Two Dance Moms Podcast - For Competition Dance Parents

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Hey It's Pickett! Interview with Dance Educator, Adjudicator, & Instagram Personality Jason Pickett Feb 28, 2024

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You’ve probably seen him on instagram, sending advice, tips and perspective to dancers and dance parents all over the world. He's a dance educator, speaker, and adjudicator with a breadth of experience, perspective, encouragement and a willingness to share it. What a treat for us to interview Jason Pickett this week on Two Dance Moms Podcast!

LINKS FOR JASON
Website for Training, Critiques, and More! https://nsadance.com
Instagram @heyitspickett

No Starving Artist Podcast

Reinforce Dance Experience Convention

EPISODE SPONSORS
Apolla Performance Compression Socks, Made by dancers for dancers! Increase stability and support, while reducing pain and fatigue.
Dream Duffel, the original rolling duffel with a built in garment rack! Choose from multiple sizes, colors, patterns, & styles!

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Safety at Dance Competitions: A Discussion on Protecting Your Child, Interview with Joe Marks Feb 21, 2024

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Dance competitions can be a perfect storm of scenarios that might raise a parents concerns or anxiety. Large buildings or theaters with unknown people coming in and out, crowds and kids running here and there, it can all lead to some situations that raise red flags for dance parents. Talking through these possible scenarios with retired police officer and parent, Joe Marks, can help to ease our concerns and increase the safety of all our dancers at their next comp. Welcome to Two Dance Podcast!

EPISODE SPONSORS
Apolla Performance Compression Socks, Made by dancers for dancers! Increase stability and support, while reducing pain and fatigue.
Dream Duffel, the original rolling duffel with a built in garment rack! Choose from multiple sizes, colors, patterns, & styles!

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All About Food: Mastering Meal Prep for Dance Competition Weekends Feb 14, 2024

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Knowing what, when, and where you are going to eat based on your dancer’s schedule can make for a much less stressful, more enjoyable (and cheaper!) experience. In this episode we share all our tricks and tips for packing and preparing meals at dance competitions.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

Why we prefer to pack food rather than eat out
General Tips
Breakfast Ideas
Lunch Ideas
Dinner Ideas
Snack Ideas
Travel Cooking Tools we have not tried yet
Ideas for eating out and team bonding
Top of the Topic: Top 5 electric cooking tools for travel
Apolla Performance Giveaway

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Free Gift Revealed & Conversation with our Two Dancers Feb 09, 2024

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We made you a present! Amira, Cayse, and their two dancers came together to make you all a gift to enjoy on your way to competitions! Listen to hear all about it from them directly!
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Two Dance Moms Upbeat Playlist
Two Dance Moms Mellow Playlist

Two Dancers Upbeat Playlist
Two Dancers Mellow Playlist

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Making the Most of Your Car Rides to Competition Feb 07, 2024

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It's dance comp season! You will likely be spending a good amount of time in the car traveling to and from competitions, conventions and practices. But all this time with your dancer isn't wasted. In this episode, we want to share some ideas to maximize your time in the car this dance season!
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

Why this season of driving your kids is special
Checking in with your dancer's concerns and excitements
School life
Mental Preparation for Competition
Awkward Conversation & Parenting Discussions / Family Rules
Making the Car Ride Fun with Music and Audio Books
Top of the Topic: Best Family Friendly Audio Books
Friday Mini Bonus Episode: Free Gift Revealed!
Thursday Apolla Shocks Giveaway Details on Instagram

EPISODES REFERENCED
Winning & Loosing: Parenting Through the Emotional Highs and Lows with Mental Performance Coach Chloe Maleski
Q&A: Awkward Topics All Dance Parents Deal With

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Packing For A Single Day Event: The Struggle with Over & Under Packing Feb 02, 2024

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Mini Bonus Episode! Join us for some fun banter on how we packed our Dream Duffel Weekender Bag for a single dance day event! It's easy to over or under pack when you are heading out for just a day. We chat about the different things we each couldn't live without and how a steamer and a binder help us stay calm at these events!

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Optional Competitions & Conventions: Going Without the Team (With Dream Duffel's Weekender Bag Review) Jan 31, 2024

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Your Competition Team has a set schedule of events they will attend this season. But what if you want more? Are you allowed to attend extra competitions & conventions without the team? Or register as independent? How do you even go about it? We attended a competition with our dancers where they competed their solos alone and it was a new experience for us all! In this episode we share the highs and lows on the entire experience. Since our dancers only had one dance we didn't need to pack the entire rolling dance bag with rack! We received the Dream Duffel Weekender Bag for a product review and this Solo Competition was the perfect opportunity to use this new bag. Listen to hear our full and honest review.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

Positives
Negatives
Check In
Backstage
Warm Up
Dream Duffel Weekender Bag Review
Top of the Topic
Friday Mini Bonus Episode

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Dance Comp 101: A Parents Guide to Call Times, Levels, Divisions, Awards, and More! Jan 24, 2024

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Dance Competition season is here and there is a lot that happens on these weekends. If you are new or newish to the dance competition world it can be confusing. We know, because we too were confused! This weeks episode in a basic 101 introduction to all the elements of a dance competition. From understanding a call time sheet to listening to the Competition director announce the awards. Lets all brush up on what is going on so we can follow along and have a little more fun at our dancers next competition!
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

Schedules & Call Times
Age Divisions, Levels, Group Types
Awards: Adjudications, Overalls, & Judges Awards
Call Backs
Extra & Optional Activities
Top of the Topic: Favorite and Least favorite things to take home from awards
Apolla Performance Giveaway Winner Announced!

EPISODES REFERENCED
Smells Like Team Spirit! Making the Most of Spirit Week & Team Bonding

Dancer Etiquette: Managing Manners, Etiquette, and Bad Behavior

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Countdown To Competition: 1-2 Days Before Competition (Planning 2.0 Series) Jan 17, 2024

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The last two days before dance competition are super exciting and and can also be hectic! Use these moments before you set off to your advantage as you prepare for the big weekend. In this episode Cayse & Amira discuss how they use this time to their advantage.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

Ways to prepare one & two days ahead of competition
Top of the Topic: Worst Experiences Leaving the Day of Competition
Next Episodes - Subscribe today and never miss an episode! Up next: Dance Comps 101, Learning the ins and outs of all that happens at competition and Making the most of your car rides.
Giveaway Details! Enter to win a free pair of Apolla Shocks! Share any Two Dance Moms Podcast episode with a fellow dance parent, screen shot your share and email it at twodancemoms@gmail.com - Up to 10 entries per person allowed! Contest extended - entries allowed through 1/21/23. Winner announced 1/24/23

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Giveaway: How to Enter and Win! Jan 12, 2024

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Listen for details on how to enter and win our latest giveaway!
HOW TO ENTER
Share an episode link with a friend you think would like our show! Share the podcast link over DM, text, or email. Screen shot the shared link and send to us over email TWODANCEMOMS@GMAIL.COM or DM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodancemomspodcast/ Limit 10 entries per person:)
IMPORTANT DATES
Giveaway is active January 12, 2024 - January 19th 2024. Winner will be announced Live on our episode Wednesday January 24th, 2024

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