2. Academy of Dance Arts
Academy of Dance Arts is the name of my current dance
studio. I have been dancing here since 2010. This is my third year
here, and so far my favorite studio. The owner of my studio
when I first came here was Heather Mahan, but last year she
sold it to one of our teachers Brianna Sandrelli. My dance studio
is basically my second home I am there
so much.
Below is a picture from one of my dances last year
to the song Blow
To the left is a picture
of the Junior team
and I in class
To the
right is a
picture of
me and
Lexx
Above, is a picture of my entire team from last year.
posing for
strangers

3. Brianna Sandrelli
Brianna is my dance teacher. She is 23 years old but she is still one of
my best friends. The first day I met her I had just joined my new dance studio
and she was the one teaching my class. I was not ready for what I had got
myself into. She is really crazy, energetic and loud. She is also one of the
nicest and most caring person I’ve ever met.
To the bottom is a picture from my
birthday party last year from left to
right is Brianna, myself, and Anne.
To the left is a
picture of my
dance team from
last year. On the
top row from left
to right is
Nichole, Briana,
Nicole, Brianna, S
age, Anne, and
Mackenzie.

4. Competition
At my dance studio I dance for their competitive team and we travel
all around the state to compete. There are about 7 competitions every year.
Our season usually starts late February /early March and ends in early July. In
the past three years, we have traveled to Rhode Island, New York, New
Hampshire, and in Massachusetts. The names of the competitions we have
done are Dancer’s Inc., Turn It Up, That’s Entertainment!, Step Up To
Dance, Starpower, BRAVO!, Sophisticated Dance Productions, and Hall of
Fame.
To the
right, is a
picture
To the from
left, is a BRAVO!
picture Last
from 2011 year, in
nationals one of my
in NH, Step small
Up To group
Dance. dances.

5. Dance
I dance at Academy of Dance Arts. I have been dancing since I was 2
½ years old. I have danced at a total of 5 studios over these years. I dance 6
days a week and almost 5 hours a day. I also am a part of the competitive
team which requires even more rehearsal time. Sometimes I can spend up to
30 hours a week in the studio, but in the end it really doesn’t matter because
it all pays off afterwards.
To the left is a
picture of my
dance team in
2011 at
Dancer’s Inc.
To the right is a
picture from my solo
2011 to the song
Raise The Roof

6. Erin Fitch
Erin is one of my closest friends since almost the sixth grade, even
though she is 2 years older than me. I remember the first day I met her when
I walked into my studio and she was sitting in the corner all alone. I went over
to her and started talking to her and automatically she became one of my
best friends now.
To the left is
a picture
from The
Christmas
Spectacular,
2012, Erin The picture to the right
and I acting is a picture from a
like turtles. dress rehearsal from
last year. From left to
right is
Erin, Mackenzie, Me, th
en Nichole.

7. Favorite Events
Over the past few years, I have been to a couple events I will never
be able to forget like Dancer’s Inc. National Dance Competition. I have gone
to that competition since I was about 6 years old. The director of the
competition Dan Barris is one of the greatest guys I’ve ever met. He is one of
those people that once you have a conversation with, he won’t forget your
name and also say hi to you when he sees you.
To the left
is a picture
of Mister To the right
Dan, direct is a picture
or of of the
Dancer’s Dancer’s Inc.
Inc. logo

8. Good Friends
There are a couple of my friends that I have known
forever, and they know almost everything about me. We are
together 24/7 on school vacations and weekends. We have been
through a lot together, and no matter what we can always count
on each other to be there.
This picture to
To the the right is from
left is a competition last
picture year, Lexx, Anne
from our , Jordan, and I
fieldtrip after we had
to the finished our
Museum awards
of ceremony and
Science, got 3 special
with awards for our
Lexx, Fac dance.
undo, and
Justin.

9. Happy Memories
One of my favorite memories from the past couple of
years, was when I went to Old Orchard Beach with my friends
Tiana, Nicole, and Ben. We had all spent the week there the
week before a competition and just spent a week on the beach
with each other. We went from July 23rd until July 29th.
To the
left is a
picture
from the
day To the right is
before a picture from
we left the first day
at the we were at Old
beach in Orchard and
front of we were
the pier. eating lunch.

10. Idols
Some people have influenced my life very much in the
past few years. Some of these people are my friends, and some
of them I have never even met. Some of my idols are…
• Brian Freidman
To the
• Nappytabs left is a
picture of
• Lauren Froderman Ben
Brook, an
• Ben Brooks d me.
To the left is
a picture of
Nappytabs.
To the left is
a picture of
Lauren
Froderman
and me.

11. Jordan Tracey
I have known Jordan for three years. She is from
Harvard, MA. She is a year older than I am, but she still acts our
age like she is only 14. We have danced together since I met
her, and we hangout together almost every Saturday. She is
basically like my sister, and I love her so much.
These two pictures
are from a picture
day at dance. This is
out side of my
studio with Jordan.

12. Kelsey Szarek
I have known Kelsey for about 6 years. We do almost everything together. Everyone
that knows us says that we are inseparable. If we aren’t together then we always texting each
other or talking in some way. One of my favorite times that we’ve spent together was in October
2012 when we went to Spooky World together. She was going with her dad and brother
Connor, and asked me if I wanted to come with them. She picked me up earlier that day and we
went out together for the day before coming, just to find out that her dad, and brother couldn’t
come with us. By the time that we got there it was already almost 9:00. By the time that we
finished going through it all it was almost midnight, and we were scared out of our minds. We
decided to spend the night together and sat there all night with all the lights on watching Ice Age.
That was one of the most fun and amazing nights of my life.
To the left is a
picture of
Kelsey, and
me in Spooky
World.

13. Lexx
I have known Lexx since 2nd grade. We weren’t really friends at first but now
she’s one of my best friends. We now see each other almost every day, and we have
been through a lot together, more than anyone will ever know. We have one of the
most confusing love hate relationships. One day we will be perfectly fine, and the next
day we will be fighting all day long. I guess it really depends on the day, how we
feel, and how much time we have spent together. Sometimes we spend too much
time together and I think that’s why we fight so much, but in the end we will always
still be friends. We are always together at dance and competitions, and we still have
some of the best times ever. We like to make random videos, pose for strangers in the
windows, and embarrass random people in restaurants who we don’t even know.
To the right is a picture from
Dancer’s Inc. last year. From
left to right is
Tiana, Nicole, Lexx, Me, and
Jordan.

14. Monsters of Hip Hop
This year on November 10th and 11th I went to a dance convention called
Monsters of Hip Hop. Monsters is a 2 day convention, from 9 to 4 both days. This year
we learned dances from 6 different choreographers, with all many different styles of
hip hop. We had classes from Nappytabs, Chonique Sneed, Kevin Maher, JaQuel
Knight, Marty Kudelka, and Nick DeMoura. My favorite class was Nappytabs, which I
was lucky enough to have both Saturday and Sunday. We danced to the song Work
Hard Play Hard, and it was one of the fastest combos I have ever learned, but by
Sunday I could finally do it and now, I still remember it and it was really fun. They are
also really funny. I remember them talking to us and they were really nice and funny.
To the
left is a
picture
of Kevin
Maher.

15. Nicole Into
I have known Nicole for 2 years now. She was friends with Jordan
before all of us though. I dance with her, and she joined my studio the year
after I joined. Since then we have made a really strong friendship, and made a
lot of memories. Nicole and I have a lot of inside jokes that always come out
at dance, but the best part is, is watching everyone get really confused at
them. No one will ever get them, because once we tried to explain one to my
friend Anne, and she got so confused that she gave up because the thing
about our inside jokes is that they are really stupid and immature.
To the left is a picture
from Christmas show
2012. from left to right is
Me, Anne, Nicole, and
Lexx.
To the right is a
picture from our
dressing room in
2012.

16. Overall
One of the best feelings in the world is
when I look at the shelf in my room with my overall
awards. An overall award is when after you get the
adjudications (bronze, silver, high silver, gold, high
gold, platinum) there are overall awards that each
competition gives out to what they thought were
the best dances of the day/ session. In overall
awards they look for the most creative dance which
would include choreography, costume, and concept.
You also have to have an almost perfect score for
technique and togetherness, the things that you get
judged on for your adjudication awards. I have
about 10 overall awards ranging from 1st place
overall to 5th place overall.

17. Peacocks
Peacocks are one of my favorite animals. I love the colors of their
feathers and the appearance of them in general. Ever since I was little I told
my parents that I wanted a pet peacock, but now I don’t think that would be
the best choice even though that I love them, I’m not sure I would want one
walking around my house. I just like to look at them and see their pretty
colors. But what I didn’t know, is that the male peacocks are the ones that
have all the pretty colors, and the female peacocks are all white, and the
more ugly ones. When I was little I found a peacock in a zoo, and I remember
trying to feed it. I got in a lot of trouble that day…
To the
right is a
male
peacock
To the left
is a
female
peacock

18. Quotes

19. Rewards
I have a lot of rewards/awards from dance since I was little. I have
been getting trophies, medals, ribbons, and pins. When I was little I used to
have award bears and stuffed animals. I have about 5 awards bears now. I
don’t really use them anymore, because I keep all my pins on my jacket and
all my medals and ribbons hang on my trophies.

20. September
September is the month that I was born in. My birthday is on
September 10, 1998. I was born at 2:31 pm. September is one of my favorite
months, not only because of my birthday, but because in September it is the
first day of fall. Fall is one of my favorite seasons because it can be warm and
cold. For me so many things happen in September. There is the first day of
school a little bit before in August, and so many of my friends birthdays are in
September. I think there are about 7 of us.
Tiana, Brianna, Kelsey, Nicole, Megan, Becky, and myself.
Both of these pictures are from my birthday party
last year. To the left I am with Kelsey, and to the
right I am with Anne, and Brianna.

21. Teletubbies
Ever since I was little I have loved the show teletubbies. I loved
watching it, and seeing the little sun baby always made me laugh. I honestly
miss watching that show everyday, because even though it was really childish
and kind of stupid, I loved laughing at it. My favorite was Po, the red one.
Once I even dressed up as Po for Halloween one year. I think I was about 2 or
3 years old.

22. Up!
I love the movie Up! It’s my favorite little kid movie ever. I always
watch that movie when I am bored. I went to go see that movie in the
theaters and I got it the day it came out in DVD. My favorite character in that
movie is Russell. He is the little kid that tries to help Carl with his journey.

23. Vacations
Over the summer my friends and I go on one vacation together every
year for one week. In the past couple years we went to Old Orchard Beach for a
week. That was one of my favorites. We had all shared a hotel room that was
surprisingly big enough to fit the seven of us. We had spent each day doing
something different. One day we went to the beach, the next day we walked
around the pier and went shopping, another we spent at the little amusement
park, and so on. It was one of the most eventful vacations I had ever been on.
Other times we went to Cape Cod, and Florida.
To the right is from when I
was in Cape Cod with my
team. That day was the only
day everyone was together.
Left, is Alexxis
and me in
Orlando, Florida.

24. Winter
Winter is my ultimate favorite season. So much happens in winter.
Christmas and Competition season are my favorite thing to look forward to
when winter comes. I also love the snow. I really can’t explain why, I just do.
Maybe it’s because everything looks so pretty when it snows for the first time
of the year.
To the
right is a
picture
of my
house
this
winter
before it
started
to snow.

25. X-tra Special People in my Life
There is one person that means the world to me. Her name is Tiana Roman.
She has been there for me no matter what, and I will always be there for her too.
Tiana and I have been though a lot together, but through the ups and downs we still
stick together. We have always said, “Win together, loose together.” which is how we
handle everything. Yeah, we fight but we have always figured out a solution to it.
Tiana and I are alike in so many ways it scared us sometimes. I don’t know where I
would be without her. She is what keeps me grounded, and if it weren’t for her, I don’t
know if I would still be sane. She has helped me though so much and she is honestly
the best friend I could ever have.
To the left is a
picture of Tiana
and Me at my
house in like
October.
To the right is a
picture of us when
we had just won
2nd overall. We
were really excited.

26. Years
In the past five years, so many things have happened to me
and changed me. I have changed both schools, and dance studios. I
have made new friends, and done so many things I thought I would
have never done. These things have affected me in so many ways, and
that’s the reason I am who I am now.
Below is a picture of when I was at dance, and we
were really bored so we decided to play with the
To the left, is a mats.
picture of me
with my dance
teacher’s
baby, Finna.
We were
sitting at the
dance
studio, and
miss Heather
was teaching
so I was
babysitting for
her.

27. Zebras
Zebra’s are my second favorite animals. I have only seen one of them
in person once when I was at Franklin Zoo. I was about 7 years old, and I
remember my parents telling my friends and me trying to could them all. We
counted about 30 of them, but I remember them telling us there were only 5.
They were all together so it was really hard to tell how many, but we were
laughing about it the rest of the day.