Werk IT!

Ok so our role as professional 'cheerers' is one that is very well established and (if I do say so myself) we're pretty damn good at it.....but what happens when we're the ones on the stage and not the ones screaming in the audience?!?!?!

Well on Saturday 20th April, we decided to find out.

Over a series of four rehearsals we put together an ab-fab set choreographed by @Kleiobows to a rather eclectic soundtrack that reflected our rather erratic natures with the aim of performing at the annual RichDance festival, this year being held in Hampton School. 

What did we learn from this experience? 

For one that none of us were born with an internal compass. In fact pretty much every single one of us has an absolutely dreadful sense of direction. Indeed the number of times we had to run through the 'traffic' report so we could all get from A to B without taking anyone out made me seriously question my resolve to get behind the wheel of a car - seriously if collisions are that dangerous on two feet why on earth would you risk getting in one on four wheels!!!! 

Having said this, public transport became rather equally dangerous during this rehearsal period as, given its short length, we all took to squeezing in a little bit of extra practice whenever we could. This meant utilising every bit of dead time available. Thus the most common rehearsal space became the incredibly acclaimed Bus Stop .... except for in the case of @CaitlinLock who decided instead to thrill/terrify her canine friends instead*.

It paid off though because by the time it came to show day we WERE READY! 

Arriving at the school bright and early in the glorious sunshine, showing off our gloriously multi-coloured trousers, we hit the stage for the tech run and then just kept on running (not least because running across the stage in the first black out induced a certain amount of groping). 

Sure there were some pre-show jitters ..... let me tell you it's a very good job that Hampton School has good plumbing facilities otherwise it could have been in some serious trouble .... or we could have been  - whatever, it would certainly not have been pretty - but ...

....luckily these nerves melted away once we got out there for the real thing, largely due to some very loud and supportive audience members in the form of @Mlleginger, @KatymillsLondon, @Hailstonehoop and @KleioBows. They were there telling us to WERK from beginning to end. This may have been much to the disgruntlement of the rest of the very much more sedate congregation in the auditorium, but who cares? - sure made me smile. 

And......what was the outcome you ask?

We all came off in one piece (or largely in one piece, a few of our b-girls were definitely missing some skin on their kneecaps) and on a rather massive high as we celebrated the lack of any major disARSters - whoop whoop!

A celebration was definitely called for, luckily the sun-dappled banks of the River Thames provided the perfect location for this. Here we could be free to upstage the street performers (really not hard when you try and sing 'Proud Mary' as a ballad) with @Katymillslondon and @MlleGinger's rendition of: "contemporary in three moves," and let out all the hyperness in peace .... that is until we tried to go in to eat and they decided that my lack of ID meant ACCESS DENIED, luckily the Ginger ninja was there to save the day (yay) ... quiet we may not have been but I'd take being FIERCE over being a push over any day. 

To conclude: 

WELL DONE GANG WE SMASHED IT! 

*No animals were harmed in the Dance Station RichDance production*