Cassidy just performed in her first ballet recital, and her group's performance was called the Cinderella Waltz. Imagine about twelve 4-year olds in light blue sparkly tutus, ballet slippers and their hair all tied in buns, up on a big auditorium stage, trying to remember the special moves their teacher (Ms. Wendy) has rehearsed with them each week over the past 9 months. It was adorable, comical, and tear-jerking all at once! Prior to the show, all the girls gathered at our neighbor's house to get their hair done together (our neighbor is the Aunt of one of the ballerinas and has a salon in her basement, so she kindly offered to handle all the up-dos for the show!). That was all sorts of fun too!
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| Rehearsing at class the week before the recital |
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Time for up-dos!
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| With Grammy - ready to go! |
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| On the big stage |
It was so nice to have Grammy and Grandpa Brown there in the audience with us to watch the show, and Cassidy was very excited about receiving flowers at the end of the performance. She had talked about that part days ahead of time, just asking sweet things like "Mommy, do you think I'll get special flowers when I'm done dancing like some of the big girls do?" A local flower shop set up a booth in the back of the auditorium so family members could greet their little ones with special bouquets.
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| Post-performance, with her special bouquet |
I'm not sure if more ballet classes are in our future (have to try some other things too!) but Cassidy loved every minute of the experience. No stage fright for this little ballerina!
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| The walk home |
