lily knopps

AGE: 5 • TOWN: Chippewa Falls

HER SAGE ADVICE: Never give up!

GETTING BACK UP AFTER YOU FALL is something Lily Knopps knows a lot about. At only five years old, Lily has a real talent and love for dancing and gymnastics – her favorite kind of dancing being “Acro”, a dance and gymnastics fusion. Lily’s absolute favorite gymnastics move is handstands, but when she had her accident and broke her arm, those became pretty hard to do. Lily was playing on the monkey bars one day when she accidentally fell, breaking her arm bone completely in half. Lily broke her arm nine days before her second competition, but that didn’t stop her. Despite having to change the dance, Lily still went on stage and danced her heart out – cast and all. “Even if something happens, you can still keep following your dreams,” Lily said. After her arm had completely healed, Lily competed again this year and won first place in Overall High Point and Performance Artist of the Year, and Mini-Solo Master at her national dance competition. Her winning dance was “Shades” where she got to wear sunglasses and had a cool dance to a jazz song. Not only is she a dancing machine, but she has also recently gotten into voice acting and even recorded a commercial for the Arizona Department of Health. When