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0:00Previously on Dance Moms.
0:03Uh-oh.
0:04She just twisted her ankle. If it gets
0:05worse, we have to pull her. Everybody
0:07else has to learn to adjust. I think
0:09that's what she's afraid of. We're
0:10talking about what you enabled to
0:12happen.
0:12I don't want to dance here anymore,
0:13Maddie. I'm sick of it. Melissa plays
0:16the I'm so nice part, and she's the
0:17sneakiest, most underhanded person of
0:19them all. I'm sitting in my seat,
0:21watching Chloe on stage. Boom, forgets
0:23another part. Don't don't set them up to
0:26be okay to fail.
0:30Coming up on Dance Moms. We are here in
0:32New York City. You're going to be going
0:34to the Joffrey Ballet School. You guys
0:36need to fight for this. I'm nervous.
0:38Don't you hear it?
0:41Hi.
0:43This is about your kid having an
0:44audition tomorrow and her brain not
0:45being in her head. You don't respect me
0:47and you don't respect these girls.
0:48Talk to her instead. You just got my
0:49focus, please.
0:51My entire reputation of this humiliated.
0:55Abby's going to hate me. Your kids are
0:58fine without me.
1:16All right. Here we are. Let's go.
1:19This week the girls and I are in New
1:21York City to rehearse for a Joffrey
1:23Ballet audition.
1:25Come on, LADIES. LET'S GO.
1:27FOR THESE LITTLE GIRLS, this is a chance
1:29of a lifetime. Goodness.
1:30want to see any of them blow it. This
1:32competition season has been extremely
1:35tough and extremely rewarding. But, I
1:37think the kids are ready for whatever
1:39New York City has to offer. They want to
1:41show their own talents, and I think this
1:43is a great opportunity.
1:45Girls,
1:46this is the big time.
1:48We are here in New York City in the
1:50dance mecca of the world. Right here.
1:53And I want you to take it all in.
1:55Everybody you pass on that street
1:58probably took a dance lesson at some
2:00point in their life. Do you understand
2:02that? Yes, there's a lot of kids that
2:03win competitions, a lot of kids that get
2:05crowns on their heads, and there's a
2:07handful that make it in the industry.
2:11Remember that.
2:13I want to talk about Michigan first.
2:15We are not going to win a group dance
2:18until everybody in this group is on the
2:21same level. Number 131A, light them out,
2:25Star Dance Studio.
2:27When parts of the choreography are in
2:29unison, you all need to be in unison.
2:32That's what it means. Last week, these
2:33girls lost again. They were sloppy,
2:36their timing was off, they need to bond
2:38as a group. It's not always about your
2:41solos.
2:42It's about that group, and you need to
2:43learn to dance in a group. If you don't
2:45apply the corrections,
2:47you're not going to improve.
2:49And that's the issue. Until they realize
2:52that,
2:53it's not going to happen. Now, on with
2:56the pyramid. Luckily, the pyramid found
2:58its way to Manhattan. Yay. On the bottom
3:00of the pyramid
3:02is Paige. Did you correct the arms? Yes.
3:06Did you put the phone away?
3:08No. She gets no credit for doing her
3:10back tuck or her press or Credit?
3:13It's her fault.
3:15I thought watching Paige in the group
3:17number, I thought she did great. I just
3:18don't think that Abby gives her enough
3:20credit. She always sticks her in the
3:21back and doesn't pay attention to her,
3:23and I think she can hold her own. I I
3:26think she's
3:28fine in the group. Next,
3:31Mackenzie.
3:32You can improv if you're early on the
3:34music in a solo. But, when you do it in
3:37a trio and you don't tell the other two
3:39partners to do it ahead of time, you
3:41made them look like idiots cuz you were
3:42out there woo shaking it up. Understood?
3:48Next,
3:49Chloe.
3:50Time to face the music.
3:52Forgot your routine.
3:58You're not 7 anymore. You're 10 years
4:00old. You can't make up your own thing
4:02and wait to get back onto the music when
4:0435 other dancers are doing the right
4:06thing.
4:07That's a pink slip. That's the
4:09unemployment line. Understood?
4:12Next,
4:13Nia.
4:15You hurt your foot, you worked through
4:17it, it all worked out. However, it's the
4:20technique, and it's like we tell you
4:22over and over, it's up to you. Do you
4:24want to fix it? Do you want to make it
4:25better? Then you will.
4:28Understood?
4:30Next,
4:31we have Brooke. Brooke,
4:33you did what you needed to do, but you
4:35always just do what you needed to do. I
4:38want to see more from you. I'd love to
4:40give her more, but Miss Abby spends all
4:41her time with all the other girls.
4:44And on top, again, is Maddie.
4:47I challenged you.
4:49You keep winning your solos because you
4:51pick up quickly. No big surprise, for
4:54the fifth week in a row, Maddie reigned
4:55supreme at the top of the pyramid. I
4:57want to talk about after the
4:58competition.
4:59A scout from the Joffrey Ballet School
5:02came to our dressing room. They chose
5:06the Abby Lee Dance Company. The Joffrey
5:07Ballet School has huge history here.
5:10Robert Joffrey started the school in
5:121953. There are people from all over the
5:15world coming here to train. You're going
5:17to be going to the Joffrey School with
5:19some of the most prestigious instructors
5:22in all of New York. Throughout the year,
5:24Joffrey auditions over 20,000 dancers
5:27for their summer intensive program.
5:30And they only give a handful of
5:32scholarships away.
5:33If one of my girls would get those
5:35scholarships, that would just be another
5:37feather in my cap. The judges that are
5:39judging you are three instructors at the
5:41Joffrey School.
5:42They're going to look AT FEET, TURNOUT,
5:45BODY LINES. Everything you've learned up
5:48until this point is going to come into
5:50play in this audition. I have to tell
5:52you that I'm very nervous for our girls
5:54to be auditioning for the Joffrey Ballet
5:56School, simply because our girls don't
5:59get a lot of ballet anymore. So, I hope
6:01that they don't embarrass themselves.
6:04You guys need to fight for this.
6:06We have to work on a ballet combination
6:08today.
6:09We have to work on a short presentation
6:12for each one of you to do when you go
6:14into that audition. I expected you to
6:16look like ballerinas.
6:18I'm shocked at the way you're dressed.
6:20Here you are in New York City going to a
6:22professional dance studio.
6:24You never know who's going to be there.
6:26You never know who's going to see you.
6:29You always want to look your best.
6:30You're going to have pink tights on.
6:33You're going to have a leotard on.
6:34You're going to have your hair in a bun.
6:36So, moms, you're going to have to go
6:38out. You're going to have to hit the
6:39dancewear store, and I want them looking
6:41like ballerinas. The look is half the
6:43battle. Mommy's not going to be there.
6:46Abby's not going to be in there.
6:47It's you.
6:49You either sink or swim.
6:51And please don't embarrass me.
6:54It's a really big deal to dance at the
6:56Joffrey Ballet School, especially when
6:57you're young. Performing for a a huge
7:00audience actually doesn't really get me
7:02that nervous, but performing for like
7:05three of like amazing ballerinas, it
7:08that's a little nerve-racking. In
7:10addition to our rehearsals for this
7:12ballet audition, we are also going to be
7:15working on a number.
7:16You heard that right.
7:18So, we will be attending Starbound
7:21competition in Paramus, New Jersey.
7:25And the competition is going to be
7:27fierce. I've had it with these girls. We
7:30are going to Starbound this weekend, and
7:32they have a reputation to uphold. They
7:34are reigning national champions. I
7:37expect them to win, and they're going to
7:39do it. Ladies,
7:41our group routine this week is about a
7:43very serious topic.
7:45Let me just say, each one of you is in
7:48jail.
7:51I had a brilliant idea to do kind of a
7:53take on an old number from the Broadway
7:57show Chicago. But, I want to water it
8:00down for 9, 10, 11-year-olds. So,
8:03they're like jailbirds. It's dark, it's
8:06a bit avant-garde,
8:08and it's going to be fun.
8:10It's very weird being in jail because
8:15I've never been there before.
8:17Chloe, you just came off a solo,
8:20you forgot your routine,
8:22you got to get right back on that horse.
8:24You're going to be doing a solo this
8:25weekend.
8:27Maddie,
8:28you've been undefeated for the last few
8:31weeks, so I'm challenging you once again
8:34to do a solo at Starbound.
8:36This might be the busiest week of your
8:38life.
8:38Abby bit off more than she could chew
8:39last week with trios and solos and group
8:42dances, and this week we're doing group
8:43dances and solos and the Joffrey
8:45audition. Can't we just focus on one
8:47thing? I know that I'm putting the
8:49pressure on you, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
8:51THERE'S A time for pressure, and it's
8:52right now.
8:53You are representing the Abby Lee Dance
8:55Company. You are representing 32 years
8:57of history. Do you understand that?
9:00Don't blow it.
9:06Girls, come on in. I have a really
9:08spectacular announcement that I want to
9:10make. I found out that
9:14Joffrey Ballet is having open auditions
9:17in my most favorite city in the world.
9:20New York.
9:21New York. I've got a lot of work that I
9:24have to do. I think that we are
9:26completely ready to go up against some
9:30of Abby's dancers and audition for a
9:33scholarship to Joffrey. We're going to
9:35hit the audition, and then we're going
9:38to New Jersey because Starbound is
9:42there. Is Abby going to be at the
9:43studio? Yeah. Pressure's on, Miss
9:45Kendall. There's probably going to be
9:48more and more events that we run into
9:50Abby. That's just the way it is. I think
9:52that we probably have better ballet
9:53training than they do, but we'll see.
9:55Abby is way stuck in vaudeville. She's
9:57still dancing on a 1940 stage with her
10:01mom, and we have a wonderful routine
10:04that is very heartfelt that I think that
10:06finally we may be able to beat Abby with
10:10this number.
10:111 2 3 2 2 3 boom
10:21Pick out something from one of your
10:23solos. Something that is amazing that
10:26you do better than anybody else does.
10:28But the Abby Lee Dance Company is going
10:29to concentrate on two main things. The
10:32Joffrey Ballet audition
10:34and the very next day the Starbound
10:37competition. I don't think that you
10:38understand quite how important this is.
10:40I mean you cannot go in there and look
10:42like a slacker. I think just walking
10:44into the Joffrey school is going to be
10:46tough on these kids. They are not little
10:48Trinas. They don't take ballet class
10:50every single day all day long. So I
10:53think it's going to be intimidating. I
10:55think they're going to be frightened. I
10:57think they're going to be nervous
10:58wrecks, and I just hope their mothers
11:00are frightened and nervous and keep
11:01their mouths closed. You're going in
11:03front of people that have had great
11:05careers.
11:06You don't want to walk in there and be
11:09the big joke that they're going to laugh
11:10at when they go home tonight.
11:12Everyone feels on edge. We have this
11:14audition coming up, and the girls do not
11:17have a lot of ballet background. There's
11:19more pressure than normal this week. And
11:22where do you think an arabesque should
11:24be? Down here where yours is?
11:27No. At least parallel to the floor.
11:31And you can't do a crash course on this.
11:33And what 1 2 3 I've been putting in my
11:35ballet training in for the past 2 years
11:37and this is our time.
11:41How did that look? Better?
11:43Keep going.
11:44This has to stop.
11:47I know, but that's why you wear a
11:48leotard that fits you correctly. Abby,
11:50is it possible that um you could give us
11:53some ideas when we go to look for the
11:55appropriate black leotard if there's
11:57certain types of leotards we should be
11:59looking for that complement each of
12:00their body styles. Not saying that we
12:02can find them, but you might stand a
12:03better chance.
12:04your legs to look long and your body
12:07your torso to look short. This is a cute
12:09outfit and she's wearing it and it's not
12:11giving her a problem. However,
12:14this would be more appropriate. Wow,
12:16yeah. Even from the side. To be honest
12:18with you, I'm not really sure what a New
12:20York City look is for a dancer. So if
12:23she has this vision, it's her
12:24responsibility to communicate that
12:27because otherwise we can't prepare them
12:29for what she has in mind. All this stuff
12:34is really taking away from her dancing
12:38and where it's all about selling that
12:39outfit. All of you, stop with these
12:42crazy outfits.
12:48Oh, I'm so excited.
12:51I wonder if this is a flagship store. If
12:53we can find a way to quiet Abby down,
12:55let's do it. Let's go shopping for black
12:57leotards so tomorrow we don't have to
12:58hear it. We're looking for black leos
13:00that have really high cut
13:03for kids. You know, I'm feeling a little
13:05pressured, overwhelmed. Abby wants us to
13:07get special leotards, and we don't have
13:09any time in the day to do so. But that's
13:11too basic. She wants something a little
13:13more.
13:13Well, just prettier.
13:14We didn't know we were supposed to bring
13:16900 black leotards. I brought two.
13:19She's so particular about what fits and
13:20what doesn't and the colors. Do you
13:23think those leotards are going to
13:24satisfy Abby? The shopping trip went
13:26well. We were able to each find a
13:28leotard for the girls. They were solid.
13:29We got our pink tights and our ballet
13:31slippers, so hopefully mums the word
13:33tomorrow. You know, she's so specific
13:35about what a leotard can do for your
13:37body. Maybe they ought to ask if they
13:38have one in her size. Oh, they don't
13:40make leotards that size.
13:47Everybody who dances for Candy Apples
13:50knows that they have a certain aura
13:52about them when they walk into a
13:54competition. Based on everything that
13:56I've done with Kendall, I think that she
13:59is completely ready to go up against
14:02some of Abby's dancers and audition for
14:05a scholarship to Joffrey. You know,
14:09I'm down a spectacular dancer.
14:13No, she feels like she
14:15I put a lot of stock in Taylor, and I
14:17don't want to pressure you by any means
14:20other than to say she's got big shoes to
14:22fill. I'm really nervous to do my solos
14:25in front of ballet judges because I'm
14:28used to doing it in front of audiences
14:31and not just being in a room with
14:33judges. You have to rise to the
14:36occasion. You know, cream rises to the
14:38top.
14:39So we want to have ourselves a latte.
14:46When you step forward, right away your
14:48head's forward. Boom bam bam. I'm so
14:51excited for my solo this week. I'm
14:52finally the Red Queen from Alice in
14:54Wonderland, and I've been waiting for
14:57this forever. Now take your hands right
14:59here and go
15:01Chloe is doing Queen of Hearts. She
15:04really relates to the darkness,
15:06to the viciousness, to the evil aspect
15:10of playing a character
15:13that is on the dark side. And when you
15:15lunge, your head's here.
15:18Push through, look at it. Change your
15:19head around. You know, when you tell a
15:21kid to be happy and smile, that's easy.
15:24But when you tell them to dance to be
15:25evil and to be insightful and they have
15:28to be attacking the judges,
15:31it gives them more to work with.
15:33It gives them a storyline to follow.
15:36And that's where Chloe shines.
15:38Come on, Maddie.
15:40So Maddie, it's called
15:42In My Heart. We have 1 day to learn it
15:46because tomorrow is the big Joffrey
15:47Ballet audition.
15:48My solo this week is a lyrical routine,
15:50and it's called In My Heart, and I
15:53really love the song and the
15:54choreography.
15:58This is a stellar routine for her.
16:00It has all the elements that she needs.
16:02She jumps, she turns. Her transitions
16:06are lovely. It certainly is a routine
16:09that's right up Maddie's alley. That and
16:11go right into that from there.
16:151 2
16:19And you can't illusion and turn.
16:21The pressure is on. I expect Maddie to
16:24do really well this weekend.
16:27It's hard to get to the top of the
16:28pyramid, but it's even harder to stay
16:30there. Harder to stay there. So, game
16:33on.
16:42Girls, come on. Listen up. We have 2
16:45days until you are in Paramus, New
16:49Jersey doing this competition at
16:51Starbound.
16:53I really need my girls to turn it on and
16:55turn it up. Our group number has not
16:57placed in the top for weeks, and I'm
16:59sick of it. We have a few more hours to
17:02rehearse, and they better get this
17:04perfect. Go get your dance bags, put
17:07your jazz shoes on.
17:10You know, we don't even have a dance
17:11bag.
17:14Go tell Miss Abby that you and Mackenzie
17:16left them on the couch. Don't start
17:17crying. I'm not in the mood today for
17:19any of this at all.
17:22So don't get upset about it. I don't
17:24care. Girls,
17:28are at the hotel.
17:31Okay.
17:32Every kid makes a mistake, Maddie.
17:34Okay? You're you're not perfect. Maddie
17:36was really upset because she left her
17:37dance bag at the hotel. That's her dance
17:41bag. I mean, that's her shoes. So she
17:43was very upset and she wasn't herself
17:45the whole day. It was my fault. Totally
17:47my fault. It's not your fault. It's her
17:49dance bag. Well, every kid makes a
17:51mistake, Abby. And you know, so it's my
17:54fault. Well, I should have checked. I
17:55don't want Maddie to make mistakes. And
17:57when you get here, No one's perfect.
17:59There's kids that are living here that
18:00are 14 and 15 years old on their own
18:01paying their own bills.
18:03And when you guys get here, you can't
18:05call Mommy.
18:06When you walk into an audition, it's
18:08your responsibility, not your mother's.
18:10It's a pair of shoes. Who cares?
18:14Maddie's on the top of the pyramid for
18:15the fifth time, and Abby puts a lot of
18:18pressure on her.
18:19Maddie is such a perfectionist, um and
18:22she's hard on herself. Maddie, stop with
18:24this face cuz I'm not in the mood.
18:35Hello, no it's Melissa. Like in
18:36parenting 101, if your daughter forgets
18:38some ballet slippers, don't flip out and
18:40stress her out. It's a couple of $14.99
18:42ballet slippers. Like run down the
18:43street and get her a new pair. Your kid
18:45is in there, and her brain is not in her
18:48head because in the back of her head
18:49she's thinking about where's my bag?
18:51What if I lost my shoes? How am I going
18:52to get them? This is about your kid
18:54having an audition tomorrow and her
18:55brain not being in her head. She's not
18:56focused on the routine. Mackenzie and
18:59Maddie left their bags in the lobby of
19:01the hotel. Now, what are we going to do?
19:03That the more your kid is on the ball,
19:05the more people expect. And that's sad,
19:07but that's the truth. We just don't have
19:09time for mistakes like this. Now
19:11Maddie's flustered, and it's costing us
19:13time that we just don't have. If the
19:15group loses again this week,
19:17I'm finished.
19:18I need you to be
19:20nasty and bitter and mean. You're
19:23playing a part.
19:25Line, I want to see those points. Does
19:28Abby say this for jailbirds? And that's
19:30a little scary to think about. I think
19:32you just have to set aside the jailbirds
19:34part and focus more on the dance and
19:36really getting into it and acting.
19:39Chloe, that's a wrong play I seconds.
19:43You're not hitting that. Slow down.
19:46I think our girls are sweet girls. So I
19:48think it's going to be hard for them to
19:50be dancing behind jail bars.
19:53This is the last chance I have to work
19:55on the group number for the Starbound
19:57competition before the Joffrey audition.
20:00My girls are nowhere near being ready
20:03for this. All right, girls.
20:05Listen, tomorrow is the Joffrey Ballet
20:08audition. There's going to be other kids
20:10your age
20:11auditioning for the same Joffrey
20:14intensive.
20:16Everybody wants it and everybody wants
20:18it bad or they wouldn't be here.
20:19This is a big deal. I want
20:23all three of those ballet teachers to
20:25know how talented the children are from
20:28the Abby Lee Dance Company. Don't walk
20:30in there and embarrass me.
20:36At this point, I'm thinking that this
20:37group number is a hot mess. It's like a
20:39train wreck and I'm trapped in dance
20:41jail and I can't get out.
20:43I I've never been so stressed out doing
20:46nothing in my life. What is stressful
20:48sitting there watching her like treat
20:50our kids like that.
20:51I think she brings out the worst in us.
20:54Absolutely.
20:54Absolutely. The way I'm looking at the
20:56audition for tomorrow, I'm not expecting
20:58Nia to win it.
20:58It's just a hard balance as a I think as
21:00a mom is trying to encourage your
21:02daughter to go out and do well, but also
21:05temper that so she's not getting her
21:06hopes up too high. I don't expect Nia to
21:09win, but I do care about the audition
21:11for my daughter because it means
21:12something to her.
21:14So, I'm still trying to figure out
21:16what exactly happened to these dance
21:18bags. I swear on my life Maddie said to
21:20her, "Mom, do you have my dance bag?"
21:24I think we should steal the bag.
21:27Next time we'll steal their bags so they
21:28get in trouble.
21:29CUZ THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN
21:30TROUBLE. NEVER SEEN them get in trouble.
21:34Yeah, Christi probably has it up at her
21:36room.
21:37Maybe.
21:4620,000 dancers every year audition for
21:49Joffrey summer program.
21:51This is a big time. It's intense. You're
21:53just at the beginning of your shot. You
21:55have something to work for. The Joffrey
21:57is a huge deal and it really, really,
22:00really could make or break somebody's
22:02career because ballet is the foundation
22:05of all other dance. Girls, remember,
22:07you're not just representing yourself,
22:09you're representing the Abby Lee Dance
22:11Company.
22:36Oh my god.
22:39Chloe's warming up in the hall and then
22:40I hear
22:42"Girls, girls, girls, girls." Oh, Cathy
22:44has arrived.
22:47How are you guys?
22:49And how are you? Good.
22:52Hi ladies.
22:53Candy Apples need to get a life and quit
22:55following the Abby Lee Dance Company
22:57around. Leave with the chest down
23:00and up. Girls, if you don't know it yet,
23:02you're never going to know it.
23:03Stop voicing your opinion cuz it doesn't
23:05matter here.
23:07We have every right to be at the exact
23:09same places that she is. Hi Abby. How
23:12are you?
23:12Good. How are you? Good, thanks. Good to
23:14see you guys here. To run into Abby, it
23:17kind of changed the mood, my mood, and
23:19Kendall's mood a little bit, but
23:21oh well. We are ready for the solos.
23:26Shoulders down, big smile, use your
23:27face.
23:30249, let's go.
23:34Do you have something for us?
23:37I like the piece Abby put together for
23:39my audition because it has some of my
23:41good tricks and everything.
23:46Brooke, make it look easy cuz that's
23:48what's impressive about you.
23:50All judges have different opinions, so
23:53they may hate tricks or they may love
23:55tricks, so I've no clue how this piece
23:57is going to go over.
24:11I'm not a fan of tricks.
24:15Holly, are you nervous? Are you pacing?
24:17Pacing, very nervous. That's what I used
24:19to do. I used to throw up in a bucket
24:20outside. Got a bucket?
24:30I think I did pretty well. I hope I get
24:32the scholarship.
24:44You jumped, you flipped, you twirled
24:49a lot. But, got to tell whoever told you
24:52to shake your bum-bum like that that
24:54they are a dum-dum.
24:56Hey, Abby taught me how to shake my
24:57bum-bum and I shake it pretty well. What
25:00did they say? She said
25:02whoever taught you to shake your bum-bum
25:04is a dum-dum.
25:07That's your mother. Uh-uh.
25:08Nia, you were the one WHO TOLD HER. OH,
25:10NOTHING.
25:21Do you really think you need that much
25:24makeup in a ballet audition?
25:27It's a little over the top. All right,
25:29go get them.
25:31Good luck, Kendall. Good luck, Kendall.
25:33I think Kendall is a beautiful little
25:35dancer and I really hope that she can
25:37come out on top and get the scholarship.
25:47I very much enjoyed the arms from the
25:50beginning of the dance. That was lovely.
25:52Very nice.
25:54This is like your forte. You're good at
25:57ballet. You look like a ballerina. You
25:59have a beautiful body. I think Abby is
26:00putting a lot of pressure on Chloe and
26:02Maddie this week and it's almost like
26:04the whole Maddie-Chloe showdown once
26:06again. Go in there and earn it. Okay.
26:08Okay.
26:10I'm very excited for the ballet
26:11audition. I mean, I've never done
26:13something this big before my entire
26:15dance life. So, it's every man for
26:17himself. You got something for us?
26:20Yes? All right. Take the floor.
26:37Your natural, just god-given ability is
26:42fantastic. It's wonderful.
26:44You really have something special. Just
26:46please get into more ballet classes.
26:48Would you go out there and send in
26:50number 252, Maddie? Yep. Thank you.
26:52Thank you. Thank you.
26:57They told me that they think that I need
26:59more ballet classes, which makes me a
27:01little bit nervous thinking that maybe
27:03like I don't have enough training for
27:05the Joffrey Ballet School. I mean, you
27:07never know what the three judges could
27:09be thinking like
27:10"Oh, we want her. We don't want her."
27:12You never know what they want.
27:15You should be proud of yourself. Thanks.
27:18I think going up against Chloe is going
27:20to be hard because she's more of a
27:22ballerina than I am.
27:24Shoulders down, shoulders back the whole
27:26time, no slouch. I'm really nervous
27:28because we don't really do ballet that
27:30often and we have three ballet judges.
27:33So, Maddie, you got something you can
27:35show us? Yes. All right.
28:08Thank you.
28:09You really know how to perform. Thank
28:11you. Some showmanship going on there.
28:13You could have been on Broadway, but
28:16you have to be a dancer.
28:18Throughout the whole piece I kept
28:19wanting there to be a pause.
28:22I wanted there to be a time where you
28:24let your body finish
28:26and move all the way through something
28:29before jumping in into the next
28:31movement. Uh can you go up on relevé?
28:35Show me relevé, right? Go really high up
28:37on the relevé, okay? Those feet have
28:39more potential than what you're using
28:42right now, but you've got to work hard
28:44to do it.
28:49They said that I had great potential.
28:51Maddie came out and Maddie was not all
28:53that confident. She takes things very
28:57seriously and very much to heart.
28:59three,
29:00four, and five, flex at six. We all know
29:04that Kendall has had training other
29:06places.
29:07So, we've just kind of tweaked out all
29:09the bad habits that she's gathered along
29:11the way.
29:14Cathy's gotten Kendall so many
29:16things going on.
29:17That's wonderful.
29:18How have the moms been at Candy Apples
29:20Jill? The moms are great. That's
29:22probably why I have 300 students versus
29:2420 because I don't have a problem with
29:27embracing new customers. Cathy, how many
29:29kids have you had here at Joffrey? How
29:31many have you had, Abby? Three. I highly
29:34doubt that you've had three people here.
29:35I've had students study here in the
29:37summer every single year and I'm not
29:38going to start to name them off because
29:40it means nothing to you. I honestly feel
29:43that the Abby Lee Miller gang
29:46think that they've got the market on any
29:50competition,
29:52any audition,
29:54anything that has to do with dance. They
29:57are nothing but trouble and it was
29:59honestly fun just to get Abby's feathers
30:02ruffled. Good afternoon everyone. We are
30:04ready for the dancers.
30:09All right. Now, if I could get number
30:10247 over here, please.
30:15Fifth position, tondu
30:17and close, tondu and close. See, number
30:21250 was popping her foot out and
30:24bringing it back. Oh,
30:26so sorry, that's your child.
30:28Cathy.
30:29Cathy, is that all you guys can say?
30:31supposed to be watching, aren't you?
30:32Well, then stop looking at HER HEAD IN.
30:35WHAT?
30:35I JUST TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED FOR YOU.
30:37I DON'T SEE A SIGN that says no teachers
30:38allowed. It's just etiquette. No, no,
30:40no. You know what?
30:41You don't look in on an audition OR LET
30:43ALONE A dance class.
30:45Take some attention out of the shoulders
30:46there. Lift up through the back of that
30:48neck. Pull the stomach in. Good.
30:51Work through that foot each time.
30:54Fluffy kicks in your hair. Cathy. Are
30:57you going to use that for later? Yeah.
30:59Honey. I just so want to have style and
31:01you don't.
31:02I suggest you shut your mouth and walk
31:04away. Oh, why? Are you going to beat me
31:05up? Cathy comes in and she talks about
31:07my manners and my etiquette and she
31:09cannot conduct herself like a human
31:11being. And I'm trying to sit there and
31:12ignore her, but my god, it's like
31:15needles on a chalkboard. Finally, I'm
31:16just like,
31:17AH. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME. I can read
31:19you like a book. You are so full of
31:21Please be gone. Ooh, nice language.
31:23I know, I learned it from you.
31:24have to No, you didn't. Christi is being
31:26her usual self. She's jawing about
31:29something that's not suiting her fancy.
31:32Up and over to the bar. Lengthen up out
31:34of that side. Keep those stomach strong.
31:36Cathy, let's tone it down a notch.
31:38YOU'RE AT THE JOFFREY BALLET. A little
31:40decorum, please. And we've got Abby
31:42who's screaming Be quiet. Yet, it's her
31:47voice that you hear. Who flies?
31:50WHO FLIES? THERE'S AN AUDITION GOING ON
31:52RIGHT BEHIND THE DOOR. SHUSH. I'm not
31:54the one that's always drunk and can't
31:55take care of my kid. I'm not the one
31:57that's always drunk and I can take care
31:57of my kid. Oh, but you've always got a
31:59drink in your hand. You embarrass
32:00yourself every time you open your mouth.
32:02Pardon me, one moment, please.
32:05Ladies.
32:06Thank you. Thank you.
32:07a ballet class in here. Thank you.
32:15You embarrass yourself every time you
32:16open your mouth. Pardon me, one moment,
32:18please.
32:20Ladies.
32:24We're having a ballet class in here.
32:25Thank you. You don't respect me and you
32:27don't respect these girls. Respect the
32:29art form.
32:30You just got my focus, everybody.
32:32Please.
32:35I was beyond mortified and I was just so
32:39mad that I let Cathy get the best of me
32:41and I I behaved that way because I had
32:43no intentions of that. I don't want
32:45anyone to ever execute behavior like
32:48what I had to step out that door and
32:51tell the people who are responsible for
32:52you
32:54to not behave like I'm also feeling a
32:56bit embarrassed. Cathy is completely
32:59unprofessional. She's loud, she's
33:01obnoxious and I don't want to be around
33:03her anymore. Don't let a bad influence
33:05like that influence your lives. I'm also
33:08really mad. It was so rude. I hope they
33:11don't embarrass me again.
33:13All right, thank you all for coming in.
33:15We will let you know There are three
33:18judges in there. Thank you. Somebody's
33:20going to say something nice and
33:22somebody's not. Overall, I think they
33:24did a great job, but now we need to
33:27focus on that competition.
33:36Come on, ladies. Hurry.
33:38When you got it, girls?
33:39We are the overall grand champions from
33:41the Starbound Nationals in Lake Tahoe,
33:44Nevada. Bye-bye.
33:45To a good good. I'll come back and check
33:47in. I want to get them to the dressing
33:48room.
33:49Thanks. So, every time we attend a
33:51Starbound, it's important that we hold
33:53on to that title and we prove ourselves
33:55time and time again. We need to be on
33:58top.
34:00Okay, girls, listen to me closely.
34:02You know we're in New Jersey, we're at
34:04Starbound. You are the national
34:06champions, but I'll tell you what, a lot
34:08of these really talented studios were
34:10not at the nationals in Lake Tahoe. So,
34:14I think you have your work cut out for
34:16you today. It's tough. I mean, they're
34:18thinking about a new dance, a new
34:19routine for Starbound and
34:22Abby never hesitates to remind the girls
34:24that they're the national champions of
34:25Starbound, it's more pressure than
34:27normal speak.
34:29Uh, where are the candles? Honey, I'm
34:31putting you in charge of the candles and
34:32I also have the um blanket.
34:35Guys, can we run the number?
34:37Who's got their hair done?
34:40Almost? Okay. All right, so you know, up
34:42to this point at competitions, we've
34:44kind of been doing spooky numbers, so
34:48let's just keep it really beautiful.
34:51Starbound is a huge competition and the
34:53Abby Lee Miller company is going to be
34:55there as well as Candy Apples Dance
34:57Center. And we have a wonderful routine
35:00that is very heartfelt that I think that
35:02finally we may be able to take charge,
35:06possibly beat Abby with this number.
35:09Hey, good luck, everybody. Thank you.
35:11Nail it.
35:13Guys, I'm nervous.
35:15Stare at that judge.
35:19That's not a floppy foot. Point your
35:21toes. I think this dance is a mess.
35:24They're working with this jail prop and
35:27I think that a lot of the moves that
35:28she's having them do, it's not very
35:31technical. I think our girls have way
35:33more technique than what is put in this
35:35dance. Open that attitude up. Your foot
35:37should be parallel to the ground. Abby's
35:39putting all this pressure on us that we
35:41have to win this competition because
35:44we're the national champions. Starting
35:45with number 892, small group open, ages
35:489 and 10, number 892, Hurt Them First.
36:07Boys,
36:09games,
36:11lies,
36:13pain.
36:15Boys,
36:17games,
36:19lies,
36:21PAIN.
36:22DON'T LET THEM HURT YOU. Don't ever
36:25compromise. Don't walk into their web of
36:29lies.
36:30You got to stand up. You got to take
36:33control. You got to keep those boys in
36:37line.
36:40I never imagined my daughter ever being
36:44in a jail cell and so I'm trying to put
36:46my feelings aside that I really don't
36:49like it, but she's a character for this
36:52piece, so I'm going with it.
36:58I love the number. I couldn't believe
37:00the acting going on there.
37:04HURT THEM FIRST.
37:12WE, AS A TEAM, happened to be able to
37:15catch the Abby Lee dancers doing their
37:17jailhouse rock routine. It was a bad
37:20takeoff of Chicago. I couldn't tell. The
37:23dance is flat.
37:25The group number was great. They were
37:26hot and they knew it.
37:29Judges, next up is number 870, Almost
37:32Heaven.
37:35Knowing what we were going to bring to
37:36the stage, we were feeling very
37:38confident. We wanted a perfect
37:39performance.
37:58Have you been gazing up a bit more than
38:03usual up at the sky asking why you
38:08should try when your body aches to
38:13surrender?
38:16Cathy's number was very technical, very
38:19mature. Kendall looks like a little
38:22angel and I really, really am excited. I
38:24love it.
38:41I'm pretty much on the edge of my seat
38:42right now. My palms are sweating and my
38:45butt's shaking, which is what happens
38:46when I get nervous. You guys ready for
38:48some awards or what?
38:51Oh, yeah.
38:52I think that Cathy might beat us. In my
38:55hands, I hold the top 10
38:59junior groups. In 10th place
39:08You guys ready for some awards or what?
39:11Oh, yeah.
39:14And here we go. We start out, small
39:17group open, ages 9 and 10. In 10th place
39:22with a score of 286,
39:27892, Hurt Them First, ABBY LEE DANCE
39:30COMPANY.
39:36I WAS VERY HUMILIATED. We are the
39:38overall grand champions from the
39:40Starbound Nationals. Maybe the judges
39:42didn't get it. That's their right.
39:44That's what you get when you go to
39:45competition. Congratulations one more
39:48time
39:49to Almost Heaven first in 10th place.
39:52Our group number came in 10th. We've
39:54never come in 10th place. It kind of
39:55mortified us a little bit, but it is
39:57what it is. Moving on to ninth place,
40:00one point higher
40:04with a score of 287
40:07870, Almost Candy APPLES DANCE.
40:14STEP BACK UP.
40:17WHO HELPS YOU WITH this routine? Cathy
40:19Nesbitt Stein.
40:20Remind everybody one more time what
40:22studio you're from. Candy Apples Dance
40:25Center. There it is, your ninth place
40:28junior group,
40:29Almost Heaven. I'm looking around and
40:32all of the moms have these incredibly
40:34impish grins on their face, and we know
40:38because every dog has his day, and this
40:41is our day. I'm talking about Holly.
40:43I'm in my own world. I want to just go
40:46home.
40:46I can't believe our kids didn't win.
40:48Cathy's group did not deserve to beat
40:51us.
40:51We've never ever ever ever in our lives
40:54got 10th place.
40:56Cathy's group
40:57is in trouble today. Finally, they can
40:59say we beat them. And they'll
41:02I think the last time we didn't place
41:04was electricity. Uh-huh, amen. Shocker,
41:07the group number came in 10th.
41:08Neither one of them are dancing to their
41:09potential. My kids have not danced to
41:11their potential all year long.
41:15IF NOBODY'S HOME
41:19HEY, CONGRATULATIONS. IN ALL SINCERITY,
41:22we just wanted to congratulate you on
41:2410th place.
41:27Thank you. We're proud of ourselves.
41:29Thank you. And congratulations on one
41:32point better.
41:37You are Satan. BYE.
41:40MY ENTIRE reputation is humiliated.
41:55Hello. Hi, is this Christi? Yes, it is.
41:59This is Davis Robertson from the Joffrey
42:00Ballet School. How are you doing? I'm
42:02well. How are you? I wanted to take the
42:04time to call you personally and let you
42:05know that uh
42:10we want to offer Chloe
42:12a scholarship for the summer. She was at
42:14the top of our list.
42:15Oh, thank you.
42:18Oh my gosh, that's amazing. Thank you. I
42:20think Chloe is excited to have that
42:22opportunity, but I really think that
42:24Chloe's trying hard not to show it
42:26because the other little girls in the
42:28room wanted that as well, and she didn't
42:30want to hurt anybody else's feelings.
42:32under our direction.
42:34I really do believe that she is got the
42:37potential to be just a beautiful
42:39ballerina,
42:40and we would like to assist in making
42:42that happen. Oh, thank you so much.
42:45Thank you. You are very welcome. It's
42:47hard when your child doesn't get
42:49something that they want, but that's
42:51also part of a dancer's life. It's
42:53tough. We'll be seeing you soon. You
42:55take care. All right, take care. You're
42:57being a brat. Don't even No. Walk away
43:00from me. Please, I want to organize
43:02Get back here right now. Get back here.
43:04Now. Get back here.
43:06Madison, get back here. Your phone is
43:07going away.
43:09I'm really upset that Chloe got a call
43:12from the Joffrey Ballet School. I think
43:15I kind of deserve to be on top. Stop it.
43:18Guess what? Five days
43:2010 days now.
43:2210 days, Maddie can't have her phone.
43:24I know exactly how that little girl was
43:25feeling, and I know that she wants the
43:28Joffrey scholarship as much as anyone
43:30else, and I know she's thinking, my
43:32shot's out the window, it's all Chloe.
43:34Even though these girls are such good
43:36friends, they are really really fierce
43:37competitors. Maddie?
43:41What?
43:42Maddie, come here. I have to tell you
43:43something. Now. One more If you don't
43:45come back here in 5 seconds, it's going
43:46to be 15 days. Maddie's really stressed
43:48out because she was disappointed, but I
43:50won't put up with a bratty kid. She just
43:52needs to reach deep in down inside and
43:54just, you know,
43:56be thankful for what she has, and don't
43:58You just can't worry what other people
43:59think of you.
44:09Can you go from the top, Kendall, so I
44:11can take a little peek at it? My thought
44:12is maybe you might want to put that
44:14costume on cuz you're feeling that it's
44:16a little constricting and try doing the
44:18dance in it. I love the solo Queen of
44:20Hearts that Kendall's going to be doing.
44:22It has a lot of style to it. It has a
44:24lot of technique. It has some turns,
44:26some leaps, and I think she can really
44:28do well with it. All right, so let's see
44:30it.
44:33Oh my
44:34gosh.
44:36Okay.
44:38Harder.
44:39Yes, you can DO THIS.
44:41OF COURSE YOU CAN. Don't cry about it.
44:44You're going to get your makeup on. You
44:45said you're going to get all worked up,
44:46and it's not It is totally not worth it.
44:48I couldn't really move in the costume
44:50because they didn't really fit me in it.
44:52They just sent it to me. So, I really
44:55couldn't I couldn't do anything. So, I
44:57was a little nervous about that. It
44:59wasn't prepared. Oh, honey, you're
45:01prepared. That's
45:03You're prepared. You just went through
45:05the whole entire dance. You're totally
45:06prepared.
45:07There's no reason to cry.
45:09Okay?
45:10There's absolutely no reason to cry.
45:12The dance is fine. It is what it is.
45:14It's got the apples being your buddies.
45:18I know the costume
45:20You're just going to have to deal with
45:21it. You're just going to have to deal
45:21with it, okay?
45:25Okay, sidebar from the restroom to the
45:27stage. Yes.
45:29It's like 5, 10 minutes. Oh my god,
45:32Chloe has a 17-piece costume that I have
45:34to pin.
45:35They're at the end of their category
45:36though, so I don't know if we can hold
45:38it. There's no way Chloe's going to be
45:39ready. I can't physically do it. Abby
45:41barks and barks and barks and barks and
45:43barks at us that we need to be prepared.
45:44You need to give us enough time to be
45:46prepared. Watch that hyperextended elbow
45:47right there on that first movement.
45:49You're cleaning the floor, Maddie.
45:51We had literally 15 minutes to do hair
45:53and makeup and practice before our kids
45:55were thrown on stage, and I'm really
45:57getting sick and tired of it.
46:03Got to stay right here.
46:05Don't Don't walk.
46:06Don't walk.
46:08You just keep doing what you're doing.
46:12Okay, don't panic. Don't panic. Judges,
46:15eye contact. Suck them in right off the
46:17bat.
46:34Kendall comes out and she's the Queen of
46:35Hearts.
46:39Cathy, we've been down this road before.
46:41Stop copying my daughter.
46:44I think that if Kendall is going to
46:45compete against Chloe, she has got to do
46:48better than her best. I know what it
46:50takes for us to one-up her. So, what
46:54we've worked out is totally going to
46:56steal her thunder.
47:37I'm sitting in the audience with all the
47:39Candy Apple moms supporting me and
47:41Kendall. I just love this. I just love
47:44watching Kendall dance.
47:46And all of this drama and heartache and
47:49heartbreak, it's worth it when I see my
47:51child on stage do what she just did.
48:01Cathy is up to her underhanded tricks
48:04again, thinking it's going to get her
48:05ahead in the competition. Off with her
48:07head.
48:09Focus.
48:11Represent.
48:13The pressure I'm feeling this week is
48:15because I'm the national winner, so I
48:18don't want to let Miss Abby down.
48:29Number 890, open ages 9 to 10, In My
48:33Heart.
48:53I saw you in my dream last night. You
48:56had your smile so white. I thought your
48:59teeth were the stars. Your eyes, they
49:03were like tiny rivers. Well, it gave me
49:06the shivers when you looked right up at
49:10me.
49:15We never got to say a goodbye. We never
49:19sat down and cried and watched the
49:33Oh, no. Abby's going to freak out.
49:35I want to go again.
49:38Can I please go again? No.
50:01Abby's going to freak out.
50:03I want to go again.
50:07Never done this before.
50:10Can I please go again?
50:12Please.
50:13Please.
50:15Abby's going to hate me.
50:16I'm not surprised that Maddie forgot her
50:18dance. I think that Melissa and Abby
50:20both put way too much pressure on that
50:22kid.
50:23She's 9 years old. Every single week she
50:26has a solo, a duet or a trio, and a
50:29group number. And Abby wants Maddie to
50:31be her winner, but she doesn't care that
50:33she's going to burn the kid out. It's
50:34not fair. They just threw you out there.
50:38Abby's going to hate me.
50:40She does not. Maddie, look at me.
50:42She's going to hate me. I've never done
50:43this. I've never done it.
50:45I was backstage running my number, and
50:47all of a sudden I hear the music dying
50:49down, and then I hear footsteps coming
50:51from the stage, and then I heard Maddie
50:53say that she forgot her dance. I'm a
50:54little bit nervous for my solo now that,
50:57like, from all the chaos backstage.
50:59All I can do is cross my fingers.
51:23Sitting in the audience, I'm looking at
51:25Abby, and she's sitting over there
51:27crying hysterically.
51:29I thought you were supposed to save
51:30those tears for your pillow, Abby.
51:56Let me think. Nia forgot her solo, Abby
51:58didn't cry. Paige forgot her solo, Abby
52:00didn't cry. Chloe forgot her solo, Abby
52:02didn't cry. Maddie forgets her solo,
52:05it's waterworks.
52:06Abby only cares about one person, and
52:09this is a blatant display of that.
52:13Tell her how it feels, Chloe. You did
52:15it, too.
52:15And I just feel so bad cuz I know
52:17exactly how it feels.
52:19We've all done it by now. Nobody's
52:21perfect.
52:22Maddie, honey, you're so hard on
52:23yourself. You have to stop this, okay?
52:27Dance isn't that important, Maddie. Yes,
52:29it is. But it's not your whole life.
52:31Well, it is your whole life, and it
52:32shouldn't be.
52:34This is way too much pressure.
52:36It's really hard when your daughter's
52:37crying, saying she's a failure, and
52:39she's 9 years old.
52:41You're not a failure when you're 9 years
52:42old.
52:43Not at all. And she kept saying Abby's
52:44going to hate me. She's going to hate
52:46me.
52:47Really breaks your heart. Abby's not
52:49going to hate you, Maddie. I didn't even
52:50hear them announce my daughter.
52:54Well, that doesn't matter.
52:55just saying I I I mean, I don't want to
52:57make excuses. Every kid forgets to
52:58dance. That's not the deal.
52:59She thinks you hate her.
53:02Aw. See, she thinks you hate her. See, I
53:05told you she doesn't hate you. Maddie,
53:06it's not your fault, honey. You were
53:08such a fabulous kid.
53:14See, Abby loves you, Maddie, okay?
53:18She knows what a kid you are.
53:21You know what?
53:22Those kids that have perfect runs and
53:24win everything when they're kids,
53:26where are they now?
53:28They don't even dance anymore.
53:31The kids that still have something to
53:32shoot for and something to win,
53:35they're the ones that are still working.
53:37She screwed up just like everybody else.
53:41But you know what? Maybe they won't all
53:42be vultures and be after her all the
53:44time now.
53:46Girls, no. Uh-uh. We're not going to
53:48play that game.
53:50You can sit here and talk to her later.
53:51We're not going to play that game. We're
53:52not playing this game.
53:53I'm not playing a game, Abby.
53:55But I also know that my child ran off
53:58the stage. I didn't see any tears from
54:00you, Abby, when my kid ran off the
54:01stage, okay? So, point noted. It's a
54:04horrific
54:06I know you don't care, and that's my
54:08point. Is not that incredibly cruel that
54:11there is a teacher who's sitting there
54:13having a pity party for herself
54:17because her student forgot a dance on
54:19stage. And other students, every other
54:21kid in that room has had that same
54:23experience. They all could have used a
54:25dance teacher who cared about them.
54:27Awards.
54:29I'll take you down. I'll be supportive
54:31of your friend, so any child being on
54:33stage and forgetting their dance is a
54:34It's
54:35And it's happened to all of us. It's
54:36happened to everyone. But she even said
54:38to Maddie,
54:39she said she didn't care.
54:40And she didn't want any excuses. She
54:42could care less.
54:42Yeah, but there was not a tear shed for
54:44another child in this company.
54:46That's my issue. These are children.
54:49And you cry for whatever reason for one
54:52child and not the other. They all hurt
54:53the same.
54:54kids know. The kids know.
54:55so obvious and transparent.
54:59I tried to deny that for many years and
55:00give Abby excuses.
55:02And I'd say, "That's just the way she
55:03teaches. That's just the way she is."
55:06But today was a black and white. No,
55:08it's not. It's not the way she teaches
55:10for all.
55:12There's a double standard. It's a
55:14different system.
55:16It is not equal.
55:18Why don't you care that all the other
55:20kids forgot their dances,
55:22but you care for Maddie?
55:25My kids have been with you since they
55:27were two. I've been with you for 30
55:28years, and you didn't care that Paige
55:30came off the stage and forgot her dance.
55:33She told Maddie she didn't care she
55:34forgot her dance, either. She sat there
55:36and cried. Abby, for once, was
55:38speechless
55:39because she knew she was wrong.
55:42For once, someone called her on
55:43something, and she had nothing to say.
55:46Moms, it's awards. Thank you.
55:49Thank you.
55:50Ready to go.
56:06Here comes the official 2012
56:10top 10 junior solos. Kendall was a star
56:13out there on that stage. She did on that
56:16stage exactly what we came here to do.
56:18She shined.
56:20Chloe was amazing as the Red Queen.
56:23Regal, evil, and it was technically
56:26good. Chloe deserves to win.
56:29Seventh place.
56:30Please give it up for QUEEN OF HEARTS.
56:36KENDALL FROM ALDC.
56:39YEAH, I WAS SURPRISED. It's difficult to
56:42compete against Abby. I would love to
56:44have seen her in the top five, but
56:46that's okay. We'll get them next time.
56:49Here comes the official top three
56:52soloists. Give it up for 307, If My
56:54Friends Could See Me Now.
57:01In second place, 793, Won't You Back,
57:04Junior?
57:07And 793 are top
57:09junior soloists today.
57:14Please put your hands together FOR
57:16NUMBER 891,
57:22I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I GOT FIRST
57:23overall solo. I mean,
57:25I haven't really won first in a while,
57:27so it feels really good. Who
57:29choreographs for you? Miss Abby Lee
57:31Miller. Given that Chloe is at the
57:33bottom of the pyramid this week for
57:34forgetting her number, I'm so proud of
57:36her that she won. And Abby's nowhere to
57:38be seen.
57:40Where do I go?
57:42How come you didn't come to awards?
57:44Chloe's your dancer. You should have
57:45been there to support her.
57:47I think one of the things you always
57:48tell them is that save it for your
57:50pillow in your hotel room or your
57:52bedroom. And you should model that
57:55behavior for them and sit in the front
57:57row, put your game face on. Don't count
57:59on me. Let's just get it over with
58:00quickly. Please, that's a visual I do
58:02not want to see. I'm going to tell I'll
58:04give you my tongue lashing cuz shame on
58:06you. That's what you give the girls. I
58:08have nothing to say to these moms right
58:10now. And I don't care if I hurt their
58:11feelings. They're grown adults. They can
58:13handle it.
58:14If they want their kids to be nurtured
58:16and coddled, they need to take them back
58:17to nursery school. You always say, like,
58:19you know, act professional, act
58:21professional, you know, grow up.
58:23This isn't really professional
58:25model behavior.
58:30I could not
58:32just sit there and say nothing
58:34after all that my child has experienced,
58:36and as well as many of those other kids.
58:38It's not right. It just is not right.
58:41Hi. Hello. Congratulations. You should
58:43be proud
58:43Good job, Chloe.
58:45Good job, Chloe.
58:48Abby didn't say, "Chloe, you were
58:50fabulous." She didn't say, like, "Oh,
58:51Chloe, you know, way to go. That was
58:53amazing." Nothing. It was all about
58:55Maddie.
58:57It's amazing to me. It's amazing.
59:00But there's no favoritism.
59:03Not at all.
59:09All right, guys. See you on the flip
59:11side.
59:14So, Abby says very cryptically, "See you
59:15on the other side," and leaves the door.
59:18Like, what's going on? And the only one
59:21in the room who doesn't seem confused is
59:23Melissa. She's going home. What do you
59:25mean she's going home? She's leaving
59:27right now.
59:30She really leave? This can't be real. I
59:33lost a lot of respect for Abby. I really
59:35did.
59:36Hi.
59:39It's just funny how all of a sudden when
59:41things don't go Abby's way, she's
59:42running home. I think it's ridiculous
59:44you're leaving because you're
59:46embarrassed about the way you acted
59:47earlier today. Where are you going?
59:50I'm going to go to the hotel, get my
59:51stuff, going right to the airport. I
59:52need a break. I need a break from these
59:54moms, a break from these kids, a break
59:56from the yelling. What do you want us to
59:58tell the kids? Your kids are fine.
1:00:01They're great. They have been trained
1:00:04even as young as 7 years old. They know
1:00:07what to do, and they're fine without me.
1:00:09I have known Abby for a long time, and I
1:00:12have never seen her like this. I'm
1:00:14shocked.

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