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Sloane's First Dance Recital - June 13, 2004

In the fall of 2003, Marg decided to exercise her cultural heritage and enrol Sloane in Irish dance lessons.  There is a school nearby called "The Irish Dance Studio" (905-898-0061) that offered classes for 3-5 year olds on Saturday mornings.   And thus started a year of lost Saturday sleeping in time.....  Most Saturdays, Marg would get up and take Sloane to class and I would stay home with Parker.  Sometimes I would take both - and that was an experience as Parker would take the opportunity to run hither and yon.  Very tiring for so early on a weekend.

Well worth it though.  Sloane loved it.  From nearly the first class onwards she became much more interested in dancing about.  Whereas before she simply jumped about, all of a sudden her jumping about seemed to have some direction and form.  Her skipping evolved into the Irish dance style galloping that she was learning.   She made some new friends and mostly enjoyed herself - only a few crying episodes as she bumped her head or something.  Her teacher, Miss Julie, is to be commended for her patience.  It cannot be easy to get 7 three and four year old girls to stand in a line.

The year's classes ended on June 13, 2004 with a recital in Bradford.  The kids were dressed in simple costumes and were freakin' adorable as they tried to dance and sing the routine that Miss Julie had so patiently taught them.  Lots of stage fright and enthusiasm made the youngsters quite a hit for the parents.  Lots of video cameras on hand.

Here a few little pictures of the recital.  The flowers were from Granddad.

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