Dance Photos

It is the end of another year of dance. Tatum had a great time with a dozen or so performances.



Group photos were taken this week.












Next year Tatum wants to learn Irish and continue clogging, so stay tuned for even more dance news in the future!

Dancing Queen

Tatum earned two medals in her recent dance competition - the Golden Tap Championship. The first was a silver for amateur acapella clogging, the second a gold for amateur clogging. She really enjoyed herself this year compared to the last few competition experiences.

She still has a couple of performances remaining this summer. At least two are during the week of the fair.



This was the first time she competed in the acapella category. For this the dancers lined up behind a screen so only their feet were visible to the audience and the judges faced the audience rather than watching the dancers. Here's what it looked like:

The clogging part of the competition was much better to watch. The kids come out on stage in age and experience brackets. Tatum did a great job. The caller tells the girls to "rush the stage" and they all start forward toward the judges table pounding their clogs into the stage floor. They get warmed up and retreat to the curtain side of the stage and line up.

Then, one at a time, they are called forward with the words, "next little lady rise and shine." They dance forward toward the judges and have about 30 seconds to impress the judges with their best, fastest and fanciest steps.

Hot Dancer

The Rockin' B Cloggers had a quick performance at noon on the 4th of July at the Othello Sunfest.

Tatum is on the right. Her groups' dance lasts about 3.5 minutes and is very upbeat, but quick. We're not sure we like the hat part of this costume as it makes keeping her hair neat a real chore.

The heat and sun were so intense only a handful of parents braved the area in front of the stage, most were huddled with the rest of the crowd in the shade afforded by two small trees.