Peter Pan Finale

What a fabulous weekend!  We kicked it off and completed it with two performances of Peter Pan where my daughter danced as a Lobster, Tropical Bird, and Teddy Bear helper.  It was fabulous.

Besides the obvious that I feel this studio does great work in creating great dancers, there are many other things that impress me about this group of students and teachers.  For example, the kids can handle backstage prep, organization, and discipline with out their own mother's telling them what to do, the costumes do not get torn, tattered, or spilled upon by girls sitting anywhere and eating anything in all sorts of carelessness (as observed during rehearsals), the preschoolers do not show stage fright, the soloists make it look so easy, the teachers are confident and in control, while still being a friend to the dancers, the owner is extremely involved and has respect and authority like none other .... and my girl loves it beyond anything else.

Here are some pictures that I have yet to post.  A nice perk to being a helper is that the helper costume is provided to you from the studio for the show.  The studio purchases extra costumes from years past to use for future performances. I am not sure what this costume was originally planned for, but it worked great as a Teddy Bear helper in the nursery with Wendy, Michael, and John in Peter Pan.  I think it is stunning on my girl. Too bad she can't keep it for formal photographs.

She enjoyed helping the kindergarten class.  A real leadership role that the little ones will remember.  My daughter's kindergarten helper (when she danced as a Sugar Cube at the Tea Party in Alice in Wonderland) is now a Senior graduating from the studio this year. In fact, she is the character Wendy in these photographs!!  One day ... could be my girl and one of her Teddy Bears.

An entourage of nine special people watched my daughter perform and gave her beautiful bouquets of flowers.  They smell so good and look so pretty in our kitchen.  A festive flair of pink.


2009/2010 school year of dance was fantastic!!