Laura’s Eastern Canada Pole Competition

Laura decided to stay in Halifax this summer primarily to compete in the Eastern Canada Pole Competition.  She was working hard on her doubles routine with a boy from Atlantic Cirque.  She was very excited about competing.  Unfortunately, at the last minute her partner dropped out on her.  He said he had a family emergency and had to go home on the weekend of the competition.  Laura figured he had to go home because the family cat had died.

Laura had worked so hard on her doubles routine that she had neglected her solo routine.  Suddenly, her solo was her only routine and she had to develop her routine from scratch.

Barb and I flew to Halifax for the weekend.  We rented a car at the airport and drove to downtown Halifax.  We dropped in to see Laura at the studio.  When we got off the elevator and we were surprised to see Laura right outside the door.  Laura couldn’t talk to us long because she was working on her routine with an instructor.

We met Laura after leaving her studio but Laura had to work on her costume.  So we dropped her off at a friend’s house.

The next day was the competition.  Laura had to be at the casino, where the competition was being held, at noon.  So Barb drove her there in the morning over the bridge from Dartmouth to Halifax in hurricane winds.  Laura checked in and got her instructions about the competition.  Then she went to buy hair dye and makeup.  She dyed her hair in the washroom of the casino.

We went to the casino in the evening for the show.  We really enjoyed the pole dancing, the music and the lights.  There was a comedienne as a master of ceremonies who was very funny.

Laura was the very last person to perform.  She was in the professional division of the solo group.  We thought she did a terrific routine and she looked great in her costume and makeup.  It was funny that she was using the same music as another competitor but we didn’t notice.  She came fourth so was just out of the medals.  We didn’t understand what the judges were looking for.

Barb took some good pictures with her iPod.  I put one as the screen saver on my iPod as a memory.