Dance Recital

Hannah took dance lessons this year starting in October through the beginning of April from a friend of mine who does a wonderful job teaching children dance.  She had 45 minutes of ballet and 15 minutes of tap every week.  She loved it at the start but was ready to move on to soccer by the end of it.  

Hannah after the recital posing for the camera

The last week of class they gave a recital.  The teacher's mom made matching skirts for all the girls.  They had fun during their performance.  Here are some pictures of the evening....

Waiting on the sidelines -- ready for the recital

First number - tap dance (Hannah in back row)

Hannah spent a lot of time watching Kaylin for the moves (she's the girl in the front on the left)...see picture below -- it really shows her watching -- most of the girls had their eyes on Kaylin.  She's been dancing for 3 years and she's in 3rd grade -- older than all of the girls in the class.  It was good for the girls to have someone to follow because they may have been pretty lost without her.

The end of the tap number (change shoes for ballet numbers)

Ballet

Hannah's debut in the front row -- the older kids moved to the back for part of the ballet number

After the serious ballet number they did two fun dances -- here is Hannah "Bopping Until She Drops"

Taking a bow with her friends

As we were getting ready to go to the recital, Sophie wanted to wear a dance skirt too.  After she put it on, she said, "I'm Barbie."  

It's starting quite young for her!  I guess having an older sister pushes those ideas along faster.  We sat in the front row so the kids could see the dancers.  Luke didn't move a muscle the whole time.  He loves attending any kind of art performance -- musicals, concerts, dance recitals, etc.  I think he will be a performer one day.

Posing for the crowd after they were finished -- some of the girls really got into the whole performance.  Hannah was pretty shy for much of the performance.

I'm glad that Hannah had this experience, even if she decides never to take a dance class again in her life.