Though the Blue Cross Arena is only about 7 blocks away from our house, we decided to drive since it was pretty rainy that night. Luckily we were able to find a parking spot within 100 yards and we didn't even have to pay to park. This seriously was the cheapest date ever. We were the first to arrive in our suite and we were about half an hour early, so we just kinda sat there and listened to the teenage girls in the next suite scream and talk about how they wanted to have Neil's babies. The show started at 8, and surprisingly no one from Ben's office had shown up yet. They arrived a little later, but we all pretty much kept to ourselves.
The show kicked off with some video of Nigel. No, the judges didn't come on the tour. They had the dancers emcee the show themselves instead. I knew I didn't like Dominic that much beforehand, but his emceeing was really cheesy and over the top. On to the dancing. The show was a compilation of many of the favorite dances from the season including:
- Neil and Sara's disco routine (the one where Neil does an amazing front flip)
- Lacey and Kameron's contemporary piece (from the first show where she threw herself on him)
- Lacey and Danny's Samba (a personal favorite called Hip, Hip, Chin, Chin)
- Pasha and Lauren's hip hop routine (where they looked like a spider)
- Hok and Jaimie's contemporary piece (where Hok was a hummingbird)
Each dancer also got a chance to do an solo routine. I thought it was just going to be the top 10 on the tour, but Anya, Jesus, Hok, and Shawna came along for the tour and did a couple numbers. A lot of the pieces that I really liked throughout the season were done, which was pretty cool.
Ben spent a lot of his time multi-tasking with his phone and looking on the internet, while I watched. I didn't scream like 99% of the rest of the people there when a dancer would either gyrate or shake a body part excessively fast. It was still fun nonetheless. Ben asked me later if it was worth free 99 to go to the tour in which I had to respond... absolutely!


8 comments:
Chere Amanda,
Le voyage en France va tres tres bien. Nous sommes a Bourges ce soir. Nous avons vu La tour a Libourne ou le grandpapa Lapelletrie a vecu. Aussi la vigne ou ils font le vin de Chateau Lapelletrie. Nous allons retourner a Paris dans quelques jours. On va manger un Sorbet pour toi! Comment va tous le monde??? envois moi ton address de email...
Si tu veux voir des photos!
grosses bises, maman.
How funny, mom's losing her English as she approaches her senior years. We'll have to adapt I guess. Did you forget your French like I'm starting to?
Wow, I am totally jealous! Did you sing along to Hip, Hip, Chin, Chin? :)
Just because Hillory asked, my favorite dancer was the one with the funny hair that wore the tight clothes, and my favorite dance was the one where they made sexually suggestive moves and twirled around.
Does that narrow it down at all for you?
Thank you Ben for being so specific in answering my questions. I knew you'd love the tour as much as the rest of us would have. I almost found myself screaming uncontrollably like the other girls when Neil did his solo. Thanks for the eye candy Amanda. You guys are the best!
So cool! I wish I had called Lacey's cousin to have her get backstage passes for you, but then I think Ben would have fainted from the excitement. So, was Danny high?
Man, how cool are you guys. Little did we know as we religiously tuned in every Wednesday night that you would be seeing all their dancing glories in real live person only a few short months later. Some people have all the luck.
I am so jealous! What a fun date night. We tried to get tickets in Phoenix and they were all sold out. Glad you got to go!
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