Night before first day of class !

Official day one of colllege went VERY well!! Time for night night! :)

The start to a new begininng...

Graduation has come and gone, and it seems as if my summer has done the same. I can't believe it is almost that time to tell my old life good bye. For most people my age they are super excited to put their high school life on the back burner but for me it's a whole different thing. I feel as if leaving my life in Hartsville to start a new one is the same as leaving my family and starting all over again. It is unreal to realize that i AM and ADULT and that my ADULT life is pretty soon to being and I will be on my own. I will miss all the help, love and support that I have had from my community growing up as a child but...

... I will miss my life at Brenda Cranford School of Dance the most. The kids/students, the teachers, and the parents were and forever will be like family to me. My biggest worries of all is the thought that I will no longer be a part of the family at BCSD :/ .. im hoping that the bond between my "family" continues to stay strong and everyone remembers just how much I have always cared for them. My heart and soul for the past 6 years of my life have gone into that place. My wishes is for someone else to take as much pride in the studio as I have. I WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE THERE TO SUPPORT BRENDA CRANFORD SCHOOL OF DANCE!! Hopefully one day I will be able to be an even bigger part of the studio than I was :)

For us, tomorrow is a really big day :) Our Jazz Production is taking on Showstopper Nationals! :) Myrtle Beach here we come ... AGAIN ... well atleast me brenda and jaimie. lol Well Its Mrs. Brenda's first time taking a group to Nationals so its time to really GO HARD! ALL THE WAY ! THE WHOLE TIME! THIS IS IT! ... well for me it is and Im ready for it! Jaimie and I had great days sunday and tuesday with double platinums on our duet and solos and winning our duet category! and coming in 3rd in our solos!! HOpefully Jaimie's score  holds strong through all the contemporary talents cause she is in 6th for overalls right now :) and is the only girl of 4 people holding and excellence in tap award!! .. GO HARD JAIMIE!

as STEVIE WONDER says,

**Just because a man LACKS the use of his eyes,

... It doesnt mean that he lacks VISION**

Graduation is soooo close!!

 

Tomorrows a big day for me.My dance career can heighten or falter with the outcome of tomorrow until april. *determination is the key to success :) GO HARD!!*

Class of 2o1o :)

Typical hallway at HHS lol

Semi-Formal

Me and Beans :)

Andreww && I :)

Babysitting the askins :)

My little andrewww :)

Wow its been a long while since I've been able to post ! There is an update soon to come ! Thank you Mrs shannon for the reminder that I even have a blog ! Lol

High light of my day ... PETITE JAZZ WINNING STATE CHAMPS FOR MINI SMALL GROUP ! WOOOOOOOOOO !! And the weekend of state dance continuess ! :)

First dance of the weekend for BCSD !

Kenzie & Alana :) -Too Funky For You !

I love what I do !

My JIN JINN !!! :)

We Are The World 25 for Haiti - Official Video

NOW THIS IS WHAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS REALLY ABOUT... THIS IS A COMPLETE COLABORATION OF VARIOUS ARTIST THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER TO HELP THOSE IN HATI. EACH ARTIST COMES TO THE TABLE WITH HIS OR HER OWN STYLE BUT AS A GROUP THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND SHARE THE TRUE MEANING OF GIVING AS THEY SING, "WE ARE THE WORLD"

WINTER WONDERLAND!!

So Hartsville has finally seen another WINTER WONDERLAND since our last "big" snow in 2000 or 2001. I failed to believe that it would actually happen but it NEVER fails that we have the big snow on a weekend when we of course DO NOT have school so no special days out. On the contrary, that is actually a possi. because then we don't have to have days out for spring break. (: I may not even have a spring break which is typically of the norm but its not big...

So Valentines day on a Sunday is not so common and very rare says Reba Goff. Seeing her in the back today at work making 3 or 4 buckets of sweet tea made me ask her, "Were you expecting us to be this busy today considering its Valentines day?" She responds to me while whipping the sugar in the sweet tea saying, "I don't remember the last time we had Valentines day on a Sunday! " lol it felt almost as if it was THANKSGIVING only difference is we didn't have the entire Mr. B's crew to help with all the BUSYNESS of the customers dinning in! i think we had to close the doors because the line was so back up with no where to sit in the restaurant! The crowd was unbelievable today but I have to say that being able to greet each of my customers with a "happy valentines day" helped make my day because each one of them smiled with kindness. I had a table of 4 to sit down at one of my ten tops and unfortunately when the guy asked me if i could get him some fat back i had to tell him that i couldn't get it. His father remembered it was valentines day and his entire world lighten up and he told me to come around to his side of the table and he gave me a hug and said "Happy valentines day sweetheart!" As they were finishing up their food he asked me if I wanted any puppies. I told him how much I really wanted a cute little dog and offered me two puppies! He wanted to bring them to me next weekend at the restaurant but I wont be there and of course running with the schedule that I run, the poor thing couldn't possibly survive! ... a fun part of work today was trying to sing happy birthday to Dan! Since today is his birthday, Lauren and I decided to give him a chocolate cake with a candle in it! It took us about and hour or so to finally give it to him because we had to rally everyone up and figure out the song! Plus he was walking around the restaurant on the phone( Even though we thought he was pretending, that was the funny part) lol Everyone kept saying "ya'll are gonna make Dan mad. Don't do that. Don't do that" but we did it anyway and he smiled !! Exactly what we wanted him to do! The only thing he said to us was "Do ya'll realize that we are open right now?" and at that we all scatter off and went to work!! hahaa!!

What a great day! I even made it late to dance because we had so much to do at Mr. B's but I pulled it together and at least got to practice elite tap, me and J's duet, and my solo. I'm getting so hyped about State Dance this coming weekend! This is the last year for me to make my mark. If I don't do it now, then it will not ever be able to be done at Sc State Dance. Motto for the weekend : "Do the Dang THANG !" (right Mrs. Brenda??) Originated last year at state dance ! BCSD is GOING HARD this weekend ! :) I believe in us and I think that we believe in ourselves as a group and together we all can pull together and make things happen! OOOOO I CANT WAIT!! Through all the crazy competition madness maybe I will be able to breathe sometime and go out on the cold beach and take a few pictures with Shannon! :) That would be fun fun fun!

Well if its God's willing I will make it through this week with all the school work and IB things that I have to do! I need to be preparing myself as of right now ! && i HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO make it to Mere's class Tuesday and Thursday! Let's hope I don't get over whelmed like last week and miss both days! Lol It's reading time. Which means bedtime.. CHOW FOR NOW!

"If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big."

♥Donald Trump

:))

Why does snow make everything twice as beautiful ?

ITS SNOWINGGGGGGG !! :)

Mi casa !

♥♥♥♥ GOOO SAINTS!!

Yay ! The Saints won the SuperBowl!! O SO EXCITED !! My little brother tried to tell me that in the first half of the game the Saints were going to lose! I'm so glad they ulled trough and I knew that they would. Even though they did not have a great start, that does not mean that they could not have a GREAT FINISH!! YA REGGIE BUSH!! lol It's bedtime now. Another MONDAY morning is quickly nearing which means another week at HARTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. About 60 more days of school are left for the HARTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SENRIOR CLASS OF 2010 !!

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

*David Sarnoff

So while waitressing tables today at Mr. Bs I had a customer Mary Bridgett who randomly says "you have a beautiful face ! You look like and angel! " :))

"Don't judge a book by its LACK of a cover" - Brian Howell (my english teacher)

IB Biology ...

"IB" SLEEPINN ... :)) lol -Daniel

Where do I spend most of my life ...???

On THE DANCE FLOOR !! ... Why...??

...BECAUSE its where I belong and I LOVEEEE IT !! :)

Time to DO workkk :)

"Competition time is nearing and my solo I’m never fearing for it’s the passion behind my emotion that makes my moves flow like the ocean." ha-ha just a little rhyme that kind of came out as I was typing! lol but anyways, I thank GOD for the talent that he has given me and I thank Mrs. Brenda for believing that I have the talent in me. "For once in my life" it is definitely my time to shine and no one is going to stop. I am going at my goals for the year FULL THROTLE and I am not ever planning on letting up the gas. For it is my year to shine shine shine and I’m going after everything that I want to be mine, mine, mine :)) I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it :)) I am persevering until the end. No one can fight my battle for me but ME, MYSELF, && I !

"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."

♥Denis Waitley

For Once In My LIfe...

"For Once in my life" I’m ready to shine full force. All though there are several people that have tried to put my light out, I’m still shining. No matter what a person may try to say that I have done, I can fight my battles, and fighting the battle of my current situation (defending my zero quiz grade) I am going to stand strong. When teachers favor students word from hear say instead of straight forward then there presumes a problem. But, NO WORRIES :) This can be fixed. All I have to do is stand my ground as strong and positive as possible, and the one thing that matters the most is TRUTH.

I am listening to the chipmunks as I am typing this and the song is "tonight is going to be a good good night" and so far my night has been absolutely fabulous. Dance is all I need in my life to be 100% content. I was slightly on the mad side when I left school and now that I have been through dance for 5 hours I’m in TIP TOP SHAPE and tonight has DEFINITELY been a GOOD GOOD NIGHT :) I'm ready for whatever the world brings to my plate. I am even ready to search for things to bring to the table.

"FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE"... ITS MY TIME TO SHINE :))

English Logic

Wonderful logic skills iin Mr. Howells class :))

I've Been CHALLENGEDDD .. :)

So Greg, the student that I tutor in algebra, has been given the opporutnity to bringhis grade up EXTREMELY HIGH through a project. I get to school this morning and Mrs. Caltrider sasy, "I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU !" The challenge is to help Greg write a childrens story about math. Our goal is for this grade (hopefully 100) to pull his grade up so that he can pass. His work is getting better and he seems to be getting more confident in his math ability. Im exciteddd :))

Oooo Calculus ...

"How much is tooo much ??" Lol

The artist at work ! :)

The mysterious drawing of the TOLIET BOWLL :)) I love this kid !!

Calculus-Nikki Daniell= NO WORK !!

Pobrecitaaa ://

At lunch. Can not eat because somehow she bit her lip ! ://

sEn10rs :)

Members of the top 10/ Jr Marshalls

The future FRAT BOYY :)

Jody "Breeze" Lyles

Another Monday Morning at Hartsville High School. Highlight: Fitz tells me that he drove through 3 closed school districts to get to the open Hartsville High :/

SaraAnna and I

Love this girl :)

So "the KATER" and I are having a fabulous FEMINIST frenzy at Mcdonalds ! :) ... Serious plans are in the making :) ... HOW TO SAVE A LIFE ...

Hardwork Pays off :)

I love my job at Mr.B’s! Even though I get told that I don't do much work because I am always talking. I do on the other hand believe that all of the talking that I do with my customers develops the relationship that I have with them leading to bigger and better tips. Another positive to that situation is all of the positive connections that can be made :) My favorite part is all the cute little kids that I get to watch grow up. I can't believe that I once was one of the "Mr. B's Little Kids" that everyone watched grow up from when I was little. I always think about how Tara remembers me from when I was little and now I'm babysitting her kids. I wonder if maybe one day one of the kids that I wait tables for or just talk to while I’m working will be one of my babysitters lol. That would be quite interesting. Today was kind of slow at the restaurant therefore I got to spend a lot of quality time with the people in my section. Considering the amount of people that we DID NOT have, we still made pretty good in tips so that’s always a PLUS! :)

Full of joy. Its kids such as Bailor that make me learn how to live like and its kids just like Bailor that can teach everyone HOW to live :)

Could have such a deadly thing as cancer. This tiny child with a lively heart is a current survivor and sooo full of joy that seeing him smile makes me ...

Then in walks the cutest little boy ever, Bailor. The cake is his welcome home cake from the hospital. Who ever thought that one of earths tiniest beings ...

Some kids takes life for granted and pout at the slightest little thing. So I am at Annabelles birthday party and there are two cakes. I'm wonderin why ...

And ready to work :)) I feel slightly accomplished :))) ijust hate the fact that these updates are coming in on seperate entriess !! Lol

Upset and worried about his grades. Today he showed me how his grades increased from 0s to passing. He was so excited to show them to me and was ready to ...

In his grades, but in his happiness as well. I was over joyed when Mrs Caltrider told me that before I started working with him that he was terrily down and ...

When he realized that he actually could do his percent problems. I feel privalaged to know that I am the one that has caused this students increase not only ...

Well today is off to a great start. I tutored again this morning and the highlight if my day so far has been the smile and excitment in *chris's* voice ...

Sometimes the going gets rough...

But the rough going CANNOT end the journey. I realized today why I dance. I dance because it makes me feel good. I dance because it is my escape from the word where I can’t be as many different things/people/objects as I want to be. I dance because it is what makes BRITTANY CALDWELL happy! I entertain because of the feeling I get when I touch someone else. I don't dance because I have to. I don’t dance because anyone makes me. I dance because it’s where my heart leads me. If my heart leads me to the stage then the stage is where I am going. I don’t care what I am wearing whether it be FLASHY or dull. It’s the dancer that makes the costume... Not the costume that makes the dancer. I am on a journey to climb an ENDLESS mountain. The day I reach the top will be the day I arrive before God in Heaven. I AM willing to spare everything I HAVE and OWN to dance my heart out for me and myself ONLY. If you only knew what dancing does to me you would realize where I am coming from. It’s not only the performance that brings me joy. It’s not only the cute choreography of a routine that makes me happy. Helping Mrs. Brenda and teaching the babies is what makes me SMILE. And when they smile... I GLOW. There is nothing better than the feeling that comes from knowing that you have TAUGHT someone something that they know. My favorites are the ones that dance because they love it no matter who is watching... "Live like you never lived before, laugh like you have never chuckled, and Dance as if YOU were the one watching" :) If you dance, be thankful that you can dance. Be thankful that you are able to learn. I am thankful that I can dance. I am thankful that I can learn. I dance as if I was the audience and I am looking for entertainment. The performance is what makes the dancer. You can be the dancer with the greatest kicks, turns, jumps and leaps. You can be the tapper with the fastest feet. You can be break dancer with the best flares and tricks but nothing... NOTHING AT ALL can over see the dancer who has the most passion and dances as if he or she will never be able to dance again. I am currently a senior graduating from high school. I don’t want to cut any part of my dance year short and I want to live each moment of it to the fullest. THIS IS MY YEAR. This is my year to everything that I have not done. This is my year to shine the brightest and do my best in every way possible to achieve my goals. This is the year that I am living DANCE to the fullest of my potential because my future career is not promised. I am not going to be a dance major because my passion does not lie with ballet and modern. On the contrary, my passion does lie within my hopes and dreams of becoming a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CAROLINA GIRL. This is not only my year to shine for myself alone, but I have to shine for other such as my future Coach to show her that I do have the passion. To show her that I don’t JUST think I can.... I KNOW I CAN. My heart and soul is currently set. Whatever I don’t get done with my final year of dance at Brenda Cranford School of Dance will go undone unless it is God's will for me to carry one. Only he knows my path. Only he knows my future. And with God, "I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me"

Darnnnnn ... Kate can't update because idk how to set it up so she can bupdate through my cellular ... BUMMERRR ! :/

Hahaaa so kate and I are sittin here in english class discussing OUR blogsss ! Lol I can't wait to look back in 10 yrs and remember some of these things ! :)

Ahhhm Top of the morning ! Happy Birthday to Mrs Sherry Holt !!! :)
Looking forward to another day of "acedmic opportuniies" -keiada holmes lol

Not the Beginning …

I had a wonderful day at dance today. Making progress with our "superior" tap team routine. Its looking better and all about cleaning now :) the cutest set of little girls have started their dance lessons and I don't think Mrs. Brenda and I have EVERRRRRR taught a group of girls sooo cute and well behaved !They were just precious! The cute smiles on their faces as they dance definitely insured myself of the reason why I love helping Mrs. Brenda teach dance !:)) helping others grow is always a positive trait in anyones life just like the student that I voluntarily teach algebra during my assistant block first period. Seeing him smile to know that he has done a problem correctly always makes my dayy ! :) can't wait for tomorrow ...

LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE.DANCE*

Girl says to friend : did you get a hair cut ??
Friend says: No I got ALLL of them cut :):)

Hahaaaaa :)

YouTube - Carolina Girls

Hopefully this coming April I will be able to achieve one of my career goals of becoming a Carolina Girl at the University of South Carolina !! :)

Well I thought I fixed it but guess not. ... Kinda likin this thing via text message though !! :)

Haaaa and now the time is wrong and I have no idea how to change it !!! :/ yikess !

Sooo ... Just created this thing and I'm wondering how it works ... Maybe I can document my current life as an 18 year old until maybe I'm no years old lol