The dance competition went really well. We got a trophy for just about every routine we had. Several first places, a few platinums. Both the routines my kid was in got Gold. We found out late Friday that there was another clogging group performing. We thought our more advanced group was competing against them, but then found out they're competitive level and we're advanced (it's based on hours of training/ week).. Then we were under the impression that both of our clogging groups were competing against each other, but then found out they're split by age. This competition had a separate category for clogging so we basically got first by default b/c there was no one against them, usually we're in the small group category. The strange part is that the other clogging team was basically tappers who found clogging shoes. We all got up to leave b/c we thought they were tappers until someone told us they were the other cloggers. So all the nervousness our kids had about going against other cloggers was for nothing. We're all still exhausted & recovering. Friday night we realized my daughter grabbed an empty contact case so I had to drive 3 hrs round trip Saturday morning to go home and get her contacts so she could see for her Sunday dance. She's not allowed to pack her make up case anymore. This weekend is our last regional dance competition before nationals in July. Thankfully it's all in one day and only about an hour away, but it's a very late night.