My Post For Saturday, 12-06-08
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Some snapshots from one of the three "Nutty Nutcracker" performances that Paige and Megan did with their friends from dance. We (I helped carpool the dancers) left from the dance studio at 9 a.m. and headed for the first nursing home. After that performance we headed for an elementary school where the local Kiwanis club was hosting a holiday party for disadvantaged families. We ate our sack lunches there then the kids performed and had another hour break before we drove across town (in the snow!) to the next nursing home. We did not get back to the dance studio to drop our passengers off until 5 p.m. It was a long fun day. The kids were amazing, they danced and smiled and spread some holiday cheer.

This is Alissa as Fi-fi the cat dancing to "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend"

Here is Megan and her little jester friends dancing to "Put on a Happy Face",
they even get to dance with Sam, she is a very cute "Claire".

There's Paige (in the red vest) and her friends as "Spanish Dolls". A few weeks ago they were sharing their dance with some of the older girls. I heard the older girls say "Wow that is a difficult dance, I'm glad we don't have to do it." It has a lot of different counts and a lot of spins, they even do spins as they are turning in a circle. Paige says sometimes she gets a little dizzy.

While we were in the car I was chatting with the girls. I had Paige, Megan, Molly and Serena (the other two girls dance with Paige). I asked them if they could pick any character in the Nutty Nutcracker what would they choose. Not one of them said Claire, Fe-fe, Aunt Lou-lou or The Icicle Fairy. Paige and her friends didn't even hesitate, they had their answer fast...The Jack in the Box dancers (the girls below in the funky black and silver costumes) they have a fun and funky dance and everyone enjoys them. Megan however said she would want to be a "Rock Star" because they get to throw their (blow up) guitars down at the end of the dance.