Spring recital

After much anticipation, the day finally arrived.

The theme for the Children's Program was "Dance Around the World."

Madeline's class (the three year olds) represented Jamaica.

They performed their tap routine to Buster Poindexter's Hot Hot Hot.

 All the girls tapped with maracas in their hands.  Madeline LOVED shaking her hips. She is third from the left, stealing a peek.

They performed their ballet number to Harry Belafonte's Jamaica Farewell.

One of the classes represented India.

Another class represented the United States.

The older girls represented Africa. Oooh, I loved their performances.

Finally, there was Greece.

A few of the older girls also performed.  Here is one of the jazz groups.

And here's Ms. Gretchen, the director of the Children's Program with all her girls.
She surprised everybody by having all the girls sing "It's a Small World."  Well, then I knew why Madeline kept singing the chorus to that song over and over and over for the last few weeks! lol.

Madeline stole some good-bye-for-summer hugs and kisses from her instructors Ms. Caroline and Ms. Gretchen.

To say she was delighted to receive flowers was an understatement.
She was ecstatic, though her face doesn't show it in these photos.

Patrick was able to videotape the ballet routine using his iPhone.
You can spot Madeline "ad libbing" around the 1:33 mark.  So Madeline. lol

Although I knew I wanted to shoot with a wide angle lens (to capture all the girls on stage), what I didn't necessarily like was the seat I chose.  You can't see any of the girls' feet.   Not until after uploading the video to Youtube, did I even realize there was a balcony!  Ugh!  Well, at least now I know where I'll be sitting next year!