Dance Recitals 2008

Madison, on left, 'Shake your Tail Feather', Jazz
 

Madison, 3rd from left, 'Happy Birthday To You', Tap

Madison, 4th from right, 'Happy Birthday To You', Tap
 

Madison, back left, 'Happy Birthday To You', Tap
 

Madison, on floor on left, 'Wild Thing', Tumbling
(yes, on floor while other girls jumped, rolled, etc. over her and her friend!) You could see them peeking during the show.
 

Madison, 'Wild Thing', Tumbling
 

Madison, 'Wild Thing', Tumbling, Ending pose
 

Taylor 'Money', Jazz - it's hard to see, but the red things in circles on their costumes are dollar signs.
 

Taylor 'Money', Jazz, ending pose
 

Taylor, as part of her triple threat (sing, dance, act) class, was part of the narration for the evening. Here she is reciting, from memory, one of Shel Silverstein's great poems, called "The Monkey":

1 little monkey
was goin' 2 the store
when he saw a banana 3
he'd never climbed be4.
By 5 o'clock that evenin'
he was 6 with a stomach ache
'cause 7 green bananas
was what that monkey 8.

By 9 o'clock that evenin'
that monkey was quite ill,
so 10 we called the doctor
who was 11 on the hill.
The doctor said, "You're almost dead.
Don't eat green bananas no more."
The sick little monkey groaned and said,
"But that's what I 1-2 the 3-4."
 

Taylor, "Cat in the Hat", Tap
 

Taylor, 2nd from right with friends, "Cat in the Hat", Tap

Taylor, as part of her triple threat (sing, dance, act) class, did a routine to the song "Fabulous" from the movie 'High School Musical 2' She started off the routine by singing the first few lines of the song.
 

Taylor, as part of her triple threat (sing, dance, act) class, ending pose after their "Fabulous" routine. She's first on Left hand side.
 

Taylor, "Soda Pop", Tumbling
 

Taylor, with her feet up in the air, held by a friend, "Soda Pop", Tumbling
 

Taylor, with just one foot up in the air during "Soda Pop", Tumbling

Taylor, at rehearsals with just one foot up in the air during "Soda Pop", Tumbling - There goes that leg again.
 

Taylor, at rehearsals  "Soda Pop", Tumbling
 

Taylor, at rehearsals  "Soda Pop", Tumbling

Madison, at rehearsals, 2nd from right, "Wild Thing", tumbling

Madison, at rehearsals, doing straddle rolls, during tumbling
 

Madison, at rehearsals, 4th from right, "Happy Birthday to You", tap
 

Taylor, at rehearsals, "Cat in the Hat", tap
 

Taylor on floor on left, at rehearsals, "Cat in the Hat", tap. Love the looks on the girl's faces, they seem not to be phased at all that this boy is balancing on their backs!

They take all kinds of professional candids, so I will have more photos to share at some point. These are my attempts with no flash allowed! Kind of blurry but fun to see.