Fiesta Bowl Parade

On New Years Eve, the girls performed in the Fiesta Bowl Parade. A Disney rep had contacted the dance studio and asked invited the dance team to perform in the parade to help promote Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3! They gave them Disney on Ice tees to wear, but they didn't get their Jesse hats in time (bummer). The girls had a few extra practices to perfect the 'HoeDown Throwdown' by Miley Cyrus and they looked great!!

We had to arrive at the parade at 8am where they performed for our local ABC news station. They then kicked off the parade! Disney didn't have a float or characters, just a small banner that said "Disney on Ice". The whole parade was a major letdown.. the Fiesta Bowl Parade used to be way cool! Anyway.. the marching bands were a hit and the girls were able to dance once or twice down the parade route before they had to just do hand motions and walk. I don't know if we would say "yes!" to that again, but it was definetly an experience.

We were at the parade route a couple hours before it even began, so Owen stayed busy with his iPad.

Livvy was a ham as always and marched around the street with her $3 "tuba", as Owen kept calling them. 

Owen could not figure out to blow his "tuba", but then Livvy showed him how to shove the entire tip in his mouth and then it worked.  He was still totally blue after a few blows, but he had fun!

Kamryn and Gigi were tired and hot after their 3 mile trip down the parade route.  Kamryn was starving.. Gigi is never hungry... so we peaced out before the parade ended and went home for lunch.

I think the girls had a good time, but they were just tired.  They really enjoy wearing their dance costumes and doing more advanced stuff.  They have a three hour practice this weekend to get ready for the upcoming basketball season!!  They are performing for the Globetrotters, Phx Suns, and many High School half time shows.. so fun!!