Ayana's Dance Recital.

Ayana has been taking dance for a year now. She loves it. She started by not following any particular instruction from the teachers, preferring to twirl and look at herself in the mirror. However, she has improved and now sometimes does what the rest of the class is doing!

On Saturday it was her recital and she didn't have any idea that it was a special day. When I dropped her off at the hall, she said "Oh, a different place for dance class today"

Here they are practising...

I was a tiny bit concerned that she would freeze when she came out on stage and saw everyone, but she was great!

Sooooo cute!!!!! The 3-5 yr class did a fairy lullaby to start...

...not sure if she is meant to be facing that way but at least she has her arms up!! Then the other age groups danced and the finale was a group dance. (This was during practice, hence the empty chairs.)

Afterwards, she was presented with a Dancing Certificate and then we gave her flowers. (Yellow of course, her favourite colour )

Two of Erin's friends run the little dance studio and I am so impressed with them. Ayana adores them both and sees them all the time when they are over hanging out with Erin, she is so comfortable with them. Here they are after the recital.So, all in all a success! At one point, Ayana was so busy looking at us and smiling, that she almost walked straight into the wall during her dance and another time she stopped dancing to correct a little wedgie, which was hilarious, but overall she did so well.

Where was Moses during the recital? On my knee, desperately trying to catch Ayana's attention and waving to her. We had to hold him back because he soooo wanted to be up there dancing. That boy can dance! He just loves music. So, when the teachers announced that they were opening a boy's hip hop class next Sep...well...I'll let you know what we decide. He would be way too young as it starts at 4 yr's old but the girls both love Moses and said he could come into the class early. We'll see!