Leia's & Annie's Recital 2010

Here are my two girls at the end of the most exciting night of their lives! BOTH of my girls chose to do dance this year! I'll never forget the way Annie danced to every jazz and hip-hop song LAST year, and I knew she was going to be hooked soon, too. Dance was pretty rough on Mamma this year, . . . the intense practices of the Nutcracker and then having Annie in class at 3PM as I picked up Leia from school and rush back to get her, . . . only to have Leia go back to her own class an hour later. Still, this was the evening that made it all worth it with Grandma, Grandpa, Oma, Papa, and numerous friends of Leia's (Quentin & Mom / Morgan & Mom) attending. Not to mention Leia's friend Lilly (as seen in the photos) who has danced with Leia for two years. My girls participated in four numbers tonight. Leia's songs were "April Showers" from Bambi and "Fun, Fun, Fun" from the Beach Boys (tap). Annie's songs were "A Whole New World" from Aladdin (Ballet) and "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid (Tap). Leia was placed front and center (as the head ballet teacher said when she asked her to join the competitive team, "That girl's GOOD!"), . . . and little Annie was on the far right on purpose. And although Annie mostly did her own thing she did it with SUCH expression and animation, . . . as a grandma of a fellow dancer would say later, "Annie stole the show." ; ) At the end of recital came awards. Leia received a trophy for two years of dance at Pisgah. Annie received a medal for being one of the youngest dancers. And the funny thing was, as Annie received her medal, I went up to give her flowers, . . . Annie took them and POSED for the audience! (See the photo below.) And boy the audience ate it up! Lots of flowers were had by all, . . . and even a glowing dinosaur and dancing wind-up from Quentin. And then I asked them, . . . "Okay, girls, here's the big question, . . . do you want to do dance again next year?" The answer for both was a resounding "YES." For Leia, it will be Ballet I, . . . and for Annie, . . . well, "Oh yes, I want to be in the SHOW!" Ha!