Dance the night away!

I have been practicing and training for over 2 months for Fred Astaire's Showcase event at the Palladium in St. Pete on May 31st, and I can't believe it's finally over.  I had 2 individual numbers (with my dance instructor), and 1 group number, and I must say, I have been having the time of my life!!  I absolutely love dancing, and this to me was my little 'dancing with the stars' type of moment without the 'star' part (since I'm no star) and without the judges part since this was just a show for fun!  But I did the whole nine yards, including the spray tan and the hair and makeup!! Lol! My first number was a hip hop dance to Mercy Me's song Grace Got You.  My 2nd number was to the song Stray Cut Strut, just because I think it's a funny song.  The group number was to the song Surf Crazy, so of course we had the fun beach theme going on!  The lighting was not that great for photos, so the pictures are a bit fuzzy, but you get the idea.  Tim and all the kids were there, and I am really wishing we had taken a family photo - argh!  Plus my friend Nancy and another dear friend, Ronda, came to cheer me on! The week before our best friends, the Perrella's, and our favorite former next door neighbors, the Talkington's, all came to the dress rehearsal! I felt very blessed for all the support and for the incredible staff at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Brandon.  It has been an experience of a lifetime!