Since Bailey began taking ballet classes in September she has been looking forward to dancing in The Nutcracker. After many Monday, Saturday and some odd surprise rehearsals her performance was last night. Bailey was a Party Girl in the first scene. She did very well, except for the hair twirling. When she gets nervous she twirls a strand of hair on the right side of her head. Typically she wears a bun when she dances and it has never been a problem, last night the party girls wore their hair half up with the back down and curly. Perfect for nervous twirling.
While the girls were waiting backstage they were running around and basically all spun up. We had to check in by 3:15 and the performance wasn't until 7:30. I had never been to the theater where it was being held so I printed directions, ha, someone built a building in the middle of my street so it no longer went through and all the streets in that area are one way and it was slushing and I sat in a parking lot calling a friend to get another friends cell phone number for help (holy run on sentence, Batman!). The second friend didn't answer but I eventually figured out where I was and we made it about 5 minutes late and snuck in under the director's radar, thank the stars.
All in all she had a great time. Tim stopped on the way to the performance and got her roses, she was most surprised and excited. The best part about the school and the whole production is the way the older girls interact with the younger girls, the older girls have so much patience with them.
Now all she can talk about is the end of the year performance. Hey, at least with ballet we don't have to sit outside in the rain.
Oh, and before I get any nasty e-mail she has on lipgloss and mascara. Her cheeks are always that pink.
