SYTYCD Tour Stop in Portland, Oregon

Last night, I was able to come clean on my latest bet with Marcel Drew: So You Think You Can Dance. As you all know (if not, see previous post "You Gotta Lose Every Once in Awhile"), I lost a bet with Marcel for the first time out of 6. Back in early August, I bought us tickets to their tour stop in Portland and the night finally came. We had never been before and didn't really know what to expect but it turned out to be just the best dances from the season, and very few new dances. We had great seats for me being poor and buying the cheapest tickets possible! We happened to be in the front row of the "bad" section so we were able to see everything perfectly(I did wear my glasses just to help that much more!).

Marcel again was the photographer so I had 130 pictures to go through but I think I found some of the best ones to show!






And during the very last dance I remembered to tell Marcel that my camera has a video camera on it so he got the end of one of the winner's dances, but then he recorded their new dance that was sort of like an encore. Don't mind the little bit of the video he took of me in the middle of the dance. Enjoy!

And the SYTYCD Winner is...

JOSHUA!

I let Marcel have Joshua as his pick for our competition but I still chose him so I'm on a 2-0 winning streak for picking the dancer who ultimately wins the show! This season has been great and I'm glad that of any of the seasons I've seen that it is this season I'll be seeing on tour with my absolutely amazing boyfriend! What a great date it will be so close to my birthday... Because this show has pretty much been my life the last few months, I think I should post one more video of Josh's dancing (plus now that I've figured out how to do it, it's pretty easy!)

Joshua & Katee (Hip-hop)--a loved one being sent to war

Dance Favorites #2

More favorites :)

Katee & Joshua (Lyrical Jazz)--Love takes a lot of work but it is always worth all the work.

Twitch & Kherington (Viennese Waltz)--for the choreographer's special needs daughter.
The girl I chose in my bet with Marcel!

Courtney & Will (Slow Hip-Hop)--enduring the loss of a loved one and wishing for just one last moment together.
The guy I chose in my bet with Marcel!

Dance Favorites

In honor of the finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" tonight, I thought I'd share the clips from some of my favorites! Enjoy...

Chelsie & Mark (Hip Hop)--a workaholic husband


Twitch & Katee (Contemporary)--a crazy ex-girlfriend

You Gotta Lose Every Once in a While, Right?

It seems like me and Marcel always have a bet of some sort going on. Most of the time it is on normal stuff, March Madness and the Super Bowl, and we've adapted things to our own way of determining a winner, but in addition we also place bets on "So You Think You Can Dance?". For this show, after the Top 20 is announced, we each pick our favorite girl and favorite guy dancer and whoever has the last dancer standing wins (regardless of that dancer actually winning the competition). I decided just a few weeks ago that I owe our relationship to this show. For those of you who may not know, me and Marcel started dating after just a few weeks of REALLY knowing each other and for only a week before we were forced into a long-distance relationship; school was out and he returned home to Washington. We had yet to realize all the things we have in common (trust me, it took some time for that to happen between 2 pretty different people) but we did know that we both loved the show SYTYCD. It seems that no matter how often we talked, we only talked about what happened on the show, what was going to happen, who we liked, who we didn't, etc, so it helped form the foundation of our relationship from the very beginning. Before this season of SYTYCD, I was 5-0 (2 dance seasons, 2 basketball tournaments, and the latest Super Bowl) in our bets, but as of last night both of my dancers, Will and Kherrington, have been eliminated and Marcel has one (Josh) left, making him the winner. Its funny, though, because I originally picked his remaining dancer and after him complaining I picked someone else, so I should have won again, but life will go on and its something pretty easy for me to sacrifice for the benefit of our amazing relationship. So for losing, I'm buying 2 tickets to their tour stop in Portland, OR. Normally the prize is just a date of any kind that you decide, but we decided the tour tickets were fitting, since it was what we bet on, so we will be attending their Sept. 21 show at the Rose Garden, my treat!The dancers we'll be seeing