have said the doctor said no. Putit on the doctor. Abby can’t be mad about the dcotor saying not at all..but she can stretch that “he said a little bit of arm dancing was ok” as far as it will go. So I get her pulling Paige out but it’s a little to late.. Also a little to often. Can anyone remember the last time Paige or Brooke did a dance they were given? Kelly complains they are bottom of the pyramid or not given opportunities but I have seen her yank them out of dance after dance after dance. “They’re not doing the dance this week” Broken record. I don’t want to hear it anymore.

    Anyone remember when the moms looked like real people..now every pyramid they are in like fancy dresses. It’s like what happened with Kate Gosselin. People identify with people who seem normal like them. Once you start thinking you are a celebrity the audience will turn on you. Careful moms.

    Also the hip hop costumes…wtf…I turned to my friend and said “Why are they dressed like sl*tty Marios?” (as in brothers)

    He said “Ahh I was just thinking they look like ho-ish plumbers!”

    Also I think it’s nice that people are mtnioning recitals open to the public. I’d go to a recital simply because I’m into Dance moms and so have a slight slight interest. I have no kids though and while I was in dance.. I remember like one term and have no actual memory of being in class. If nothing else them being open like that lets me go and support the children in my community. Girl scouts sell cookies to fund troop activities. Dance studios sell tickets. Of course turn away the ones who give a bad vibe but it’s silly to throw away money for the studio.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    @elle — i was thinking the same thing while i was watching, actually, but same thing when abby (i think it was abby?) said that peyton should have said no when abby asked her to join the hip hop disaster. when i was a kid, if my dance teacher had asked me to do another number at my recital, i would NOT have been able to say no, because i’d feel like she thought i was a big baby and not working hard enough/think less of me as a dancer for that. i would’ve freaked out about the whole thing, but i would never have said no. nor would i have said anything in paige’s situation, either, at least not after the one time she said she did bring it up; after that, as a little girl in the shadow of your big, bad dance teacher, you just feel like a crybaby loser for “whining” about doing what you’re asked.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    also, if i were kelly, i wouldn’t have let paige be involved in the dance until her boot was off, period. paige is a little girl and it’s hard for her to stand up to abby, but kelly is 40-something freakin’ years old, so give me a break … it’s ABSURD to not follow doctor’s orders on that. if anything, you could be risking further, permanent damage to your child, and possibly ruining her chances of a future career while you’re at it.

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    Elle
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Ahh about Paige’s boot. Abby had like a talk with her about doing cartwheels with it and with her going up and down the bus isle. I was thinking “Um of course, because shes a kid.” Kids don’t nessacarily stop because they should rest. I know of a woman who took her little boy on the slide when he was just learning to walk. His little rubber shoe got stuck on the slide and bent back breaking his tiny little leg She was devestated feeling like she had ruined her childs life and stunted his progress learning to walk all so he could take a ride on the slide. The next day he was thumping around in his little hip cast. Kids don’t get further consequences and will push through the pain to have fun. It doesn’t actually mean they are ready physicaly, just mentaly biting at the bit to have fun!

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    GFalls
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 5:53 am

    I liked the part where Kelly’s old dance classmates came back and had NOTHING good to say about her (from her teen dancing days). Totally reiterated my poor opinion of her.

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    April
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 7:18 am

    I doubt most of my old dance mates would have nice things to say about me either. I do chat with some of them on facebook and we get along, but we were never besties when we danced together. Dance was about all we had in common personality wise. Problem was we did not start dancing together all the time till about middle school and by then you don’t have that childhood bond going. Some of them went to my school and would hardly even talk to me at school. I was not considered cool enough.

    Just pointing out that not everyone who dances together are BFFS all the time either.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 7:23 am

    ^^^ that, and the fact that many people are significantly different as adults than they were as teenagers. many of the high school bitches become really nice, and many of the sullen, angsty teenagers who don’t like anyone often adjust and also become nice and friendly, so i wouldn’t really base my opinion of a 40-something on what their teenage reputation was. i really don’t think kelly is so much a bitch as she is insecure as hell, based on how she comes across on the show. i could be wrong, though.

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    Brneyedgrrl
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 9:52 am

    But dear Lord, those alumni seemed to truly HATE Kelly. And what was with those questions Jabby was posing: Was Kelly naked all the time? (YES!) Naked? Why would she be NAKED all the time? Is that a dance term with which I’m unfamiliar?
    And I felt bad for Kelly when she asked, “Was Kelly FUN?” and no one said a word. I’m hoping that was just some creative editing. How embarrassing otherwise!

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    LBOH
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 9:58 am

    Does anyone really believe that the entire dance company hated Kelly? Why on earth would they a) answer her phone calls and b) accept HER invitation to the recital if they truly did? I have a feeling it was more of them saying “Let’s mess with Kelly.”

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 9:59 am

    @brneyedgrrl — it’s not a dance term (at least i’ve never heard it!), and i think abby was trying to be funny & of course the former teammates took the bait by shouting “yes!” to that, too. i doubt kelly was actually naked all the time; maybe she got caught naked once or something, and abby thought she was being funny by capitalizing on it. then again, who knows? maybe she was constantly naked (just unlikely, lol).

    as for kelly asking, “is kelly fun?” i think she was also trying to be funny, but i can see people not answering because it’s just weird … i think i would’ve just stayed quiet, although after a pause, i probably would’ve just said, “yes, kelly, you can be fun” because i’d feel bad that no one said anything (if that were the case), and i think there are other people like that out there ….

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    April
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 10:16 am

    Maybe it was a reference to Kelly being a little slutty back in high school. Abby also made a reference awhile back about how Kelly quit to go shake her pom poms for some guy. I am guessing Kelly might have been a little bit of a slutty cheerleader back in the day. Also in the dressing rooms some of the dancers can be less modest than others. Some change over in a corner discreetly and some just walk around naked chatting to people. It could be a reference to that too.

    I felt bad for Kelly when she asked if Kelly was fun because it was like totally something I would have said in that circumstance. Kinda referring to how I may have been late or loud or slutty but at least I was fun. In my case it would be I may be bitchy and prissy, but I am fun as hell too sometimes.

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    Brneyedgrrl
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 10:40 am

    Aaah, I see. Naked = slutty, that makes sense. Also walking around nude in the changing area, that makes sense too. Or even getting caught naked once. I just couldn’t figure out what the naked reference was to!
    As for Kelly being “fun” @LBOH you’re probably right. It was most likely a “let’s mess w/Kelly” moment. It’s a lot funnier (as opposed to sad) when you think of it that way!

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    Stef
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    I agree with April in that a parent of a student could be a pervert or a friend you bring along. I brought a make friend of mine to my daughters recital and it’s not like they ran a background check on him it anything lol