Dedication to dance

Spent the last 3 days at my daughter's dance competition, she's 12. I do admire the judges. They spend 14 hours a day for 3 days. Breaks are limited to 10-15 minutes (including lunchbreaks). During that time, they watch 600 dances and give a mark and comment on each one on a mini-cassette during each dance. That's giving back to your art.

In the end, it was a successful weekend...

• Dance lessons $2000
  
• Shoes $200
  
• Costumes $nosebleed range
  
• The smile on her face when she won her solo category, 3rd overall and a special performance award?
  
  PRICELESS!