Let's Dance: Winter Dance Performance

This year in Dance, we enrolled Karmindy in ballet again and decided to give Jazz a try. Karmindy has been going to dance practice each Wednesday night since August and has truly excelled. It has been such a joy to go and watch her practice on the first Wednesday of each month and see how her dance techniques and training are progressing from month to month. Karmindy has tried ballet, jazz and tap thus far but after watching her over the past two years, I think ballet is her forte. She seems to really grasp Ballet and has a knack for it.

For the Winter Dance Recital, Karmindy performed a jazz and a ballet number and did an excellent job performing both of her dance numbers. Her jazz number was entitled, "Sleigh Ride" and her ballet number was entitled, "Do you want to build a Snowman?" from the hit Disney movie, Frozen. I think her favorite dance number she performed was her ballet number because she loves Frozen. You could just see how into it she was while performing. I am sure dancing to a song you are familiar with is quite motivating.

Karmindy we are so proud of you little sister and have truly enjoyed watching you excel at ballet and jazz this year! Keep up the hard work girlie. We love you!!

Summer Dance Camp

Karmindy has really loved attending Summer Dance camp this summer with her neighborhood friend Madison Jackman. Each week her teacher has a theme and the girls in her class make a craft and dance to a dance that corresponds to that theme. Karmindy looks forward to dance each week! I have loved seeing Karmindy develop her talent of dancing!

Summer Dance Camp

Dance Lessons for Karmindy ended at the end of April but luckily her Dance Teacher holds summer dance camp. We jumped on board when we found out she would offer summer classes. For summer dance camp, the girls have a 45 minute class where they make a craft and then dance to a dance that pertains to the theme for the day. At the first of the month, parents are welcome to attend and so I ended up going and watching Karmindy. The theme for the day was Dancing at the circus. The girls made elephant hats and then their teacher Ms. Charlee taught them a dance to the music Afro Circus. It was so cute! I love that Karmindy enjoys taking dance. She has really improved this year and it is so fun that summer dance camp is being offered so the things she has learned this past year can be reinforced. I love watching my little girl learn and grow and do something she loves. Karmindy was once again able to take summer classes with her neighborhood gal pal, Madison Jackman. It sure makes it that much more fun when you have a friend who can join you!

Spring Dance Rehearsal and Recital

Dance for the Spring came to a close last night at Karmindy's Dance Recital. She did a wonderful job dancing. She knew both her dances from her tap class and ballet class and it showed on both her Rehearsal and Recital night. Most of the other little girls in her class watched and followed Karmindy because she knew all the steps. What a proud parent moment when you see your child excel and enjoy doing something that they love. We are so proud of Karmindy and all the hard work she has put into learning her dances this Spring.

On rehearsal night, Karmindy's friend Emilia Pidcock came to support her and watch her perform. It was so nice of her to come watch Karmindy. After Karmindy's performance, Emilia gave Karmindy a red rose to congratulate her on a job well done. It was so sweet! I am so grateful that my kids have sweet and kind friends. I am also grateful for sweet friends.

On the night of Karmindy's recital, Karmindy outdid herself again. She loves to dance and perform and gets so excited! On this night Karmindy's friend, Madison Jackman was also their to perform with their class. (Madison wasn't able to make it the night before to the rehearsal because of a high fever). The girls did a great job. Karmindy has truly enjoyed having Madison in her dance class his year. It is so fun to do things with friends! I think all the girls were a little nervous on this night because they ended up watching their teacher do the moves through most of the dance, Karmindy included. Nevertheless, all the girls did a great job performing.

We are so proud of you Karmindy and all the you have accomplished and learned throughout this year!

Spring Dance Comes to a Close!

Its hard to believe that Karmindy has taken dance for a year now! Today was her last official day of Dance for the year! Karmindy has been so fun to watch over the course of this past year. She has gained more confidence and has grown as a little dancer. In dance this year, she focused on Tap and Ballet. She really excelled at both genres and did a great job. She has improved so much from several months ago at her Christmas Recital. Her classes were held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. before she had to head to Kindergarten. At the first of each month, I was able to go and watch her and what a joy it was!

Karmindy will have her final recital next week and she is more than prepared. Her teacher, Ms. Charlee Mascaro, offered the girls a sucker for a reward if the girls would pass off their tap dance to her with out any help. Two weeks after the challenge was given, Karmindy passed off her dance. She was tickled pink and so proud. I was so proud of her as well.

Luckily, we have Karmindy enrolled for a month of Summer Classes before starting again in the fall. We are looking toward to signing her up again for ballet and jazz this next year. I am excited to see her excel and improve upon what she has already learned.

Karmindy we are so proud of you and how hard you worked this year in Dance! We love you Sister!

Today as the girls were leaving, one of the mom's made these darling cupcakes for the girls to say thanks to all the girls! The girls were so excited for the cupcakes! I had to take a picture of them and Karmindy with her cupcake because they were both too cute!

Christmas Dance Recital

 Karmindy had her first dance recital this week. She looked darling in her costume and she was so excited to perform the two dance numbers that she has been working so hard on with her little dance class. For her tap class they did a dance to: "Santa is coming in a Boogie Woogie Train." For her ballet number, she performed a number to the song, "That's what I want for Christmas!" Karmindy did an excellent job performing and it was so fun to see her progression since starting in September. She has really improved! Karmindy has also been fortunate to have her friend, Madison Jackman in her class this year. They are the cutest little friends!

 Congrats Sissy, we love you and are so proud of your accomplishments in Dance this year!

Halloween Dance Party

Karmindy has truly enjoyed taking dance this year. She has been going on Tuesday mornings before kindergarten. She does tap for 30 minutes and ballet for 30 minutes. It has been so fun to watch her improve since signing her up for dance in September. For their class on the Tuesday before Halloween, Karmindy's teacher, Mrs. Charlee Mascaro had the girls dress up for dance class. Karmindy was so excited to dress up in her cute little witch costume and show it off to her teacher and classmates.Karmindy has also been so lucky to have her friend Madison Jackman in her ballet class. The two are inseparable.

My Beautiful Ballerina!

Several years ago, I enrolled Karmindy in Dance. It was a disaster and not a very positive experience. I believe that she was too young and she picked up on me pushing her. Since she is "my" daughter, I should have known that even I don't like to be pushed into something I don't want to do!! Needles to say, she didn't go back. Fast forward a couple of years, and on a daily basis you can find Karmindy twirling and doing fun leg lifts around the house. One day I asked Karmindy if she would like to take dance and she said, "Yes!" So I put my feelers out and talked to several other mom's in my neighborhood about a good place to take Karmindy. We decided on a low key dance studio that is located here in town. It is close to our home and takes me like 5 minutes to get to. It's called Chris Martin Dance. Karmindy has since been to two classes and loves dance. She is taking tap for 30 minute and then ballet for 30 minutes. Karmindy seems to gravitate toward ballet a little more and I am okay with that. 

Karmindy also is fortunate to have a friend in her class: Madison Jackman. These two girls are so cute together and play so sweet with each other. I am glad Karmindy has a friend in her class, this make her that much more excited to go to dance!

 These Girls are such cute little Ballerina Friends! Below are some pictures of Karmindy during dance class. She was so cute and excited!