Former DCCs: Where They've Gone & What They're Doing

[Tuxcat]

Are vets who retire treated differently then vets who get cut? I know the retiring girls get to do goodbye promos...and the cut vets don't really get celebrated as they leave. But what about in terms of alumni events and post DCC life? 

(assuming the cut vets leave like "good little girls" and don't say anything negative about the organization - I mean - like Tara for instance).

[Tulip86]

19 hours ago, DCC-UK said:

You only get two weeks paid holiday? In the UK, we're entitled to usually 5.6 weeks! However, most employers don't like it if you take off that time in one go. Taylor J is best friends with Kelli's daughter.

Yup same, lawful minimum here is 4 weeks paid leave, but most companies give at least 5. I've even worked places where they strongly advise to use at least 2 weeks in succesion each year as it's good to unwind.

[Emchammy]

Did anyone spot any DCC’s at Chelsea Chaney’s wedding at the weekend? I know she was only a DCC for a short time but I expected a nod to DCC considering how often she still talks/posts about it. Noticed she had been posting about doing TS on the run up to the wedding too but maybe this was just for a workout? 

[ByTor]

3 hours ago, Emchammy said:

Did anyone spot any DCC’s at Chelsea Chaney’s wedding at the weekend?

I didn't. And the only one I noticed who commented on Instagram was Jen Colvin.

[scorpio1031]

5 hours ago, Emchammy said:

Did anyone spot any DCC’s at Chelsea Chaney’s wedding at the weekend? I know she was only a DCC for a short time but I expected a nod to DCC considering how often she still talks/posts about it. Noticed she had been posting about doing TS on the run up to the wedding too but maybe this was just for a workout? 

I went to look for that pic of her with Cassie after she announced her engagement and that is gone. 

[Pucca]

On 3/8/2021 at 1:15 AM, Tulip86 said:

Yup same, lawful minimum here is 4 weeks paid leave, but most companies give at least 5. I've even worked places where they strongly advise to use at least 2 weeks in succesion each year as it's good to unwind.

They like to work us to death here in the states and then when you get sick you get the added stress of huge medical bills even if you have insurance. USA! USA! USA!

on topic - I haven't seen season 15 yet but I did see the clips of Breenan, Lily, & Hannah being cut and it really made me angry. I like seeing the girls basically tell Kelli to go fark herself. I wouldn't last a day in that organization because I have no filter when it comes to being treated the way I think these ladies are treated.  I've actually had a hard time enjoying the older seasons because I can tell that those girls are being toyed with (not everyone but  a lot of them) and it's depressing. I remember being that young and wanting to be on the pom pom squad. I tried out I don't know how many times and when I did finally make it I was so happy! Then I saw how mean the girls were and I was a one and done. Sometimes you build something up in your head so much that when you finally get there it's nothing like you thought it was going to be like.  

[Mabinogia]

1 hour ago, KnyghtRyder said:

IMO I think the bolded part explains exactly why there are a number of DCC “one and dones” as well as the “two and outs.” Sometimes the glamour of being a local celebrity just isn’t worth the time and pain. 

I think the one and dones are the smart ones. You have a goal, to make the team, you achieve that goal, do it for a year and move on to another goal. This isn't a high paying job, this isn't something most people will make their career out of (not everyone can be the next Kelli or Judy, most will end up out of DCC World at some point). It's an experience, and I'm sure there are a lot of fun parts to it, but it sounds like a lot of work, pressure and hassle (and for some a bit of verbal abuse) too. Unless they can't do anything else I think it's better to do this for a year and move on to something better, or at least something with a better return on investment. 

[Bigorangecatmom]

4 hours ago, KnyghtRyder said:

IMO I think the bolded part explains exactly why there are a number of DCC “one and dones” as well as the “two and outs.” Sometimes the glamour of being a local celebrity just isn’t worth the time and pain. 

"Two and outs" - Bridget 😔   She was a wonderful DCC but she picked the right time to retire. Why go through all of the BS to dance for empty stadiums? 

[vanillagum]

I always wonder why some of them dip so early but that makes sense. Like Kelsey L., who wanted it so bad for so long and then left after two years. And Maggie. It’s interesting to me when they leave. Wish I could know allllll of their motives lol

[HitItHarder..BAM]

On 3/7/2021 at 4:25 PM, EricaShadows said:

I feel that, if Kelcey was a nurse in a hospital instead of where she was, she wouldn't have been able to get the time off (being a frontline employee and not being able to "quarantine" for 2 weeks beforehand) and Kelli likely wouldn't have been happy that she would require the 1-day audition.  Then we would likely have seen Kelcey cut as well for some stupid reason (or because she "required" the 1-day audition and how DARE Kelcey put the health and welfare of her patients about being a DCC)

Kelcey was on show-group and was ROTY.  Plus nursing is one of the professions that Kelly love to use to show that DCC are intelligent too!

I know Kelly cut a COVID survivor and a 2-year showgroup member this year, but it would be a marketing nightmare to cut a healthcare hero during a pandemic and Kelly knows that. Taylor being good friends with Kelly's daughter definitely keeps her safe but I think any public servant/essential worker was not going to get cut this year.

 

On a related note, does anyone know if a military veteran has made it to finals/TC? I would love to see Kelly deal with the politics of cutting a dancer she doesn't like also be a veteran

[parrotfeathers]

Personally I hope it never gets to the point that they have to say "we can't cut her because she was a 'this or that.'"

[kalibean]

On 3/7/2021 at 10:14 AM, TB12 said:

I had to unfollow Brennan on Insta, look away @ByTor I could not take one more post about Grant and his dietary restrictions. She seems to have become that girl whose identity is completely dependent on her boyfriend and it makes me sad for her. I will check her page occasionally bc I do love her doggo! Just my two cents but Grant seems like a bit of a douche as well. I'll never understand the choices some of these girls make in their boyfriends, sigh...   

 

On 3/8/2021 at 1:05 PM, KnyghtRyder said:

I’m in the US and due to how much time I have in my job, I get 4 weeks a year off (plus additional time for sick leave) 😳. I need to learn to not complain so much about my job. 

I always really liked Brennan, which is why she is one of about 3 DCCs that I follow on Instagram, but I agree about her most recent content. Yes. We know you have a boyfriend. Yes. We know he is weird about his diet. In fact, he just seems plain weird. (I’m sure in reality he is a very nice guy who just doesn’t want to be the main star of her Instagram.)

I did start following Ryan Ray after someone posted a link to her Instagram on here. I think she is adorable and hilarious. 

I realize I also follow Kelsey Bond, and I have no clue why 😂 

I just unfollowed her this week too!  I think her and Grant are very well suited, and lots of good natured teasing from what I can see...but I just didn't care to follow anymore.  Which is silly, because I follow a zillion accounts, mostly hobby related...not sure why she was getting bumped up in the algorithm so much or what exactly did it.  A lot of people who are continuously traveling during the pandemic have been working my nerve too, so maybe that's why.  They could both be vaccinated up the wazoo but it still seems weird to me.  (And I got my first vacc yesterday, woot!)  

@KnyghtRyder - I do too!  Her life just seems interesting post DCC, and since she's still close to a lot of her teammates you get that occasional bit of an update.  I follow Sydney as well...both are really strong in their content, particularly Sydney since she's wrapped her business in it.  I think other than those two, Jacie and Brianna, I might follow a couple more but they must not hit my newfeed too often!  Someone will always post here if there's something exciting going on 🙂

[ByTor]

Now HERE is what Brennan should be sticking with! Even a heart!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIJTXIBcwY/

[Mabinogia]

That dog is beautiful! I'd happily puppy sit while they go skiing. 

[EricaShadows]

19 hours ago, HitItHarder..BAM said:

Kelcey was on show-group and was ROTY.  Plus nursing is one of the professions that Kelly love to use to show that DCC are intelligent too!

I know Kelly cut a COVID survivor and a 2-year showgroup member this year, but it would be a marketing nightmare to cut a healthcare hero during a pandemic and Kelly knows that. Taylor being good friends with Kelly's daughter definitely keeps her safe but I think any public servant/essential worker was not going to get cut this year.

 

On a related note, does anyone know if a military veteran has made it to finals/TC? I would love to see Kelly deal with the politics of cutting a dancer she doesn't like also be a veteran

Kelli would find any reason she could to cut a girl she doesn't want on the squad and the better it makes her look while making the girl look worse the more she would like it.  It doesn't even have to be the truth.  There's been numerous reasons given to cut girls and some of them may have even been the truth, but more were just convenient or made the organization look good.

[erikaelvis]

Didnt know if anyone had seen this.  Very sad for Jordan Chanley Tabor.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMP1N3dACeG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Beckabby]

Heartbreaking!

[Lona]

On 3/10/2021 at 4:59 AM, parrotfeathers said:

Personally I hope it never gets to the point that they have to say "we can't cut her because she was a 'this or that.'"

I dunno. I kind of feel like they’ve already done that in the past. And continue to do so. 

[EricaShadows]

8 hours ago, erikaelvis said:

Didnt know if anyone had seen this.  Very sad for Jordan Chanley Tabor.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMP1N3dACeG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

That is very heartbreaking!  I hope he fully recovers and that they figure out what happened.

[ExtremeFajitas]

18 hours ago, erikaelvis said:

Didnt know if anyone had seen this.  Very sad for Jordan Chanley Tabor.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMP1N3dACeG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

My heart breaks for her. What a nightmare. 

[INKWTWH]

On 2/28/2021 at 9:37 AM, Bigorangecatmom said:

Glad to see Jinelle looking so happy. Good for them for keeping their wedding low-key and Covid safe. 

Aww yay Jinelle! Not to brag, but there's no community transmission in the state she's in, so she could have had a normal wedding if she wanted. It's just that everything is booked out. 

 

Also, that's horrible for Jordan. Poor bub 😢

[DancingDina13]

Poor Jordan . Baby Titus passed away , so heartbreaking 

[Harrythecat]

Alex Hermes got engaged in Hawaii

[EricaShadows]

13 hours ago, DancingDina13 said:

Poor Jordan . Baby Titus passed away , so heartbreaking 

Oh MAN!  That is horrible! It hurts to lose a child, but I don't know if it's worse to lose them when they're so young (5 weeks).

[Jess14]

16 hours ago, DancingDina13 said:

Poor Jordan . Baby Titus passed away , so heartbreaking 

Oh my goodness. That is so heartbreaking. 

[georgia belle]

Selina is the new director for the Texas State Strutters. I tried to embed the post from IG that has the announcement but there was an error. 

Edited March 14, 2021 by georgia belle

[Holly85]

13 minutes ago, georgia belle said:

Selina is the new director for the Texas State Strutters. I tried to embed the post from IG that has the announcement but there was an error. 

 

[georgia belle]

41 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

 

Thank you lol 

[Holly85]

Just now, georgia belle said:

Thank you lol 

Your welcome I just screen shot and sized it down to post on here 

[Pksbena1]

On 3/8/2021 at 1:05 PM, KnyghtRyder said:

I’m in the US and due to how much time I have in my job, I get 4 weeks a year off (plus additional time for sick leave) 😳. I need to learn to not complain so much about my job. 

I always really liked Brennan, which is why she is one of about 3 DCCs that I follow on Instagram, but I agree about her most recent content. Yes. We know you have a boyfriend. Yes. We know he is weird about his diet. In fact, he just seems plain weird. (I’m sure in reality he is a very nice guy who just doesn’t want to be the main star of her Instagram.)

I did start following Ryan Ray after someone posted a link to her Instagram on here. I think she is adorable and hilarious. 

I realize I also follow Kelsey Bond, and I have no clue why 😂 

I have followed Ryan Ray for a few years. She’s adorable and so sweet. Her videos lately have been hilarious! I have often responded to her post and she is so sweet to write back.

[RhiRhi]

Maggie’s ex is on the next season of the Bachelorette. I think she moved back to CA to be with him.

 

[Spunkyyy]

8 hours ago, RhiRhi said:

Maggie’s ex is on the next season of the Bachelorette. I think she moved back to CA to be with him.

 

I saw Reality Steve tweet this and everyone in the comments is like “Who is Maggie?” and “What is a DCC?”. I’m over here like omg I love this Bachelor/MTT crossover 😂

[Pucca]

On 3/13/2021 at 2:08 PM, EricaShadows said:

Oh MAN!  That is horrible! It hurts to lose a child, but I don't know if it's worse to lose them when they're so young (5 weeks).

I can't even imagine how much this hurts.  Jordan was always one of my favorites. Absolutely hearbreaking. My chest just ached when I read that. 

[Kamal]

Hello mods. Is it possible for you to make a thread "retired/cut vets 2021" when the retiring vets announce their retirement?  I know this will overlap with this thread but I don't go to this thread so often because people talk about past (as in long time ago) former DCCs. I think it will be nice to be able to have a place to exclusively talk about what the newest retired vets are doing.

Sorry to write this in this thread but thought this was relevant.

[klh25]

On 3/13/2021 at 6:21 PM, Holly85 said:

 

Very cool 🙂 I guess Julia's mom is leaving?  When I was a Strutter, the original Director Mrs. Tidwell still taught us all the dances.  So they weren't very difficult.  What a dream job and so young!  I wish her the best. 

[vanillagum]

3 hours ago, klh25 said:

Very cool 🙂 I guess Julia's mom is leaving?  When I was a Strutter, the original Director Mrs. Tidwell still taught us all the dances.  So they weren't very difficult.  What a dream job and so young!  I wish her the best. 

julia who? fife?

that's such a cool job for selina. her cut makes me sad. you can tell she had to fight HARD to be DCC thin 

[klh25]

21 hours ago, vanillagum said:

julia who? fife?

that's such a cool job for selina. her cut makes me sad. you can tell she had to fight HARD to be DCC thin 

Yeah, Julia Fife's mom Tammy was the Director.  Looks like she will stay on as some sort of Coordinator.  My Aunt went to College with Tammy and my cousin and Julia are best friends. 

Selina did seem to struggle a bit, that is a hard ideal to live up to.  

[ByTor]

14 hours ago, DCCOracle said:

New Alumni spotlights are up. The only one from the MTT years is Meredith Oden.

 

 

 

Why in the world do they have a picture of Erin at the bottom of this? So random LOL

[Holly85]

1 hour ago, ByTor said:

Why in the world do they have a picture of Erin at the bottom of this? So random LOL

She did the interview 

[ByTor]

54 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

She did the interview 

Being that the interview was about Meredith, I'd expect a picture of her.

[scorpio1031]

12 minutes ago, OCBEACHZAB10 said:

Alumni update for Kalysa.

 

Do you think we will see an alumni spotlight on her?

[DCC615Nash]

8 minutes ago, scorpio1031 said:

Do you think we will see an alumni spotlight on her?

Is she even considered alumni since she bounced before the season was over??

[scorpio1031]

1 minute ago, DCC615Nash said:

Is she even considered alumni since she bounced before the season was over??

Oh I was being snarky:)  But I wouldn't think so.  She's...how did Kelli put it in Season 13......she's attrition now.

[UnicornKicksBack]

Gee nobody saw that coming with Kalyssa 😂

[DancingDina13]

7 hours ago, OCBEACHZAB10 said:

Technically i do not expect they consider her an alum. Also do not think they want to highlight she is on that type of “dating” site.

What site is that ? The second pic isn’t showing up for me . What did she do now ? 

[DCCFan2021]

2 hours ago, DancingDina13 said:

What site is that ? The second pic isn’t showing up for me . What did she do now ? 

It's a pic of her profile on SeekingArangement, under the name "Blonde Bella Barbie." Member since October 2019, so at least this profile didn't exist while she was on the team.

[parrotfeathers]

On 4/3/2021 at 1:45 AM, DancingDina13 said:

What site is that ? The second pic isn’t showing up for me . What did she do now ? 

Google says:  SeekingArrangement (also known as Seeking) is an American sugar baby and sugar daddy dating website founded by MIT graduate Brandon Wade in San Francisco, California in 2006.

Isn't Kalyssa the one who said she wanted her granny to be proud of her or something like that?

Edited April 8, 2021 by parrotfeathers

[TB12]

4 hours ago, parrotfeathers said:

Google says:  SeekingArrangement (also known as Seeking) is an American sugar baby and sugar daddy dating website founded by MIT graduate Brandon Wade in San Francisco, California in 2006.

Isn't Kalyssa the one who said she wanted her granny to be proud of her or something like that?

She sure did say that and I got so much flack for saying I didn't buy it. Sadly, i'm not at all surprised... She was soooooo beautiful before she left DCC & started 'modeling' sigh...

[klh25]

On 4/3/2021 at 10:44 AM, TB12 said:

She sure did say that and I got so much flack for saying I didn't buy it. Sadly, i'm not at all surprised... She was soooooo beautiful before she left DCC & started 'modeling' sigh...

Yeah, I really liked her.  Shame to see her going this direction.  

[moonchild81]

breelan and her husband nick are going to be parents / she posted on instagram