Today was a great day. Rain is always appreciated when you have to learn two dances in one week. Plus the semi-finalists all happen to be good singers so they are each doing a song and dance at the finale.

This upcoming week is especially grueling. In addition to the two dances, they are going to have a surprise round. They will each be given a dance style and they will have to dance with one of the judges. I'm trying to make sure that Josh is up on all of the dances. I didn't know about this so I'm so glad I made sure Josh understood the dances and not jut the choreography!

It's only our first day of rehearsals but Josh is frustrated with the Samba. Last night he was having a rough time and I figured it was because he was so tired from a full day in New York, but this morning was just as hard. He was frustrated so we switched over to the Quickstep and that came much easier. The Samba is tough, but Josh is good at the Latin dances so I'm sure he'll be okay.

Tonight is my big debut with the Doo-Wop band. I'm singing "The Boy From New York City." It's a cute song, and Mona is paying me an hours wage for doing it. I'm kind of excited about it, but I'm not going to let her know. I'm doing it to help promote the dance studio so I think I should get paid. :) Mom, Aunt Lu, Uncle Bill, Aunt Linda, Lindsay and Brett are all coming to cheer me on. It should be fun.