*Sobs* Recital is Over.

Okay, so Friday and Saturday were my recitals. Opening night was crazy and fun! I had 6 numbers in the recital, and at one point, I only had 3 numbers in between Jazz and performing group. It was sooo incredibly difficult, but totally worth it.
Saturday night was definitely an awesome night. I was totally shocked to get an award for being a teacher assistant (the trophy's photo is at left). It's like 6 inches tall, and kinda heavy, and I nearly dropped it on my foot on stage. After the trophy ceremony, everyone in the performing group ran over to give the 84 year old owner of my dance school a big, sweaty, group hug. Totally fun. My jazz teacher also gave me a little lavendar rose. (awwwh)

On the not so fun side, I almost fell during performing group's dance "FAME". I had four counts to get all the way around the stage behind the curtain, between the time I come off, and the time my cue is to come back on. I tripped over a prop one of the other classes had left behind the curtain. There's going to be a pretty noticeable movement behind the curtain, and hopefully none of the stage mics picked up my "OW!".

On the ego boosting side, some of the girls and their family's feel threatened (evidently) by me. They started trying to bust my self-esteem by talking about my hair, and my costumes, and how inappropriate it looks when I melt into a split during "All That Jazz". Tough luck there! Both my parents loved the choreography. Not to mention the fact that "All That Jazz" is Bob Fosse style choreography, so the way my hair, costumes, and split go is all perfectly exceptable.

Also on the ego boosting side, was one of my parents boating friends. His daughter dances at my school too, so he got to see all my numbers. He also used to work with a lot of Theater, Opera, and Dance Companies. He complimented me on opening night, and came by the boat yesterday morning to compliment me on my dancing. While he was here, he also told my parents that I have a lot of natural talent, and that by no means should I stop dancing, because I have the talent and attitude to go really far. All I can say is OMG YAYYY!