Bring it On 2010

So for the past couple of months I’ve been teaching at a local state high school in Brisbane.  I had heard about a group of students rehearsing for the 2010 Bring It On dance competition and decided to help supervise the afternoon sessions.  I then went on to watch my students perform in the heats and place 3rd and qualify for the finals.

Showing some teamwork

The firey red hair adds alot of fierceness to this picture

The atmosphere of Bring It On was pretty amazing!  No one was booed and no matter what school you came from there was always a sense of celebration in the air.

So the finals came around and so I went to the finals to give some support to my students and to my school.  I was pretty nervous since the day before the comp only 75% of the crew were actually there, and all the transitions still had to be finalised… but I knew that they would pull together… nothings worse than flopping in front of more than a 1000 screaming dance fans.

I think you know what school I'm at now haha

Some artsy photography

The show opened with some performances and a really really cool introduction video… the competition was pretty fierce but my school definitely gave it their all and had some tight choreography and cool tricks.

Opening flips

Love the flowiness of the red shirts

Tumbling over

Some nice formations

Pointing out at the crowd

Blurry shot, but love the facial expressions

Can feel the hard out movements

Brisbane State High's pyramid

I really love this shot, and Brisbane State High's crazy 3 man swaying towers!

So at the end of it all, the results were:

1st: Brisbane State High School

2nd: Runcorn State High School

3rd: Wynnum State High school

Although Sunnybank didn’t place in the top 3 we later found out that they had been placed 4th!  But the competition was really tight and the top 3 schools were definitely deserving.  As a teacher-in-training I definitely felt proud of my students.  As a teacher I learnt to believe in my students, to realise that just because they are unmotivated in class, doesn’t mean they are unmotivated in the other parts of their life!  And as a youth worker, seeing a welcoming and undiscriminating community built by the students was pretty inspiring.

Something I’ve realised about dance is that it’s not cool to put down others, instead everyone is given a fair go no matter their skill level. This is definitely a life attitude i want to have!

And nothing beats seeing a students face light up because they’ve realised you’ve come to support them in what they love to do.