Spotlight on....Savanna Kemp!

Dancer: Savanna Kemp
Birthday: July 5
Team: Senior Company
Studio: Ogden

I would bet that a LOT of you already know who Savanna is, because she is so friendly and outgoing, and she loves to meet and learn about new people. But there are also quite a few things you don't know about Savanna, and we are going to enlighten you.

Savanna's favorite food is her dad's pancakes. He cooks them every weekend. All of Sav's friends love them, too, as they are very special. They are silver-dollar size, and perfect to dunk into syrup, which is in a small cup.

When Savanna is not dancing, which is very rare, she loves spending time with her family. She also likes having not just one friend over, but a whole group of them. One just isn't enough for her. She would invite everyone over if she could. She also considers her dance friends family, and whenever she is feeling down she just talks to one of her friends, or teachers at dance, and it all goes away.

Savanna's mom says that Sav considers her teachers like her "second moms, and yes, sometimes I get a little jealous."

Savanna has danced since she was two, and before that she just loved watching her big sister Makinzee perform on stage. She could not wait to get up there herself. It should be no surprise that she has never been shy. When she finally got to take a dance class, at her first recital she moved to the front and center of the stage in front of all the girls and did the dance perfect, with a big huge smile. When the song was over, she saw her dad in the audience and waved and then ran right off the stage to him. "It was the cutest thing ever," her mom said. "We were so proud!"

Savanna is an accomplished pianist, and she also has a photographic memory, and every piece of music she has ever played on the piano has been memorized. She is working on a 35-page piece right now called the Sonata Pathetic. And yes that memory does help with her grades, as she is a 4.0 student every term.

Her favorite dance experience has to be coming to dance at Infinity, according to her mother. "I am speaking for Savanna, but she tells me this every day she comes home from dance. She loves INFINITY and she loves the opportunities that Mandy has given her. It has given her so many new friends that she will have forever. Between her friends from Brigham and Ogden, WOW. Such amazing girls with a lot of talent."

Dancing has improved Savanna's life in many ways, according to her dad. She is always in excellent shape, both physically and mentally. Dancing always keeps her busy living a healthy lifestyle, and spending time with all her dance friends that she considers sisters. "She doesn't have any time to get in trouble," he said.

Savanna has a lot of heroes, including her sister and brother and her parents, and one of the most unique things about her is she is so perceptive and able to find the good in everybody. Savanna was born at 12:38 a.m. on July 5. Her parents were hoping for a fourth of July baby, but she insisted on having her own day.

Savanna has many nicknames, and her parents think she likes them all. She is called Sav, Savvy, Sam-I-am, Samster, and one that her parents didn't put down, but I remember clearly. When she was a baby, her mom tried to get her to call herself Savvy, and she would pat her chest and say, "Sassy!" Didn't matter how many times Tracee told her "Savvy," "Sassy" is what she called herself. And boy did it fit.

"All these nicknames have come from numerous family and friends at different stages of her life," said her dad, Jeff. "We all know, however, that there is only ONE SAVANNA!"

Savanna has a 200-pound black Great Dane name Bentley, who thinks he is a lap dog. Apparently, he is not aware just how big he is. He is her favorite "pillow buddy!"



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