Dance recital weekend is finally here.

And right after a very full P.A.Day full of outdoor type things in the pouring rain. So it feels like Sunday to me, but the weekend has not well & truly even begun. Four shows over two days, all in Vaughan, and with limited parking. Going to do more driving this week than I had done over the last month combined. But the kids are smiling, if a little nervous, and I’m looking forward to see what another year in dance has taught them.

This is Hip-Hop (jump suit) and Lyrical.
This is most of the ballet costume. Missing slippers, hat and kerchief.

The two have been training for this very weekend since September. They spent most evenings this week learning the last big choreographed dance number with the entire cast. That was about five hours Monday & Tuesday, and then a combined three hours on Thursday doing lighting cues at the venue in Vaughan.

They both try very hard, so I hope it all goes off without a hitch later on tonight. I don’t get to see them perform until tomorrow evening. Then it’ll be time to shower and go to bed ready for school in the morning.

Between field trips, pa days, track & field, and dance, plus the girl guide camps, events, and trips down town it was a very busy May, and early June. By Monday everything is done, except school, and gymnastics on Wednesdays. We have this massive build up and then ‐ PAH! the air goes out and it’s all over for the year. Peace & quiet. Well, that is until the groans of “I’m bored” start up just in time for summer break. Should be a blast. My wife is down to her last few official weeks of time off, and then summer hits, and she goes back to work the third week of August. Man how time flies.

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