A Star is Born

M made her stage debut last week during a parent viewing of her season finale pre-dance class.

She was thrilled to wear real MAKE-UP and have her hair done in a special, "dancing hair-do".

Warming up

M is a natural born performer. When the children enter the room, they are to choose a blue dot to sit on. M, smart little cookie that she is, chose the one smack dab in front of her mama. She wanted me to have the best possible view of her performance. Nai Nai and Ye Ye were also on hand for the event. Baba was out of town:(. I had Ye Ye ready with the video camera and I was posed with my still camera when the teacher announced we could only photograph and video during certain parts of the class. I was a bit dismayed, especially for Baba, as he was counting on seeing the video. M, the stickler that she is, saw me lift my camera after the teacher's announcement and loudly said, "No pictures, Mama!" For the record, I wasn't going to take a picture, I was simply checking the light. Anyway the following 2 shots were taken when I WAS allowed to take pictures.

Each girl did a solo across the floor consisting of runs, plaits and curtsys. As soon as M started her run, she flashed me this great smile as if on cue.

This one was taken during her class routine set to the music of Mickey* Mouse* Club*.

M did an amazing job and really enjoyed going to class each week. We will definately be pickng this up again in the fall. When she finished her performance and was dismissed, she ran over to me and said, "M go sit down Chinese restaurant now?" Apparently the promise of food overshadowed any need for praise of her performance! We did walk over to the restaurant and enjoyed a great dinner with Nai Nai and Ye Ye.