Our Little Ballerina

Rose's dance recital was June 6th and 7th in the auditorium of Anchorage Public School.  This year's performance was the 30th Anniversary of the studio's performances at this school.  They base their ballets on all sorts of books and movies, ranging from Mary Poppins to Cinderella to Babes in Toyland, which definitely makes them more interesting to watch.

This year the ballet was Beauty and the Beast.  Ms. Denee (the teacher and owner of the studio) really did a wonderful job on the performance...the dancing, the music, the lighting, the props and backdrops...all the details together made for a great show.

Rose and some of her buddies from her class at dress rehearsal

Waiting on stage for further instruction

Rose was a butterfly in the performance.  Her dance was in the first 10 minutes of the show, then we didn't see her again until the finale.  Part of their dance was with the advanced girls who were roses.  The roses were supposed to be the garden and the butterflies were flying around the garden.

The roses

The old beggar woman who the prince turned away

The butterflies

The roses and butterflies together

Our shining star

Rose with some of her friends: Catherine, Amelia, and Ceci

Since they performed 2 nights, we split up to avoid taking Ella.  Three hours is a bit too long for a two year old to sit!  Madeline, Max, and I went Friday night.  Madeline did pretty well, although it was a bit long for her too.  Max was perfect!  He slept the whole time in my arms.

Madeline and Rose after the show

Ken and Joy came Saturday to see the show.  Paul and Ava went with them and the rest of us met up with them afterwards.  We celebrated by going out to dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, El Nopal.

                                                  We were so proud of our little ballerina!

Max & little Gianna (4th girl in a family from our homeschool group) just 2 weeks younger than him and a LOT smaller :)

Watching the performance made me miss my dancing days.  I wish I had liked ballet more and I wish I would have done pointe.  I think it is so beautiful to watch.  Maybe one of our girls will follow in their mama's footsteps and continue with dance.  Ava already wants to dance next year and she did inherit my grace (haha...wink, wink) so we'll see ;)