My mom asked me as I was reminding her about this camp, why it means so much to me... why going to this camp, but more specifically, why being a part of a drill team means/meant so much to me.
I wrote her an e-mail in reply, and since I am being lazy this week >:) I thought I would post some excerpts from it for this week's column.
I took ballet for about a month in kindergarten. And it was NOT ballet (eating Oreos and doing jumping jacks is all we did... and I knew that that was not ballet.) Other than that, I had NO dance lessons... But may I remind you that I was in dance/drama club in fourth and fifth grade, and that I have always danced around the house. Always. I can remember making dance aerobics routines to Debbie Gibson's "Electric Youth" in your bedroom on your bed. He he! Yeah, I would dance all over the bed. That's probably why it's all messed up. Sorry. I don't do that anymore. :) I promise.
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I didn't know what a drill team WAS until I moved to Texas!!! You have to give me that. Yes, I like a variety of dance, and I have pretty much always liked watching dances and being in a dance (even better) but seen a drill team was MAGICAL!!! And BEING on a drill team was even better!!!
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And I know that I have told you many times about how much I love being a part of the team and performing... and I remember you telling me once (my junior year) how I lit up on the field... how my smile at that particular football game was *real*... not the cheesy practice one... how you could SEE how much I loved it.
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I hope I don't sound mean, but it kind of hurts that so many people are like, "I hope you make it, Kathryn, but you're too good for (drill team)..." or "I don't see why you'd want to waste your time..."
Because I LOVE DANCING!!!! I love being a part of a team. I love getting ready for shows and doing spirit stuff and standing in a prayer circle before a performance and THE PERFORMANCE... and finally *getting* the step that you couldn't get... or dancing FOR someone and just having your body take over and not even having to think about it because you are FEELING IT... I missed all of those things this year. And when we were rehearsing for and actually doing dance concert, it was a reminder of how much I missed it... because there I was... surrounded by people who (most of them... there were still some random dance people who were taking the class for a humanities credit) WANTED to be there... even more than the (my high school team) wanted to be there... and people who cared about the dance and wanted to do a good job... and people who encouraged me...
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