Welcome to Caits Corner!
If you're a dance moms fan then you've come to the right place! On my site you will find the original dance moms calendars, lots of music featured on dance moms, birthday projects for the cast that you can participate in, my personal blog, and much more. From now on i'll be posting random updates like twitter contests, youtube videos, unaired dances, sneak peeks, etc. Those will be found right on this page below! Thanks for coming and keep me posted on what you thing i should add, there is a contact form at the bottom of the page!:)
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MELISSA ZIEGLER BIRTHDAY PROJECT PROMO VIDEO
"DanceMomsExtras" on youtube has been kind enough to let me publish a video to her channel promoting my birthday project for Melissa Ziegler! The video is below, if you have any friends that are fans of Melissas or just dancemoms in general please sent them this link or the link to the youtube page. The one thing I realize I forgot to mention in the video is that I need entries by JUNE 11TH OR 12TH. No exceptions! Melissas birthday is the 13th so i'm giving fans as much time as possible! Thanks for reading and please don't forget to share the video with ur friends and followers!:)
Happy Birthday Dr. Holly!
You can check out Hollys birthday project under the "happy birthday holly!" tab under "projects"!:) Thank you to all participants, there weren't as many as I was hoping for but it was still great with the people that helped out, hope you enjoy it! Remember to tweet it to @DanceMomHolly on June 11th!:) xoxo
Q&A (only part of what we heard) !
I recently went to a private party in philadelphia with Christi, Chloe, Kelly, Paige, Jill, and Kendall! Below are SOME of the questions that were asked and the casts answers! enjoy:)
Q: We know that you all have other children, but how much time do you get with them since you're on the show filming!
A: Kelly; not enough.
Christi; not much. But i will say that we are all married to wonderful men. amazing amazing men. These girls have the best dads in the world. You never see them, they're the unsung heros of dancemoms. They're the ones at home taking care of the homes and the other children. Their support and allowing these girls to do what they love means a lot. I think that we're one of the only casts on reality TV that hasn't had relationships fall apart, reality television is very hard!
Q: People have always been writing fanfics about you (this was directed towards chloe) dating Josh Hyland.
A: Paige; that would be really weird.
Q: well, are you?
A: Chloe; No! he's like my big brother!
Christi; i think Josh has a thing for Nia!
Q: What is the nut crackle?
A: Christi; oh the nut crackle, thats for you chlo!
Chloe; i thought you mean't the nutcracker!
Paige; i thought she said that too!
Christi; remember in season one you said when you get nervous you do your "nut crackles" cause you said in incorrectly?
Jill; It's just a nervous twitch, they all have nervous twitches!
Paige; Maddie plays with her hair or braids her hair.
Christi; Kendall chews her lip. Chloe and Paige both crack their knuckles. I scream.
Jill; she cried (talking about kelly).
Q: Is the show really scripted?
A: Jill; it is not scripted one iota! Now scripted means that we read a script and we read it outloud but nope, not one bit. But certain situations are planned or the producers tell us to talk about a certain event that happened.
Christi; They'll always show Kelly and i said "why don't you go down and say this to Abby?". Thats because the producers are saying hey Christi why don't you go tell Jill to go down and talk to Abby so i'm like "why don't you go in and talk to Abby? And then everyone in america is like "Christi's so mean, she sends everyone down to talk to Abby!" But that's because there has to be some sort of reason for us to go down there!
Jill; becuase otherwise nobody would ever go talk to Abby. We don't wanna talk to her. So sweetheart it's not scripted, but certain scenes are manipulated.
Kelly; And we're also put into situation where the producers know we're gonna get mad. Do you know what i mean? Like they know that like if she says something about my kid im gonna go after her. So they put us in those situations to make those things happen.
Christi; however, it needs to be said though that Abby goes rouge all the time. She doesn't do what she's told. Like when she threw the chair at Paige. That was just Abby being awful. That was not something the producers did, that's just how Abby is. You should see the bad stuff with Abby, the bad stuff is too bad for them to show on TV, they would never show the bad stuff!
Kelly; but also the bad stuff that Abby does, they take our reactions to that, and like when Abby threw the chair and Paige, obviously any mother is gonna get upset, like uhhh you just threw a chair at my kid.. umm but then they'll take that reaction that i gave to something bad like that and use it towards abby said "Oh paige you didn't pointe your feet". I'm watching the show on tuesday nights thinking i just wanna like pop up on screen and tell everybody "thats not how it happened!"
Christi; they edit out Abbys bad but they keep all of ours in!
Jill; and they make us look worse!
Kelly; we film for over 60 hours a week and they use about 40 minutes of that. You see our bad moments, Abbys good moments, and they put it together to make the show.
Christi; and pyramid takes about 2-3 hours to film. That little tiny thing you see in the beginning. Can you imagine standing there for 3 hours, we're like "uuuuuggghhhh" And the kids aren't allowed to move so they get antsy and when you see me like "uuughhh" (her head was dropped back like she was exhausted) yanno cause i'm standing there for 3 hours but they'll take that reaction and show like "Paige is at the top of the pyramid" and i'm like "uuugggghhh!" and i'm like "Paige, no! That's not what i was reacting to!"
Q: Do you get embarrassed when your moms fight?
A: Paige; not really because the moms only fight to stick up for us, so whenever they're fighting they kinda do it for us.
Christi; that was a good way of putting it!
Jill: Kendall would you agree with that?
Kendall; yeah.
Chloe; i do too.
Jill; awww that makes me feel so good. I think they do get embarrassed, they're like "Stop!"
Chloe; Everyone asks us if we're embarrassed by our moms but we always say no.
Kelly; the way our studio is set up, we're up above and they're below dancing. So they can see us and if i'm up there fighting and they know something's going on and they know Abby's gonna get mad.. they're aren't embarassed they're afraid because they don't know what Abby is going to hear.
Chloe; meanwhile she'll take it out on us if our moms are up there fighting.
Kelly; like Abby when she's like "PAIGE! Why is your mom up there crying?!"
Paige; yeah, sometimes when we're in the room she'll be like "what are they doing?!" and then start yelling at us instead of them.
A: Kelly; not enough.
Christi; not much. But i will say that we are all married to wonderful men. amazing amazing men. These girls have the best dads in the world. You never see them, they're the unsung heros of dancemoms. They're the ones at home taking care of the homes and the other children. Their support and allowing these girls to do what they love means a lot. I think that we're one of the only casts on reality TV that hasn't had relationships fall apart, reality television is very hard!
Q: People have always been writing fanfics about you (this was directed towards chloe) dating Josh Hyland.
A: Paige; that would be really weird.
Q: well, are you?
A: Chloe; No! he's like my big brother!
Christi; i think Josh has a thing for Nia!
Q: What is the nut crackle?
A: Christi; oh the nut crackle, thats for you chlo!
Chloe; i thought you mean't the nutcracker!
Paige; i thought she said that too!
Christi; remember in season one you said when you get nervous you do your "nut crackles" cause you said in incorrectly?
Jill; It's just a nervous twitch, they all have nervous twitches!
Paige; Maddie plays with her hair or braids her hair.
Christi; Kendall chews her lip. Chloe and Paige both crack their knuckles. I scream.
Jill; she cried (talking about kelly).
Q: Is the show really scripted?
A: Jill; it is not scripted one iota! Now scripted means that we read a script and we read it outloud but nope, not one bit. But certain situations are planned or the producers tell us to talk about a certain event that happened.
Christi; They'll always show Kelly and i said "why don't you go down and say this to Abby?". Thats because the producers are saying hey Christi why don't you go tell Jill to go down and talk to Abby so i'm like "why don't you go in and talk to Abby? And then everyone in america is like "Christi's so mean, she sends everyone down to talk to Abby!" But that's because there has to be some sort of reason for us to go down there!
Jill; becuase otherwise nobody would ever go talk to Abby. We don't wanna talk to her. So sweetheart it's not scripted, but certain scenes are manipulated.
Kelly; And we're also put into situation where the producers know we're gonna get mad. Do you know what i mean? Like they know that like if she says something about my kid im gonna go after her. So they put us in those situations to make those things happen.
Christi; however, it needs to be said though that Abby goes rouge all the time. She doesn't do what she's told. Like when she threw the chair at Paige. That was just Abby being awful. That was not something the producers did, that's just how Abby is. You should see the bad stuff with Abby, the bad stuff is too bad for them to show on TV, they would never show the bad stuff!
Kelly; but also the bad stuff that Abby does, they take our reactions to that, and like when Abby threw the chair and Paige, obviously any mother is gonna get upset, like uhhh you just threw a chair at my kid.. umm but then they'll take that reaction that i gave to something bad like that and use it towards abby said "Oh paige you didn't pointe your feet". I'm watching the show on tuesday nights thinking i just wanna like pop up on screen and tell everybody "thats not how it happened!"
Christi; they edit out Abbys bad but they keep all of ours in!
Jill; and they make us look worse!
Kelly; we film for over 60 hours a week and they use about 40 minutes of that. You see our bad moments, Abbys good moments, and they put it together to make the show.
Christi; and pyramid takes about 2-3 hours to film. That little tiny thing you see in the beginning. Can you imagine standing there for 3 hours, we're like "uuuuuggghhhh" And the kids aren't allowed to move so they get antsy and when you see me like "uuughhh" (her head was dropped back like she was exhausted) yanno cause i'm standing there for 3 hours but they'll take that reaction and show like "Paige is at the top of the pyramid" and i'm like "uuugggghhh!" and i'm like "Paige, no! That's not what i was reacting to!"
Q: Do you get embarrassed when your moms fight?
A: Paige; not really because the moms only fight to stick up for us, so whenever they're fighting they kinda do it for us.
Christi; that was a good way of putting it!
Jill: Kendall would you agree with that?
Kendall; yeah.
Chloe; i do too.
Jill; awww that makes me feel so good. I think they do get embarrassed, they're like "Stop!"
Chloe; Everyone asks us if we're embarrassed by our moms but we always say no.
Kelly; the way our studio is set up, we're up above and they're below dancing. So they can see us and if i'm up there fighting and they know something's going on and they know Abby's gonna get mad.. they're aren't embarassed they're afraid because they don't know what Abby is going to hear.
Chloe; meanwhile she'll take it out on us if our moms are up there fighting.
Kelly; like Abby when she's like "PAIGE! Why is your mom up there crying?!"
Paige; yeah, sometimes when we're in the room she'll be like "what are they doing?!" and then start yelling at us instead of them.
Transparents!
I recently started making transparents on picmonkey thanks to the help of @LKDancer23 on twitter! Check them out on my new "transparents" page under "my creations" ! Hopefully they will get better and the collection will grow! Link is below! xo
Harlem Shake; Dance Moms Edition!
Below is a video i put together of the girls on dance moms to the song harlem shake. The beginning is Kendall doing improv and the end (as you can tell) is from summer love song! I take no credit for either of the videos or the song, i just take credit for putting it all together and cutting the video! Credit to @ALDC4EVER on twitter for coming up with the idea, so cute! Love you Ella!:) xoxo
Why We Love Dance Moms!
I recently put together a short video of what fans said reguarding why they love the show! I got lots of nice responces! I'm hoping that when some fans see this video they will realize that it's not worth having arguments on the internet and see that we all are here for the same purpose, to support the girls and their moms! We need to put aside our differences and enjoy being fans! The video is right below, please watch, thank you! xoxo
Upcoming Meet And Greet!
As you can see above, there is a "private party" in philadelphia on april 7th along with a few meet and greets!:) I'll be attending this over my spring break, so be sure to look out for pictures after the 7th! It will be with Chloe, Christi, Kelly, Paige, Jill, and Kendall!:) Hope to see some of you guys there! xoxo-cait :)
Brookes Birthday Project!
Thank you so much to everybody that entered my birthday project for Brooke Hyland!:) It was a huge success, as you can see in the image to the left, Brooke saw the video!:) yay! For those of you asking; the song i used what titled "Gold" by Britt Nicole :) Go buy it on itunes! Thanks again to everyone who participated! Make sure you keep checking back to my page for more info on upcoming birthday projects! xxoxoxo cait:)
Cathys New Twitter Look!
If you check out Cathys twitter page you'll see that she has a new header, made by me!:) I think it looks great on her profile and her new icon is adorable!:) Go check it out and make sure you're following her! Her username is @Poodletoes1 !:) xoxox -cait
Brooke Birthday Video Update!
DanceMomsExtras on youtube has allowed me to post an advertisement video for my brooke project, there is only one week left to submit your entries so PLEASE do not forget! If you have friends that are fans too please let them know as well, because i'm looking for still about 15 more entries! Click the button below to see the video that i made (posted on DanceMomsExtras account) , send the link to all ur friends, xoxoxo cait:)
My Experiences!
Hey everyone, a lot of people ask me how many times that i've met the cast members, etc. So i decided to compile all the pictures i've gotten and write about every time i've seen them:) You can click the button below to be linked to the new page with all that information, enjoy!
Q&A from the master class!
This weekend i went to a master class hosted by Jennine Wedge from ALDC and assisted by Brandon, Ryleigh, Kendall, and Nia! Below are some of the Q&As that we got to hear:)
Q: What time do you usually go home after filming at dance?
A: Kendall: mostly 10. Nia: and sometimes when we stay later we're there till 12, even on school nights.
Q: When does your school start and end?
A: Kendall: mine starts at 9 and ends at about 3:20 but sometimes i have to miss school for dance. Nia: i start at 8:15 and end at 2:50. Jennine: Tracy (sorry if that's spelled wrong), their tutor travels with them so when they miss school they can get caught up.
Q: Do your friends at school think you guys are like rockstars?
A: Kendall: i don't think so. I don't even talk about dance when i'm at school. Nia: They just think of us as friends. I don't talk about it at school because school's like somewhere that you don't have to think about dance, its somewhere where we can just hangout with friends and be ourselves.
Q: Before the show did the moms really sit and watch every class?
A: Everyone: no. Jennine: The moms usually come and drop their kids off and leave. Kendall: They have to sit up there for 9 hours.
Q: Has Abby always done the pyramid?
A: Jennine: nope, that's just for the show.
Q: Other than the dance moms competition team, is there another competition team for the senior dancers?
A: Jennine: yes, so Brandon and Ryleigh are part of the senior company. I wish that you guys could see them on the show cause they're amazing. But we have a senior company, for the show they have the petites, we have the hot shots, the hot tots, and the tiny tots. So we have like several other groups besides the one you see on the show.
Q: Does the senior company compete every weekend as well?
A: Brandon: No, we start our competition season around February and we go to about 8 or 9 competitions. Jennine: Next week's our first one. Ryleigh: oh shoot, that's this weekend!
Q: Do you guys do any fundraising or is it all out of the dancers pocket?
A: Truthfully a lot of it is just out of the dancers pockets, but we do have the option of fundraising. We do candy bars, yankee candles, they do all kinds of stuff.
Q: Does the show pay for all the traveling stuff?
A: Nia: Yes, but only sometimes for the costumes.
Q: What would be the coolest job you could audition for?
A: Kendall: being a backup dancer for Justin Bieber. Nia: The Rockettes. Brandon: anything broadway. Ryleigh: To dance on a cruise ship.
Q: Do you really learn all your dances in 5 days?
A: Kendall: Our weekly schedule is Monday- no filming. Tuesday- we do interviews. Wednesday- pyramid. Thursday- start/finish our dances. Friday- we leave for competition. Jennine: The kids don't know what they're going to do every week, so on Wednesdays they finally get to pyramid at about 7 and thats when they find out who has solos or what the group dances are.
Q: How long are the dances usually?
A: Jennine: about 2 minutes.
Q: Do the four of you still in school plan to study something different in school or stay in entertainment?
A: Kendall: probably stay in entertainment. Nia: me too. Brandon: I'm currently looking at colleges for Musical Theatre and different Art programs. Ryleigh: i don't know.
Q: The first time you guys saw yourself on TV did you think it was weird?
A: Kendall: When i first saw it i was like oh cool that's me on TV but then i got used to it, and now i really don't watch it. Nia: its kinda weird because you know what happened but you don't know what parts they're going to show.
Q: Whats your favorite show, when you get time to watch TV.
A: Kendall: Good Luck Charlie. Nia: Spongebob.
Q: Who are you guys closest with on the team?
A: Kendall: we're close with everybody really.. Nia: I think all of us are pretty close, we do literally everything together.
Q: Do any of you guys go to school together?
A: Jennine: Paige, Maddie, and Mackenzie go to the same school. Brandon: I go to school with Chloe! I see her in the hall sometimes!
Q: Are paige and brooke back?
A: Jennine: We aren't allowed to answer that.
Q: Is the environment different when they're filming vs when they're not?
A: Jennine: yes, it's hard getting used to it. Brandon: We have small studios B and C, and then the big studio you see is A. Those guys will be doing like a solo in studio A and then there will be about 30 of us shoved into studio B, but its okay. you get used to it. Kendall: yeah, its hard. If we're ever filming in the den, NOBODY can come in or else we'll have to restart the whole thing!
Q: Have you ever pulled a prank on the producers?
A: Kendall: We got a fake snake and we scared one of our helpers and we also scared our makeup artist.
A: Kendall: mostly 10. Nia: and sometimes when we stay later we're there till 12, even on school nights.
Q: When does your school start and end?
A: Kendall: mine starts at 9 and ends at about 3:20 but sometimes i have to miss school for dance. Nia: i start at 8:15 and end at 2:50. Jennine: Tracy (sorry if that's spelled wrong), their tutor travels with them so when they miss school they can get caught up.
Q: Do your friends at school think you guys are like rockstars?
A: Kendall: i don't think so. I don't even talk about dance when i'm at school. Nia: They just think of us as friends. I don't talk about it at school because school's like somewhere that you don't have to think about dance, its somewhere where we can just hangout with friends and be ourselves.
Q: Before the show did the moms really sit and watch every class?
A: Everyone: no. Jennine: The moms usually come and drop their kids off and leave. Kendall: They have to sit up there for 9 hours.
Q: Has Abby always done the pyramid?
A: Jennine: nope, that's just for the show.
Q: Other than the dance moms competition team, is there another competition team for the senior dancers?
A: Jennine: yes, so Brandon and Ryleigh are part of the senior company. I wish that you guys could see them on the show cause they're amazing. But we have a senior company, for the show they have the petites, we have the hot shots, the hot tots, and the tiny tots. So we have like several other groups besides the one you see on the show.
Q: Does the senior company compete every weekend as well?
A: Brandon: No, we start our competition season around February and we go to about 8 or 9 competitions. Jennine: Next week's our first one. Ryleigh: oh shoot, that's this weekend!
Q: Do you guys do any fundraising or is it all out of the dancers pocket?
A: Truthfully a lot of it is just out of the dancers pockets, but we do have the option of fundraising. We do candy bars, yankee candles, they do all kinds of stuff.
Q: Does the show pay for all the traveling stuff?
A: Nia: Yes, but only sometimes for the costumes.
Q: What would be the coolest job you could audition for?
A: Kendall: being a backup dancer for Justin Bieber. Nia: The Rockettes. Brandon: anything broadway. Ryleigh: To dance on a cruise ship.
Q: Do you really learn all your dances in 5 days?
A: Kendall: Our weekly schedule is Monday- no filming. Tuesday- we do interviews. Wednesday- pyramid. Thursday- start/finish our dances. Friday- we leave for competition. Jennine: The kids don't know what they're going to do every week, so on Wednesdays they finally get to pyramid at about 7 and thats when they find out who has solos or what the group dances are.
Q: How long are the dances usually?
A: Jennine: about 2 minutes.
Q: Do the four of you still in school plan to study something different in school or stay in entertainment?
A: Kendall: probably stay in entertainment. Nia: me too. Brandon: I'm currently looking at colleges for Musical Theatre and different Art programs. Ryleigh: i don't know.
Q: The first time you guys saw yourself on TV did you think it was weird?
A: Kendall: When i first saw it i was like oh cool that's me on TV but then i got used to it, and now i really don't watch it. Nia: its kinda weird because you know what happened but you don't know what parts they're going to show.
Q: Whats your favorite show, when you get time to watch TV.
A: Kendall: Good Luck Charlie. Nia: Spongebob.
Q: Who are you guys closest with on the team?
A: Kendall: we're close with everybody really.. Nia: I think all of us are pretty close, we do literally everything together.
Q: Do any of you guys go to school together?
A: Jennine: Paige, Maddie, and Mackenzie go to the same school. Brandon: I go to school with Chloe! I see her in the hall sometimes!
Q: Are paige and brooke back?
A: Jennine: We aren't allowed to answer that.
Q: Is the environment different when they're filming vs when they're not?
A: Jennine: yes, it's hard getting used to it. Brandon: We have small studios B and C, and then the big studio you see is A. Those guys will be doing like a solo in studio A and then there will be about 30 of us shoved into studio B, but its okay. you get used to it. Kendall: yeah, its hard. If we're ever filming in the den, NOBODY can come in or else we'll have to restart the whole thing!
Q: Have you ever pulled a prank on the producers?
A: Kendall: We got a fake snake and we scared one of our helpers and we also scared our makeup artist.
Special Guests!
Hey everyone, as most of you know i'm working on a special birthday project for brooke hyland! If you haven't checked it out yet make sure you do so under the "birthday projects" tab at the top of the site:) I'm hoping i can get a bunch of brookes friends to help out and enter this for brooke along with all of her amazing fans! So far Kay Hurey (one of brookes best friends) and Diane Pent (brandons mom) have sent in their photos! They are shown below, make sure you send in something too! I will hopefully be getting more photos from special people in brookes life to make it more special for her! Let me know if you have any questions in the comment box at the bottom of the page! Thanks for reading!:) xoxo
muzy.com !
This is to all the editors in the dancemoms fandom! Recently picmonkey.com has released a rule that you have to pay $5 a month in order to use their premium features, but i just found out that if you go to muzy.com and click on "new post" you can scroll down and find the picmonkey app. it will load in your muzy browser and it works just as it did before! Hope this helps, if you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comment box at the bottom of this page!
Nick Dobbs' Facebook Like Page!
Hey guys; make sure you all go on facebook and "like" nicks page! if you click the button below it will direct you straight to the page:) I'm a new admin to his page so you'll see me posting flyers, contests, videos, etc. So make sure you go like it now!:) Below is a flyer i made, if you have facebook, twitter, IG, etc please share that image with your followers/friends! Also, theres an image with the directions on the contest we're currently doing! If you think you're Nicks biggest fan then you should enter!:) Thanks for reading!