Shoe Sponsor!!!

This past weekend at Capital Dancesport Championships we were approached by Capezio and they offered us a shoe sponsorship!!! HOORAY!!! we are super excited to be working with them. They don't currently have the greatest quality of ballroom dance shoes, but they are trying to break into the business and are looking for people to wear their shoes and give them feedback on how to improve them. and yes, i just might have a pair of danceshoes named after me, and yes perhaps one day you or your child will be sporting the JaimeeTuft. In addition to having them customize my regular competition shoes, they also said that if i ever needed special shoes for our showdances, such as boots, that they would make them for me as well.

Also, they are wanting to include us in their catalogs, so the next dance catalog you pick up just might have a picture of us inside. They are officially re-launching their ballroom line at the Ohio Star Ball, so if you plan on attending keep your eye out for their booth, because it will probably have a picture of us in the back drop of their display.

Just like everything else that has happened to us it came as a huge surprise and much earlier than we anticipated. we thought if we were going to receive a sponsorship it probably wouldn't be until after nationals, at the earliest. But we couldn't be happier!!

competition results

I know alot of you are probably sick of hearing about our results, but oh well... here goes:

August 12-14 Empire State Dancesport Championship. This was held in Manhattan, in a hotel on times square. It was really convenient for us that it was so close so that we could just drive in each night to dance. Friday night was rising star smooth, we placed 1st. Saturday night was show dance, we placed 1st, sunday night we danced both the theater arts compulsory event, which we placed 1st in, and also open pro smooth, which we placed 3rd. Overall, not a bad weekend!!

August 19-21 Nevada Star Ball in Las Vegas Nevada. It was really nice because we were able to stay at a condo in Henderson that was only 5 minutes from the competition!! We had a heck of a time getting to Vegas since our flight kept getting delayed, but we made it safe and sound. Saturday night we danced rising star smooth, we placed 1st. Sunday night we danced 3 rounds of open pro smooth (which is alot) and then ran into the dressing room and quickly changed to do our cabaret, it was EXHAUSTING. we placed 6th in the open pro smooth (which we weren't happy about) and 1st in show dance (which we were extremely happy about!!). We also received some INCREDIBLY EXCITING news, however we will have to wait to tell you about them until they are 100% official... so stay tuned!

August 25-28 Capital Dancesport Championships in Washington DC. This comp was crazy because there was an earthquake only 2 days before it started and there was a hurricane going on during the competition. kinda crazy!!! Thursday night we placed 1st in theater arts compulsory division. Friday night we placed 1st in rising star smooth. Saturday night we placed 2nd in show dance and 3rd in open professional smooth (which was an awesome placing!!!). In addition to placing so well we also received some AMAZING news... which i will tell you about in our next post (and yes, this is different then previously mentioned).

we still have 2 more big competitions coming up. this weekend we are going to LA for the embassy ball and then directly from there we are flying to Orlando, FL for the United States Dancesport Championships, which is a really big deal, so stay tuned to see how we do. we aren't expecting to have incredible results since its our first year, but we have been having some great results lately so you never know what could happen....

Wedding

This weekend we were lucky enough to travel back to Idaho Falls for my sister Jessica's wedding. And i have to say, the trip was definitely less than smooth.

Friday we were supposed to leave at 5 am for the airport and we didn't end up leaving until 5:30. By the time we parked we were pretty late for our plane, but luckily we packed light(carry on only) and checked in the night before, so we made it in time. When we got to our plane they informed us it was full and we would have to check our carry on bags. we boarded our flight around 6:50 (we were supposed to leave at 7) and then sat on the tarmac until 8 am when our flight finally left. Then we arrived in Chicago at 9:15 AM (our connection was scheduled to leave at 9:45) and our flight was delayed until 11 AM. YUCK!! We finally boarded the plane when they informed us that our baggage had been put on another plane and they were going to wait for it to be loaded. After 45 minutes we were finally on our way. We landed in Boise at 2:30 (we were supposed to land at 12:30). So not only were we significantly later than we were supposed to be, but they lost my luggage, not travis', mine!! From there we rented a car and drove 4 hours to my parents house. so yeah, it was a LONG day.

That night i made a couple phone calls to the airlines where they informed me they had no idea where my bag was, which was not ok, since my dress for the wedding was in the bag and i literally had NOTHING!!!

Saturday my sister was getting married at 12:30 pm, guess what time my luggage arrived, 11 am!!!! AH! once i was ready everything went smoothly and the rest of the day was great. I had a really great time catching up with alot of my old friends that i hadn't seen in years. AFter the reception Travis and I took Stu to see the last Harry Potter, which was really good!!

The Sunday morning we left my house at 8 AM and drove back to boise to catch our plane at 1 PM to come home. It was a CRAZY weekend.