First Dance Recital

Our sweet three year old had her first dance recital over the weekend. Her paternal grandparents came for an extended weekend to see her dance, which made the event extra special for her. The company put on a really superb show. I was blown away at how many dancers they actually train. There were four shows altogether, each lasting three hours. Our show was the very last one at 7 p.m. on Saturday night. This is the same company where Melanie Moore, So You Think You Can Dance's winner last season, trained at for several years before appearing on the TV show. So I guess I am saying that it is a first-class operation. And they sure put on a first-rate show the other night. Our little dancing princess did a wonderful job. I had tears in my eyes the whole time she performed...each tear was filled with excitement, joy, pride and nervousness for her up on that big stage.

Her dance was called "Wendy's Storybook" the second dance in the Neverland program. They came out from behind a large story book with smoke and everything. The girls all lined up and started their little moves. Most of the girls starred doe-eyed off into the darkness of the audience, but our little star followed the older girl in front of her and did all of her moves really well. Then it came time for the tunnel where C and another girl were supposed to hold hands and make a bridge for the rest of the little dancers to go under. C was ready to do her part, but her partner was off in Neverland somewhere staring into the distance. So C got visibly upset on stage, stomped her foot, and yelled at the girl to come to the mark and make the bridge with her. It was sooo funny. C couldn't get over it so she grabbed another girl and stood in the middle of the stage making a bridge with her even though that part of the dance was over and they had moved on to the next thing. She quickly got back in her spot and finished the routine. It was unbelievably cute.

Here she is during the rehearsal when all the little girls did pretty much what they were supposed to...

And these next shots are from the night of the actual recital. We weren't allowed to take any photos during the performance, so we have some before and after shots instead.

...here's a shot of Leo just because.