SYTYCD: A Magical Night

We had been waiting for this night since July. And just so you all know, I brought a perfectly good camera with me. And the battery was dead. A little part of my heart died when I discovered that. I'm not kidding. So I was stuck using my phone and couldn't take pictures of the stage because of the glare - didn't know until today that I could take the flash off my phone - bummer. Anyway...back to our magical night. We arrived around 6:30 and ate dinner at the same BBQ place that we ate at last year at So You Think You Can Dance. Why mess with a good thing? btw, I love pulled pork. Yes sir, I do.

After we made our way to the arena and down, down to our seats ON THE FLOOR! Super close on the floor. Like close enough to see facial expressions and see tears. That close.

Me and my better half. I love my husband. Not only because he's more obsessive about SYTYCD than me, but also because he makes me laugh so hard that sometimes my stomach hurts.

This girl is so awesome. And she is totally her mother's daughter. Which makes her super awesome.

*I had a picture of Tiffany to post here, but since I value our friendship, I didn't post it. Even though she looked hot in it.

Lisa and Julie came too. Btw, Julie's hair is magical. She can flip it and people give her what she wants. I've seen it.

The show was everything I wanted it to be and more. Seriously. So many of the dances gave me the chills. And since it was the last night of the tour and Lauren & Ade's hometown, the dancers were in high form. Ade and Allison switched outfits for the bollywood number. Lauren lifted Kent (instead of the other way around) during the disco number. All the girls wore mustaches during that number. Jose and Dominic stuffed their pants for their hip hop number. And Dominic was freakin' hilarious. He totally stole the show.

We decided after intermission to give each worthy dance a standing ovation. We are such nerds, but it was so much fun. And we totally made eye contact with the dancers. Ian swears he had a "moment" with Kathryn.

My favorite dances included: Fix You, the best friend's dance, the Mad World dance and the prom dance. I also loved the dance with Russell, Dominic and Jose. Mostly because of Dominic. I would've loved the Alice in Wonderland dance but they put Lauren in instead of Allison. It was still good though.

A picture of the stage at the end. I wanted to remember how close we were. Because it was the last night of the tour, the director put a montage together and we got to watch it with the dancers. This is the dancers leaving after.

Ok, so after we were waiting in line to get t-shirts when a woman approached Julie (it's the hair) and gave her 2 backstage passes. Of course she took Lisa backstage with her so the rest of us waited in a room by one of the exits. There were also a whole bunch of teenagers there with shirts that said something like, "I loved Lauren before America". Whatever. Anyway, when the security guard asked them why they were loitering they said they were waiting for Betsy Frodman (Lauren's mom) to give them backstage passes.

A couples minutes later in comes Betsy with a bag full of backstage wrist bands. She starts handing them out. I beg Ian to get some for us. But he won't. Then we see super creepy guy ask Betsy and she gives him two. I guess Ian figured at this point, why not? So he went over and had a conversation with Betsy while me, Tiffany and Tayler tried to pretend we didn't know him (I know I told him to do it but it was still embarrassing!). So....thanks to Ian we got to go backstage to meet the dancers! WOOOOHOOO!!!!!

We quickly made contact with Lisa and Julie and then waited. In the meantime Julie used her hair to get us some posters from Betsy (I feel like it's ok to be on a first name basis with her because she did give us the passes). A while later, the dancers came up!! I first saw Dominic and Ade and right then I felt like my evening was complete.

Dominic was rad. I asked him if he was still in Quest Crew and he said "no" but hoped to be in it again some day. WE LOVE YOU DOMINIC!

Then we met Ade. We had to wait because he was hugging his mom and family. But it was worth it. I told him he was my favorite dancer - which is mostly true. If you haven't seen him dance, I'm sorry. He is amazing.

Ian was a little obsessed with Kathryn. He's pretty upset that this picture is blurry. Hey! I was using my phone! She was gorgeous and super nice. I could've stayed and chatted with her all night.

We tried to get to Kent but a whole bunch of old ladies were surrounding him. Poor kid. He was so awesome. Oh! and I loved the Kent/Allison relationship dance. LOVED IT!

Here is Allison and Ian. We have loved Allison from the beginning when she danced with Ivan to "Why". And remember when she left and Travis was crying and she danced around him. I'd pay good money to see Allison and Travis dance together. We told her we loved her.

I also met Billy but he was snotty. So whatever. The other girls got a picture with Courtney and Lisa told her, "I've loved you since Courtney and Gev!". All the dancers were there, but the only ones I really wanted to meet were Dominic, Ade, Allison and Kathryn. And I did. :)

It was one of the best nights of my life. I'm not even kidding. I was with some of my favorite people in the world meeting some of my favorite dancers in the world.

It was perfect.

P.S. My apologies to Trina because I didn't get a chance to ask Lauren or Kent if they were really dating. If I had to guess, I'd say no.