Hello, everyone. It's Daniel Fischel, podcaster, TV director, and mom of two, but forever

known to most as Topanga from the 90s family sitcom Boy Meets World.

Currently, though, I am competing on season 34 of Dancing with the Stars as one half of

Team Topasha, and I am having the time of my life. And throughout the journey,

I'm going to keep you updated in the form of this here podcast, Danielle with the stars,

all in hopes of being one of the chosen few who wins a Len Goodman mirrorball trophy.

So I have just completed the press line for week two's

live show. It was one hit wonders week. This week felt so different from the first week.

That first week, we had three full weeks of rehearsal, of getting to know each other,

of getting to know the other contestants, of spending time with the song, which of course, I was

already such a fan of, you know, stronger by Kelly Clarkson. But still, knowing a song and

having steps in your mind and choreography in your mind that you can count to,

having three weeks with it, you just really settle in and you feel comfortable.

And even though my performance wasn't like, you know, tens, I felt really comfortable and

confident.

And then you do the live show at the end of week one and the next morning

you're in and you're learning a totally different dance. And in this case, you really only have

about five days. You go from about three weeks of time rehearsing to having five days because

you rehearse Wednesday, Thursday,

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and then Monday is camera blocking. By the time you get to this stage

and you are camera blocking and showing the cameras what you've got, not much is really going to

change. Your performance can be adjusted. You can start amping things up on your face. You can remind yourself

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