Ballet Performance

If you've discussed dance with me at all you'll know I'm not a huge fan of competitions. They take all day and it just seems like a waste of time... but I am all for the experience of getting up in front of people and performing which is why I love The Pointe. They are not competition crazy, competitions are secondary to instruction -- I am fully behind that.

We recently had a ballet showcase. It was simply amazing! Not only was the ballet a wonderful story, the dancers amazing, but it was at the Scera Theatre in Orem so for $8 you got a reserved seat YAY! All the danceres worked so hard to make the performance perfect! One lead part was filled by an Odessey dancer but the rest were filled by the Pointe's students and can I just say it was awesome!

Great job McCall... your grace and talent show in everything you do!

McCall can Move!

Here's a blip of McCall in her Jazz Class. They put together a quick dance with the Dad's for "Bring Your Dad to Dance" Week at the Pointe (Erik couldn't participate due to his recent surgery but he better be practicing up for next year - McCall and Elizabeth are so excited for it!)
I am horrible at bringing my camera anymore, it's always too much trouble, and isn't it John Meyer who sings "I left my camera... I want to see the world with my own eyes." Anyway I had to borrow this from the studio, but those of you out of state/country can see a little of what she's up to. She is taking 2 hrs of ballet, 1 hr of Jazz and 1 hr of Funk (Hip Hop). Elizabeth takes a 1 hr combo class -- I've got to pull the clip of her at Christmas (IN MY OPINION) she steals the show.

Extream Dance Competition

So McCall and I headed to SLC to the Energy Solutions Arena (doesn't it just roll off the tongue). McCall had the second of her two competitions for dance this year and sure enough... she and her team were amazing and took first place in their division! We hopped over to The Gateway and did lunch and some shopping -just the two of us- we had a great time. We had so much fun shopping that we stopped by Gardner Village on the way home to do a bit more shopping (Erik was a great sport and had the other girls at home). That night McCall told me that today was the best day ever. I asked her why and she said "cause I got to dance where the Jazz play and we got to do all that shopping together, just us!" I love having little girls especially ones that are so fun to hang out with.

Christmas Dance Recital

The Christmas Dance Recital was fun, fun, fun. We sure enjoy watching McCall and Lizzie is very excited to be able to go dance too. She's on tip toes most the day and twirling constantly - much to the anxiety of her mother "CAREFUL, CAREFUL!!!".

McCall's Dance Pictures

Here are McCall's beautiful dance pictures. She is on a competition team (Mini Troupe). She loves to dance and has a lot of fun with her friends there. They just had their Christmas recital. McCall's troupe had two numbers, "A Hard Knock Life" from Annie and then a Ballet number from the Nutcracker.