Ballet on the Run

Friday night, the ballet company has its spring recital -- we have the "baby" duo; the 8-10 littles from St. Bernard's Church; two beginner students from the studio; and the company ... It'll display a wide range of ballet styles, from contemporary ballet of "Equinox" to the vivacious "Can-Can" and the more traditional "Summer Garden." Luckily, we have permission to leave a bit early after finals on Friday, so I can zoom to the church and help set up the audience/ performance area. Hmmmm ... pack boxes today and put them in the car on Friday ... That might be a plan. We shall see.

Last Saturday we held the dress rehearsal at the studio ... Everyone got to watch the dances as we ran them, one after the other. Steph and I did hair and make-up for the littles, who were thrilled to get to wear "ballerina" make-up. Ah, the wonders of Aquanet, extra-hold. We had many a helmet-head, but the girls looked good. Of course, a bunch of little girls get bored during a dress rehearsal, so I invoked the memory of Madame; I began the story of how ballerinas must learn to dance from other ballerinas who came before ... and Hope came to recall Madame and explain who was the smiling old lady in the portrait. I got down the picture of Madame dancing ... the mothers seemed more fascinated by the stories than the kids. Well, we ARE the "Heritage School of Classical Ballet." They need to know their heritage, right? Hopefully, we shall do the old lady proud.

Mother Nature did the watusi on Tuesday night; we were in Oak Cliff for the club meeting ... while the speaker was talking, I heard the sirens go off. No one else heard. I went outside and stared at the sky. Yes, I stood there -- hand on a parking sign -- and watched the clouds slowly rotate while lightning flashed in the sky. The southern skies looked clear, but north was dark and lowering. Later, we hid in the corridor near the restrooms when Bill's son (in New York!) called him about a super cell thunderstorm heading our way ... No downed power lines and fewer tree branches -- we had worse troubles back in April when lightning split a tree next to our house.

5 days left of school -- 1 full day and 4 exam days -- and I get to pack and move the classroom contents over the next week. Oy!! It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate over the course of 4 years. I may need to sort and eliminate items ... though what to do with my bookcases and manga!