ballet.

For some reason I never got around to posting pictures and video from Amelia's ballet recital back in June. We tried out a different studio this past year and really loved it. It's smaller and much less crazy/competitive than the first place we tried. And the dance recital wasn't such a production (no long rehearsals and expensive costumes and make-up). The teacher is remarkably good with children and Amelia had a lot of fun in class. She learned a lot more in this studio and really enjoyed herself. She just started again a few weeks ago.

The dance recital theme was "Headlines in History" and Amelia's class did a dance based on the 100th anniversary this past spring of the gift of the cherry trees from Japan to D.C. Her costume was really pretty and her dance was very fitting of the "headline." She enjoyed performing and was excited to celebrate at Krispy Kreme after the performance. My amateur video of the dance is at the end of the post. We were sitting pretty far back and I'm still cursing the man who just had to return to his seat 5 seconds before the dance ended and block my view.

These pictures were taken during the middle of the year when parents were allowed to observe one of the classes.

The cherry blossom dance (Amelia is third from the left):