Pre-Ballet Recital

Tonight was the big night! It was time for the pre-ballet recital, and everyone was excited. Mommy got Madison's hair just right, and dressed her very nicely as well, although they had special outfits to wear to tonight's performance.

Doesn't she look great? Goodness, Mommy and Daddy were talking tonight about how much more grown-up she looks in this picture. Don't grow up too fast, Madison!

Here's another nice photo of

our tiny dancer as she looks out the window and waits for her chance to perform. Nana and Ye-Ye came along to catch the big event, and we all got front row seats to catch the great performance. There were plenty of parents there - and grandparents too, and everyone (for the most part) sat patiently waiting for their kids to get dressed nad ready to go. There was even a professional photographer there to snap pictures of the girls in front of a backdrop. Mommy purchased a few of the photos, so we should be seeing those pretty soon in the mail, but I'll tell you this: it'll be hard to beat some of the photos that were taken tonight and shown on this page here. I don't know - we'll post the others when we get them and maybe we can compare! Anyway, the photographer took individual shots of each dancer, and even a group shot.

Here's the entire group, although it was a bit harder to get them to sit still as you can see. They've been practicing since March 17th, and Madison has really enjoyed being here each Thursday night. The only one we missed was last Thursday, when we were down in Florida. Other than that, she's been to each practice, even through all the AD33 practices at the church.

Mommy took this photo tonight, and we both like it a lot. There were a lot of good photos taken tonight of Madison: she was quite happy to be the ballerina girl. As for the performance itself, it was about a half hour long. It featured exercises to demonstrate that the girls knew what the different dance positions were when called out, and there were also a few dance routines in there as well. Madison did very well for the most part, although the presentation was far from perfect. Not that anyone actually expects perfection (I hope). This sort of thing is just an introduction to ballet, hence the term "pre-ballet." When you're dealing with four and five-year-olds, you pretty much know what to expect when showing up to a ballet recital, and tonight's performance didn't disappoint. It was very cute. Ye-Ye and Nana loved it, and so did Mommy and Daddy. We're so very proud of Madison!

In fact, you can see here the flowers Daddy got for her - after the production. It was a dozen pink roses to our favorite little dancer. Bravo, Madison! Bravo!