Crazy weekend (5, 6, 7, 8 Showtime + SM Global Audition Toronto)

This is gonna be a long post. I haven't had time to blog until now because this weekend was super crazy. My dance crew, MPress, went to 5, 6, 7, 8 Showtime which is a dance competition that was held at Mont Tremblant on Saturday and FINALLY, all our hard work paid off!! We came first in our category!!

My crew and our coaches <3                     Photo from my coach's Instagram

Look at that beautiful trophy!!

Even though we came first I think the best part of the competition would be watching 35-55 year old moms and dads competing. Watching them  made me realize that dance doesn't have to end after your 30's. Many people think that time is a limiting factor for dance because your body ages or no one wants to hire an older dancer (professionally speaking, yes this may be true), but that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it and continue to do it! Out of all the crews, my favourite ones would have to be the ones with only the dads. They had so much fun on stage that it made me want to teach my mom how to dance!!

Next thing I wanted to share with you guys is my trip to Toronto for SM's global audition. This was probably the craziest and most last minute thing I've done in my life. I emailed SM probably around 4 or 5 days before the audition date and they never replied me until Saturday while I was on my way to Mont Tremblant. When I saw the email I debated whether I should go or not because it was so last minute. However, this is kind of a once in a lifetime chance experience and if I didn't go I would always be curious and would always wonder what if...

So I booked a last minute bus ride for Sunday morning to Toronto then came back the next morning. For those who are curious, here's what happened for the audition:

You get there and fill in a registration form, then you go into a waiting room and wait for them to pick you to go to the audition room. (I wasn't supposed to take pictures but here you go!)

Waiting Room (Front)

Waiting Room (Back)

Once you get picked, you get a number then go into the audition room in tens. Since I chose to do dance, I had to freestyle to a piece of music (in English) of their choice. Then once you're done you leave unless they call you to stay to go to another room.

I have to say that that was probably THE worst I have ever freestyled. First, I could barely hear the music because they were blasting it while using a very bad quality speaker so all I could here was static. Second, I tried to move to music in my head but the 'static' kept interrupting my song. I would say that those who auditioned for singing/MC/modelling would've had a slight advantage. However, this is only my opinion from what I went through in Toronto, maybe if you actually went to their headquarters in Seoul, New York or L.A. they would have actual speakers. All in all I think it could have been a little more well organized, but even so I don't regret doing it because I realized after going through it that I would rather be the back up dancer or the choreographer than the actual celebrity.

Last but not least, just wanted to say that Canada is such a beautiful place.

Photo taken on my way to Toronto