Personal Narrative: A Dance Girl

When I was four-year-olds, I was placed into dance classes at the Dance Unlimited Studio in Paradis, Louisiana. I meet most of my phenomenal friends in dance class; especially my great friend Maddie. Maddie was two grades above me, so when I was an eighth-grader, she was a sophomore at my current high school. One day during dance class, she hurled her whole body upon me for a hug and squealed in excitement. "Guess what!?" she exclaimed. I replied with a distorted face, and my mouth ajar. "Guard tryouts are in a couple of weeks!" It dawned on me that she was just finishing her first year on our school's color guard team; or what ever she talked about on a daily basis. She always rambled on about how she was one of the best and only dancers on the guard, and she aspired to be on the "rifle" line for the upcoming year (what ever the heck that was, too). My friends Bailey, Elise, Myah, and I listened to the stories of this "color guard," every single dance class. "You guys should try out!" Maddie stated. It was a different activity, that was never introduced in middle school. I always heard the afternoon announcements speak about picking up tryout packets in the main office, but I never took the move until Maddie brought it to my attention. So I took the leap by grabbing a packet, filling it out, and being at the teaching …show more content…
I financed and hosted my own color guard camp during the summer for children ages 7-14, in hopes to ignite interest in the color guard arts at a younger age. The incoming underclassmen leaned on me for help when it came to weapons. By then, I knew that becoming a candidate for the senior captain role was my calling. I loved my team and I was dedicated to being the best in the state. When I was awarded the captain position, my heart skipped a beat and I instantly went to my journal to plan out the whole year. This year- my last year- was going to be