Monday, February 28, 2011

First Christmas Recital

December 2008, Micah was 8 years old and almost been dancing for a year. He got to perform in his first Christmas dance recital.

He was to dress up like snowman and dance to "Frosty the Snowman" for tap class.

And he would be dressed up as a reindeer to dance to "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
Sorry, no pictures of him in his reindeer costume, but it was similar to his classmates costume in the picture below.

He did alright, although during the reindeer dance his antlers broke off and were hanging there like dog ears, so that posed as a bit of a distraction.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Trying Out a New Dance Place

Micah was doing pretty well dancing at the studio he was at, but we wondered if we could find something a little more local. But, at the same time, we didn't want to give up his place in the studio he was at, so we decided to do double-time. He stayed in his old dance classes, but on Fridays, he began going to a local dance studio to see if it was as good.

Well, this place was a little picky, and they wouldn't allow him to be in any class except for very beginning dance because he had never danced with them before. So, he did, but he already was far advanced and pretty bored. They didn't care though. They decided to do some sort of country line dance for their Christmas recital, which wasn't really ballet or tap.

Micah tried hard, but it was hard to be in 2 dance studios. There was one day that he had to miss class and the new studio decided to change around his whole routine the day before the recital and it left Micah in a mess. Here he had worked so hard and then they changed everything on him the night before recital and there was no way for him to figure it out with only a dress rehearsal left. He was so upset for the recital although he did the best he could with what they had done to change all his parts.

So, anyway, so sad we couldn't find something local, but Micah ended his short trial with the community dance place and went back to the old. He did look cute in his sparkly sequenced vest though.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Jewelia's Dancing

Jewelia was loving her first dance class. She loved to be a princess ballerina, and she loved to tap. Here are a few thoughts and dance moves from Jewelia: