hi this is me what's up um
i just want to tell you with everything
going on with
maddie and you know we're just busy and
lots of things are in the works
um first of all
i appreciate you and everything you've
done for my kids
but we're gonna after this season
we're just gonna not be on the elite
team anymore
oh that's hitches it's hard i
you know how i love the aldc
so the rumors are true i don't know who
got that rumor out because it wasn't me
right my question
is maddie is signed sealed and delivered
to shoot let's see a movie
yeah so she's not doing anything else
between the movie and now
um i don't want to see them on so you
think you can dance kids i don't want
them doing anything like that don't
worry maddie's not going to be
um dance on city and dance kids maddie's
not going on that so
all right we have four more
competitions and then it's over
we've been here for a long time
why didn't you tell me before this you
couldn't call me on twitter
i didn't want to even think about it to
be honest with you
i just always want you to be proud of
them oh no
i know you are my mom always said that
god works in mysterious ways that's the
way it goes
it broke my heart but the show must go
on
maddie
where you are in life and in this
position
that you're in and you you are a member
of the aldc the junior league
competition team
so you're somebody already
i want you to know that i love
each and every one of you i would have
never been a dance teacher
you know if i didn't love kids why would
you do this job
it's clear the announcement about kenzie
and maddie leaving is taking its toll on
abby
she is beside herself
abby melissa told us things are going to
change and
there will be spots open on the team
well mackenzie doesn't know so we need
to
not just blurt it out i think that it
should have been
handled completely different by your
fabulous wonderful attorney
and me we're just kind of trying to
gauge
like who's going where i don't want to
talk about it because this is personal
want your girl's gonna stand out here
let's go ahead
don't go far all right
mckenzie doesn't know the news yet and
it's evident
abby's agitated and upset she can't
handle it
she can't handle it and this is not the
time or place to have
this type of conversation
or something no no it's not about abby
it's not me i was like i want to stay in
a pyramid i'm like can you say it now
we need a moment for the girls to digest
what's going on and to process
what this really means for the aldc no
you're not crazy okay so what's going on
melissa
okay mackenzie listen
cause you don't know this um
maddie mckenzie and i are going to be
here
for four more weeks and then we're
moving on
um we'll always be sorry
i'm kind of shocked because all of the
girls
are like my best friends
we love you guys so much this has been
such
near girls
this has been such a great ride together
so let's say this next four weeks be so
amazing
okay okay can we stop fighting man
well we weren't this hot
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where's abby we just had a really
emotional moment with the girls and the
moms
and unfortunately abby wasn't there to
be a part of it
it's clear that abby's very upset
we need to show her getting captured
hostage here maddie do with me
like i'm pushing you into this door like
come on kid
maddie's piece is entitled the hostage
inspired by
the movie room she's portraying a
character that is being held against her
will the actress in this movie
just won the oscar let's see if maddie
gives an oscar-winning performance
once you're there then pick your head up
melissa what was their first solos that
they ever did do you remember
oh gosh i'll google it here look look
what i'm best at is tap and lyrical
and i've won a lot of awards for my
solos that are tap and lyrical
and this is my first year doing a
lyrical dance and last year i did a
jazz dance but i never went for a title
for that
oh my god look at you candy looks like a
baby
she was she wasn't six years old or five
you changed melissa look at you i'm a la
woman now
roll over and like arch up
keep coming good maddie well i just
thought it was interesting that abby's
not emotional about
you leaving i thought there would be
more emotion from her i thought there
would be
something i'm kind of shocked it's not
like a big deal
she actually put more thought into your
solo than their solos i think
they're not symbolic of what's happening
hostage
like i'm sure it's gonna be amazing but
how about
the next chapter of my life like
something mom because if she could hold
her hostage she would
no maddie i'm just like i'm really happy
for you but i'm also sad at the same
time go out there and dance like you
usually do and
please do not make me cry i love you
this needs to be my best performance
ever because it's going to be my last
one
i really just want to take the win for
my last solo on this team
number 127 the hostage
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baby
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it's crazy to think that melissa maddie
and mackenzie
are leaving they started it all but i
don't want to show them that i'm sad
because
they need to leave they need to move on
to bigger and better things because
that's what they deserve
oh stop i don't want to cry
i just saw my
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i think it'd be amazing to win first
place on my last competition and
i'd love to wrap up my aldc journey with
the wind
i'm so proud of maddie she's come so far
maddie has grown up
on the stage before our eyes and she's
won so many dance competitions
but this one feels just so special
you