Charlotte ended up taking 3 classes at her dance studio this year – ballet, jazz and acro/tumbling. Here are the proofs from her photo shoot. These are scans, so the actual pictures will be much higher quality.
Acro:
Ballet:
Jazz:
We’ll be getting these pictures on disc, so we’ll be able to print as many of each as we want, in whatever sizes we need. Please let us know if you’d like us to print them for you.
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The view out of the kitchen window.
Upper deck
Lower deck
Living room
Entrance to master bath
Master bedroom
Dining room
View from the dining room
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This year’s Spring folklorico performance was only one night, but not any less work! Boo danced 10 dances and Charlotte danced 9. They rushed around backstage, change costumes and getting ready to go on. They had a short break for intermission, and then back on stage.
From the state of Guerrero, they opened the show with “Son de Costa.”
The adults danced 3 dances while the children raced to ready for their polka, “El Jaral.” This is the one they danced for the America’s Got Talent auditions.
Their next costume change was difficult. The polka hairpieces are held in place with hair pins and have to be removed carefully so as not to ruin their real hair. The next two dances also had props, but different props for each dance.
From the state of Jalisco, they first danced “La Jota Tapatia.”
Followed quickly by “Los Machetes”, the children’s specialty.
Boo totally rocks the machetes.
A little skirt work from Charlotte.
Boo’s too cool for a sombrero.
Is it the French or Mexican blood in Boo that makes him look like he’s ready to lead a revolution?
The intermediate class took a break while Boo handed me his machetes and popped back on stage to dance “Alazanas” with the advanced class.
The adults danced, and then the children came back to dance “La Culebra.”
Here come the boys to rescue the girls from the snake!
After intermission were 2 pre-Hispanic dances.
The boys spent about half of the dance jumping in circles while in a squatting position. Boo was the only one who made it through the whole dance. Just watching them made our leg muscles burn. Boo is the middle boy in the first row.
Charlotte is the small one in yellow.
And finally, from the state of Veracruz, “Contradanza” and “El Colas.”
At the curtain call they were given streamers to throw. Here, the girls look to see where they went.
“Bye!”
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We braved the huge crowds at the Cherry Blossom Festival today, but ended up getting some really great pictures right here on base, along the river.
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Charlotte and her ballet class are featured on the new header for her dance studio’s website:
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Today was parent day at Charlotte’s ballet class. Spring parent day is much anticipated because it is all about the upcoming recital! The girls can barely contain themselves while their teacher tells the parents all we need to know about rehearsals, pictures, makeup, hair and the recital itself. Then finally, costumes are handed out and tried on!! The girls run through their dance a couple of times while the moms snap pictures.
They are dancing to “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” this year and their costumes have “real, grown-up, sticking out” tutus. Their legs have to be perfect because there is no long skirt to cover them!
Charlotte is the smallest, so she leads off. One girl joined their class after costume orders had been taken, so hers hadn’t arrived yet.
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Charlotte was much easier to photograph.
8 years old, 2nd Grade
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I had to take pictures of the children to submit to the base homeschool group’s yearbook. Here’s what I got:
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