My hair and makeup for my final year of Gala!
Unfortunately my phone camera dulls the colors and the lighting in the squash courts of the gym is as bad as the lighting in the locker rooms, so the black cut crease and double winged liner and gold eyeshadow and red lipstick all got muted in the pics (bronzer dabbed over the lipstick was a fab idea). I looked like a freaking princess with the headpiece on, and it didn’t even come off when I did hair flips!
I danced for India, Sri Lanka, Barbados, the Iberian Peninsula (because Spain and Portugal and France couldn’t decide between themselves where paso doble was from--it originated in France btw), and BANGLADESH! Despite all the drama and the quitting I ended up going back to finish choreographing and performing for Bangladesh and we were fantastic yay!
All I wanted for the past two months was for Gala to be over, but now I know I’m going to miss it more than I thought. I hated the buildup to it because it sucked away my life, but I always forget how amazing it is to perform in front of an enormous audience and listen to them cheer for you. It’s incredible. It’s such a heady feeling, and I’m going to miss it so much.
