Willow Shields Writes First Dancing With The Stars Season 20 Blog
Get ready! The The Dancing With The Stars Season 20 blogs have just began. Up first is Willow Shields with Access Hollywood. Willow is excited to say the least about doing the show….and so is her Grandmother.
Needless, to say my grandmother is freaked out because they wouldn’t miss an episode of “Dancing with the Stars.” They were so excited they insisted we open a bottle of champagne, and yes, I had a sip and it tasted awful! I have no idea why adults drink champagne—yeah, let’s celebrate something really exciting by drinking this terrible tasting stuff, ewww! Anyway, a week later my great-grandmother had to go to the hospital with chest pains. I’m like, I hope she isn’t TOO excited about this whole dancing thing! Don’t worry, it was just a coincidence. She’s okay. It was just bad heartburn according to the doctors.
Next, I gotta prepare for this! I started stretching immediately, which has got to help, right? I also started watching YouTube videos of “Dancing with the Stars.” I loved watching the show in the past, but now I can study dancers from a bunch of years. Yeah, this is what actors do; they study people who are experts at things. Jennifer actually learned to shoot a bow and arrow for “The Hunger Games.” I’m going to have to learn to dance for this show! But the more I watched YouTube videos, the more I realized these dancers are incredible. Oh God, what have I done! I said yes BEFORE watching these videos, am I insane?
Recently I got to meet my pro dancer partner. I was VERY nervous. In my head, I was hoping for Mark Ballas but wondering who it would be. They brought the pro in through the door of the dance studio, and I don’t think I breathed for about a minute. When I saw him, I freaked out! I think I screamed but not sure. . . Mark Ballas, yeah!
More at Access Hollywood.
ETA: Below is Willow and Mark with Access Hollywood after the cast announcement. I wonder why they waited so long to post this? Fun interview. I like these two already!
