Nutcracker just the thing to bring in the right Christmas spirit... What an amazing opportunity I have to be a part of such a fantastic tradition of colors, of magic, of lights, and friendships.
Those candy canes were absolutely amazing, despite the 3 gals who ended up plagued by the stomach flu! Unfortunately I ended up with it too... and try as I might I couldn't perform the party scene for 3 of the 4 performances! Cute Shane, who does all of this just for me, still held his head up high and performed those 3 performances with my part-saver, instead of myself. He was AMAZING... I would dare say that Shane has more character because of that.
My goodness I love him!
Here are my silly candy cane gals...it was because of their individual strengths that made them absolutely perfect!
Susie, Abbey, Kenzie
Alyssa, Bryni, Emily, Kenady, Claire,
Skye, Ali, Courtney
Our 'Candy Cane' huddle
Hundreds of little bodies in costume, with smiles on each one of their faces... feeling the heat of the lights, hearing the applause of the audience, and sensing the complete joy and magic that Christmas brings.Already looking forward to next year...
xoxo
6 comments:
LOVE the candy cane huddle. That is hilarious. I hope you continued to feel better, and I am SO glad you were able to dance Sat. night.
Your attitude is amazing! You just powered through that stomach flu! You're such a great teacher; I didn't even HAVE a Chinese huddle! I did have to encourage my Chinese to act crazy, though, to get them to bob their heads! It was so much fun, wasn't it!?!?
Brings back so many fun memories! So sad you were sick and couldn't perform. What a man you have to do it with you!
the performance was wonderful! The candy canes are always my favorite dance, and you can tell you are a great teacher!! I did miss seeing you dance though, I'm so sorry to hear you were sick!
Kenzie, I really missed coming this year to the ballet and it was totally my fault because I forgot to call you back when tickets went on sale. It looks like it was fabulous as always although I'm so sorry you got sick. (I guess if there was a year to miss it this year was ok because half of why I like to go is to see you because you are a BEAUTIFUL dancer!!!) I'm glad you will be able to relax a bit more now and enjoy the holidays. I'm already looking forward to next year.
I'm sorry to hear that you got sick. I can't believe Shane does the nutcracker, he sounds like a real man. :) These pictures really show how much fun you had.
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