First Recital

Well, we all survived my little girl's first dance recital.  She was very nervous, so I had to become a stage mom to make her comfortable enough to perform.  However, she did perform and did a great job.  I found out that stage moms do have the best seats (in the wings).  I learned a lot from this recital.  First off, in my opinion a 4 year old is too young to be in a recital of this level and intensity.  The recital lasted 3 hours, and my dd did not go on stage for the last time until 10 pm!  Yikes, she goes to bed at 7:30 pm.  Also, there were not enough people (scheduled) to properly take care of the littlest ones throughout the evening.  We backstage moms did some recruiting of other moms to make it all run more smoothly.  I also learned that 80 girls in one room are quieter than 10 boys in the same room.  LOL!  Luckily, we had only three boys in the recital.  I still maintain that boys are easier to raise but girls are quieter!  I also learned that I will never volunteer for the dressing room ~ what a mad house!  Bless those dear mothers ~ they did a great job.  Thanks to my dear Mom for wrangling, I mean taking care of, my ornery youngest son during the rehearsal and recital.  Anyhow, it was all worth it because she had fun.  Well, enough rambling ~ on with the pictures....

They performed from the book of The Acts in the Bible.

Blessings, Dawn