Peace On Earth

 Natalie had her very first dance recital on December 11th.  She has only been taking lessons for three months, and absolutely loves it!  This recital was an extra one (not everyone does it, and you have to pay a little more to participate).  The dance she did was just her and another girl who is just a couple months younger than Nat and has been taking lessons just as long.  They had a blast practicing together and getting to know each other.  The song they danced to was "Let There Be Peace On Earth."  I thought it would be appropriate to post it today, the last day of 2011! 

 I volunteered to help with the rehearsal and backstage during one of the two shows (they had one at 3:00 and one at 7:00 -- so the little ones could get to bed on time).  Natalie was bummed I wasn't back stage for the second one, but I really wanted to be in the audience!

Natalie and the other girl kept busy at the rehearsal coloring and reading books.

Cheese!

This was most of the dancers for the recital (minus five or ten and most of the girls danced in more than one dance).

 And here it is!

 I was worried I wouldn't be able to share the dance because they didn't allow pictures/video during the show.  We got the DVD, but I knew the file type wouldn't be compatible with my video editing program.  Luckily, Roby is tech savvy enough to convert the type of file it came on into something compatible for me to edit!  Good teamwork if I do say so!  (I believe you can click on it and view it on Y0uTube.  From there you can enlarge it to full screen so its not quite as small.)

Roby got Natalie some beautiful flowers to give her after the show.  Its the first time she got her own flowers and was beyond excited!

Nat was absolutely glowing after her performances!  I'm so glad we got her into dance, and I really think it will help her build confidence in herself!  Her next recital will be in April or May!