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Originally Posted by Blindside58
I agree
I am a dance dad as well of a competitive 8 year old. The outfits are definitely the worst part of the entire routine, and there are minimally 3 large studios in KC that put kids out there dressed like this all the time. Also, there are at least 50 competitions going on every weekend Nationwide (at least 1 every weekend in KC) with 500 to 1000 entries that have routines like this one (over 50,000 kids every weekend). My daughters instructor will not allow costumes like these because he is a parent as well.
My daughter is not forced to do what she loves and yes she spends about 12-15 hours a week in a studio with her "Extended" family of dancers/parents just like travel baseball/football team parents. If she even once murmered or complained about it, she would be pulled out and we would try something else at her request.
Believe it or not most of the dancers that want to grow up and be professional do not become strippers, they start out traveling the world as cruise ship performers or performing and traveling the world in Dora, Sesame street shows or back-ups to singers, even places like the Branson strip shows making $600-$1000 week at 18-21 years old with all meals and lodging paid. that is not to bad of a living to start out.
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Props to a fellow Dance Dad. I was at a competition in Overland Park last weekend and got suckered onto the stage by my daughter. We did a dance off. That was embarrasing considering I have no dance knowledge. But my daughter and her friends thought I was the coolest Dad in the world. So it was rewarding.