This school does a neat thing. For the recital each year, the director chooses a story based on how many seniors there are that year, then each graduating senior gets a lead role. This year there were several seniors, so an ensemble in Oz, it was!
Caitlyn was the munchkin coroner, a tree, one of the witch's flying monkeys, and a dancer in the Emerald City. The coroner was an amusing role for her, as it was a comedic role and she is generally serious. Unfortunately, I took the worst show pictures I have taken in YEARS, and none of the coroner ones were even clear. Sigh. Pout. I did, however, get this one pic of her in her outfit. Not the best picture, but since it is the only one, it must be included :).
The trees posed during the tin man scene. Not dancing around, but they were very pretty. It's kind of funny, these are the same costumes they wore to be Ozians. They were bought to be green in the Emerald City. When the costumes arrived, they looked amazingly like trees. So, Miss Amy added a quick change and there were four trees in the tin man scene! Caitlyn also held the tin man's oil can behind her back until Dorothy came and got it :).
The next role was a flying monkey. This was a fun one. In this particular scene, the wicked witch had given the monkeys fierce instructions to go get Dorothy.
Instead, however, as soon as her back was turned, they decided to have a little fun. It was really funny in the context of the story.
Eventually came the big ballet dance, the Ozian dance in the Emerald City. Their teacher said that she was going to both make them look good and give them the combinations she couldn't trust to any other group, haha.
I think she succeeded on both counts :).
I love Caitlyn's lines in this picture. And the simple fact that her leg is so far up in the air. While she balances. On her toes. You know, normal stuff :).
And finally, the finale!
I'm a little proud of my beautiful ballerina.
What fun!
Caitlyn was thrilled her aunt and uncle came to watch.
And I am thrilled that she attends a school where she is learning and growing as a dancer.
Good tidings all around!
The next role was a flying monkey. This was a fun one. In this particular scene, the wicked witch had given the monkeys fierce instructions to go get Dorothy.
Instead, however, as soon as her back was turned, they decided to have a little fun. It was really funny in the context of the story.
Eventually came the big ballet dance, the Ozian dance in the Emerald City. Their teacher said that she was going to both make them look good and give them the combinations she couldn't trust to any other group, haha.
I think she succeeded on both counts :).
I love Caitlyn's lines in this picture. And the simple fact that her leg is so far up in the air. While she balances. On her toes. You know, normal stuff :).
And finally, the finale!
I'm a little proud of my beautiful ballerina.
What fun!
Caitlyn was thrilled her aunt and uncle came to watch.
And I am thrilled that she attends a school where she is learning and growing as a dancer.
Good tidings all around!
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