loveaux May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 I'm calling the police. I'm so upset right now 😭 I just wanted one more season of big hair and abs for days from miss lauren 😭 8 Link to comment
h2ogirl May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 8:26 AM, Kayce said: My thoughts too....and at least Jenna and Mia had the look for point...Gina does not. THIS. I have no idea if she is sweet and supportive or fake, but poor girl has a face for radio. Not someone you want front and center in all the formation photos. 4 Link to comment
Tarode May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Jess14 said: Yeah, she seems like the obvious choice. Young, not prone to injury, and naturally skinny. Lacey's IG story today showed her packing up all her DCC stuff to give back. It was sad to see. I believe I heard on a podcast that they have to give everything back every year though. I would love to see Lacey continue as an All Star and fill in when needed during games. 3 Link to comment
kcrabtree06 May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 Lauren is my FAVORITE and I am not okay with this 😩😩😭😭😭😭😭 5 Link to comment
Pau84 May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 26 minutes ago, Txmomof2 said: Is she injured? This is implied by the sentence 'God has made the decision'. Why and in which direction did God tug at her heart when she was injured? Link to comment
loveaux May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Pau84 said: Is she injured? This is implied by the sentence 'God has made the decision'. Why and in which direction did God tug at her heart when she was injured? Sadly, yea. Hamstring injury 😪 Link to comment
CruiseGirl May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 14 minutes ago, Pau84 said: Is she injured? This is implied by the sentence 'God has made the decision'. Why and in which direction did God tug at her heart when she was injured? I find it interesting that she made the decision two days before finals. I wonder if she had a feeling she wouldn’t make it for some reason. I wish her the best of luck in whatever path she chooses. 13 minutes ago, loveaux said: Sadly, yea. Hamstring injury 😪 I thought she recovered from that. Sad but I’m sure she has a bright future ahead Link to comment
KatieC May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, Cruisegirl said: I find it interesting that she made the decision two days before finals. I wonder if she had a feeling she wouldn’t make it for some reason. I wish her the best of luck in whatever path she chooses. I thought she recovered from that. Sad but I’m sure she has a bright future ahead Maybe she just wanted to go on the calendar shoot? But in all seriousness I hope she is ok and wish her well! She is a favorite of mine and I will absolutely miss her! 😢 2 Link to comment
edelweiss May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 Noooo, not Lauren!! She is my current favorite! I am so sad! Link to comment
Stee May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 Maybe Victoria Kalina saw the Tonya Harding movie and figured out her best strategy to make it on the team??? 11 Link to comment
Holly85 May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 Just now, edelweiss said: Noooo, not Lauren!! She is my current favorite! I am so sad! Yeah I know it’s so sad but injury got her Link to comment
bigskygirl May 30, 2019 Share May 30, 2019 19 minutes ago, KatieC said: Maybe she just wanted to go on the calendar shoot? But in all seriousness I hope she is ok and wish her well! She is a favorite of mine and I will absolutely miss her! 😢 If she acted like her injury was fine in order to try out again and go on the calendar shoot, then TPTB would not be too happy. Link to comment
loveaux May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 16 minutes ago, bigskygirl said: If she acted like her injury was fine in order to try out again and go on the calendar shoot, then TPTB would not be too happy. she might have been just testing the waters w. her injury to see if it was getting any worse or getting any better. some days your injuries feel like they're 100% healed until you do something that reminds you that you're hurt, other days you know the pain is there. she might not have gotten cleared 100% from her doctor or just didn't want to take the chance to hurt the same hamstring or something worse. that's all coming from my experience of having a hamstring injury and what i personally went through, so it's not 100%, but it's just kind of what i'm thinking. i doubt she was on the calendar shoot like 'yea i'm totally 10000000% fine!!!', knowing that she was still hurt in some shape or form 13 Link to comment
Tuxcat May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 She was likely rehearsing for finals and got re-injured. 2 4 Link to comment
KatieC May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 1 minute ago, loveaux said: she might have been just testing the waters w. her injury to see if it was getting any worse or getting any better. some days your injuries feel like they're 100% healed until you do something that reminds you that you're hurt, other days you know the pain is there. she might not have gotten cleared 100% from her doctor or just didn't want to take the chance to hurt the same hamstring or something worse. that's all coming from my experience of having a hamstring injury and what i personally went through, so it's not 100%, but it's just kind of what i'm thinking. i doubt she was on the calendar shoot like 'yea i'm totally 10000000% fine!!!', knowing that she was still hurt in some shape or form My guess is that is most likely the case. I was joking about calendar shoot. She doesn’t seem the type that would do that. My guess is that as she continued to prepare for finals and another season she realized her injury was going to hold her back. 4 Link to comment
Holly85 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Just now, Tuxcat said: She was likely rehearsing for finals and got re-injured. I didn’t think abt that Link to comment
Muckypup61 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap. Goodbye, Lauren; and good luck with all your future endeavors. 10 Link to comment
bigskygirl May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 I bet Victoria, Malena and Kristin are happy right now because one more spot has open up. Link to comment
loveaux May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 1 minute ago, bigskygirl said: I bet Victoria, Malena and Kristin are happy right now because one more spot has open up. Tina: "Now my baby FOR SURE has a spot on the team, right Kelli??? Right Charlotte????? RIGHT JUDY???????" 5 1 Link to comment
KaterynParr May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Just now, loveaux said: Tina: "Now my baby FOR SURE has a spot on the team, right Kelli??? Right Charlotte????? RIGHT JUDY???????" We know what Kitty would say ... 1 1 Link to comment
loveaux May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Just now, KaterynParr said: We know what Kitty would say ... "I believe she's more than capable and the best dancer in this group of rookies. A sticker for my approval, she'll be the best DCC in the whole entire land." 4 2 Link to comment
BringItOn May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, loveaux said: "I believe she's more than capable and the best dancer in this group of rookies. A sticker for my approval, she'll be the best DCC in the whole entire land." "Have some RESPECT!" 7 Link to comment
ByTor May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Kayce said: I think Jinelle is gorgeous...and KaShara...well she's my fave DCC ever...and Lacey was the epitome of what DCC should be. I agree with 2 out of 3 😘 6 Link to comment
BringItOn May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, BringItOn said: "Have some RESPECT!" I still can't believe that Kitty, that honky tonk trash said that to the almighty Kelli Finglass. 1 3 Link to comment
dbell1 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 😭 Damn. I'll miss Lauren. She was sweet, smart, funny, supportive. Her abs made me want to eat better (but I didn't). Total loss for the team, but her future will be awesome! 9 Link to comment
ByTor May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Pau84 said: Is she injured? This is implied by the sentence 'God has made the decision'. Why and in which direction did God tug at her heart when she was injured? It wasn't implied, her post said "After an injury last season and feeling the Lord so strongly tug at my heart, the decision to close the door on my time on the field comes with a heart overflowing with gratitude. " 3 Link to comment
Loves2Dance May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 (edited) I'm sad to see Lauren go, but injuries are no joke. You think you're fine and then bam---and some injuries do reoccur more often after the initial time. I hurt my back ages ago---I was 15 or 16 years old---and every so often I'll do something and I can't walk right for 3 weeks. It sucks. I wish her the best, she'll truly be missed! Edited May 31, 2019 by Loves2Dance 8 Link to comment
go4luca May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, Loves2Dance said: I'm sad to see Lauren go, but injuries can be no joke. You think you're fine and then bam---and some injuries do reoccur more often after the initial time. I hurt my back ages ago---I was 15 or 16 years old---and every so often I'll do something and I can't walk right for 3 weeks. It sucks. I wish her the best, she'll truly be missed! I know this all too well. I partially tore my right knee's meniscus. But dancers are taught to move through pain so I kept going and then did a move I had no business doing and tore the rest of it. It's an incredibly hard pill to swallow when you finally realize the injury needs help. I had arthroscopic surgery and it still didn't fix the problem. That's when your heart sinks and your dreams die. 2 Link to comment
CrazyInAlabama May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Lauren is wise to retire, instead of spending the entire season fighting through an injury, and possibly doing permanent injury with life long consequences. I wish her the best, and will definitely miss her. 7 Link to comment
loveaux May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Just now, go4luca said: I know this all too well. I partially tore my right knee's meniscus. But dancers are taught to move through pain so I kept going and then did a move I had no business doing and tore the rest of it. It's an incredibly hard pill to swallow when you finally realize the injury needs help. I had arthroscopic surgery and it still didn't fix the problem. That's when your heart sinks and your dreams die. wheeeeew tell me about it. this just brought back all my dance memories and seeing some of my friends get completely knocked out of the dance world because of a permanent, career ending injury. not to mention one teacher who told us that if you don't dance through an injury you're weak and have terrible work ethic 🙄 bless her soul. 1 Link to comment
scorpio1031 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 I wonder if the situation with the DMD will be brought up in panel interviews, or if Charlotte will not want to poke the bear. Also, Taylor T had better bring it! I can just see K&J addressing last season's media training. 2 Link to comment
WinkyFace May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Muckypup61 said: Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap. Goodbye, Lauren; and good luck with all your future endeavors. She needs to come back, if only to get another cameo, because this one is SO, so, so terrible. Lauren is my absolute fave and I’m so sad she’s retiring. 3 Link to comment
Squeek May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 A friend in Dallas said that Lauren has had issues practicing for auditions due to her hamstring injury still flaring up and it was decided not to take a chance with her re-injuring herself and possibly causing permanent damage. Going to miss her on the show! 4 Link to comment
TUOwl84 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 21 minutes ago, scorpio1031 said: I wonder if the situation with the DMD will be brought up in panel interviews, or if Charlotte will not want to poke the bear. Also, Taylor T had better bring it! I can just see K&J addressing last season's media training. My guess is that she will be asked about it or something related in panel interviews tomorrow. Link to comment
scorpio1031 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 9 minutes ago, Squeek said: A friend in Dallas said that Lauren has had issues practicing for auditions due to her hamstring injury still flaring up and it was decided not to take a chance with her re-injuring herself and possibly causing permanent damage. Going to miss her on the show! Can you imagine going full out for kick line and splits???😬 Link to comment
heckkitty May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Tulip86 said: Lauren just announced she's retiring on her instagram. NOOOOOOOOO!!!😥😥 Link to comment
sleepyjean May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, dccfan33 said: Just saw on Instagram where Lauren has decided to retire as well 😥 It's unfortunate that she was injured and I hope she recovers full and quickly. However, it's an ill wind that blows no good. Lauren had two good years on the team and now she opens up another spot for someone else to do the same. 3 Link to comment
Ncdccfan17 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 I was scrolling through FB, saw this, and it made me think of all those dancers with something “extra” andcthe previous point discussion: https://www.facebook.com/glozell/videos/2264301160254640?s=2709529&v=e&sfns=mo 1 Link to comment
Isolabella May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 7 hours ago, bigskygirl said: The video. Kelli and Charlotte seem to suck the brain cells out of the poor girl. Omg I love Gina in this video!!! She is so cute and relatable. And I could watch her do contemporary all day long. Wish I could see her full solo each year at finals! 8 Link to comment
Isolabella May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 As far as the point conversation goes, you never know who is going to rise to the occasion when they're put in that position. Take Kashara for example. If someone predicted on here that Kash would get point the season BEFORE she got it, I think a lot of people would've thought you were crazy. She rose to the occasion, not only dance-wise but leadership-wise, when the team really needed her. Whoever gets point, I hope the new responsibility enhances her instead of swallowing her up. 10 Link to comment
Lona May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 WOW....Got out of work and was prepared to happily read y'all's thoughts on potential candidates. But to come on here and see Lauren is retiring? What the heck. Genuinely a huge loss for the team and this whole organization IMHO. 😥 Don't wanna add to much as I feel there isn't much to say that hasn't already been said, but I am saddened to see such a mature, bright and incredibly gifted dancer leave the DCC so early. I personally would've liked to see her stay on for at least 4 years (who knows, maybe get point at one point), but I really do respect that she put her health first and is leaving on good terms. Thank you, Lauren. So, with yet another spot opening up I guess I too am going to become resigned to the fact that Victoria WILL be making the squad this year. So.....what do you think her position in the triangle will be? 3 Link to comment
ByTor May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 6 hours ago, sleepyjean said: Lauren had two good years on the team and now she opens up another spot for someone else to do the same Victoria. Fixed that for you 😉 11 1 Link to comment
Kayce May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 I was so sad to read Lauren's retirement announcement on her IG 😞 She was a shining star on that team...but kudos to her for listening to her body, mind and heart. I'll miss seeing her because she had a million watt smile that just lit the screen up when she was on it 🙂 The video with Gina...nope...still not impressed.... all I can say is "meh" but she does come across more mature and WAY less whiny voiced in the video than she does now as a DCC. Maybe all the bleach to her hair has messed with her brain cells. 4 2 Link to comment
Kayce May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 11 hours ago, ByTor said: I agree with 2 out of 3 😘 Lol...I know 😉 1 Link to comment
PattiD4DCC May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Never in my adult life did I imagine myself thinking it appropriate to use Malena's exit lines, but after waking up to the news of Lauren's retirement, here goes, and I quote: "don't - no -- no, no, no, no, no -- please no....." Take care of yourself Lauren -- it has been a joy watching you -- you're a fan favorite but have so much else going on in your life your DCC tenure will be a pleasant (I hope!) memory and not the defining high point of your existence. The honor and privilege has been all ours! 16 Link to comment
Christineelgene May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 With Lauren’s retirement, that leaves 6 open Show Group slots, by my count. 1 2 Link to comment
SmpIsimon May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Christineelgene said: With Lauren’s retirement, that leaves 6 open Show Group slots, by my count. I'm sure Kelli is thrilled -- will make it easier to justify putting VK on show group. 2 Link to comment
MelissaB326 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Isolabella said: Omg I love Gina in this video!!! She is so cute and relatable. And I could watch her do contemporary all day long. Wish I could see her full solo each year at finals! She looks amazing! She looks pretty and more natural, I think her body looks a little better here with a couple more pounds too. And now I see what VK tries to do with contemporary, Gina could dance circles around her. 9 Link to comment
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