On 28/04/2012 11:16 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> OK, so in a few hours I'm driving to Berkshire. And then tomorrow, I
> dance in the regional qualifiers for this year's IDTA national dance
> competition.
>
> NOT NERVOUS AT ALL. >_<

A whole weekend of stress, sleep deprivation, dehydration, fasting and 
standing around waiting. I don't feel too good today, actually.

We found out last week that we qualified for the IDTA national finals in 
Blackpool. (They take the 10 best couples. On Wednesday they put up the 
entry sheet, showing that only 5 couples entered in our category.) So 
that leaves only the South East Area Medallist event to worry about.

Last year me and Lynn got 6th place. However, having just completed my 
Gold Bar 1 exam (with honours, no less), we are now in a higher 
category, which has more entrants. The group were two heats, a 
semi-final and then the final. We made it to the semi-final, but did not 
make it to the final.

(Nicole is actually quite annoyed about that, since the final consisted 
of 5 really good dancers, plus one couple who were pretty rubbish. She 
feels that should have been us, not them. But hey, it's not all about 
skill; a good amount of /luck/ comes into it too. I guess we were just 
unlucky.)

Anyway, now it's Monday morning, and our main server has suffered a 
mysterious disk anomaly, which means the server is no longer 
functioning. No big deal, you know... >_<

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