Dance competition

This was our first ever dance competition. All three of the older girls competed in the 10th Annual Invitational Showcase at The Performing Arts Centre. It was a really fun time!

I was so excited to have them be a part of it - it really gets your blood pumping, all the excitement and atmosphere! It also gives us an opportunity to have them have stage practice and wear their costumes more than once!!
Here are some pics:

Olivia the ballerina!

Grace before with her hair in rollers!

Grace after with hair and make-up!

Amelia before with her hair in rollers

Amelia after costume and make-up!

Super cute, heh?? I wish I could have taken pictures at the event, but flash photography is very distracting to dancers on stage so there is no cameras allowed at the theatre....they did good. Olivia had one little mis-step and Grace got a little behind - which is unfortunate, because some of the other girls watch her so they got a bit behind too - I think it took the group longer to get all the way on stage than they had anticipated in practice. The best part is all of those kinks should be worked out before the recital! It was really great!

Olivia's group placed 1st in their division and Grace and Amelia ended up competing against each other in the same age grouping somehow - so Amelia's group got 2nd and Grace's got 3rd. Greg asked if I thought that Amelia's group were actually better - and I think that although Grace's group had better technique - Amelia's group had less mistakes in their routine as a whole. The wierd thing for me is that the group that placed 1st and Amelia's group were younger so their teachers were out with them...and Grace's group and the other 3rd place group were alone on stage - I don't know if that matters but it is interesting to note.

We don't really care about placing though, after all - I am just glad they got some performance experience! The stage can be a scary place!!