.: Recital Time!

Olivia is the bunny second from right.

Well after a year of Ballet practice, her recital was finally here! All these pictures are from the dress rehearsal the day before, no video or cameras were allowed in the auditorium for the show. I tossed and turned the night before worried that Olivia would be stage fright....that really could have been more from the truth! Olivia was chosen as a bunny with all the older girls for the opening act. As you can see in the picture above. She did such a good job and was very excited to be with the "big girls"

Aside from her opening act, her class had 2 dances in the show. The first show was a lullaby themed routine where the girls danced with little bears that were dressed like them. The girls did really well following direction and having a good time. During the intermission Olivia was allowed to come out and sit with us. She was still in showtime mode so she started dancing in the front of our seats (Steve insisted we get there 2 hrs before so we got front and center). The audience was loving that she was dancing and it was so cute! Their next routine was the splish splash routine, and what a performance it was! The girls did not follow their own routine from the beginning, all dancing and having a great time! At the end of the routine the spotlight was turned off but the girls were not ready to stop, the audience started clapping and the girls started walking off stage...except for Liv. She started dancing on stage, they put the spotlight on and a few other girls came out and they all danced ( with no music) cartwheels, hip shakes, and jumping were all moves in the encore performance!! Its safe to say that she is going to be doing dance next year and we cannot wait until next year's recital!!