>>> SO WE HAVE THE BLACK PEARLS
IN THE HOUSE.
THEY'RE IN COSTUME AND READY TO
PERFORM.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO TALK WITH
THE TEAM'S COACH.
THIS WAS HER VISION.
YOU'RE THE BLACK PEARL, YOU
FONDED THEM.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
STYLE OF DANCING.
IT IS CALLED, INC. MA E
MARRIAGETTE DANCING, SHE HAD A
BATON AND A LONG SKIRT.
>> TODAY IT IS MORE OF YOUR
HIGH-ENERGY JANS DANCING IT
JAZZ, HIP-HOP, AND A BEAUTIFUL
FORM.
OUR STRECT JUST BEING FAST-PACED
AND MOST PEOPLE LOVE DOING STILL
SHOWS WERE -- SKILLS SHOW WHERE
THEY SHOW THE GREATEST KICKS AND
GREATEST JUMPS AND YOU HAVE
CATEGORIES WERE YOU GO THROUGH
LIKE A CREATIVE DANCE PROCESS
AND YOU CAN CHOOSE HIP-HOP TO
JAZZ ANY CATEGORY YOU WANT AND
CREATIVE CATEGORY.
>> Melanie: A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THIS FACE.
YOU TO BRING IT.
>>> YOU'VE GOT THE BELIEVE YOU
CAN DO IT.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
IT IS NOT GOING THE WORK PUT ON
A SHOW FOR YOURSELF, AND PUT
YOURSELF OUT THERE FIRST AND
FOLLOW.
>>> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, YOU
KNOW GOALS ARE SO IMPORTANT IT
TROUBLE.
THEY'RE SMILING, THEY'RE
CONFIDENT AND FOCUSED ON GOOD
>>> YES.
>>> WELL, BASICALLY WHAT I TELL
THE GIRLS IS IF YOU ARE IN
CONTROL OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT
YOU DO.
AND STARTED WITH EDWARD WATERS A
SMALL GROUP OF PROGRAM WHERE
DONATED OUR TIME TO THE
COMMUNITY TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME.
AND WE NAMED THE WING MY OWN
OUTCOME I STARTED MY OWN
MARRIAGETTE DANCE CLUB CALLED
THE BLACK PEARLS.
>> Melanie: I WANT TO GIVE
THESE GIRLS A CHANCE TO DANCE
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
ARE YOU READY?
WE'RE A LITTLE HANDICAPPED.
WE'RE A IT WILL DON'T HAVE OUR
MUSIC TODAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO COUNT IT OUT,
SHOW YOUR DANCING SKILLS.
>>> THIS IS YOUR BASIC FAN,
GOING TO HIT A 8-COUNT FOR YOUR
GIRLS AND GIVE ME A NICE CLEAN
STAND FOR ME.
5, SIX, 78.
ONE, TWO, THREE, 4, 5, 6, 178.
ONE, TWO, THREE, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
ONE TWO, 3, 4, 5678
>>> I WAS GOING SAY, SHE'S 10 ,
BUT YOU IS GIRLS AS YOUNG AS
FIVE YEARS OLD.
>> YES, I TELL MOTHERS YOU CAN
START BRINGING THEM AT 4.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE STORE THEY
START MIMICKING THINGS AND START
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN SEE.
AND THEY WILL GET ATTACHED TO
IT.
AND BY FIVE YEARS OLD I CAN HAVE
TO REPEAT.
>>> QUICKLY, WE WANT TO DO THE
BATTLE.
THAT IS SOMETHING I KNOWS "BRING
IT" THE HOE IS ALWAYS FUN TO
WATCH.
THIS IS WHEN YOU GIVE THE FACE,
THEF CONFIDENCE AND YOU BATTLE
THE OTHER TEAM.
WE'RE GOING TO PIT TWO OF THE
GIRLS TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO TAKE VERY AND MIMI.
AND THEY WILL STAND ON TWO SIDES
OF THEIGESTA.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY WILL DO
IS BATTLE EACH OTHER.
MIMI.
AND MIMI IS GOING TO THROW THE
FIRST STANCE.
>> Melanie: SO THAT WAS TO
HER.
>> THAT IS THE CALLOUT, SHE HAS
TO GO A A LITTLE HARDER.
>>> AND YOUR JUDGES ARE JUDGED
FROM THERE.
GOOD JOB, LADIES THERE ARE NO
TIES IN THIS ARE THERE.
>>> NOT REALLY, BUT WE'LL TAKE A
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WISH
YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
YOU GUYS ARE HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE AND ALSO HOPING TO
GO TO THIS COMPETITION.
STILL NEED SOME MONEY, THOUGH.
YOU HAVE A GoFundMe
ACCOUNT.
>>> JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROGRAM
WE NEED HELP WITH FUNDING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THERE
JACKSONVILLE.
WE HAVE A GoFundMe PAGE
AND BLACK PEARL STUDIOS WE HAVE
THE EXTREME, WE HAVE DANCE LAB.
THERE IS D. O. D.
SO MANY OTHERS THAT NEED YOUR
HELP AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL
OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP
>>> PERFECT, IT, OWN US AND