Dancing with the Stars -Chicago Tour Stop

Last night we were on the dance floor in front of 15,000 people before the sold-out performance of Dancing with the Stars-The Tour.

It was a mini-competition with the 10 couples from Wednesday night’s try-outs.
The competition was 3 rounds 45 seconds each.

45 seconds!

We were eliminated in the first round. We have a lot of excuses but the main reason is that we had no idea how quick 45 seconds would be!

We did some basic steps to get into the rhythm of the cha-cha. Then we started doing the fancier steps. By that point, about 30 of the 45 seconds were already gone. So unfortunately, when the judge looked our way, we hadn’t been doing anything special.

Oh well…
It was still a lot of fun. And we learned an important lesson. When doing any kind of competition, come out with the fancy stuff at the first step!

We danced just before the main show.

Then two couples were picked to dance the final round at intermission. Both couples were from our dance studio.
At least we didn’t have to watch the first half of the show nervous about having to go out on the stage again.

The show, Dancing with the Stars-The Tour, was high energy and fun to watch. Although the tour website lists about 15 stars for the tour, they seem to take turns in groups of 5. Wayne Newton and Marie Osmond appear to take turns with singing and hosting duties. We got the show with Wayne Newton. He’s the one in the pink shirt in the winner’s photo.
The other stars were Sabrina & Monique from Disney shows, Joey Lawrence and Joey Fatone.
Of the 20+ dancers, there were only 4 I liked from the show, Cheryl Burke, Edyta Sliwinska, Louis Van Amstel and Derek Hough.

Info on stars and dancers:
http://dancingwiththestars.aeglive.com/dancer_bios.php

The show and all the dancers were great. I had just hoped to see a few more people from the TV show.