This week, we are traveling to Wayne, New Jersey.
We're going to Sheer Talent.
[applause]
And Cathy will be there.
HOLLY: It's been eight weeks of dance competitions,
and Cathy has not been around once.
You know she must have something up her sleeve.
The group routine--
the title is "Dance in the Rain."
We use this term often here in Pittsburgh with our gray skies.
We can't wait for the storm to pass.
We dance in the rain.
And that's what we're going to do this week.
[applause]
Saturday, you compete against somebody who thinks
they're my rival or something.
So think about the dance. Go ahead.
Start rehearsing.
This routine is stunning.
The music is just exquisite.
It's feminine.
It's pretty.
Pretty wins.
I don't care what Cathy has up her sleeve.
She is not going to beat me.
[gentle music playing]
Nia, the worst part of dance, it's not your timing,
it's not your emotion, it's not anything.
It's the things you learned first as a child.
When you turn in, close to fifth.
You're not in fifth.
Has it been like this since the music incident?
Is that what started all of it?
I still stand behind the things I did.
I don't think what I did was wrong.
Abby has an issue with me and is taking it out on Nia.
I supported Abby for years.
It's wrong.
Would you consider talking with Abby?
I have no desire to have a conversation with her.
None.
6, 7, and, shoom, cha, boom, ga, ga,
ga, boom, da-da, boom, down.
CATHY: Our group is called "Torn."
And it's a contemporary number.
The whole concept is good versus evil, which, to me, is perfect.
And push.
And hit.
And da, da, down.
Erin Babbs went up against Abby,
and her group beat Abby out in LA.
So I figured Erin was the perfect person to come
back and duel up with me.
This is totally going to rattle Abby.
ABBY: When you are in that passe-releve,
that's a ballet step.
You're in releve.
Her timing is all off here.
Yeah, I'm noticing that.
Something's going on here.
Right there when you're in that tondu to the back-up,
it should be winged.
Look at this.
Oy, oy, oy.
Yeah, there's a lot here that has to be fixed.
Well, we can't afford to be off this week because of Cathy.
ABBY: When Cathy is there, it makes me crazy.
Don't even realize they exist.
Put your blinders on.
Focus.
They're nothing to you.
[cheering]
All right, now, listen.
We talked about the storm, the lightning, the thunder.
We're not waiting for the storm to pass.
We're going to dance in the rain.
So do this for me, please.
I want it to be a happy day.
You better win.
All right, let's go.
ANNOUNCER: Our next entry is entry number 102,
"Dance in the Rain."
[applause, cheering]
[MUSIC - ASHLEY JANA, "NEVER GOODBYE"]
(SINGING) Because it's never goodbye, always see you later.
[applause]
ABBY: It was poetry.
It had a perfect rhythmic pattern.
ANNOUNCER: Our next entry is entry number 103, "Torn."
[music playing]
[applause]
CATHY: Abby thought that she could come back
to the East Coast with a win?
Well, I think she's going to be going home empty handed today.
ANNOUNCER: We move on to the high scores
for pre-teen groups.
Second place goes to entry number 103, "Torn."
[applause, cheering]
And first place in the preteen group category
goes to number 102, "Dance in the Rain."
[applause, cheering]
ABBY: Well, Cathy, we did it again.
The ALDC beat you.
Just quit trying.
A-L-D-C!
ALL: A-L-D-C!
ABBY: Do you hear that, Cathy?
What the [inaudible]?
ALL: Win!
That's what winners sound like.
[laughs]