So You Think You Can Dance Australia

I got onto a video on the SYTYCD Aust. website :D yay!

This is the LINK:
http://dance.ten.com.au/video.htm?vxSiteId=4615e8c0-9b27-4d1c-aa16-eca5e7b093d7&vxChannel=Dance%20Extras&vxClipId=2305_sytycd_kate_101108&vxBitrate=300&vxClickToPlay=false

When the judges walk through the crowd of dancers, I'm the one in between Matt and Bonnie, in the purple jacket and the blue top!

So happy!

Dancing around an empty house...

...sadly, that is exactly what I was doing proir to turning on the computer.

I have decided I'm going to create a little book of happiness...with happiness being the goal. I just need a glue stick...lol. You think I can find one in this massive house full of crap? Ofcourse not, that would be helpful. I am covering it with a picture from a magazine which is entirely filled with gummi bears.

Cause nothing says happiness more than gummi bears.

I'm just so confused with my life at the moment.
I'm not sure exactly what I want in life. I'm not going to TAFE this year...I'm disappointed, but I am not 100% sure if it will get me exactly where I want, I know it used to be what I wanted. I am having problems with my workmates. And I am still in love with the one person I cannot have.

Life is so complex...confusing.

So in the mean time, until I figure everything out...I am going to go back to dancing through my empty house :D.

My Story - EMT 2005 - A Salute To Australia

In February 2005, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo left Scotland for the second time in its 54-year history, and made its way to Sydney, Australia. Over 1,300 performers would perform to 160,000 spectators over 5 nights at Sydney's Aussie Stadium, where a dramatic replica backdrop of Edinburgh Castle was build to help capture the essential magic of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.


For this once in a lifetime event, 170 highland dancers were to perform, 20 were from Scotland and 150 were from Australia. I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of those 150 dancers, accompanied by four of the dancers from my studio. Our rehearsals started on the 29th of January, we arrived at Sydney University and were told that to succeed at the tattoo we must always be focused, committed and disciplined. Mrs. Cheryl Roach and Mr. Billy Forsyth were the choreographers who would be taking us through the Australian Tattoo and for five long days we rehearsed 3 times a day for 3 hours at a time with them. It was a long process to learn all the steps and sequences while continuously being told 'You're going to be standing with the army! Make sure your lines are straight!'


Eventually we made it to the 2nd of February, our second dress rehearsal, and our first performance with an audience. Anxiously I waited out in the Sydney Cricket Ground, reviewing the steps, making sure that the last 5 days of practice was not a waste of time. Eventually 8pm arrived, we all heard 5 cannons, and the dress rehearsal had commenced. It seemed such a long time before we were told to leave the SCG and make out way for the back of the Castle, we all walked up in our lines while hearing 'Austin Powers' being played by the New Zealand Army Band. Soon after that, the Queens Colour Squadron took to the spotlight and performed their Specialist Drill Display, while the massed dancers made their way to the arches of the castle.
The lights went dark after the departure of the Queens Colour Squadron; it was our time to perform. The music started as we begun to make our way to the field, heads low, moving in the dim light listening to the voice informing the audience that we were under the direction of Billy Forsyth, Former World Champion. The drums started and we all turned to face our audience, one row at a time. The calm voice that was once dictating to the audience suddenly rose to introduce 'The OzScot Highland Ceilidh Dancers!' The lights suddenly came on, and we could all now see our audience. This was the best moment of the whole tattoo; the smile never once left my face. The adrenaline pumped quickly as I danced in front of 30,000 people without ever thinking about what I was doing, knowing very well that I knew the dance, and that I should just enjoy that moment, and cherish it.


I couldn't believe how spectacular it felt to dance in front of an audience that big! That was only the dress rehearsal! The following 5 nights we performed that same dance, in front of a new audience and enjoyed every minute of it.


I will never forget the feeling that went through me on the 2nd of February 2005 as I performed in front of the biggest crowd I could have ever imagined. The significance of this event to me is that it is unlikely that I will ever perform in front of 30,000 people at one time again. I was only 15 at the time, but this was an experience that will never be forgotten. When the Edinburgh Military Tattoo performed in Australia at Aussie Stadium, only the second time the tattoo had ever left Scotland in its 54-year history, and I was a part of it. Being a part of this performance taught me a few things, one being that you should cherish every great moment that you receive in your life, don't forget them, and the second being that if you want to achieve something, you must be focused, committed and disciplined; or you will never reach your goal.

On Your Marks....Get Set...BLOG!!!

So yeah, I now have a blog...but this time I am actually going to use it, lol. Not like the last one ;).

I don't exactly expect anyone to read this, but if anyone does, I feel the need to apologise in advance for the chronic boredom that may be experienced.

This blog may be hazardous to your health!

So I don't really know what to put into this thrilling first blog of mine, as my life is rather uneventful. I went to the soccer trials for my brothers team today...and missed my dance class because both mum and I thought the class started later than it really did. I was pumped for dancing and everything, lol.

So holidays are over. School has started again...not for me :D, but for my siblings anyway. Holidays were mostly spent at home or at work. This month I did three Robbie Burns nights, which was great, and the money I raised is really helping to save up for my trip to Scotland in August.

Anyway, its getting late, I have nothing to talk about, and I have to get up early to walk siblings to school (*yay, excitement!*).
Hope I didn't bore anyone to death...I only just avoided it myself.