Shannon's model

When I was younger I attended dance classes. At the end of each year we had a final dance show. Every dance had its own costume.   I took part in two classes and every class had three dance performances.  I performed six dances in total. So you can imagine the rush and pandemonium from one dance to another.

I have attended this dance school for over five years, so these shows went on year after year. Before each show I would have nightmares that  I had forgotten to wear my shoes or I wore the wrong costume for the wrong dance or I messed up the dance. But luckily, year after year none of this happened, until one day!

As usual I finished the first dance and rushed down to dress for the next dance. There were people helping me get dress. I dressed and waited till it was my turn again. The dance started, there I was on stage dancing along.   For that particular dance I wore leggings and a top.  The top had four ribbons in total, two that tied up behind my back and the other two tied behind my neck. So there I was jumping and dancing.  Little did I know the ribbons around my neck had loosened. I felt the costume sliding further and further down with every movement I made. I had to continue smiling and dancing. But when I felt it was going down too far, I discretely snuck behind the curtains (as though it was part of my dance routine) double looped my ribbons and ran back to my place.

When I went back stage, I was telling my friends what had happened. Next time definitely double knots.  Lesson learned!