Initially Liesel was really excited about making the Poms team. She felt confident about her tryout and she was looking forward to improving her dance technique. In the end, she felt only a few girls really got to highlight their skills and even though she approached the coach and offered to do more complicated tricks, she was denied. Missing several practices and games due to our Disneyland trip didn't help either. Liesel's already a busy girl so when things wrapped up with the Showcase, she was happy to hang up her uniform. Here is their routine to an upbeat version of 9-5 during the regular season:
Side note: Liesel wasn't a fan of the poms. She said they're itchy and everyone assumes you are a cheerleader because you use them even though you are on the dance team. Ironically, the cheer team doesn't use poms. Here is the routine they did for Showcase (Liesel is on the back right):
All in all I'm proud of her for sticking it out when it wasn't always an enjoyable experience.
Next semester she is volunteering to help the 6th grade Spirit Squad and having more of a voice and being able to flex her leadership skills will be a better fit for her I think.
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