So You Think You Can Dance

First of all, I LOVE this show. Some might call me a bit obsessed. Truth be told, I watch old SYTYCD dances on YouTube in my spare time. About a year and a half ago I applied for tickets to be in the live audience in Hollywood. I had forgotten all about this untill Monday night when I got an e-mail sayin my name had come up on the list and I could choose to either attend the show Wednesday or Thursday night! I was estatic!! I could choose from having 2 to 4 tickets as well. I asked for 3 tickets and called my friend Kirsten and cousin Emmas to go with me. They were just as excited as me and found a way to be able to go! When I got the tickets, a crazy dress code for the show came with it. No white, no tshirts, no logos or any writing on the clothes, no flip-flops/heels/platforms (only closed toed flats), preferably no jeans and tons of other crazy stuff! Needless to say, Tuesday was pretty crazy trying to figure out what to wear and where we would stay!

Wednesday began bright and early! Or should I say dark and early since I woke up at 3:30 in the morning?! We were on the road by 4:30 and by 10:00 am, after only one wrong turn, we were at a McDonalds in LA eating breakfast and getting ready in the bathroom. Which led to Emmas straightening her hair in a Petco but that is a totally different story in and of itself :] By 11:00 we were on our way to Hollywood and arrived at the gates of CBS Television City by noon. There were only 7 people ahead of us in the line! Within the first hour of being in line we saw and waved to Tabitha and Napoleon, Nigel, Tyce Diorio, and Mandy Moore!

At about 2:30, our tickets were checked and then we were lead through security to new waiting area where we saw Ade! We were sorted here using a method unknown to everyone except those using it and told to sit on certain benches. When we were finally all sorted appropriately, we were taken into the studio! Biggest surprise of all: the studio is not very big at all! Even the stage is alot smaller than I thought! Anyways, the show was AMAZING! I was super close to the judges table, like literally right next to it! Cat was super nice and way funny! The judges were awesome too! And of course the dances were incredible. The Hallelujah dance performed by Alex and Allison was amazing to see again on tv - but honestly SOOO much better in person BECAUSE there were breaths choreographed in the dance that were so deep and ragged that they gave the dance that extra touch to drive it in hard.

I had so much fun on this trip! It was an awesome experience and I am ready to apply for tickets again so I can maybe go again next season :]