This past weekend was Dance Theatre of Columbia's performance of Alice in Wonderland. This was also Emmie's first production with DTC. She has been looking forward to being old enough to be in DTC since she started dance and we were all so excited for this momentous occasion!
The week leading up to the performance we had rehearsal every night from 5 until 9/930 depending on the night. It was a VERY long week but we survived. Emmie was tired but through the week and weekend we had NO screaming meltdowns (at least not any from Emmie!). I can't tell you what a big accomplishment this was. Emmie is my kid who goes and goes and goes and then gets home and crashes and when she crashes she screams and cries and throws herself around. I was so proud of how well she handled the exhaustion and I loved being able to see how much she has matured this year! Emmie was definitely tired and there were moments where she wanted nothing more than to just lay in her bed or on the couch and not go to school or dance but she powered through!
ready to go! That bun held up through Sunday morning...hair gel for the win!
The performance was SO good. Emmie had a small part but she performed it beautifully and we were all so proud of our little flower! When Emmie got in the car after the last performace Saturday night she said "That was SO much fun!"
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| Emmie with Mrs. Cari who was her dance teacher for three years. Cari is the artistic director for DTC. She's amazing! |
We gave Emmie this necklace as a keepsake. She was so excited. She also got a bracelet from her teacher (which absolutely thrilled her), sunflowers from GG and Papa and an edible arrangement pineapple from Gran and Grandaddy.
After the last performance they had a cast party. Emmie had a great time dancing and being silly with her friends. It was an exciting day but by the time we finally got home at 11:30 we were ready for bed!
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| Anna, Emmie, and Evelyn |
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| The "true life" picture! |
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| Emmie and Evelyn |
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| Alice in Wonderland themed cookies were the favors. |
I know I say it all the time but our dance studio has some of the BEST older kids. They were so sweet to the little ones through all the rehearsals and at the cast party. They really went out of their way to make the little ones feel special! One of the older flowers gave the little flowers a rose at the end of the second performance and the girl who was Alice gave everyone this little sign. The best part? She wrote a personalized note to each girl on the back of the sign. Emmie was THRILLED!
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