Tappin’ Into My Heart

“All I want are a couple days off!” So shout the tappers in Andrea’s dance. 🙂

The whole class did a great job and I was SO proud of Andrea. The day of rehearsal, she put her class’s music on in her room and ran through the dance for an hour to refresh her muscle memory. Today, for the recital, she looked extremely confident up on stage.

Here she is–with makeup on–and her proud parents!

Actually, I was proud of the entire ensemble. Some of the high school girls were just a few years into ballet or jazz when Andrea began dancing. We’ve watched them grow over the five years we’ve been involved. Quite a few of the performances were stunning. Forest Grove Dance Arts outdid themselves with special effects: jagged lightening cracking across the back drop during “thunder … lightening … the way you love me is frightening,” smoke during Thriller, and snow falling from the sky during a beautiful rendition of Silent Night. My favorite, aside from Andrea’s dance of course, was the en pointe ballerinas doing a modern, rhythmic piece … almost hypnotic in nature.

I don’t know how they can possibly improve for next year!