Stolen Cinderella



Caitlyn and Rayonna - Fairy and Step-sister

Thanks, Bekah Berry. for letting me steal these.

Caitlyn, Bekah, and Katie





Kayla, Bekah, and Caitlyn

 


 

Caitlyn, Rayonna, and Katie (Cinderella's nurse)



Caitlyn, Elizabeth, and Rayonna - Mourners

 

Wordless Wednesday



Picture by Crystal East



Friends :)

As always, the people are the best part of the show.  The girls were thrilled that our wonderful church friends and their aunt, uncle, and cousin came to the ballet.  I don't have pictures of either of them, BUT here are some of the pictures I do have :)

Signing posters and programs backstage 



How incrediby cute are they??   Tyleah, Kelsey, and Paige

 

The girls' oldest, wonderful friends Peter and Rebekah Lindsay

It means so much to us that they came :)

 

 

Rayonna and Caitlyn are best buddies

 



Mary Elizabeth and her mom are two of the sweetest people ever.  And talented, too - Miss Margie made all of the girls'  costumes for "The King and I."

 




Keegan and Maggie shared the role of the cat.



Kelsey the mouse/village girl with Rayonna the step-sister



Kelsey, Mikeala, and Keegan backstage

 We love and appreciate our friends!!!

Senior Company

Picture taken by Hiliary Bowman

Marvlous Make-up

I can brag on how marvelous it is because I didn't do any of it.  Our wonderful make-up workers did, which makes it even better :)!  (Applying make-up is not my strength.)



They found a really cool cat face to use.  I love it!



OK, Caitlyn doesn't have on her make-up yet, but I loved this picture and it shows Keegan's really well!

Kelsey switches from a little girl to a mouse.  Yea for the workers who stay to make the transformation happen :).

Kelsey Quote

When we go to dance, especially long rehearsals, we look like we are moving in.  Each girl has a lunch box, a dance bag, and an entertainment bag for when she is waiting.  Plus I bring a purse, camera bag, and an occasional project, so we make quite the procession.  Getting it all back into the house is also a challenge.  The other night I had a free hand so I offered to carry Kelsey's very heavy dance bag.  She agreed saying, "Yes, please.  It's a burden."

Sneak Peek



Kelsey the midnight mouse, bonging 12 o'clock





Backstage waiting



Love this picture of my Keegy-cat!





Caitlyn is toward the center with her leg rased behind her.





Kelsey the village girl between two birds




Keegan's solo - woot, woot!




Fairies



Kelsey and Jules, scared of the beggar woman (who ends up being the fairy godmother.)



Fairy corps dance

Now don't you want to come see it??????

Some girls from our studio (including Caitlyn) danced at a homeschool talent show....

here they are! Go, Caitlyn, go!

More theater

Little Topsy, mischief maker Topsy, in the center, between Little Eva and Uncle Thomas These hats are incredible! Each one is different and elaborate. ALL the costumes are wonderful, but at this point in rehearsals, we had only seen the hats. One lady stays in the wings during the shows, armed with a hot glue gun, ready to reattach any errant jewels :).

Girls' weekend

Although Caitlyn had been sick, she, her friend Rayonna, Rayonna's mom, and I took a weekend trip to Nashville for the Tennessee Association of Dance's annual conference. I was concerned she would not feel well enough to enjoy it. She was a bit tired, but felt good, took all her classes, and had a great time!
She and I enjoyed having some time together, plus she enjoyed getting to go somewhere with her friend. Bill took great care of Keegan and Kelsey at home. Whenever I called to check in (which was pretty frequently :-) they were reading, playing games, cooking, or cleaning up from eating(!!!) I was surprised by how much I could miss them in only a couple of days.
Caitlyn enjoyed classes in ballet, pointe, pilates, floor barre, and improv. OK, she didn't really enjoy the improv, but she took it, anyway :-). She really liked the ballet and floor barre teachers and took 2 classes from each. She and Rayonna are going to teach the floor barre work at their studio this week. We all enjoyed the cafeteria ;-).
PLUS, there was a raffle, and Caitlyn won it! A t-shirt (in the picture,) tote bag, year's subscription to Dance magazine, AND free registration to next year's conference! WOOT!
AND, while Caitlyn was in class, I went Christmas shopping. Not often I hit a Toys R Us alone!

Lizzie, Maggie, Keegan, Kelsey

Four of the five "King and I" snowflakes. They're so cute :-).

Wordy Wednesday :-) Rehearsals

Rehearsal season, here we come!

Caitlyn (on your left) at King and IWe think it's funny that Little Topsy is "mischief maker Topsy" since that is so opposite of Caitlyn :)

Kelsey at King and I rehearsals before she was part of the cast...

and after. After is more fun :).

Everyone does such a good job balancing on one foot!