Flying Cats and Other Randomness

Random Picture of Me After Nutcracker Performance #2

I can’t help myself; none of my news is in proper order anyway, so why not have another random post? Besides, they’re more fun to read…

First off, I have managed to save an exciting piece of information for you. I don’t know how I held myself back from speaking of this event yesterday– so hard! Now, without further ado, my story:

Every month at my studio, a “Dancer of the Month” award is given to a dancer who has shown improvement over the course of a month. This award was given to me yesterday, specifically for my “triple turns” (which is kind of ironic, considering that I did another quadruple this morning)! I am so glad to know that I have grown– what an accomplishment!

Ballet class today was cool (literally!). The heat wouldn’t turn on fast enough, so we all bundled up in jackets, sweatpants and legwarmers. Miss Sara gave us many warm-up combinations, but we did not do much in center, as we were still ice-pops (or ice-dancers, depending on how you look at it)…!

After a series of odd events, we ended up having a conversation about “flying cats.” It was awesome.

Miss Holly and I had a small class today– not very many cherubs showed up! The girls who did were having quite a time fooling around. My correction was being ignored, so as Miss Holly found some Christmas music, I practiced my pirouettes. Miss Holly commented, “Girls, if you sit and be quiet, Miss Aquinnah will show you some pirouettes.” They calmed down quickly and watched with wide eyes as I performed a triple, a few doubles and many singles. Every time a turn was completed, the girls screamed, “Again! Again!” I felt like a professional.

That seems to be all of my news… well… then again… Christmas is in two weeks, dancer-people…