Sunday, June 15, 2008

Recital

Thanks to Connie we have some smuggled video of the recital. It was a long day, and despite having strep throat, Natalie did very well.

Natalie:





Me:


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Natalie's Dress Rehearsal

O.K. I am going to be putting up a regular informational blog here in a little while, but I wanted to put this up as a sneak peak for all of you that are going to the recital or for those who aren't able to go to get a chance to see her dance. For the dress rehearsal we had to have full make-up and costume.

There are only two little girls in Natalie's class, Natalie and Abigail. Abigail was on vacation for the past couple of weeks, so it had only been Natalie in class on Friday. She was starting to get lonely..."It's not as much fun without Abigail." That I can understand with how much of a social butterfly Natalie is. Anyhow, when we arrived for the rehearsal, Abigail was nowhere in sight! The teacher and all of us crossed our fingers, but Abigail still hadn't arrived when it was time for the girls to go on. So, they sent Natalie out by herself. She took cues from her teacher on the side but performed for the small audience all by herself. By the end of that performance, Abigail had arrived, but she was not happy. She cried, and screamed, and they talked her out on stage, but only Natalie did the dance. Abigail stayed in the background crying. So, they asked if we could stay for a little while, and they would try to get the girls on again to see if Abigail would give it a try. I had to race home to get myself ready, but my mom stayed with the kids, and said that Abigail and Natalie did get a chance to get back up on stage, and this time things went a bit smoother. I have no idea how the actual recital is going to turn out, but one thing I know for sure is that Natalie will have no problem performing!!! She keeps asking me who is going to be there, and then telling everyone Aunt Joyce is coming, and my cousin Chloe is coming!!! She is quite excited. She told me that she had " a little bit of stage fright, but not too much."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8900242728576200265&hl=en