history: I participated in a dance contest at my school last month. I practiced hard for the competition. I ended up winning the competition! I joined a dance competition at my school last month. My whole team practiced really hard for it. We ended up winning the competition!
current: that is awesome! goes to show that hard work DOES pay off!! congrats!
next: Thank you very much! Yeah it really was a lot of work. But it did pay off!