Hi! My identify is Charlotte Manfield and I’ll be running a blog about my expertise on the 2024 Solo Ice Dance Camp in Allen, Texas! I’m so grateful to be competing in my fourth yr of solo dance for this season and I’m wanting ahead to telling you guys all in regards to the camp!
Friday, February 16, 2024
This morning, I awoke at 5:30 a.m. to rapidly pack up the remainder of my issues earlier than we left for the airport. We left at 6:00 and received to Baltimore/Washington International Airport by round 7:30. Luckily, the TSA line wasn’t lengthy, and it solely took a few minutes to get via. Since we had some spare time, we grabbed a espresso from Starbucks and headed to our gate. I watched some YouTube and Netflix for about an hour after which talked to a few of my pals going to the camp and on the identical flight as me. At round 9:40 we boarded the aircraft and took off. We purchased wifi on the aircraft in order that I may tune into the International Solo Dance Seminar whereas we had been flying, and at about 2:00 p.m. we touched down. From the Dallas Fort Worth Airport, we took an Uber to get to our lodge which is located subsequent to the rink.
We spent just a little time in our lodge room after which grabbed some lunch in addition to ran to Target to get some good breakfasts for the following few days. When we received again, I modified and went to the rink to have my first personal lesson with Kyle Stevenson. It was superb and from 6:40 to 7:10 p.m. we labored rather a lot on my free dance. Directly after this, we determined to stroll round and discover a good place for dinner. There was a restaurant named Cheddar’s that regarded tremendous fascinating so we determined to go there to see how the meals was. They gave us these superb croissants with honey butter as an appetizer on the home, and for an entree, I ordered salmon on rice with a home salad. It was completely scrumptious and I knew we’d be coming again there once more quickly. We received again to the lodge and I met up with a few of my pals I hadn’t seen for a very long time within the foyer earlier than heading to mattress at 9:00. Today was an thrilling day I’m so comfortable to be right here at camp and I’m wanting ahead to sharing this expertise with you guys!
~ Charlotte
Saturday, February 17, 2024
This morning, I awoke at 7:00 am to organize for my firstclass. On the best way to the rink at 8:00, I finished by Armor Coffe Co. with my mother and father to get a few of the finest espresso I’d waited a yr for, and we fortunately loved it whereas watching the opposite ranges doing their first courses on the ice. At 8:30, I warmed up a bit and laced up my skates, preparing for our spin class. From 9:00 to 9:30 we had spins and it was so cool to see everybody once more and have a enjoyable time. After spins, we headed to the concourse for our rhythm dance replace class from 9:40 to 10:10 and our worldwide solo dance presentation from 10:10 to 10:40. Both of those talks gave us superb data and we left to go do off-ice stroking at one other place on the concourse from 11:30 to 12:00 pm. This class helped me a lot, particularly in being conscious of my posture via actions, and we moved on to lunch upstairs. My mother and father went out to lunch at a cute restaurant whereas I used to be consuming mine on the rink and took some footage of the little quotes that they had all around the partitions to ship to me. I chatted with my pals whereas consuming my lunch and watching different teams, and at 12:50 all of us went again downstairs to a gathering room for our athletic fortitude class till 1:20.
From there, all of us ran again upstairs for our Intro to 80s dance class with Kyle from 1:30 to 2:30 and it was so unimaginable. Everyone was having such a good time and all of us had been in a position to get into the actions and magnificence, hyping up whoever was on the ground dancing. It was actually a tremendous class and after that, we had a protracted break till our ice grooves class. In the meantime, I received some espresso and went again to Cheddar’s with my household for some dinner wherein I ordered salmon but once more, although this time with some corn on the aspect. It was scrumptious and I received again to the rink at 7:00 pm for sophistication. We took our annual senior camp picture after which Joel taught us this tremendous entertaining dance to “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé which was positively a spotlight of my day. I went again to the lodge at 7:40 and ended up hanging out with a bunch of my pals till all of us needed to go away round 9:00 pm. I went again to my room, took a bathe, and did some skincare earlier than heading off to mattress at 10:00 so I may get some good relaxation for tomorrow morning.
Goodnight!
~ Charlotte
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Today I awoke at 7:00 am and received able to go to the rink. My mother and father and I each ordered espresso from Armor on the app, and my dad went out to seize it and introduced it again whereas we had been getting our issues collectively. I ate a banana for breakfast, and after that, we went to the rink at 8:30 and I had my espresso whereas watching the children on the ice. Our firstclass of the day began at 9:10 and we had enjoyable going over edge parts till 9:40. Next was off-ice dance with Kyle from 10:10 to 11:10 and this was equally as superb because the 80s class we did with him. After dance, we laced up our skates and received on the ice from 11:50 to 12:30 for our sample dance class. Here, we did our sample dance sort step sequence in addition to our choreographic rhythm sequence which was thrilling. We had lunch after this from 12:35 to 1:05 after which went to the assembly room for a choreo parts class at 1:15. This class was tremendous cool as they performed movies of various kinds of distinctive choreo parts that I’d by no means seen earlier than. That ended at 1:55 and we headed off to our vital guidelines replace on the concourse from 2:10 to 2:40.
Afterwards, we went to our GOEs and elements assembly which was with the junior group so I used to be in a position to see some extra of my pals. This class was so fascinating as we had been proven every part there may be to learn about how GOEs and elements work. When the category ended at 3:20 we had just a little break wherein I talked with my pals till 4:10. At 4:10, everybody on the camp rushed to the stands to get a gaggle camp image in our Solo Ice Dance Camp shirts after which at 4:20, we had some off ice conditioning. I then went again to the lodge with a few of my pals and all of us received prepared in our rooms to go to dinner. My mother and father had made an enormous reservation for like 30 individuals and as soon as everybody in our group was prepared, we walked from our lodge over to Kelly’s. Two of my pals and I each ordered birria tacos and all of us received Shirley temples as properly. We made so many enjoyable recollections there and the mother and father and pals all had such a beautiful time. After dinner, all of us went again to the lodge and chilled collectively earlier than leaving at 8:30 to go to mattress. Back at my room, I did some skincare, took one other bathe, and went to mattress at 10:00 pm. Today was such a enjoyable day and I’m excited for my one on one tomorrow!
~ Charlotte