It was a bitter sweet final dance recital for Callie this year. She's aged out of her dance school that she's been attending since she was a tiny sugar cube in kindergarten. As she's gotten older she's had to take classes at the nearby studio as well as the Ridge studio. This means she ends up having dances in multiple shows. Plus they have a special dance just for the graduates that gets performed at every show. I attended two of the shows including the one on Saturday that we would typically attend plus her final final dance. Kerry attended all four. It was also an honour for Callie to be asked to do the artwork for the show. The theme was "She's So Fierce". Each dance was themed around powerful woman and the studio owner picked a subset of them and asked for art work of here faces. The four chosen were Rosa Parks, Princess Diana, Michelle Obama and Celine Dion. The artwork came out great and it ended up on the programs plus a set of t-shirts for graduates and staff and for purchase.
Callie did great on all her dances. I still remember some of the earlier recitals where we were introduced to the idea of the 'Quick Change'. This was when a girl had only a song or two in-between to get dressed for the next song. We were very worried that it would be her turn and something would happen and she wouldn't come out. It took a few years before we realized how great dancing has been for her. The structure of regular classes helped her a lot and she never missed a quick change. To be honest I'm always amazed how none of the girls miss quick change. We might not miss the trips to take her to the Ridge but we will miss this annual recital.
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