The Sleeping Beauty Ballet.

Before you start something you should always remember to find out just what you are getting yourself into. Last fall when I asked Brooke what dance class she would like to be in she decided ballet was the one for her. Her class practiced and practiced all year and this last month has been nothing but rehersals, two every week until last Saturday when they had a 4 1/2 dress rehersal that started and ended late, another rehersal on Monday from 2-4 back to the Reagan theater for curtain call at 6:45 and do it all again on Tuesday, twice. It was so much work, not only for Brooke, but also for me. The girls had to have their hair slicked back into a bun with a bun net (I had to go to three different stores to find this), a pair of $17.00 tights, and a face full of make-up with very specific colors, none that I already had. If I had known everything that I know now I might have not let her do it, but silly me, I have now signed her up for ballet 2 for the summer. She really wanted to do this because not many of the kids in her class were allowed to go into ballet 2 yet. This is encouraging for me because with all of the classes that any of my kids have taken this is the first time any of them have advanced. Way to go Brooke. Anyways, enough ranting. The ballet was a huge success, and Brooke performed her part beautifully (her class was fairy attendants.) So we'll probably do it all again next year. We'll see, at least i'll have the make-up.



I tried to take some pictures of her while she was dancing but the dely on the camera is terrible, so here's the best of the bunch.