This was the very first dance I had ever done on my own for the Dance Xcetera team and we performed it at the Empire Room. That was in 2014. I built 11 set changes, my brain was far ahead my ability to understand just how things needed to operate for it to run in SL like it does in my head. So it was a disaster. I ended up cutting it down to four sets. I actually ran the sets and Wild put the dance routines together. It was amazing how in sync we were back then.
Fast forward to the present and I'm busting ass with everything going on in my real life to get this set done for our 11th year anniversary show. It's a 5 1/2 minute song so this set is right up there with my "Wizard of Ahhs" set. It's 620 prims packed with so much shit going on, you won't even know the song is actually as long as it is.
Unfortunately, the dance did not make it into our 11th Anniversary show, so its scheduled for our show in July. Now that I have a decades worth of directing experience behind me, the set has been restored to it's original 11 set changes. Some sets had to be built new because over the years the entire raw build disappeared from my inventory. I also had to reduce it down since the size of the Dance Xcetera stage is significantly smaller than it's original. My teammate Pinky helped me find some really good animations and there are multiple costume changes for each dancer in the set. I am so excited to show it!!!
Once again I'd like to plug Bandicam, without it I probably would have given up on this dance. 😂
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