[music playing]
This space right here felt a lot bigger.
All of us would be able to just and do a spilt here.
CHILD: We were much smaller then--
But we were like Lily's size.
Being here in Pittsburgh at the Abby Lee Dance Company--
it's coming home.
We have one week until Nationals.
I'm going to have to dig deep down inside myself
to make sure that I can stay focused on winning.
This weekend we're attending Sheer Talent Competition
in Wheeling, West Virginia, and you-know-who
is going to be there.
So we have a group routine.
The name of the number is Ghost Town.
Think of the Old West.
So in the group routine, I had planned on--
Camryn, Kendall, Connie, Nia, and Brit.
That's it.
I want to set out to win.
We've all made a huge commitment,
and these next two weeks are going to be very important.
Kendall, when you sit back into your right foot
and you play it, close your stomach and ball
change like left, right, left.
I am in a fragile state.
Pittsburgh has so many amazing memories for me,
but I walk into my studio, and it's empty.
To me, that's a Ghost town.
Now I need to use that as inspiration for this number.
These young women walk into the saloon.
Maybe there's a murder.
Maybe they shoot somebody just to steal their horse.
One thing is for certain--
they need to kill the Candy [inaudible] this weekend.
Something that we said early, cannot--
Why do you stumble out of those tricks?
WOMAN: This number needs to be amazing.
We're back in Pittsburgh.
Our children have a reputation to uphold,
and the competition is always fierce here.
Plus, this is a week before Nationals,
so now the pressure's on, and I think that we're
a little bit on edge.
[sigh]
Girls, it's the faces that I'm not getting.
You don't do it big enough, and all the hot, sultry
movement isn't big enough.
When you step on that stage, you have to see that ghost town.
You need to take everybody there.
That's right.
You know?
Or like--
Wow.
Come on, girls.
Let's go.
ANNOUNCER: Judges, up next is entry number 98.
Welcome to the stage.
Build the Wall.
[applause]
[music playing]
[applause]
Cathy's team is going be a tough act to beat.
We are not going to Nationals as losers.
This group better nail it.
ANNOUNCER: Judges, the next entry number is 101--
Ghost town.
[cheering]
[music playing]
[applause]
Next, we have teen group.
We have three placement.
WOMAN: We have a lot riding on us this week.
We're back on the East Coast, and we haven't
been here in like two years.
So we can't walk into Nationals after losing.
We have to win.
Second place, Second place, entry number 98--
Build the Wall.
[applause]
First place in the teen group category goes to number 101--
Ghost Town.
Whoo!
[applause]
ABBY: First place.
Won.
That's a really big deal.
WOMAN: However, we can't rest on our laurels
because when all is said and done, nationals--
that's the week to win.
Whoo!
Oh, my god.
That scared me.
Way to go, girls.
[cheering]