Personal Narrative: Becoming A Member Of The Dance Team

It had always been a dream of mine to enter high school and be not only a member of the dance team, but an officer or a colonel. Since I am an experienced, competitive dancer and have been dancing since I was 3, becoming a member of the team was fairly simple, but I knew becoming an officer would be a challenge. I became a member of the team my freshman year and instantly fell in love with the change of environment. When sophomore year arose, being apart of the team became tedious, but my yearning passion to become a captain continued my intense drive.
When tryouts rolled around, it was a stressful two weeks filled with achy muscles, late night papers, and various tears. In May 2015 I did not make the officer line. My dreams were crushed and I started to give up on the thing that I cherished the most, dance. Days and weeks I stayed awake contemplating many thoughts in my mind, and finally I had come to my decision. I quit the dance team. …show more content…
I desperately was looking for a home, a family to accept the stray that I had become. Move Dance and Fitness became that home and now I am a second year captain, role model, and apprentice of their competitive dance team.
Over the two-year course with this studio I have discovered more about myself and my passions than anywhere else I have trained. I have discovered my love of teaching, my yearning to extend my creativity outside of the studio walls with interior design, and my new dream to continue dancing in college. If I would never have faced the trials of not making the officer line, I would not have grown into the person I am today by those I met along the