World Latin Formation Championships/Austria

The weekend of 29th November 2008 saw two English Teams, XS Latin & Encore Latin, fly off to the World Latin Formation Championships in Austria.

We arrived at Vienna airport after a fun filled flight, where the steward even announced our presence and were met by one of our chaperones who escorted us to our coach which transported us to our hotel. Although this was not the most luxurious of hotels we were pleased to find that it was only a stones throw away from the Arena Nova where the teams were to perform the following day…which is a bonus when you are in the middle of an Austrian winter.

It was an early start for everyone the next day with rehearsal times set & preparation, hair and make-up to be done all before the start of the show at 2pm. As the dancers finished their preparation we, the parents, made our way to the arena itself in order to watch all the other teams.

Fake tan, fake hair, fake nails & believe it or not fake pecks finished, the teams were ready to take to the floor. The first team to perform marched onto the floor with rapturous applause were one of the two home teams from Austria. They gave a very credible performance which saw them reaching the final along with the two teams from Germany, one team from Lithuania and the two teams from Russia.
Ok, I hear you say, so how did our boys and girls do?