I went to Disneyland. I performed in a parade. I danced in front of at least a thousand people for 20 minutes straight, maintaining my smile the entire time as I felt drops of sweat trickle down my face and right below my nose. I avoided wiping it because over a thousand people were watching us. It was amazing, it was beautiful, and it was adrenaline inducing. I lived the dream of so many young dancers. I danced at Disneyland. Here's how it went down.
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| Park City Dancers before the parate Photo Credits to my mother |
We started on Friday, so I had to miss a day of school in order to participate. I went on an earlier flight that left at 11 with Allie Kenton. There were only two families leaving on the earlier flight, and many leaving later, but we ended up sitting together, they were right in front of us. Needless to say, that was a great start to the most exciting weekend of my life. There were no screens on the plane since it was a domestic flight so I read a book called Cinder, which is available in English, but I read it in Swedish. I love that book.
Once we arrived in Anaheim, my mom and I rented a car and went to the Grand Californian Hotel, then had the longest wait time ever for our hotel to get ready, but I met Allie Kenton, once again and we went through downtown Disney and enjoyed the magic. Her family was so sweet and kind but my mom texted me right as they were about to eat, so I had to leave. Then began the week of birthdays. My birthday was coming up in less than a week, so whenever I ate at a restaurant or anywhere, my mother always said it was my birthday, so that I could get sung to and get a cupcake.
After that, I had to get ready for a workshop with some of the Dance The Magic employees. That was so fun. We learned two combinations. One was taught by an Australian man to the song (insert song). It was fast paced and challenging but was honestly such an amazing experience. Taylor completely rocked that routine and ended up on the Dance The Magic Snapchat story, which I was dedicatedly checking every time I had the chance. We also learned a dance to a song from Teen Beach Movie 2. That one was slightly less challenging but I also enjoyed it.
After the workshop, the dancers left, drenched in sweat, and met back at Bug's Land and went home to rest for the next day, which would be the parade through Disneyland, which was the thing I was most excited for, so I couldn't really sleep well, but tried my hardest. Sadly, I don't have enough left to describe that entire day, so there will be a So Very Disney, part 3.
-Alicia
