::Dance Year 2015::

::The dance year of 2015 has begun!!!!! I love it. Monday was my very first day, and it was so much fun. I'm dancing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Thursday's I'm babysitting for the moms that are taking classes. Wednesday and Friday are the Arise Youth Ballet rehearsal days. The Company is SO much fun. I LOVE it. We've already learned one whole dance. It's a really fun dance. It's just as much acting as it is dancing. I can't wait to learn more dances and perform them for people. I hope everyone had a good summer! Bye::

::My Dance Recital::

::As promised here is my recital. I'll give you the whole show in case you want to watch the whole thing. I'll give you what parts my dances are. My first dance is jazz, and it's Part 1. This one was my favourite. Unfortunately we didn't dance it very well. We were all angry at ourselves.  My second is Part 6. This one is contemporary. I think we did a good job. Part 17 and Part 19 are the last of my dances. Part 17 is my ballet and Part 19 is my pointe dance. Part 26 is the finale with everybody. Here is the link: MY DANCE RECITAL. Hope you all enjoy it::

::Dance::

::Hello. Yesterday was my last dance class. I'm sad. I would  usually have class today, but I have to baby-sit. It's ok though. I like baby-sitting. I also have the emails of everyone in my class. I know this is VERY short, but I felt like writing. Hope your day goes will. Bye!!!

::POINTE SHOES, RECITALS, AND TRIPS::

::Hello. As the title indicates, this post is about pointe shoes, recitals, and trips. I have had my pointe shoes for 3 months and have done 10 classes(+dress rehearsal and 2 recitals)with them. I have been enjoying it a lot. Thursdays are my favourite days of the week for that reason. It doesn't hurt as much as some people would think it does. If the shoes fit properly and you have toe pads, it doesn't hurt much. We had our annual recital last weekend.After March Break, we started working REALLY hard on recital dances, which is why I've been busy and had trouble writing. When I wasn't working, or out somewhere, I was practising. I had lots of dances for recital. It was SO much fun. I was in 5 dances(including the finale), so it was busy. If Arise posts the videos of our dances, I'll write another post and add them in. I won't go into detail about it so you'll have something to read, as well as watch, for the post. This post is also about trips. The trip I'm talking about here was in May. I know it was a while ago, but it was so awesome I had to write about it. We left April 30th(Thursday), and drove for 9 hours until we reached Maryland. In Maryland, we stayed at a tree-house camp. It was a camp in the hills, were you could rent little houses on stilts. How cool is that?! We got a little cabin called Robin. I'll post pictures when my dad finds them. It was awesome. On Friday morning after we ate breakfast and walked around for a bit, we went to the bathroom and started out for another 9 hour drive. We arrived in Georgia at around dinner time. We had Costco pizza for dinner with Rick, Susanna, and their kids. We spent the night at there house, and after lunch, we went to a park the meet with some other cousins. These cousins are Maryanne, Anna, Josh, Emma, and Will. Anna, Josh, Emma, and Will are Maryanne's kids. Anna is a few months older than me, so we get along really well. After we walked around and ate ice cream, instead of going back to Rick and Susanna's, I got to go spend the night at Anna's house. We were both REALLY excited. It had been 3 years since we'd seen each other, and 5 years since I'd been to her house. She's never been to my house yet. :( I had SO much fun at her house. We stayed up until 11:00 talking. In the morning (Sunday)all the cousins(that's what we call everybody from my mom's side) ,and my family, went to Mimi's(Aunty Barbara) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rick, Susanna and their kids, and Grace, Justin, and their kids , and of course Anna and her family, were there too. Grace had a little baby, who was absolutely ADORABLE!!!! She was the cutest thing I'd seen in a while. We stayed at Mimi's house for the rest of the week. We went to Look Out Mountain, went to a really pretty water park, and just hung out. On Thursday we drove back to Maryland and stayed in the some tree-house, and walked around and took more pictures. On Friday morning we headed out and got home at dinner time. After we unpacked, we went to Costco for hot-dogs and ice cream. It was an AMAZING trip. It was SOOO good to see the cousins again. I missed them SO much, and am missing them right now. Hope you liked this post. Random thing: It's raining REALLY hard outside. Oh!! I almost forgot. Tip to remember or you'll regret it: Don't go in a little, rocky creek without knowing you'll probably slip and get soaked. Hope you have a GREAT  weekend, and I'll try to post soon. Bye::

::I GOT MY POINTE SHOES::

::I got my pointe shoes yesterday at 12:00 at Brio Bodywear. I was nervous when we first got to the store and Gilbert(the pointe shoe guy) took us into the point shoe room. He first looked to see whether the bones in my feet had fused together or not. My bones had not yet fused. He had my try on some pointe shoes to see if they were to small or not. He had my stand in first position in a plié to see if my toes were straight or bent. Then he had me hold onto the bar and go up on pointe to see if they hurt a lot. If they hurt, they were crossed off the list. I ended up with Bloch Balance European size 5.5 x. The x is the width. No x is the skinniest and xxxx is widest. I'm a little sad because I have to wait a whole week before I can use them. We don't have dance during March Break :( I'll post pictures when I get home. Bye::

::FOURE DAYS UNTIL POINTE SHOES::

::Hello. Hope you enjoyed my last post. 4 DAYS UNTIL POINTE SHOES!!!! I'm very excited. As you read in my last post::

::POINTE SHOES::::

::Hello. Sorry it's been so long. It's MARCH and the SUN has started shining, and the snow has SLOWLY started to melt. :'( Mandie left a week ago today. She left Monday March 2, 2015. It has been sad and hard here without her. That's not why I'm writing though. I'm writing because I'M GETTING POINTE SHOES ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!! I'm very excited. Only 5 days until I get them!!!!!!!! I'll be doing a countdown. I like countdowns. I hope everyone has a wonderful day::