First dance camp in the new dance year is the Thunderbird Camp. Ira and all girls from Tidettes had 3 days of intense training and a performance in the end. Ira was very tired but happy at the same time.


First dance camp in the new dance year is the Thunderbird Camp. Ira and all girls from Tidettes had 3 days of intense training and a performance in the end. Ira was very tired but happy at the same time.

Finally the Showcase week is over. Like last year, the next day on Sunday kids picked their favorite dance costumes and we went to a well-known to other dancers and their parents place. Oh, and it was a good reason…

Back in 2012 Andrey decided to buy a small convertible car with manual transmission. After searching on a market he choose a dealer and went to sign a papers. And came back with Tundra! That awesome car became our family…

After the fall season is over, we start to learn our final piece, the State routine. This routine is four to five minutes long, and since we are in the Show division, we get to dance with props, and a…

During the fall season, we learn two or three routines that we then take to competition. This year we learned a contemporary and a jazz routine. Not everyone on the team is in the dances, only those Coach Stephanie thinks…

During the year, we perform various routines at school assemblies, football and basketball games. Most of the routines are the ones we learned from the two camps, but some are choreographed by our three captains. One of the assembly dances…

Another year, another parade at Beaverton. Only Pavlik this time.

After 2012’s annular Solar eclipse, we studied the eclipse calendar and found out that the next one, a total eclipse, will take place in August 2017, and not just somewhere, but in Oregon. The closest location to us would be in Salem,…

The second big event we did as a team was Northwest dance camp. We hosted the camp at Glencoe, and we got to go home every night. It was similarly structured to Thunderbird, but it was a lot less crowded…

When I started high school, I auditioned for the dance team. I’ve only been on the team a year, but they’re already like a second family. As a team, we practice up to four hours every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday,…