By JOLENE OGLE
Jaymee Haack can’t really remember her first dance performance but what is clear in her mind is how much she loved being on stage.
“I have vague memories of my first performance,” she said.
“I remember my mum getting me ready and the adrenalin rush of being on stage,” she said.
“Afterwards, I was thinking ‘man. I like this!’”
Since strapping on her dance shoes at age five, Jaymee has dedicated her life to dance, describing it as a lifestyle, not a hobby.
And now, at the age of 19, dance has also become Jaymee’s business.
After joining Dance Form Professional Studio, Jaymee taught alongside the studio’s founder and past principal Jemma Zipf since the age of 12.
So, when the opportunity came to buy the business, Jaymee knew it was the right decision.
“I love to dance, but I love to teach even more,” she said.
“This is what I want to do and I love sharing dance with others.”
Jaymee bought Dance Form Professional Studio, Cooroy, in December last year but owning her own business, and one that she has such a passion for, is still surreal for her.
“When you buy a business there is so much preparation and then when the day comes it is like, oh it happened,” she said.
“I don’t remember the exact moment I realised (I was a young business woman), but I have always been thinking about the future, the bigger picture, for as long as I can remember and it has always been something I have aspired to be.
“Knowing I am now a businesswoman is a little hard to grasp but at the same time it is a title I wear proudly.”
Remaining focussed can sometimes be hard and Jaymee admits it was difficult to see her friends living the “high life” while she worked.
“But it’s all part of it,” she said.
“My advice to other young people who want to get ahead is to work hard. You have to work hard to get where you want to be.”
And hard work is something Jaymee and her partner, Jake Sudrajat, 22, are well experienced in.
Last week Noosa Today featured Jake as its Youth Positive for his appointment at the prestigious Richardson and Wrench Noosa real estate agency and for already having two homes in his property portfolio.
In good news for Jake, he has just secured the sale of his first home since joining the R&W Noosa team.
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