| We are at the library parking lot sitting inside the car. By the time we reached JSK slept off, so decided to let her sleep. Cannot go home because of the Open House.
I wanted to document the morning events because they were momentous for me and this happy moment deserves it own post. Call me an emotional fool but when your shy conscious child performs on a large stage where Euphoria and such have performed ( the same hall I was volunteering when pregnant with her afraid all the noise from the concert will disturb her!), in front of 100 people with light shining right on her face, I cried.
I was nervous in the morning because I was a back stage volunteer and I wasn't sure if dotter would let me work on her hair to set it the way her instructor wanted me to. I got lots of Bobby pins. I got blush from friend because all Sephora stuff were packed and in storage. I didn't have a hair spray to tame her hair and trusted Parachute coconut 'cream' which did a great job. She let me work on her hair thank god and didn't pull out the dozen pins on her hair. We had trouble finding the performing arts center. And were a little late.
I was there with them as a volunteer until 5 mins before their turn to get on stage. I told her to dance well, and left. As I got into the auditorium it was pitch dark and the girls on the stage were dancing beautifully keeping the audience rapt with attention. A sudden nervousness came over me. Heart beat fast, eyes welled up. I sat next to DH. I conjured up the worst case which was dotter wouldn't even show up on stage in fear. I knew it was okay. I saw a kid who cried as she danced, and then she got into the groove and danced beautifully. Everything was okay. She is just 5. Anything is okay. But I was nervous, I had two drops of tears hanging for their dear life in my eyes ready to fall down my cheeks.
The kids came and stood. And as music started and I watched dotter swaying her hips to the music the tears finally made it down my cheeks. Tears of happiness. She did just as she did in all the numerous practices at the class. She was at an end. She didn't know her steps by heart relied on her neighbors to switch to the next steps. She even made a mistake but I truly didnt care. Audience were laughing and cooing and wooing. But the kids went about their choreographed steps with no distraction. Everybody was amazing. Extremely cute. I think dotter didn't really have any sort of stage fear. She went with her friends she did what she did for the past 6 months, and she came off. Great job by the academy, very professional, with everything, prompt and well organized. I saw the other older kids dance and wanted her to continue ballet. But let's see.
I went to pick her up, in a whim I got a single rose, they carry them at all such events, and two Madeleines. I give her a rose and she asks me ' why do I get only one?' Then I notice others with bouquets ;--P oh well.
A very happy SK.
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