Time to write a little about Megan and Hailey's dance recital. This year's theme: YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT! Friday's dress rehearsal that was supposed to end @ 2:45...Hailey and I pulled out of the parking lot at 6:00. The list I had left for myself, (errands and father's day food shopping) now had to be accomplished after a GREAT family dinner at BJ's (reservations at 6:00, oops we were late!). All the family was in town for the big recital so having dinner together was a MUST! Thank you Jon for coming with me and helping me accomplish most of what I had on my list after dinner:).
Saturday, was really a GREAT day! I'm not exactly sure how the girls felt about it, but I believe they were very happy to be able to dance for the love of it, without judges and all the pressure that comes with competitions!!! It was a very, very, VERY LONG day. They were there at 7:30am and we pulled out of the parking lot at 11:00 pm. They were troopers though! Not one complaint!
The first concert was at 9:00. The energy was unbelievable! Watching their opening number I was filled with emotion and goosebumps! The theatre was packed, but the audience was there to see their little ones, so not as much energy going back to the older dancers as they would have liked! Kathy Bunker, the studio owner, had really gone all out this year! Every year she seems to add a little more, or do something a little extra special, but this year was particularly amazing. The lights, the backdrops, the video snips..she really went ALL out! The evening show MC was Aaron Turner (fellow dancer from the past)! He did a great job! The girls danced their hearts out! As I think about all that went on during Friday and Saturday, I can honestly say, I wouldn't have missed one minute of it!!! Being with them, video taping, listening, smiling, laughing, feeling all that a parent feels when they are watching their children do well at something, makes all the hours and sacrifices worth it. As strange as that may be, it really happens, and I am so grateful for the talents they are developing and the growth they are experiencing in their lives. Watching them love what they are doing is PRICELESS!
a side note (strictly for journal purposes): for all of these years, i have experienced extreme anxiety over getting GOOD seats for my family and guests. of course there are no assigned seats, so it ends up being sort of an ugly, confrontational experience for me each year. yes, EVERY year, every single one, i have had someone yelling at me, and this year was no different. i would beg my girls to come in the theatre and help me save some seats while the fists are flying and so forth. sadie has always hated it, but they would usually end up pitying me, and helping me out. this year we were told we could only get four seats. FOUR. i have six in my immediate family (actually eight, but two are dancing), so i had an obvious problem. at all of the earlier concerts i was checking out other seats, and you know, i thought they were all good. it is only bad for me if someone tall is sitting in front of me. so our plan was; jon was coming early with the big uhaul truck that he used to move the props, and he would come in the stage door and go up to the balcony and camp out, holding some extra seats for those we knew were coming. i would go in with sadie and get the four seats that were allowed, and somehow try to secure two extras. all day, actually for a month or so, i have been thinking and worrying about this little problem. by the time the show starts i am usually so drained from all i have been worrying about, i am pretty much done. this year, i was wondering if it was really all worth it. no one is fighting in the balcony, i was ready to retreat. but as the concert began, and i could see hailey, (for the first time i might add) in all of her dances, knowing where she was because i could see her face, seeing brynley's facial expressions (they were priceless!), and seeing megan up close and personal, i knew it was TOTALLY worth the anxiety and wrath of people who are normally my friends. at competitions we can't get that close, so this is my only chance. i'm glad i did it! i'll probably do it again next year :)!
here are a few pictures:
5 comments:
Megan and Hailey were absolutely amazing... I got goose bumps too!! I even got a little teary eyed! It is so cool to see them work so hard for so long (with many, many hours of practice and training) and then to witness the results of all their hard work was a thrill. I was so proud of them and very happy to claim that I know them and love them! My little Taylor and even 3 year old Kate look up to your girls so much and want to dance just like them someday!
awesome, awesome, AWESOME!!!! i had so much fun! the girls were AMAZING! i wish they could have heard us screaming for them... we were good. :)
Wow! What a day. I'm tired just reading about it. I'm still really sad I had to miss their competition up here. Every year around dance recital time I think I should just make a quick trip down. Maybe some year soon! The girls look beautiful and I'm dying to know where Sadie got her Run DMC shirt! Those girls are blessed to have such supportive parents like you and Jon!
Your girls are beautiful - inside and out. You and Jon should be very proud of them.
Janae said the talent at the recital was awesome - it's neat to see so much work pay off for everyone on their big recital day.
they did so good :) they are so pretty! but you know, there was one thing missing on that stage, right next to megan, in Plank, and that was ME dammit! oh the dance recital... its one thing i miss... but hell my sisters are fierce and no one really knows all that talent really requires until you've done it so i commend them both and say don't quit cuz once its all over or you break your foot and it doesn't end how you wish it had, you miss it and you regret all those days you complained about being too tired, and sore and emotionally drained and picked on, and just love it while its still there! k im shutting up for the night...
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