Showing posts with label Nutcraker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nutcraker. Show all posts

Thursday, December 11, 2008

School Recital

Kaylie is in the school choir and they are having their winter recital today. She is simultaneously scared and so very excited.

I can't wait to see her singing. If I am lucky, I'll be able to get a decent photo. The stage is usually not well lit so the photos pretty much suck!

It is a rainy day, dark and dreary. The kind of day that sucks the energy out of a person. I need to go out to get a haircut. Then I am off to the library in the afternoon to see a preview of the Nutcraker, as performed by the Donetsk Ballet of Ukraine.

The ballet routine was about 30 minutes. They performed The Snowflake from Act Two and a couple of dance routines from China, Russia, India? and I can't recall the other. I guess without props it fell a little flat for me. I was in the front row and could see them perfectly. Unfortunately, because it is a professional emsemble, they wouldn't allow photographs to be taken. :( I wanted to take a few shots to show the kids but...
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