Friday, December 5, 2008

Preparing for the Christmas Recital

Our trip to see The Nutcracker came at a particularly fitting time as Madeline and Isabella will be performing in their Christmas dance recital on Sunday.  They have been working very hard this fall to get ready for this performance.  While it is not nearly the event that the spring recital is, it is very exciting for the kids.  Both Madeline and Isabella really love the fact that they get to perform on stage.  It is also nice that we are able to get a video of the performance, and it is a good way to see their progress through the year when compared with the video of the spring performance.

Here are some pictures from their dress rehearsals.

These are pictures of Madeline' rehearsal.  Her class is dancing to "Senor Santa".  They had to make some last minute changes because a student dropped out of the recital.  



Here are pictures of Isabella's rehearsal.  I am impressed by how much more she pays attention this year than last.  Last year at this time I was really concerned that she was just going to stand there on the stage, and even at their spring performance last year she would just miss entire sections of her dance.  She really follows along this year!  She is very proud of herself! 


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