Freshman 10

The beginning of a new team means new friends to connect of all ages. Our new team consisted of 5 Seniors, Jennifer (captain), Holly (rookie), Dani (vet), Jenny (vet), and Mackenzie (vet), 3 juniors, Rachael (vet), Brittany (vet), and Michelle (vet), 3 sohpomores, Christina (vet), Liz (vet), and Annie (rookie). Then came the Freshman 10, all rookies; Carly, Emily, Sami, Lexi, Kaitlin, Kendra, Amarylis, Gabby, our boy Ellyot and myeslf. That being said, pretty much half the team were freshmen, who had a lot to learn about ourselves and about eachother. Just because you put 21 of the best dancers at an tryout, doesn't mean that they will all get along... And thats just what we all learned. I was a giant challenge for us all to get along and know eachothers personalities. I struggled very much to fit in with some of our South Florida/Miami girls Sami, and Emily but I eventually learned to love them for who they are. At one point in the first semester, the Vets were more than fed up with all of us rookies not being able to get along and all 10 freshmen were forced into a room and locked in to work out all of our problems. We all learned a great amount about each other and about everyones personalities. Through the stress of it all, we did lose Ellyott, but he is still around and will always be there for us. There were tears, there was laughter, and although we didn't fix every single problem out, we eventually learned to love one another.