Thursday, March 26, 2026

Cedar Valley - Youth Syllabus - Craiger & Taya

Ballroom syllubus can be quite interesting to watch.  They just throw a bunch of couples onto the dance floors with numbers on their back & watch them dance for 30 seconds.  Each time it's a different style of dance & they do it in heats. . . about 25 couples per heat.  Once all the heats dance, the eliminate a bunch of couples & do round 2 of the same style dance with the couples that made it to the next round.  These eliminations continue until there are 3 top couples.  This was Taya & Craiger's first time ever doing syllabus & they were terrified.  They learned choreography for 30 seconds of a style & just rehearse those same steps over & over & over again.  You never know how you will do because sometimes you're up against all your friends in a heat & sometimes you're the only one from your school in a heat.  Both kids did great for a first time.  I'm very proud of them.


Craiger - Latin Syllabus (Samba/Rhumba Combo): He made it 2 rounds!!!


Samba: Round 1

Rhumba: Round 1




Samba: Round 2

Rhumba: Round 2











Taya - Newcomer Triple Swing: They made it 2 rounds!


Triple Swing Round 1:

Triple Swing Round 2:










Craiger - Cha Cha Syllabus - They made it 2 rounds!!!!


Cha Cha: Round 1

Cha Cha: Round 2







For some reason I didn't get any pictures of Taya's waltz syllabus, but I did get a video.  They only made it the first round on this one.

Taya - Waltz Syllabus






And finally Craiger finished strong making it 2 rounds into Syllabus Foxtrot.

Craiger - Foxtrot Syllabus



Foxtrot: Round 1

Foxtrot: Round 2




After about 6 full hours of syllabus competitions (YES, it's SO LONG), it was time for the showpieces which are my favorite & where our high school really shines.

I am so proud of both Taya & Craiger for learning something new & extremely hard & for giving it their all.  They did a great job.

 

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