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Dance Recital

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We had the girls first dance recital this past weekend! After almost an entire year of dance (combo for Evie, princess ballet for Nora), now was the time to finally show off what they'd learned! 

All smiles backstage before the show
Evie did great. She was super excited for the performance and buzzing around with her friends before the show. We coached Evie on smiling and doing big movements so that people sitting at the bach of the theater could also see her. Considering her bored expressions during school performances, I think she did awesome at this recital!

Here's her routine. She's the one all the way on the left:


Nora on the other hand....
This little girl did great during the rehearsal, In fact, she was on one of the better behaved of the kids up on stage. 
  
On the day of the performance though, it was another story! Apparently, Nora hurt her hand on a door on the way to the stage and ending up crying and refused to go on. If you ask Evie, she'll tell you that she thinks Nora got scared because Evie went on stage during her routine and Nora didn't realize she had left the kids room. In any case, Nora recovered enough that she was able to walk on stage for the final curtain call. So, at least, she went on stage and heard applause! haha.

I don't have a video of the day-of-performance (I stopped taping when I realized she wasn't on stage), but I did capture the dress rehearsal: 



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