last year was complicated

Why oh why can’t I?

There are so many competitions in the continental states, especially out west, why would you use the time and money to go all the way to Hawaii just to compete a solo? It may be hurting me a bit more because my family is definitely not well off financially, but look at the schedule. How many of those same dancers have gone to multiple BTF competitions this season? How many of them have gone to multiple non-BTF competitions without their studio this season just to compete their solos? Is it really worth it?

these “elites” get 2 minutes to shine at 16 different competitions, meanwhile these children in honolulu and puerto rico probably only get that one competition you decide to enter your number in just to get some wins under your belt. it’s ridiculous, they have become an invasive species, it seems every competition held under BTF there is a specific kid from one of these studios competing a new solo for whatever reason, as if training in the studio is just not enough for them anymore they must aggressively follow a traveling competition and compete every weekend. 

I wonder if these people realize that these girls from the ALDC were real people before dance Moms. Not to mention, the ALDC was a studio before dance Moms.The fact of the matter is, Maddie isn’t doing anything right now that she wasn’t doing last year (not that she is plateauing or anything it’s just that she is at the same level of fame) so if Kelly and Diane were fame fishing, they would have done it much sooner. Friends post throwbacks all the time and it shouldn’t matter if one or two of the girls in the picture happen to be of relative fame or not. Celebs are people too; they’re not trapped behind some glass case that should keep them from doing and experiencing things regular people experience.