From November 1st to 3rd, Sophia
Festival was held at Sophia University. There are many stalls at campus, and
many groups performed on the stage. G-splash, the street dance circle I belong
to, have performance every year too. Actually, the performance at Sophia Festival
was what I had been looking forward to in all of events of G-splash since I
joined it because I can show my dance in front of many friends. This time I was
a member of genre of house dance. At first, I was really nervous and worried
about whether I could become close to friends in house because I was in genre
of lockin' until this summer. However, all my friends and my seniors really
really kind to me from the beginning, so I was relieved. 18th, the top seniors
of house were Kurumi-san and Yu-san. They made musics and choreograph to us.
Kurumi-san is so cute. When I was talked to by her, I was surprised at her
cuteness. She makes funny and unusual choreograph, so her cuteness and her
choreograph attracts audiences' eyes. Yu-san is the leader of us and beautiful
lady. I have thought that she was cold to us because of her cool and calm
looking, but actually she has cute character, especially, when she is with her
boyfriend. We have also another 18th senior, he is Tomoki-san. He put
enthusiasm into every our practice times, so I did not feel tired thanks to
him. He is so tall (maybe over 190cm), funny, and very very kind. The performance
at Sophia University was the last stage of 18th seniors.
The practice started on September
19th, and we practiced for three hours twice a week. There were only seniors
and friend I loved much. For me, the practice days were not pain but happy
time. I was looking forward to next practice days every day. At the same time,
I had another practice at midnight every Tuesday. It was practice of hip hop
special. The end of summer vacation, the audition of it was held and
choreographer chose the members. I challenged it and miraculously I was
chosen for one of them. Midnight practices were not unfamiliar to me, and I
have classes on Wednesday, I was really sleepy during the classes. There were
some days I did not want to go to practice, but dance was what I want to do so
I made efforts every week. From October 15th, every day practice started. We
practiced every day for about three weeks. Many members got a cold and the
looked really tired, of course me too. However my friends encouraged me and
each other. I was really helped by them.
On November 3rd, the performance
day, it was a little cold day. Before the performance, at the back of the
stage, our seniors gave us comments with tears. I also cried seeing them.
In front of the stage, many many people were coming to watch our performance.
Once I was on the stage, I felt really good, and I could dance with smile.
After that, our captain of G-splash, Kyon-san talked to us, I was so moved. Through
Sophia Festival, I could talk with and I was much closer to my seniors and
friend. I'm already looking forward to next Sophia Festival. Thank you so much,
18th seniors!
These are videos I performed. Please check these and find me!
