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so i already explained the whole thing with lauren's senior sem performance.

they made so curtain type thing as part of the whole setup on our "stage".

it consisted of pieces of mirror glued onto a clear tarp and there were christmas lights involved.

(and it was a whole lot cooler than the way i described it).

i snapped a quick pic of myself after the show of me in costume.

i feel this photo went well with the whole "howl" theme.

howl

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okay! i remember this day clearly. right after dance comotion ended that saturday, lauren's senior sem rehearsals started the next day. lauren was graduating with a degree in theater and as part of her senior sem, she had a performance to put on. actually, her senior sem was famous works of art interpreted through dance. okay, i know that sounds hokey but it was actually really cool. she put alot of thought into the dance styles and music selection and the choreography for each was so good!

so she had a tap, contemporary, hip hop, ballet, etc. the piece that i was in was the contemporary piece. it was starry night done to florence + the machine's howl. which is right HERE if you wanna have a listen to. love that song!

anyway, we had tech rehearsal that sunday and monday and the show was that tuesday. and this was during finals week! i had a final on wednesday and then me and john were taking off to vegas right after for a wedding to shoot on thursday, coming back that friday and graduating that saturday. so it was a full week to say the least!

but anywho, back to the picture. so we were sitting in the gallery where we performed and they were trying to fix a lighting situation while lauren was talking to us. i was snapping a few pics when i glanced over and allie was bathed in the spotlight. she was looking up at the light person while listening to lauren talk. and fyi: the walls really are black in that room. this is pretty much SOTC.

allie

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took some pictures of a relative and her husband.

i was a little tired from dance comotion but that was officially over.

we had planned this shoot for a few weeks before

but had to reschedule for some reason or another.

we had planned on doing some indoors then heading out to the river.

but it was so hot and we got all the shots we needed indoors.

but this is norman and his deputy uniform.

pretty sweet angle, if i do say so myself.

deputy

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last night of the show is always my favorite.

people are always pumped

and everyone gives it their all.

best performance of the show, i'd say.

i happened to catch this photo by chance.

i went on the other side of the stage for some reason.

maybe it was to get a different angle of the dances...

whatever the reason, i am SO glad that i did

or else i would have missed this shot.

this was another duet.

a cute swing dance.

and since it was the last night of the show,

she kissed him on the cheek.

and i just happened to catch it.

so very glad!

closing night

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this was during the friday night show.

i loved this piece and wish now that i could have been in it.

my good friend tegan choreographed it.

in fact, i had a spot in it if i wanted

but the rehearsal was on a day that i just could NOT make it to durango.

but anyway, it was a whole circus-y dance.

very cool with some belly dancers, hoola hoopers, etc.

celebrate the bizarre

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opening night of dance comotion.

after a while, opening night loses alot of its nerves.

i remember when i first started dc,

i used to be SUPER nervous of opening night.

now the only time i'm nervous is perhaps during the final show.

of course, that's when everyone i care about comes.

but this photo is of stephanie and her brother kryn.

they did a duet that was pretty awesome.

of course, everyone raved about her dress.

i gotta say it was pretty amazing.

all black and sparkly.

what is it with girls and little black dresses anyway?

as you can tell,

this was taken from the curtains off stage.

i didn't notice it until someone mentioned it

after i posted this pic on facebook,

but the lights and the glare from it

make it look like there's a smiley face.

opening night

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so this was the last piece of the show.

it was to the country version of footloose.

this was during dress rehearsal.

but look at all that hair!

dress rehearsal

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i had gone up to durango this day to meet up with my senior sem group to finish up our project. we were taking a quick break and one of my group members, amanda, was sitting at the window looking out.

actually, i can't really take the credit for this pic since it was another group member who told me to look at amanda...

honestly though, this project was one of the easiest things ever. i can't believe that this was actually my entire senior sem project. all we did was take surveys and compile it. i've done harder projects in my stats class!

head in the clouds