The group routine is something you
should all be familiar with, "When
the Saints Go Marching In."
Now, we're calling this piece "The Saints."
But before I say anything else about this--
excuse me.
I just want to get through here.
The performance value in this group routine
has to be over the top, especially without Maddie.
And that's going to take acting classes, music
classes, voice lessons, as well as
the proverbial partner or two.
Uh-oh.
Yes!
[interposing voices]
What's up?
Hey, man.
I'm going to let these two young men introduce themselves.
Go ahead.
Hi, I'm Johnny.
And I'm Will.
You're coming downstage.
So just be, like, funky.
Like, just give me this.
For now, just give me that.
Good.
OK, so then, if you were like--
if you guys were, like, out to the side,
like ba, ba, ba, and you guys were up in the back,
that's, like, what the feel is.
The group routine is entitled "The Saints."
It's set way down in New Orleans.
It celebrates new beginnings.
We're not sad about the past.
We're excited about the future.
And everybody better excite those judges into giving them
a perfect score.
Arms here on the turn are down, in, down, in.
It's like, in, ta, in, ta.
This is definitely going to be a big change for the girls.
Maddie would have held the rest of the group together.
But now, they get to be the next Maddie.
It's their time to shine.
And move down the street.
Ba, and five, six, freeze there.
Turn around and do your own thing.
Improv moment, ba, ba, ba, ba.
And five, six, and back in tight.
And one, two, three, four, and that's what we're looking for.
I'm feeling the pressure.
This is the first competition we're attending with Maddie
officially off the team.
I want to make sure that my girls do their very, very best.
A teacher is judged solely on the success of her students.
And they're going to be successful.
[screaming]
They must have missed us over break.
We didn't have this much love in San Jose before.
[screaming]
Maddie and Mackenzie have left the team.
And all these fans still came out to support our team.
It's good to be loved.
Hey, Abby.
Hi.
Woo.
All right, so girls, two kids in your group
that you stood next to for that many years that
is working professionally, that should
prove to you that you can too.
Every kid has their time to shine.
Right now, you are here, and you will give it 100%.
All right?
Let's go.
[applause]
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome entry number 85, "The Saints."
[MUSIC - TOODLUM BARKER, EMIL LOMAX, ARR., "WHEN
THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN"]
[applause]
All right, and our top scoring elite team small group is--
[suspenseful music]
--entry number 85, "The Saints."
[applause]
What?
That's us?
Us?
We win?
And what studio do you dance with?
Abby Lee Dance Company!
Woo!