06/02/2026
🌟 🩵🩷 SENIOR WEEK 🩷🩵🌟
As we approach the end of another incredible season, it’s time to celebrate our Senior Dancers. This week, we will be shining a spotlight on these remarkable dancers who have helped shape our studio through their hard work, passion, leadership, and love for DED. We are beyond proud of everything they have accomplished and excited to celebrate them all week long.
🌟 Introducing Ava Phillips 🌟
“In the fall, I will be attending Michigan State University, where I will be studying at the Broad Business College, majoring in business management with a minor in international relations. I have been dancing at Drop Everything & Dance for 16 years, and it’s honestly impossible to put into words what this studio means to me. DED has been so much more than just a place to dance; it has been my second home. Some of my favorite memories, hardest laughs, biggest accomplishments, and even hardest days happened inside those studio walls.
The environment at DED is something so special. The love, support, friendship, and energy in that building are something I’ll carry with me forever. The girls I’ve grown up dancing with are more than teammates to me. They’ve become sisters. These are the friendships that shaped my childhood and honestly shaped me into the person I am today. Some of these girls are people I know I’ll still be standing beside years from now.
To all of my teachers and the DED staff, thank you for believing in me, pushing me, supporting me, and helping me become the woman I am today. You guys taught me so much more than choreography or technique. You taught me confidence, discipline, resilience, and how important it is to be passionate about something you love. Thank you for building a studio that feels like family and for giving all of us a place where we could grow into ourselves. Dance has been there for me through every stage of my life, and DED will always hold such a special place in my heart. No matter where life takes me, a part of me will always belong in those studios. Thank you for the last 16 years. I truly could not imagine my life without DED. Love you guys always 💕💕”
🩵🩷We love you forever .34 🩷🩵