Lulu's 1st Ballet Recital

One word could describe Lindsay's first ballet recital: ADORABLE!! Our little prima ballerina did a fantastic job on stage... I was unsure how she would do with an audience and lights (it is pretty overwhelming) but in her typical Lulu-ness, she danced her little heart out no matter who was watching :)

Can you find her? I had to drop her off at her special seat in front to sit with her class as she waited to perform her piece. She loved sitting in the very first row with her friends and a perfect view of all the dancers!

 As the parents were filing in and finding seats, they were playing the music from the pieces as background music. Well, as soon as Lindsay heard her recital music, she and a few other little dancers JUMPED on stage and began giving us a preview!

 

Obviously it was a pretty informal recital, and the teachers were busy wrangling other students and didn't seem to mind the pre-show too much! Daddy had to work (but went to the dress rehearsal the day before and got to see her perform!) so we invited Miss Kristy to come with us. Her daughter and husband were out of town at a wedding and she had to stay home and work and was lonesome. We are so, so grateful to have her come along and help out so I could get some great pictures and videos!!

 

 

Here is the video of her dance: *It's a little long (3 minutes), but very cute!*

 

 

 

A few highlights:

*There were three little guys in her class that were the "super heros" and had muscle costumes!

*I love how hard she was trying to balance, you can see the concentration on her face!

*She was pretty concerned about the empty dot next to her (she saw the audience and decided not to perform after all). It was cute when she was pointing, "Get back to the spot!!"

*I was so proud when she fell down she got right back up and kept going! Way to go! There was another precious little girl who helped her out a couple times by grabbing her hand. Sweet :)

*They had to literally pull her off the stage. LOL.

 

Proud Ballerina Lindsay

 Funny Story....At the end of the recital the director got up and wanted to thank all the teachers and give them a bouquet of flowers. Well, in two of Lindsay's favorite ballet books, "Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet" and "Tallulah's Tutu" the dancers get a bouquet of flowers after their performance. My sweet girl remembered this and jumped out of her seat, walked on stage and stood in front of the teachers with her arms outstretched for her very own bouquet of flowers. The audience thought it was adorable and laughed, and the teacher graciously handed her bouquet to Lindsay and helped her back to her seat! (Thank goodness Daddy got her very own flowers which were waiting for her when we saw her!!) It was pretty hilarious!!

 

Madison was enthralled watching all the dancers and sparkly costumes! A few times she would put her hands over her head and mimic the moves...maybe another future dancer on our hands?!